1848 in rail transport
Events
February events
- February 15 – The Caledonian Railway is opened throughout between Edinburgh, Carstairs and Carlisle, completing a through rail route by the West Coast Main Line and providing the first service of through carriages between Scotland and England.
- February 18 – The Cleveland, Painesville and Ashtabula Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Ohio.
April events
- April 3 – The Joseph Valley Railroad, a predecessor of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, is chartered in Michigan.
June events
- June 12 – The Bristol and Exeter Railway's Tiverton branch line opens.
July events
- July – Henschel & Son turn out the first locomotive from their works in Kassel.
- July 11 – London Waterloo station opens.
- July 20 – Grand Trunk Railway predecessor Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad opens.
September events
- September 10 – Use of the atmospheric system on Isambard Kingdom Brunel's South Devon Railway ceases after less than a year of operation.
October events
- October 2 – The Skipton to Colne section of the Leeds and Bradford Extension Railway opened.
- October 28 – The first railway in Spain, connecting Barcelona and Mataró, opens.
November events
- November 1 – First W H Smith bookstall at a railway station opens, at Euston Station, in London.
- November 3 – The first railway in South America opens, from Georgetown to Plaisance in British Guiana.
December events
- December – The Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest part of what is to become the Chicago and North Western Railway, begins operation.
Unknown date events
- Tredegar Iron Works manager Joseph R. Anderson becomes the owner of the company.
Births
February births
August deaths
