1927 in rail transport
Events
January events
- January 1 - John J. Bernet succeeds Frederick D. Underwood as president of the Erie Railroad.
February events
- February 14 - The Hull Paragon rail accident in England kills 12 people,
April events
- April 1 - Odawara Express Railway Line, connecting to Shinjuku Station of Tokyo and Odawara Station, via Machida Station route officially completed in Japan.
- April 3 - Yosan Line, Takamatsu to Matsuyama route officially completed in Shikoku Island, Japan.
May events
- May 15 - The Grand Trunk Western Railroad introduces the Maple Leaf passenger train between Chicago, Illinois and Montreal, Quebec.
June events
- June 1
- * Turkish State Railways formed.
- * Aichi Electronic Railway Line, Atsuta Jingu-mae Station of Nagoya to Toyohashi Station route officially completed in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
- June 29 - Great Western Railway takes delivery of its first 'King' Class 4-6-0 express passenger steam locomotive from its Swindon Works, No. 6000 King George V.
July events
- July 6 - Hebikubo Station, later renamed as Togoshi-kōen Station, in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, opens.
- July 16 - Opening of Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway on the English Channel coast.
August events
- August 24 - The Sevenoaks railway accident in England kills 13.
- August 25 - Detroit and Mackinac Railway officially abandons the section from Au Sable River Jct. to Comins and the Curran Branch between Hardy and Beavers.
September events
- September 1 – The Trunk Line in Norway takes electric traction into use between Oslo and Lillestrøm.
- September 24 - October 15 – Baltimore and Ohio Railroad celebrates its centennial in the Fair of the Iron Horse in Baltimore, Maryland.
October events
- October 10 - First Maine Central Railroad train over Carlton Bridge ends rail ferry service across the Kennebec River at Bath, Maine.
December events
- December 3 - Official opening of London Post Office Railway.
- December 30 - The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
Unknown date events
- Rail transport in Cameroon extended to Yaoundé.
- American Locomotive Company builds first 4-6-4 tender locomotive, for the New York Central; also, the first 4-8-4, for the Northern Pacific Railroad.
- American Car and Foundry acquires Shippers Car Line.
- Narrow gauge Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Railroad ends train service to the Rangeley Lakes House destination hotel.
- First Dutch National Railway Museum established.
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