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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on April 5.
Events
[edit]19th century
[edit]20th century
[edit]- 1965 – Fernhill Heath railway station in England is closed as part of the Beeching cuts.[1]
- 1968 – The Ulster Transport Authority (UTA), responsible for closing most of the northern part of the Irish railway system, is dissolved. Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) (formed as Ulster Transport Railways) takes over operation of railways in Northern Ireland.
- 1969 – The Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway, in England, reopens as a preserved steam railway.
21st century
[edit]Births
[edit]- 1844 – R. J. Billinton, Locomotive, Carriage, Wagon and Marine Superintendent of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 1890-1904, is born (d. 1904).
Deaths
[edit]- 1928 – Chauncey Depew, president of New York Central Railroad, dies (b. 1834).
- 1941 – Nigel Gresley, Chief mechanical engineer of the London and North Eastern Railway 1923-1941, dies (b. 1876).
References
[edit]- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. pp. 95–96. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.