Portal:Transport/Selected anniversaries/January 1
- 1902 – The Swiss Federal Railways (pictured) is formed through the merger and nationalization of several smaller railroads.
- 1923 – Britain's Railways are grouped into the Big Four: LNER, GWR, SR, and LMSR.
- 1948 – British railways are nationalised to form British Rail.
- 1978 – Air India Flight 855 Boeing 747 crashes into the sea, due to instrument failure and pilot disorientation, off the coast of Bombay, killing 213.
- 1994 – Deutsche Reichsbahn and Deutsche Bundesbahn are merged to form Deutsche Bahn AG.
- 2007 – Adam Air Flight 574 disappears over Indonesia with 102 people on board.