Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/October 1
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- October 1
- 1910 – The Great Western Railway, in England, abolishes second-class rail fares (first- and third-class remain).
- 1911 – Hudson and Manhattan Railroad trains make their first station stops at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Manhattan Transfer station in New York City.
- 1958 – Northern Ireland's Ulster Transport Authority and the Republic of Ireland's Córas Iompair Éireann take over from the Great Northern Railway Board in running the remaining cross-border route (Dublin-Belfast) of the Irish railway system. The GNR assets are split between the two state companies.
- 2003 – M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) withdraws its fleet of Siemens trains (pictured) for the second time.
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