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Line 2: {{Trains portal/DYK image\|Thirdrail.SouthStation.agr.jpg\|Third rail on Boston's Red Line}} * '''[[1903 in rail transport\|1903]]''' – The [[Lackawanna and Wyoming Valley Railroad]] opens, becoming the first railroad in the [[United States]] to use an electrified [[third rail]] to power its trains. * '''[[2005 in rail transport\|2005]]''' – The [[Martello Tunnel\|Martello]], [[Shakespeare Tunnel\|Shakespeare]] and [[Abbotscliffe Tunnel\|Abbotscliffe]] railway [[tunnel]]s in [[Kent]], [[England]], close after 160 years of continuous service for renovation work estimated at [[Pound sterling\|£]]10 million; the work is expected to take four months to complete.

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