title: 1803 in rail transport
text: # 1803 in rail transport
  
  This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1803.
  
  ## Events
  
  ### May events
  
  * May – First section of Carmarthenshire Railway opens, the first public railway in Wales.
  
  ### July events
  
  * July 26 - The Surrey Iron Railway formally opens throughout, first public railway in England.
  
  ## Births
  
  ### June births
  
  * June 10 – Anson P. Morrill, president of Maine Central Railroad 1864–1866 and 1873–1875 (d. 1887).
  
  ### October births
  
  * October 16 – Robert Stephenson, English civil engineer and steam locomotive builder.
  
  ### November births
  
  * November 9 - Henry Farnam, president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 1854–1863 (d. 1883).
  