March – meeting in Edinburgh to discuss formation of the
Scottish Widows Fund and Life Assurance Society.
6 July – the
Kilmarnock and Troon Railway becomes the first public railway line to open in Scotland. It begins life as a 9.5-mile (16-kilometre),
horse-drawn
waggonway to carry coal from
Kilmarnock to
Troon harbour.[1] On 27 June the horse-drawn passenger coach Caledonia began running over the line between Troon and Gargieston, near Kilmarnock.[2]