This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1838.

Events

Unknown date events

• Kilsby Tunnel on the London and Birmingham Railway is completed under the direction of Chief Engineer Robert Stephenson.
• The first "bed-carriage" (sleeping car) passenger cars are introduced on the London and Birmingham Railway and the Grand Junction Railway in England.

Births

September births

• September 16 - American financier who gained control of the Great Northern Railway and the Northern Pacific Railway (d. 1916).

Deaths