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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on January 22.

Category:Rail transport timelines

Events

1851 – The Grand Duchy of Baden State Railway, now part of the Rheintalbahn in Germany, inaugurates passenger train service between Efringen-Kirchen and Haltingen.

1912 – Florida East Coast Railway opens the Key West Extension in Florida.[1]
1949 – The American Freedom Train tour, carrying the original versions of the United States Constitution, Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights, officially ends in Washington, D.C.
1956 – Santa Fe Railroad's San Diegan passenger train derails just outside Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal. The accident is announced over the radio and so many doctors, nurses and sightseers drive to the scene that it causes one of the first Sig Alerts.

2016 – Washington Metro shuts down for the weekend in anticipation of winter storm Jonas.[2][3][4][5]

Florida East Coast Railway (1912). Announcement: Key West Extension of the Florida East Coast Ralway. Retrieved March 21, 2015. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
"All Metro services will remain suspended/closed all day Saturday and Sunday". Washington Metro. January 22, 2016. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
Washington Metro (January 21, 2016). "Metro to suspend service during blizzard" (Press release). Retrieved January 23, 2016.
Halsey, Ashley, III; Duggan, Paul (January 21, 2016). "D.C. region braces for epic blizzard; Metro to shut down subway, bus lines". Washington Post. Retrieved January 23, 2016.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
Laing, Keith (January 21, 2016). "DC Metro to shut down amid weekend blizzard". The Hill. Retrieved January 23, 2016.

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