1928 in rail transport

• January 5 – Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway opens its Bombay suburban electrified system on 1.5 kV DC.Rao, M. A. (1988). Indian Railways. New Delhi: National Book Trust. pp.150-1.l
• January 13 – Henry Clay Hall leaves the Interstate Commerce Commission upon the appointment of his successor.

• April 10 – Takagimachi Station, in Matsushima, Miyagi, Japan, opens.

• May 1 – The London and North Eastern Railway's Flying Scotsman steam-hauled express train begins to run non-stop over the {{convert|393|mi|km}} of the British East Coast Main Line from London King's Cross to Edinburgh Waverley{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=Alan|last2=Palmer |first2=Veronica|year=1992|title=The Chronology of British History|publisher=Century Ltd|location=London|pages=369–370|isbn=0-7126-5616-2}} using LNER Gresley Class A1 4-6-2s with tenders fitted with gangway connections to permit a crew change en route; 4472 Flying Scotsman takes the first northbound train.{{cite book|first=A. J.|last=Mullay|title=Non Stop! London to Scotland Steam|publisher=Alan Sutton|year=1989|location=Gloucester|isbn=0-86299-600-7}}

• June 13 - The first tests are performed with the first rail detector car, invented by Elmer Ambrose Sperry, in Beacon, New York.{{cite web|url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjun.htm|title=This Month in Railroad History: June|author=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society|year=2005|accessdate=2012-05-20}}
• June 27 - Darlington rail crash on the London and North Eastern Railway in England: Two trains collide head-on at Darlington Bank Top railway station in County Durham following a signal passed at danger; 25 killed.
• June 28 - The International Railway (New York–Ontario) switches to one-man crews for its trolleys in Canada.

• July 10 - Shin-Koiwa Station in Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan, opens.
• July 18 - Official opening of the Pau–Canfranc railway line as a trans-Pyreneen route between France and Spain, and of Canfranc International Railway Station in Aragon.{{cite web|title=1904-1928 : la construction|url=http://transpyreneen.free.fr/histoire/histoire2.htm|work=Histoire Pau–Oleron–Canfranc|accessdate=2012-05-20}}

• September 1
• Frontier Mail express passenger service between Colaba Terminus (Bombay) and Peshawar inaugurated by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway.{{cite web|url=http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|last=Saxena|first=R. P.|title=Indian Railway History Time Line|year=2008|accessdate=2009-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229092028/http://irse.bravehost.com/IRHTML.htm|archive-date=2012-02-29|url-status=dead}}
• The Philadelphia Broad Street Line begins service between City Hall and Olney Avenue.
• September 22 - Canadian Premier John Bracken drives the last spike on Canadian National Railway's line between Flin Flon and Cranberry Portage, Manitoba.
• September 28 - Third class sleeping cars are introduced on those British railways providing such a service.

• October 13 – Charfield railway disaster: London, Midland and Scottish Railway night mail train crashes into shunting goods train following signal passed at danger at Charfield in the English county of Gloucestershire: 16 killed.
• October 15 – The Loenga–Alnabru Line in Norway introduces electric traction.{{cite web|url=http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/Om-oss/Jernbanestatistikk/Jernbanestatistikk-2008/|title=Railway Statistics 2008|publisher=Norwegian National Rail Administration|year=2009|format=pdf|accessdate=2010-04-28|page=34|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302040853/http://www.jernbaneverket.no/no/dokumenter/Om-oss/Jernbanestatistikk/Jernbanestatistikk-2008/|archivedate=2012-03-02}}

