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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on July 28.

Events

19th century

• 1847 – Bristol and Exeter Railway's Clevedon branch line opens.
• 1862 – The first railway post office car in North America is operated over the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad; the mail is transferred to stagecoach in St. Joseph, Missouri, for the rest of the journey to California.

20th century

• 1982 – Fire destroys the Harrisonburg, Virginia, offices of the former Chesapeake Western Railway, which had been merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1954.
• 1996 – The Talleyrand Terminal Railroad (a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.) begins operations in Jacksonville, Florida.

21st century

• 2004 – Phase 1 of Wuhan Metro's Line 1 connecting Huangpulu Station to Zongguan Station opens.
• 2005 – An explosion destroys a carriage of an express train near the town of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 13 people. See: 2005 Jaunpur train bombing.