1934 жылғы теміржол оқиғалары

Rail transport related events during the year of 1934

January 10 In France, the Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans and Chemins de fer du Midi merge to form the Chemins de fer de Paris à Orléans et du Midi, operating lines from Paris towards the south west, with some P O lines in southern Brittany passing to the Chemins de fer de l'État.

February The Pullman Car Company completes construction on Union Pacific Railroad's M 10000 streamlined passenger trainset. February 12 Union Pacific takes delivery of M 10000, later known as the "City of Salina".

March 13 – Taka Station in Taka chō, Shōbara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, is opened.

The first Italian E428 electric locomotive is produced. May 26 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr makes its "dawn to dusk" nonstop run between Denver, and Chicago.

June The Maine Coast Special begins summer service between Montreal and Kennebunkport, Maine over the Grand Trunk, Maine Central and Boston & Maine railroads. June 26 Matthew S. Sloan becomes president of the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad. June 29 The Southern Railway of England renames the Southern Belle passenger train (between London Victoria station and Brighton) to Brighton Belle.

July 15 The Chicago and North Western Transportation Company and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad begin 90 minute service on their 85 mile (137 km) routes between Chicago and Milwaukee, a precursor to high speed service to Minneapolis–Saint Paul.

August 15 – Shimotsuke Hanaoka Station on what has become the JR East Karasuyama Line in Takanezawa, Tochigi, Japan, is opened. The first London, Midland and Scottish Railway Class 5 4 6 0 "Black 5" to William Stanier's design is completed by Vulcan Foundry. 842 locomotives of this type are eventually completed, with examples in service until the last day of steam on British Rail. The first PRR GG1 electric locomotive is delivered to the Pennsylvania Railroad.

September 23 The Broadway Rensselaer streetcar line in Albany, New York, operated by United Traction Company, is abandoned. September 28 The Winwick rail crash on the London, Midland and Scottish Railway occurs when a busy signalman lines an express passenger train onto a track occupied by a stationary local train; 12 people die in the collision as three of the train's passenger cars are telescoped.

November 11 Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad inaugurates regular passenger service between Lincoln, Nebraska, and Kansas City, Missouri, using the Pioneer Zephyr trainset. November 20 – Shin Kotoni Station on what is now JR Hokkaido's Sasshō Line in Kita ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, is opened. November 30 Steam locomotive LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman becomes the first officially to exceed 100 miles per hour (160.9 km/h) on test in England.

December The only 4 14 4 steam locomotive ever built, AA20 1, is completed in the Soviet Union; it never enters regular service. December 1 – Tanna Tunnel officially completed in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, as same time, most of passenger and freight train through change route via Atami from Gotenba in Tokaido Line. December 14 The New York Central Railroad unveils the Commodore Vanderbilt, the first streamliner steam locomotive and the inspiration for one of Lionel's more popular toy locomotives. December 26 The Pullman Car & Manufacturing Co. merges with its subsidiary Standard Steel Car Company to become Pullman Standard.

Congo–Ocean Railway opened. 30th Street Station (originally known as Pennsylvania Station) in Philadelphia is built by the Pennsylvania Railroad. The High Line in New York City opened to freight traffic. The first 2 6 6 4 steam locomotives in the world are delivered to the Pittsburgh and West Virginia Railroad. The San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway discontinues operation of the railroad's three gasoline electric units. ALCO renames the Brooks Works plant, formerly Brooks Locomotive Works, in Dunkirk, New York, to ALCO Thermal Products Division.

January 3 – Victor Spencer, 1st Viscount Churchill, chairman of Great Western Railway (Great Britain) 1908–1934 (born 1864).

September 24 – Jule Murat Hannaford, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1913–1920 (born 1850).