1801 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1801.
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Events
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May events
- May 21 – The Surrey Iron Railway in England is authorised by the Parliament of the United Kingdom, the first railway company established by statute and independently of a canal company.[1]
December events
- December 24 – Richard Trevithick demonstrates the first full-sized road locomotive to the public, successfully carrying a number of men up Beacon Hill, Camborne in Cornwall.[2]
Births
July births
- July 29 – George Bradshaw, English cartographer, printer and publisher and the originator of the railway timetable (d. 1853).
September births
- September 8 – Byron Kilbourn, president of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad 1849-1852 (d. 1870).
Deaths
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