1895 in rail transport explained
Events
February events
- February 1 - The Kyoto Electric Railway, Japan's first electric tramway, begins operation from the centre of Kyoto to Fushimi.[1]
May events
June events
July events
August events
September events
October events
November events
Unknown date events
Deaths
April deaths
- April 23 - Francis Thompson, English architect working chiefly on railways (b. 1808).
October deaths
Notes and References
- Web site: With "Ting-ting" Going as the Starting Signal, the First Streetcar Started to Run in 1895. Kyoto City Web. 2004. January 12, 2010.
- News: New "L" Road Opens. May 7, 1895. Chicago Daily Tribune. 12.
- Web site: Cermak Road Bridge District . City of Chicago . 2003 . PDF . 17 . February 9, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120131142012/http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/dca/general/Cermak_Road_Bridge_Historyreport.pdf . January 31, 2012 .
- Web site: Railwaystation.com. Railroad History. June 28, 2005.
- Web site: July 8, 1895, in history. Brainy History. July 7, 2005.
- Web site: Humboldt Park branch. Chicago "L".org. August 16, 2013.
- Book: Ferneyhough, Frank. The History of Railways in Britain. Reading. Osprey. 1975. 0-85045-060-8.
- Book: Balkwill, Richard. Marshall, John. John Marshall (railway historian). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats. 6th. Enfield. Guinness Publishing. 1993. 0-85112-707-X.
- Book: Two Feet to Tidewater . Jones, Robert C. . Register, David L. . Pruett Publishing . 1987 . 0-87108-729-4 . 46.
- Book: Images of Rail: Pacific Electric Red Cars. Walker, Jim. 2006. Arcadia Publishing. 0-7385-4688-7. 9.