Chronology Of Main Events / News

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.

Opening of the Sommerbergbahn funicular.

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.

Horsecar service is ceased. The line is regauged to 1000 mm and electrified.

An electric tram was built.

Открытие трамвайного движения в Санкт-Петербурге. /16.09.1907 ст. ст./

Opening of the Lustdorf electric tramway.

Official opening ceremony for the trolleybus with Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria.

Start of regular service on the trolleybus line between Gmünd city centre and the old Gmünd train station (České Velenice).

Otevření tunelové pozemné lanovky Divadelní náměstí – Imperial (127 m) • Opening of the tunnel funicular Divadelní náměstí – Imperial (127 m).

Opening of the electric tramway in Bombay.

IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line is extended to the 231st Street Station.

IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line is extended to the Marble Hill–225th Street Station.

Betriebsaufnahme der elektrischen Straßenbahn auf der Strecke Hauptbahnhof — Markt — Salztor • Start of operating of the electric tramway on the route main railway station — Markt — Salztor.

Lancaster Traction & Power Co. acquires property of the Lancaster Traction Co. and the Fairfield Traction Co.

Letzter Betriebstag der Dampfstraßenbahn • Last day of operation of the steam tramway.

Koniec prevadzky trolejbusov • End of the trolleybus operation.

Открытие трамвайного движения в Харькове. /03.07.1906 ст. ст./

1906 San Francisco Earthquake damages many tram lines and train lines in and around San Jose. The plans for the Los Altos branch are revised, with steam trains that run from a new standard gauge line to Santa Cruz. Within the city limits, all the tram lines are rebuilt to the same standard gauge and trolley wire. The first street line is initially rebuilt as the original narrow gauge but Southern Pacific soon acquires San Jose Railroads and (finances?) the reconstruction to standard gauge in 1909. The outlying parts of the first street line (both narrow gauge) are never rebuilt after the earthquake due to low ridership and no money, these are on hobson street and on Monterey Road south of Alma avenue. They are converted to buses.

181th Street and 207th Street stations of the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line are opened.

IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line is extended to the 212th Street Station.

Eröffnung der dritten Linie zur Endstelle Vorstadt • Opening of the third tram route to Vorstadt terminus.

Открытие трамвайного движения. Первый маршрут соединил Falkirk с соседними деревнями — Camelon, Larbert, Stenhousemuir, Carron и Bainsford.

Inbetriebnahme der Abzweigstrecke vom Güterbahnhof zum König-Albert-Schacht • Commissioning of the branch line from the freight station to the King Albert shaft.

IRT Lexington Avenue Line is extended to the South Ferry Station.