1807 in rail transport
# 1807 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1807.

## Events

### March

* March 25 – The first railway passenger service begins, on the Oystermouth Railway in South Wales. The cars are drawn by horses.

### May

* May - closure of the Low Moor Waggonway

## Births

### January births

* January 9 – Matthias von Schönerer, Austrian railway engineer (d. 1881).

### March births

* March 27 – James P. Kirkwood, designer of Starrucca Viaduct in the United States (d. 1877).

### November births

* November 5 – Oliver Ames Jr., president of Union Pacific Railroad 1866–1871, brother of Oakes Ames (d. 1877).

### December births

* December 16 – William H. Aspinwall, American financier who helped build the Panama Railway (d. 1875).
