1834 in rail transport

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

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).

References

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

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.