1919 In Rail Transport
Events March events * March 5 – Rebuilt Helsinki Central railway station officially opened (architect: Eliel Saarinen). April events * April 12 – Ryutaro Nomura succeeds Simbei Kunisawa for a second term as president of South Manchuria Railway. May events * May 28 – Official inauguration of electrified suburban railways in Melbourne, Australia, with first train from Flinders Street railway station, Flinders Street station to Sandringham railway line, Sandringham and Craigieburn railway line, Essendon. September events * September 27–October 6 – Railway workers in the United Kingdom stage a Strike action, strike, called by the National Union of Railwaymen. October events * October 17 – Madrid Metro opens. * October 20 – The metre-gauge railway from La Paz (Bolivia) to Cumbre opens. November events * November 15 – The golden spike is driven and construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway is completed at a cost of United ...
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