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Formation of Railway Clearing House	2nd January 1842 (Sunday)		wikipedia
Metropolitain line opened from Paddington	10th January 1863 (Saturday)	on forum	gov ltmuseum
Grouping of railways into four major companies - GWR, SR, LNER and LMS	1st January 1923 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia railwaysarchive
"Murder on the Orient Express" published	1st January 1934 (Monday)		wikipedia
Reading (Southern) electrified	1st January 1939 (Sunday)	on forum	wikipedia
Foundation of British Railways - nationalisation	1st January 1948 (Thursday)	on forum	wikipedia
Portishead (New) station opened	4th January 1954 (Monday)	on forum	portisheadrailw...
Closure of Upwey Wishing Well Halt	7th January 1957 (Monday)	on forum	opcdorset dorsetecho
Line from Bala to Blaenau Ffestiniog closed to passenger services	2nd January 1960 (Saturday)	on forum	wikipedia
Last service - Swansea and Mumbles Tramway	5th January 1960 (Tuesday)	on forum	walesonline
Closure Ruabon to Morfa Mawddach	18th January 1965 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia
Full electric passenger services start, West Coast Main Line to Manchester and Liverpool	3rd January 1966 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia
Cheltenham (St James) station closes	3rd January 1966 (Monday)	on forum	wikipedia
Hixon Railway accident	6th January 1968 (Saturday)	on forum	railwaysarchive forum wikipedia
Winter of discontent - 24 hour rail strike	16th January 1979 (Tuesday)	on forum	libcom wikipedia
Cannon Street buffer stop collision	8th January 1991 (Tuesday)	on forum	wikipedia
Strategic Rail Authority unveils 10 year plan	14th January 2002 (Monday)	on forum	theguardian
Incorporation of Railway Development Society Ltd (now Railfuture)	9th January 2004 (Friday)	on forum	railwaydevelopm... railfuture
A quiet day in previous years	12th January 2009 (Monday)	on forum
TVM - a fair weather facility?	11th January 2012 (Wednesday)	on forum	forum
Groupsaves on Ticket Machines	13th January 2012 (Friday)	on forum	travel forum
RoSCo Eversholt changes hands	15th January 2015 (Thursday)	on forum	wikipedia eversholtrail
Defibrillators discussion pack published by Network Rail	10th January 2017 (Tuesday)	on forum	networkrail theargus
~ Byron Bay Railroad Company launched its solar train	17th January 2018 (Wednesday)	on forum	bridgestone

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