Charing Cross Railway Station opened in London, England.
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The Rapid Transit Railroad broke ground on a new underground subway to link Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Africa's worst ever train disaster kills 281.
Locomotion No. 1 became the first passenger-carrying steam-powered locomotive and was driven by George and Stephenson.
William B. Purvis patented the electric switch on railways that would shut off the electric supply after carriages pass the contact device.
The first train passenger service began.
