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1962 in rail transport
Events
January events
January 4 âÂÂ
New York City Subway
introduces a driverless train.
January 8 â The
Harmelen train disaster
, the worst railway accident in the history of the
Netherlands
, occurs when one
passenger train
driver misses a warning signal and
passes a red signal
to collide nearly head-on with another passenger train. 93 are killed.
January 28 â The last lines of
streetcars in Washington, D.C.
, end operations.
February events
February 1 â The
Nordland Line
in
Norway
is completed and opened to
Bodø
.
March events
March 15 âÂÂ
Canadian Pacific Railway
receives authorization to discontinue
passenger train
service between
Ottawa
and Chalk River.
March 23 â In
Tokyo
,
Japan
, the
Marunouchi Line
branch is extended from
Nakano-fujimicho
to
Honancho
.
May events
May 3 âÂÂ
Mikawashima train crash
in Japan kills 160.
May 22 âÂÂ
SNCF
in France completes electrification from
Strasbourg
through to Paris.
May 23 â Drilling for the new
Montreal Metro
system commences.
May 31
Toei Subway
Line 1 (present-day
Asakusa Line
) opens between
Asakusabashi
and
Higashi-Nihonbashi
in Tokyo, Japan.
The
Hibiya Line
is extended north from
Minami-senju
to
Kita-senju
and south from
Naka-okachimachi
to
Ningyocho
. Through service to the
Tobu Isesaki Line
also begins.
June events
June 30 â The
Norfolk and Western Railway
discontinues electrification on the former
Virginian Railway
.
July events
July 17 âÂÂ
Canadian National Railway
debuts a new paint scheme on its transcontinental
passenger train
, the
Super Continental
.
August events
August 29 â In
Tokyo
,
Japan
, the
Hibiya Line
begins service between
Kasumigaseki
and
Higashi-ginza
.
September events
September 1 –
Port Authority Trans-Hudson
assumes operation of the
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad
.
September 7 – The
Buckfastleigh, Totnes and South Devon Railway
, in England, is closed by the
Western Region of British Railways
.
September 30 â Toei Subway Line 1 (present-day Asakusa Line) is extended from Higashi-Nihonbashi to
Ningyocho
in Tokyo, Japan.
October events
October 3 â British railway unions call a one-day strike in protest of workshop closures.
October 11 âÂÂ
Colorado and Southern Railway
2-8-0
number 641 pulls the last
steam locomotive
-operated regular daily service revenue train on a
standard gauge
railroad in the United States when it pulls a train from
Leadville
to
Climax, Colorado
.
October 28 â The
Lake Street Elevation
of the
Chicago Transit Authority
rail system is placed in operation, relocating 2.6 miles of the former at-grade portion of the route onto the
Chicago and North Western Transportation Company
's elevated right-of-way, with new stations at Central, Austin, Ridgeland, Oak Park and
Harlem
. The improvement eliminated a total of 22 grade crossings in Chicago,
Oak Park
and
Forest Park
.
Unknown date events
Railway extended to
Wau, South Sudan
.
New York Central
purchases the first electric
multiple unit
passenger cars
from
Pullman-Standard
for use on the
Metro-North
railroad.
Union Pacific 3985
, a Challenger locomotive, is removed from revenue service on the
Union Pacific Railroad
.
First
Indian Railways
Class WDM-2
, from
ALCO
, introduced. The class will eventually exceed 2,800 units.
ALCO
closes the ALCO Thermal Products Division (formerly
Brooks Locomotive Works
) plant in
Dunkirk, New York
.
Harry A. deButts
is succeeded by
D. William Brosnan
as president of the
Southern Railway
.
The Northern Refrigerator Car Line is combined with
Merchants Despatch
.
Accidents
Deaths
February 2 âÂÂ
Ralph Budd
, president of the
Great Northern Railway
1919âÂÂ1932 and
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
1932âÂÂ1949 (b. 1879).
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