1982 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1982.
Contents
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 6 - Opening of the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway in Norfolk, England, at 6.5 km (4.0 mi) probably the longest public Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). gauge miniature railway in the world.[1]
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.[2]
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.[3]
August events
- August 2 - Helsinki Metro opens in Finland, the World's most northern metro.[4][5]
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 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
- November 15 - The Joetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Ōmiya and Niigata, Japan.
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 Alan Furth as president of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Accidents
Births
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Deaths
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References
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- ↑ Metro website of the Finnish Tramway Society
- ↑ UrbanRail — Helsinki