1834 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1834.

Years in rail transport

Events

Dublin and Kingstown Railway

January events

January 30 – Construction on the first railroad in Kentucky, linking Lexington and Frankfort, is completed.

February events

February 25 – The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad is formed to connect cities in Virginia.

March events

March 25 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway in England offers season tickets from this date.[1]

April events

April 14 – The Long Island Rail Road is incorporated in New York.

December events

December 17 – The Dublin and Kingstown Railway, the first public railway in Ireland, opens between Westland Row, Dublin (now Dublin Pearse railway station) and Kingstown (now Dún Laoghaire), on the standard gauge.[2]

Unknown date events

The Wilmington and Raleigh Railroad is chartered in Wilmington, North Carolina, and begins construction.[3]
The Castleton and West Stockbridge Railroad is chartered to build a railroad between Albany, New York, and the Massachusetts state line.

Births

April births

April 1 – Jim Fisk, American financier who worked with Daniel Drew for control of the Erie Railroad (d. 1872).
April 23 – Chauncey Depew, president of New York Central Railroad (d. 1928).

Deaths

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References

Association of American Railroads (January 2005), This Month in Railroad History – January. Retrieved May 23, 2005.

Kentish Gazette.
Murray, K. A. (1981). Ireland's First Railway. Dublin: Irish Railway Record Society. ISBN 0-904078-07-8.
"Railroad — Wilmington & Raleigh (later Weldon)". North Carolina Business History. 2006. Retrieved 2011-12-02.

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[1] Kentish Gazette.

[2] Murray, K. A. (1981). Ireland's First Railway. Dublin: Irish Railway Record Society. ISBN 0-904078-07-8.

[3] "Railroad — Wilmington & Raleigh (later Weldon)". North Carolina Business History. 2006. Retrieved 2011-12-02.