Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/March 30/More

This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on March 30.

Category:Rail transport timelines

Events

1883 – Construction on the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad reaches Salt Lake City, Utah.[1]
1886 – Executives from several railroad companies operating in the southern United States meet and agree to all regauge their railroads to standard gauge, 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm), by June 1.[1]
1900 – The Cape Breton Electric Tramway and Power Company in Nova Scotia, Canada, is incorporated.[2]
1900 – The Newark, Somerset and Straitsville Railroad is reorganized as the Ohio Midland Railroad.[3]

1908 – Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway purchases the Columbia Railway and Navigation Company.[1]
1930 – Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad inaugurates The Sportsman passenger service.[1]
1935 – The first section of the Itō Line, connecting Atami and Ajiro in Japan, is opened.
1954 – The first subway system in Canada, the Yonge Subway operated by Toronto Transit Commission, opens.[4][5]
1972 – The Milwaukee Road discontinues its Limburger Special passenger service to New Glarus, Wisconsin.[6]
1973 – Toronto's Yonge Subway is extended to York Mills Station.[5]

2004 – High speed train service is inaugurated in Korea between Seoul and Daegu.
2005 – Kansas City Southern Railway leases its Bay Springs branch line between Newton and Bay Springs, Mississippi to Watco; the line will be the basis of the new Mississippi Southern Railroad.
2005 – Bombardier is awarded a contract to build 10 new bilevel commuter coaches for GO Transit; the contract is valued at $21 million.
2008 – Yokohama Municipal Subway's Green Line is opened for regular operations.

1911 – Thomas Whitelegg, locomotive superintendent for London, Tilbury and Southend Railway 1880-1910, dies (b. 1836).

Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society. "This month in railroad history: March". Retrieved March 29, 2006.
Smith, Ivan (1998). "Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History (1900 - 1949)". The Railways of Canada Archives. Retrieved March 29, 2006.
Morris, J. C., Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs, Ohio (December 31, 1902). "Annual Report of the Commissioner of Railroads and Telegraphs: Part II, History of the Railroads of Ohio". Retrieved March 29, 2006.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 17 March 2006. Retrieved March 29, 2006.
City of Toronto (2006). "Toronto Transit Commission - History". Retrieved March 29, 2006.
Kalrath, Jim (March 24, 1999). "New Glarus Railroad History through the Years". Retrieved March 29, 2006.

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