Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/January 17


 * January 17


 * 1881 – Regular train service over the Prince of Wales Bridge across the Ottawa River joining Ottawa, Ontario, to Gatineau, Quebec, on the Québec, Montréal, Ottawa and Occidental Railway begins.
 * 1898 – Regular operations begins on the Randsburg Railway with two daily round trips between Kramer and Johannesburg, California.
 * 2001 – Groundbreaking ceremonies are held for the Hiawatha Line (pictured) in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
 * 2005 – Two Bangkok Metro trains collide, injuring nearly 200 people.