Taiwan High-Speed Rail
Nationwide
On 31 December 2006, Taiwan High-Speed Rail completed its final full-speed certification tests, clearing the way for commercial service to begin in January 2007.
Multiple Pre‑Grouping Companies
Nationwide
On 31 December 1922, more than 120 British railway companies operated for the final time before being consolidated into the ‘Big Four’ under the Railways Act 1921, which took effect the next day.
Multiple U.S. Railroads
Nationwide
31 December 1917 was the final full day of independent U.S. railroad operations before the United States Railroad Administration assumed unified wartime control on 1 January 1918.
PLM, PO‑Midi, Nord, Est, État
Nationwide
On 31 December 1937, France's major private railway companies operated for the last time before being merged into the national Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF) the next day.
designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway
Giovanni Michelucci, Italian architect and urban planner, designed the Firenze Santa Maria Novella railway station (born 1891)
Lidingöbanan
Stockholm
On 31 December 1984, Stockholm’s Lidingöbanan narrow‑gauge suburban railway ended operations in its original form to undergo major modernization and conversion work.
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