1982 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1982.
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[edit] January events
- January 13 The 1982 Washington Metro train derailment involved an Orange Line train in Downtown Washington, D.C. in the United States and killed three people.
- January 27 The Bouhalouane train crash in Algeria killed 131 people.
[edit] March events
- March - The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan opens between Omiya (near Tokyo) and Morioka.
[edit] 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 101⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge miniature railway in the world.[1]
[edit] 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]
[edit] 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]
[edit] August events
- August 2 - Helsinki Metro opens in Finland, the World's most northern metro.[4][5]
[edit] 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.
[edit] November events
- November 15 - The Joetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Ōmiya and Niigata, Japan.
[edit] Unknown date events
- Robert Krebs succeeds Alan Furth as president of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
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[edit] References
- ^ "The Wells & Walsingham Light Railway". Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. http://www.wellswalsinghamrailway.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness. ISBN 0-85112-359-7.
- ^ Elswick, Samuel T., and Madson, Tony (1998). "Chesapeake Western Railroad Company records". James Madison University Libraries. http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/cwrr.html. Retrieved 2005-07-28.
- ^ Metro website of the Finnish Tramway Society
- ^ UrbanRail — Helsinki
