Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/August 1


 * August 1


 * 1836 – The Utica and Schenectady Railroad, a predecessor of the New York Central Railroad in New York, opens.
 * 1999 – Two trains carrying 2,500 people collide at the remote station of Gaisal, 310 mi from the city of Gauhati in West Bengal, India, killing more than 285 people. See: Gauhati rail disaster.
 * 2002 – Deutsche Bahn opens the high-speed line (pictured) between Frankfurt and Cologne, Germany.
 * 2004 – Iowa Interstate Railroad takes over operations of a daily freight train from Iowa City, Iowa, to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, from the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway.