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1990 in rail transport
Events
January
January 4 âÂÂ
Sukkur rail disaster
in Pakistan kills 307 people
January 15 âÂÂ
Via Rail
discontinues
Super Continental
service and shifts
The Canadian
from its
Canadian Pacific Railway
to a
Canadian National Railway
route between
Toronto
and
Vancouver
, ending service to many cities and towns along the CP line, including
Calgary
and
Regina
.
February
February 4 â The last
Edmondson railway ticket
s are issued for regular travel on
British Rail
, by the agent for
Pembrey station
in
Wales
.
March
March 7 â An
accident on the Philadelphia subway
near
30th Street Station
, kills three and injures 150 people.
March 12 â The
PNR North Main Line
reopens to after almost three years of closure. It is part of the
Metrotren
program.
March 30 âÂÂ
Keio Sagamihara Line
,
Chà Âfu
to
Hashimoto of Sagamihara
route officially completed, and
Moto-Yawata of Ichikawa
ã»
Shinjuku of Tokyo
to Hashimoto of Sagamihara route direct commuter train service to start in
Japan
.
March 31 â Opening of the first phase of the Osaka (
Nagahori Tsurumi-ryokuchi Line
) between
Kyà Âbashi
and
Tsurumi-ryokuchi
.
May
May âÂÂ
Zürcher Verkehrsverbund
formed as a coordinated public transport network in the Swiss
canton of Zürich
.
May 6 âÂÂ
Cowan rail accident
: A heritage steam train hauled by 3801 is rammed at
Brooklyn, New South Wales
, by a regular
CityRail
passenger train; six people lose their lives in the accident.
May 28 â An
Alaska Railroad
train derails 19
tank car
s near
Dunbar
. Approximately of
diesel
and
jet fuel
are spilled; the cleanup efforts last nearly three
week
s.
May 29 âÂÂ
Shore Line East
commuter rail service in
Connecticut
inaugurated.
June
June 13 â The first section of the
Genova
,
Italy
, light metro system, the
Metropolitana di Genova
, is opened.
July
July 2 â First direct
Berlin S-Bahn
service on the elevated
Stadtbahn
line between
Alexanderplatz
and
Zoologischer Garten
via
FriedrichstraÃÂe station
since erection of the
Berlin Wall
following its dismantling.
July 6 â Completion of the first
MRT system
in
Singapore
consisting of the
North South line
and
East West line
.
July 14 â The first light rail line in
Los Angeles
, the
Blue Line
, is opened.
August
August 18 âÂÂ
GrÃÂ¥kallbanen
, part of the
Trondheim Tramway
in
Trondheim
,
Norway
is reopened after the city council permanently closed the tramway in
1988
.
September
September 16 â Construction of the
Northern Xinjiang Railway
is completed between
ÃÂrümqi
and
Alashankou
, linking the railway lines of
China
and
Kazakhstan
, and adding 500 km to the
Eurasian Land Bridge
.
December
December 1 â Construction crews on the
Channel Tunnel
from both
England
and
France
break through the last amount of rock separating the two tunnels, forming the first land link between the two countries for around 8,000 years.
December 31 âÂÂ
Minsk Metro
's
Avtozavodskaya Line
opens between
Traktornyi Zavod
and
Frunzenskaya
.
Unknown date
David L. Gunn
steps down from leadership of the
New York City Transit Authority
.
Robert J. Ritchie
succeeds
William W. Stinson
as president of
Canadian Pacific Railway
.
The
Gateway Western Railway
begins operations over former
Chicago and Alton Railroad
tracks between
Kansas City
and
St. Louis, Missouri
.
The
66 series
begins service on the
Sakaisuji Line
in Osaka, Japan.
Accidents
References
Footnotes
Citations
(February 2002), Flags fall in corporate shuffles,
Trains Magazine
, p. 17.