Chronology Of Main Events

Through service between Sixth and Ninth Avenue Lines via 53rd Street connection begins.

Temporary shuttle service is opened from the 50th Street Station on the 6th Avenue Line to the 8th Avenue Station on the 53rd St. connection.

Third Avenue Line of the New York Elevated Railway Company is extended to the 129th Street Station.

Third Avenue Line of the New York Elevated Railway Company is extended to the 89th Street Station.

Third Avenue Line of the New York Elevated Railway Company is extended to the 67th Street Station. Chatham Square and Houston Street stations are opened.

Opening of the steam-powered elevated railroad of the New York Elevated Railway Company on Third Avenue in Manhattan.

Sixth and Ninth Avenues Lines are connected by a new structure on 53rd Street.

Opening of the steam-powered elevated railroad of the Metropolitan Elevated Railway Company on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan.

Santa Rosa Street Railway Co. begins horse car operation in Santa Rosa.

Opening of the Trieste city tramway network.

11 ноября 1875 г. (ст. ст.)
Одесской городской управой был подписан контракт с Осипом Чижевичем, поверенным австрийских подданных Параскева Скараманги, Бернарда Кольмана и графа Ричарда Шметова, на устройство и эксплуатацию конных железных дорог в Одессе.

Opening of the horse street railway in Kazan comprising two routes: “Volzhskaya” an “Prolomnaya”.

Opening of the horse tramway in Luxembourg.

Opening of the horse tramway in Bombay.

Opening of the steam-powered elevated railroad of the New York Elevated Railroad Company (former West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway) on Greenwich Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan.

Operation of the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway ceases. The whole company is put up for the auction.

Opening of the horse street railway of the [future] One Hundred and Twenty-Fifth Street Railroad Company.

Opening of the cable elevated railroad of the West Side and Yonkers Patent Railway Company on Greenwich Street and Ninth Avenue.

Dayton Street Railway Co. opens first horse street railway line in Dayton.

P. P. Panaev's project of the horse street railway in Kazan is approved by the Ministry of Transport.

Opening of the horse street railway of the East New York & Jamaica Railroad Company in Jamaica.

Third Avenue Line of the Third Avenue Railroad is extended as single track to 129th Street and as double track to 69th Street.

Third Avenue Line of the Third Avenue Railroad is extended to 86th Street.

Second Avenue Line of the Second Avenue Railroad is extended to 42nd Street.

Second Avenue Line of the Second Avenue Railroad is extended to 28th Street.

Opening of the horse street railway of the Second Avenue Railroad Company. The line runs via Peck Slip, Pearl Street, Chatham Street, Bowery, Grand Street, Allen Street, First Avenue, 23rd Street and Second Avenue.

Opening of the horse street railway of the Third Avenue Railroad Company. The line runs via Park Row, Bowery and Third Avenue from Ann Street to 61th Street.

New York & Harlem Railroad Co. extends its line to Astor House along Chatham Street.

Opening of the horse street railway of the Eighth Avenue Railroad Company in Manhattan.

Opening of the horse street railway of the Sixth Avenue Railroad Company in Manhattan. The line runs via Sixth Avenue from Broadway to 54th Street.