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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 25.

Category:Rail transport timelines

Events

1814 – George Stephenson puts his first steam locomotive in service, for a coal mine.
1832 – A cable snaps on an incline of the Granite Railway causing one of the first rail transport related fatalities in the United States.[1]

1901 – The Hull Electric Railway officially begins regular service over the Interprovincial Bridge between Ottawa and Aylmer.[2]
1911 – Canadian Northern Railway (CNOR) purchases the right-of-way and assets of the defunct Carillon and Grenville Railway, the last broad gauge railroad (at 5 ft 6 in / 1,676 mm) in North America, to become part of CNOR's Montreal-Ottawa mainline.[3]
1953 – The New York City Subway begins using tokens for passenger fares.[1][4]
1958 – Pacific Great Eastern Railway completes construction of the line to Fort St. John, British Columbia.[3]
1967 – Construction begins in San Francisco, California, on the Market Street Subway.[1]
1980 – Two trains collide on a single track between Groningen and Roodeschool, near Winsum, Netherlands, resulting in 9 deaths and 21 injured.
1987 – Indian Railways installs its first solid state interlocking at Srirangam, India.[5]
1995 – A bombing in Paris RER B station Saint-Michel Notre-Dame kills 8 and injures more than 200. The bombing was attributed to the Algerian Armed Islamic Group.

2004 – Thieves steal two brass handles and four copper pipes from the Fairy Queen steam locomotive in New Delhi, India.[6]

Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This Month in Railroad History: July". Retrieved July 22, 2005.
"Significant dates in Ottawa/Hull street and light railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. December 3, 2004. Retrieved July 22, 2005.
"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. April 3, 2005. Retrieved July 22, 2005.
New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority. "New York City Transit - History and Chronology". Retrieved July 22, 2005.
Indian Railways Fan Club. "IR History: Part - V (1970-1995)". Retrieved July 22, 2005.
Indian Railways Fan Club. "IR History: Part - VI (1995-present)". Retrieved July 22, 2005.

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