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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 30.

Events

20th century

• 1906 – The first part of Jingzhang railway, linking Beijing and Zhangjiakou in China, opens for service.
• 1916 – Construction is completed on the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City.
• 1933 – Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad enters receivership; Samuel Insull is forced out of the railroad's presidency.
• 1939 – New York State Railways closes the University Line in Syracuse, New York.
• 1967 – The Monon Railroad ceases all passenger train operations.

21st century

• 2003 – Tobu Railway, in Japan, ends freight operations to concentrate on passenger train operations.

Deaths

• 1890 – Frederick H. Billings, president of Northern Pacific Railway 1879–1881, dies (b. 1823).