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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on June 7.

Events

19th century

• 1859 – The Chicago and North Western Railway is chartered.

20th century

• 1922 – Yatsugi Station in Minami Hatajiki-machi, Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, is opened.
• 2000 – The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, originally built for rail traffic in 1943, opens for combined rail/highway traffic, making it the longest combined rail/highway tunnel in North America.

21st century

• 2001 – SNCF opens a station in Avignon, France, on the Meditrranean TGV line.

Last train to run on the Amador Foothills Railroad

• 2004
  • The high speed Gautrain between Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa, is announced.
  • Amador Foothills Railroad operates its last train (pictured).