Globale Nachrichten

Aufnahme des elektrischen Betriebes auf der Straßenbahn.

Eröffnung der elektrischen Strandbahn Warnemünde — Markgrafenheide (4,7 km) • Opening of the electric interuban beach tramway line Warnemünde — Markgrafenheide (4.7 km).

Service on the Peninsular Railway between Cupertino and Meridian corners begins service, trains run from San Jose to Palo Alto.

Dalnie Melnitsy Line begins operation under animal motive power, the last one of its kind to be built in Odessa.

The opening movement of the horse tram.

Eröffnung des ersten Obusbetriebs (gleislose Bahn) in České Budějovice.

Opening of the interurban trolleybus line Pirano – Portorose (5.2 km).

Tramway line is extended to St. Mary Square.

Открытие движения троллейбусов до Выдрицкой долины.

Otvorenie medzimestskej elektrickej železnice Trenčianska Teplá – Trenčianske Teplice (5,5km / 760mm) • Opening of the interurban tramway line between Trenčianska Teplá and Trenčianske Teplice (5,5km / 760mm).

Eröffnung der neuen Streckenabschnitte Karlsplatz — Frankfurter Straße und Katharinenstraße — Friedhof • Opening of the new tram sections Karlsplatz — Frankfurter Straße and Katharinenstraße — cemetery.

Stanford University and the Southern Pacific Railway agree to lease a campus right of way.

The peninsular interurban soon runs electric cars from palo alto station to the stanford oval along Galvez street and Serra street

Blizhnie Melnitsy Line begins operation under animal motive power.

One track (the west one) of the Los Altos branch is electrified (Tracks, Tires, and wires by Charles McCaleb). Given the 1915 map
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it seems that this may have been done from Mayfield to Congress junction, unclear though ?

The peninsular railway operates service on the line before the stevens creek service is open. It pays to double track the stevens creek line from Meridian corners to Monta Vista, in a double-track right of way south of Stevens Creek road

Built cargo tram branch for the transportation of fuel for the Power Station.

Открыта вторая сеть электрического трамвая по Французской концессии.
Сеть действует автономно от Британской сети.

The movement of the electric tram open.

Otvorenie pozemnej lanovky Starý Smokovec — Hrebienok (1,9 km) • Opening of the funicular between Starý Smokovec and Hrebienok (1.9 km).

Otvorenie prvej trate Tatranskej elektrickej železnice v úseku Poprad — Starý Smokovec • Opening of the first track of Tatra electric railways between Poprad and Starý Smokovec.

Second Avenue Railroad Company restores its independence.

Opening of the electric tramway in Luxembourg.

IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line is extended to the Van Cortland Park–157th Street Station.

7 июня 1908 г. (ст. ст.)
Заключен контракт на сооружение электрического трамвая в Одессе.

Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad [operated by Third Avenue Railroad] begins battery car operation on the Post Office — Williamsburg Bridge Line.

Operation of the Fulton Street Railroad [operated by the Metropolitan Street Railway], a horsecar line, is discontinued.

Eröffnung der Sommerbergbahn.

Sunbury & Selinsgrove Electric Railway begins operation between its namesake towns.

Horsecar operation in Bombay is discontinued.

Opening of the interurban tramway line Matulji — Opatija — Lovran (12km / 1000mm).

Third Avenue Railroad Company restores its independence.