Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/September 29

Union Station, Washington, D.C.

1930 – Work is completed on Prince Edward Island converting all 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge track to standard gauge.[1]
1935 – The last train operates on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in England.
1988 – Union Station (pictured) in Washington, D.C., reopens for passenger train service.[2][3]
2005 – Sixty years after World War II, Nederlandse Spoorwegen issues a statement formally apologizing for transporting Jewish people to Nazi concentration camps in Germany and Poland during the war.[4]

References

"Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. September 15, 2006. Retrieved September 29, 2006.
Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005). "This month in railroad history: September". Retrieved September 29, 2006.
Washington D.C. Chapter, National Railway Historical Society. "Washington, D.C. Railroad History". Retrieved September 29, 2006.
Mudeva, Anna (September 29, 2005). "Dutch railway firm apologises for deporting Jews". Reuters. Retrieved September 29, 2005.

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