1830 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1830.
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Events
September events
- September 15 – the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world's first purpose built passenger railway operated by steam locomotives, opens in England from Liverpool Road, Manchester, to Edge Hill.
Unknown date events
- The Boston and Maine Railroad is formed to build a railroad between Boston, Massachusetts, and Portland, Maine.
- The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opens in Baltimore, Maryland.
Births
January births
- January 2 – Henry Morrison Flagler, visionary and builder of the Florida East Coast Railway (d. 1913).
Deaths
September deaths
- September 15 – William Huskisson, the popular Member of Parliament for Liverpool, at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, misjudged the speed of the approaching locomotive Rocket and was run over, becoming the world's first railway passenger fatality (b. 1770).
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