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Sailpowered Rail	22nd January 1830 (Friday)	on forum	douglas-self wikipedia
Formation of Railway Clearing House	2nd January 1842 (Sunday)		wikipedia
Opening of Yeovil Pen Mill - Weymouth line	20th January 1857 (Tuesday)	on forum	wikipedia
Metropolitain line opened from Paddington	10th January 1863 (Saturday)	on forum	gov ltmuseum
Great Western Railway Temperance Union	30th January 1890 (Thursday)	on forum	turniprail wikipedia
Newquay to Chacewater line opens	4th February 1905 (Saturday)	on forum
Torbay Tramway closed because of snow	27th January 1910 (Thursday)	on forum	wikipedia tramwayinfo
Grouping of railways into four major companies - GWR, SR, LNER and LMS	1st January 1923 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia railwaysarchive
"Murder on the Orient Express" published	1st January 1934 (Monday)		wikipedia
Reading (Southern) electrified	1st January 1939 (Sunday)	on forum	wikipedia
Start of 6 weeks of snowfall	23rd January 1947 (Thursday)	on forum	metoffice wikipedia
Foundation of British Railways - nationalisation	1st January 1948 (Thursday)	on forum	wikipedia
"Princess Victoria" capsized off Stanraer, 133 die	31st January 1953 (Saturday)	on forum	historic-uk belfasttelegraph wikipedia bbc
Portishead (New) station opened	4th January 1954 (Monday)	on forum	portisheadrailw...
Closure of Upwey Wishing Well Halt	7th January 1957 (Monday)	on forum	opcdorset dorsetecho
Line from Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog closed to passenger services	2nd January 1960 (Saturday)	on forum	wikipedia
Last service - Swansea and Mumbles Tramway	5th January 1960 (Tuesday)	on forum	walesonline
Newquay to Chacewater line closes	4th February 1963 (Monday)	on forum
Closure Ruabon to Morfa Mawddach	18th January 1965 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia
Cheltenham (St James) station closes	3rd January 1966 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia
Full electric passenger services start, West Coast Main Line to Manchester and Liverpool	3rd January 1966 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia
Hixon Railway accident	6th January 1968 (Saturday)	on forum	railwaysarchive forum wikipedia
"Western Fusilier" rail tour - Paddington to Hereford	29th January 1977 (Saturday)	on forum	sixbellsjunction wikimedia
Winter of discontent - 24 hour rail strike	16th January 1979 (Tuesday)	on forum	libcom wikipedia
Famous Train Royal Mail stamps	22nd January 1985 (Tuesday)	on forum	collectgbstamps
Holborn Viaduct station closes	29th January 1990 (Monday)	on forum	disused-stations
Cannon Street buffer stop collision	8th January 1991 (Tuesday)	on forum	wikipedia
Amtrak New York to Tampa ends	22nd January 1995 (Sunday)
South West Trains franchise starts	4th February 1996 (Sunday)	on forum	stagecoachgroup
Great Western Intercity franchise commences	4th February 1996 (Sunday)	on forum	wikipedia wikipedia
Heathrow Junction Station opens and receives first train	19th January 1998 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia ianvisits
Strategic Rail Authority unveils 10 year plan	14th January 2002 (Monday)	on forum	theguardian
Shuttle Columbia breaks up on re-entry	1st February 2003 (Saturday)	on forum	wikipedia
Incorporation of Railway Development Society Ltd (now Railfuture)	9th January 2004 (Friday)	on forum	railwaydevelopm... railfuture
First Ghan passenger train reached Darwin	3rd February 2004 (Tuesday)	on forum	northernterritory wikipedia
Hansard on First Great Western	24th January 2007 (Wednesday)	on forum	parliament
firstgreatwestern.info domain registered	26th January 2007 (Friday)	on forum	forum
First posts on the Coffee Shop forum	28th January 2007 (Sunday)	on forum	forum
Trend to bring back barriers is damaging the customer experience	19th January 2008 (Saturday)	on forum	wikipedia yorkpress news
More Train Less Strain call on Ruth Kelly to remove franchise from FGW	24th January 2008 (Thursday)	on forum	forum dailymail
A quiet day in previous years	12th January 2009 (Monday)	on forum
Early reference to Go-Co	21st January 2011 (Friday)	on forum	forum paulgosling
TVM - a fair weather facility?	11th January 2012 (Wednesday)	on forum	forum
Groupsaves on Ticket Machines	13th January 2012 (Friday)	on forum	travel forum
Children under 5 occupying seats	2nd February 2012 (Thursday)	on forum
FGW announces link with Singapore Airlines	25th January 2014 (Saturday)	on forum	futuretravelexp...
Dawlish Washout	4th February 2014 (Tuesday)	on forum	forum
RoSCo Eversholt changes hands	15th January 2015 (Thursday)	on forum	wikipedia eversholtrail
Initial meeting - Women in Community Rail	22nd January 2016 (Friday)	on forum	wicr
Defibrillators discussion pack published by Network Rail	10th January 2017 (Tuesday)	on forum	networkrail theargus
~ Byron Bay Railroad Company launched its solar train	17th January 2018 (Wednesday)	on forum	bridgestone

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