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1982 in rail transport
Events
January events
January 13 â 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 â The
Palace on Wheels
luxury train
begins to run on
Indian Railways
.
January 27 â The
Bouhalouane train crash
in Algeria kills 131 people.
March events
March 16 â An extension of the
Namboku Subway Line
in
Sapporo
,
Japan
, opens for service between
Shin-Sapporo Station
and
Shiroishi Station
.
April events
April 1 – most rail operations in
New Zealand
of the Government-owned railways were transferred from the
New Zealand Railways Department
to the
New Zealand Railways Corporation
.
April 6 â Opening of the
Wells and Walsingham Light Railway
in
Norfolk
,
England
, at probably the longest public
gauge
miniature railway
in the world.
May events
The last freight trains passed over the
Dumbarton Cut-off
.
June events
June 23 â The
TÃ Âhoku Shinkansen
line in
Japan
opens between
Omiya
(near
Tokyo
) and
Morioka
.
June 25 â Opening of the
Furka (Base) Tunnel
() on the
metre gauge
Furka Oberalp Bahn
in
Switzerland
between
Oberwald
and
Realp
.
July events
July 28 â Fire destroys the
Harrisonburg, Virginia
, offices of the former
Chesapeake Western Railway
, which had been merged into the
Norfolk and Western Railway
in 1954.
August events
August 2 âÂÂ
Helsinki Metro
opens in
Finland
,
the World's most northern
metro
.
September events
September 18 â 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
.
September 21 –
Takabata Station
in
Nakagawa-ku
,
Nagoya
,
Aichi Prefecture
,
Japan
, is opened.
October events
October 23 â 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
November 15 â The
Joetsu Shinkansen
opens for service between
à Âmiya
and
Niigata
,
Japan
.
December events
December 29 â The
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
and the
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
merge to form the
Seaboard System Railroad
.
Unknown date events
Robert Krebs
succeeds
Alan Furth
as president of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the
Southern Pacific Railroad
.
Accidents
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