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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1841.
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Events
March events
- 1 March – Opening throughout of the Manchester and Leeds Railway, the first to cross the Pennines of England (via Summit Tunnel).[1]
- 29 March - The Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock Railway opened between Glasgow Bridge Street railway station and Greenock.
May events
- May - James Bowen succeeds Eleazer Lord as president of the Erie Railroad.[2]
June events
- June 30 - Great Western Railway of England completed throughout between London and Bristol Temple Meads railway station, including Box Tunnel.[3]
July events
- July 5 – Thomas Cook arranges his first excursion, taking 570 temperance campaigners on the Midland Counties Railway from Leicester to a rally in Loughborough, England.[4]
September events
- September 19 - Inauguration first international railway line (between Strasbourg, France and Basel, Switserland, but with a terminus in Basel, first continuous line on October 15, 1843 between Antwerp, Belgium and Köln, Germany)
- September 21 - The London and Brighton Railway is opened throughout, in England.[5]
Unknown date events
- Joseph R. Anderson becomes manager of the American steam locomotive manufacturing firm Tredegar Iron Works.
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References
- ^ Marshall, John (1969). The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, vol. 1. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. ISBN 0-7153-4352-1.
- ^ Stratton, Fred. "Erie Railroad presidents". Retrieved on 2005-03-02.
- ^ Body, Geoffrey (1985). Western Handbook – a digest of GWR and WR data. Weston-super-Mare: British Rail (Western). ISBN 0-905466-70-5.
- ^ Derby Railway History Research Group (1989). The Midland Counties Railway. Gwernymynydd: Railway & Canal Historical Society. ISBN 0-901461-11-3.
- ^ Turner, J. T. Howard (1977). The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway: 1, Origins and Formation. London: Batsford. ISBN 0-7134-0275-X.
