1842 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1842.

Events

March events

• March 31 - The Middleton Junction and Oldham Branch Railway opens to Werneth in northwest England.

April events

• April 11 - The French government enacts the Loi relative à l'établissement des grandes lignes de chemins de fer which establishes the plan for French railroads' placement in a star pattern centered around Paris.

May events

• May 8 - A passenger train traveling between Paris and Versailles derails near Moudon and catches fire, kiling 55 people.

Births

December births

• December 7 - George Whale, Chief Mechanical Engineer of the London and North Western Railway 1903–1909 (d. 1910).

Deaths