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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 9.

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1922 – Le Train Bleu resumes service over the entire Calais-Nice route.
1941 – Chesapeake and Ohio Railway officials accept the first 2-6-6-6 Allegheny steam locomotive from the Lima Locomotive Works. Despite many claims made by Alco, Union Pacific Railroad and others for the 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, the Alleghenies are the largest steam locomotives ever built for service in the United States.
1965 – Căile Ferate Române, the national railway system of Romania, opens its first electrified segment using the existing Braşov-Predeal line.

2003 – The European Commission approves the franchise of the Trans-Pennine Express JV between Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and other northern England locations as a joint operation of FirstGroup plc and Keolis.^[1]
2006 – London Overground closes a section of the North London Line between Stratford and North Woolwich to make a way for a Docklands Light Railway extension from Canning Town to Stratford International
2009 – The pre-production E5 Series Shinkansen set makes its first appearance at Tokyo Station.^[2]

1884 – Ernest Lemon, Chief Mechanical Engineer (1931–1932) and later Vice President for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, is born (d. 1954).

^ "Commission clears northern England train JV between FirstGroup and Keolis" (Press release). European Commission. 2003-12-09. Retrieved December 9, 2006.
^ "E5系が東京へ初入線" [E5 series reaches Tokyo for first time]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Koyusha Co., Ltd. December 10, 2009. Retrieved December 11, 2009.