• November 1 - New Keihan Railway Line, Tenjinbashisuji-Rokuchome Station of Osaka to Sanin station of Kyoto route officially completed in Japan (as predecessor of Hankyu Kyoto Line). {{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
• November 15 - Nara Electronic Railway Line, Kyōto Station to Yamato-Saidaiji Station of Nara route officially completed in Japan (as predecessor of Kintetsu Kyoto Line).{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
• November 28
• After both the eastbound and westbound passenger trains depart, a fire is discovered in the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway's Wainwright, Alberta, station; due to problems with the local fire truck, the station is completely destroyed in the blaze.{{cite web|publisher=Wainwright Railway Preservation Society|year=2004|url=http://www.wainwrightmainstreet.org/railpark/chronology.html|title=Fire Destroys the GTPR Station|accessdate=2005-11-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060303165004/http://www.wainwrightmainstreet.org/railpark/chronology.html|archive-date=2006-03-03|url-status=dead}}
• In Gunma Prefecture, Japan, the Jomo Electric Railway opens for service connecting Chūō-Maebashi Station and Nishi-Kiryū Station.{{Cite web |title=企業情報 |trans-title=Company History |url=https://jomorailway.com/company.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120125155/https://jomorailway.com/company.html |archive-date=20 January 2024 |access-date=9 February 2024 |website=jomorailway.com |language=ja}}
• November 29 - The last trains on Pacific Great Eastern Railway's (predecessor of British Columbia Railway) Vancouver-Horseshoe Bay line are run.
• The Merchants Despatch purchases the Northern Refrigerator Car Line (founded by Milwaukee's Cudahy brothers) and its 1,800 cars.

• December – Great Western Railway of England commences series production at its Swindon Works of ’Hall’ Class 4-6-0 steam locomotives, of which there will eventually be 339.{{cite book|last=Bradley|first=Rodger|year=1988|title=GWR Two Cylinder 4–6–0s and 2–6–0s|publisher=David and Charles|location=Newton Abbot|isbn=0-7153-8894-0}}

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• The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul, a predecessor of the Milwaukee Road, changes its name to Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific after a reorganization.
• William Sproule steps down from the presidency of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The position remains open until 1929.
• Hale Holden succeeds Henry deForest as Chairman of the Executive Committee for the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
• The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad, in Massachusetts, converts from steam locomotive power to electric power, adding motors, electrical equipment and controls to its passenger cars.
• The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad completes the last section of the Perry Cutoff, creating a more direct route between Chicago and Florida's west coast.
• The last new PRR K4s Pacific is built.
• Deutsche Reichsbahn-Gesellschaft Class ET 165 "Stadtbahn" electric multiple units for Berlin S-Bahn introduced; the class will remain in commuter service into the 1990s.
• The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway acquires the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway.{{cite web|publisher=Kansas City Southern Historical Society|url=http://www.kcshs.org/schedule/subs/images/history/kcs_hist.htm|title=The Kansas City Southern Lines|accessdate=2005-08-15}}

• March 14 – Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh, chairman of British Rail 1971–1976, is born (d. 2011).

• October 3 – Edward L. Moyers, president of MidSouth Rail and Illinois Central Railroad, chairman and CEO of Southern Pacific Railroad, "Railroader of the Year" for 1995, is born (d. 2006).{{cite news| url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2006/06/08/moyers-jr-edward-l/| title=Moyers Jr., Edward L.| date=June 8, 2006| newspaper=Chicago Tribune| access-date=February 20, 2014}}

• April 5 - Chauncey Depew, president of New York Central Railroad (born 1834).

• July 8 – Howard Elliott, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1903–1913, president of New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad beginning in 1913, dies (b. 1860).{{cite news| title=Howard Elliott Dies At Age Of 67; Former President Of New Haven And Northern Pacific Railroads. Victim Of Heart Disease End To Career Of Half A Century Comes At Dennis, Mass.--Was Of Distinguished Family. Began As A Level Rodman. Elected President Of Northern Pacific. Member Of Railroads' War Board. Overseen At Harvard. Director In Many Companies.| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/07/09/archives/howard-elliott-dies-at-age-of-67-former-president-of-new-haven-and.html |quote=Howard Elliott, former President of the New York, New Haven Hartford and the Northern Pacific railroads, died here late tonight of heart disease.| author=Associated Press| author-link=Associated Press| newspaper=The New York Times| date=July 9, 1928| accessdate=December 21, 2013}}
• July 30 - Job A. Edson, president of Kansas City Southern Railway 1905-1918 and 1920–1927, dies (born 1854).

• Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (August 16, 2005), [https://web.archive.org/web/20080622133256/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Significant dates in Canadian railway history]. Retrieved September 22, 2005.
• Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois

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