1985 in rail transport
Events
January events
February events
March events
- March - The TÃ
Âhoku Shinkansen line in Japan is extended from Omiya Station to Ueno Station, near Tokyo.
- March 2 – Porto Alegre Metro Line 1, Mercado to Sapucaia route, first section of operation service start in Brazil.
- March 11 – A first section of Recife Metro Line 1, Recife to Wermeck route, officially regular operation service to start in Brazil.
- March 14 – Shin-Misato Station, on what is now JR East's Musashino Line in Misato, Saitama, Japan, is opened.
- March 25 - A methane gas explosion in Los Angeles led to the abandonment of subway construction along the city's most important corridor, Wilshire Boulevard. The subway would not be seriously looked at again for almost 20 years until the D Line Extension.
- March 30 – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority expands rail service on the Red Line beyond Harvard Square to .
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Accidents
Deaths
March deaths
References
- (June 1995), "Timeline", Trains Magazine, p. 19.