Events January events January 5 – Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway opens its Bombay suburban electrified system on 1.5 kV DC. January 13 – Henry Clay Hall leaves the Interstate Commerce Commission upon the appointment of his successor. April events April 10 – Takagimachi Station, in Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, opens. May events May 1 – The London and North Eastern Railway's Flying Scotsman steam-hauled express train begins to run non-stop over the of the British East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley using LNER Gresley Class A1 4-6-2s with tenders fitted with gangway connections to permit a crew change en route; 4472 Flying Scotsman takes the first northbound train. June events June 13 - The first tests are performed with the first rail detector car, invented by Elmer Ambrose Sperry, in Beacon, New York. June 27 - Darlington rail crash on the London and North Eastern Railway in England: Two trains collide head-on at Darlington Bank Top railway station in County Durham following a signal passed at danger; 25 killed. June 28 - The International Railway (New York–Ontario) switches to one-man crews for its trolleys in Canada. July events July 10 - Shin-Koiwa Station in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan, opens. July 18 - Official opening of the Pau–Canfranc railway line as a trans-Pyreneen route between France and Spain, and of Canfranc International Railway Station in Aragon. September events September 1 Frontier Mail express passenger service between Colaba Terminus (Bombay) and Peshawar inaugurated by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway. The Philadelphia Broad Street Line begins service between City Hall and Olney Avenue. September 22 - Canadian Premier John Bracken drives the last spike on Canadian National Railway's line between Flin Flon and Cranberry Portage, Manitoba. September 28 - Third class sleeping cars are introduced on those British railways providing such a service. October events October 13 – Charfield railway disaster: London, Midland and Scottish Railway night mail train crashes into shunting goods train following signal passed at danger at Charfield in the English county of Gloucestershire: 16 killed. October 15 – The Loenga–Alnabru Line in Norway introduces electric traction. November events November 1 - New Keihan Railway Line, Tenjinbashisuji-Rokuchome Station of Osaka to Sanin station of Kyoto route officially completed in Japan.(as predecessor of Hankyu Kyoto Line) November 15 - Nara Electronic Railway Line, Kyōto Station to Yamato-Saidaiji Station of Nara route officially completed in Japan.(as