1982 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1982.
Events[]
January events[]
- January 13 – The 1982 Washington Metro train derailment involves an Orange Line train in Downtown Washington, D.C. in the United States and kills three people.
- January 26 – The Palace on Wheels luxury train begins to run on Indian Railways.
- January 27 – The Bouhalouane train crash in Algeria kills 131 people.
March events[]
- March – The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan opens between Omiya (near Tokyo) and Morioka.
April events[]
- April 1 – A major railroad line service in New Zealand, officially operation transferred to New Zealand Railways Corporation from New Zealand Railways Department.[citation needed]
- April 6 – Opening of the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway in Norfolk, England, at 6.5 km (4.0 mi) probably the longest public 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge miniature railway in the world.[1]
May events[]
- The last freight trains passed over the Dumbarton Cut-off.[2]
June events[]
- June 25 – Opening of the Furka (Base) Tunnel (15.4 km (9.6 mi)) on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp Bahn in Switzerland between Oberwald and Realp.[3][page needed]
July events[]
- July 28 – Fire destroys the Harrisonburg, Virginia, offices of the former Chesapeake Western Railway, which had been merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1954.[4]
August events[]
- August 2 – Helsinki Metro opens in Finland, the World's most northern metro.[5][6]
September events[]
- September 18 – The second stage of Brisbane, Australia, Suburban Electrification is commissioned between Bowen Hills and Shorncliffe, and also between Roma Street and Kingston.
- September 19 – Final day of PCC streetcar operation in San Francisco before all routes began full time Muni Metro light rail services through the Market Street Subway.[7][8]
- September 21 – Takabata Station in Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is opened.
October events[]
- October 23 – The first of 46 new 85-foot stainless steel electric multiple unit cars (1-46) built by Nippon-Sharyo of Nagoya, Japan are placed in service on the South Shore Commuter Line by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. These cars replaced Insull-era equipment dating back to 1926.
November events[]
December events[]
- December 29 – The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad merge to form the Seaboard System Railroad.
Unknown date events[]
- Robert Krebs succeeds as president of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Accidents[]
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Births[]
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References[]
- ^ "The Wells & Walsingham Light Railway". Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ^ Emory, Jerry (1995). "Dumbarton Bridge & Piers to Moffett Field". In Gustaitis, Rasa (ed.). San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-520-08878-6. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-8511-2359-7. OCLC 24175552.
- ^ Elswick, Samuel T.; Madson, Tony (1998). "Chesapeake Western Railroad Company records". James Madison University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2005-02-04. Retrieved 2005-07-28.
- ^ Metro website of the Finnish Tramway Society
- ^ "UrbanRail — Helsinki". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- ^ Soiffer, Bill (September 20, 1982). "The Last Streetcar On Top of Market". San Francisco Chronicle, p. 2.
- ^ Perles, Anthony (1984). Tours of Discovery: A San Francisco Muni Album. Interurban Press. pp. 126, 136. ISBN 0-916374-60-2.
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