1983 in rail transport
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[edit] January events
- January 1 - China Railway opens Zhicheng–Liuzhou railway, 885 km (550 mi) in length with 396 tunnels totalling 172 km (107 mi) and 476 bridges totalling 52 km (32 mi).[1]
- January 2 - The first section of the Caracas Metro is opened, first rapid transit system in Venezuela.[2]
[edit] February events
- February 27 - The first phase of the O'Hare rapid transit extension of the Chicago 'L' system is placed into operation from Jefferson Park to Rosemont via the Kennedy Expressway median.
[edit] April events
- April 25
- Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad discontinues independent intercity passenger train service with the final run of the Rio Grande Zephyr.
- Lille Metro (France) opens, with driverless trains.[1]
[edit] May events
- May 6 - The last Georgia Railroad mixed train is operated by the Seaboard System Railroad.
[edit] June events
- June 20 - The Chicago and North Western Railway wins a bidding war against the Soo Line for control of the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad "Spine Line"; the Interstate Commerce Commission awarded the line to CNW's $93 million bid.
[edit] July events
- July 3 - Chicago and North Western Railway holds official groundbreaking ceremonies for the construction of the line into Wyoming's Powder River Basin.[3]
- July 16
- The route of Amtrak's California Zephyr is shifted off the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
- The entire Kowloon Canton Railway (now East Rail Line) between Kowloon (Hung Hom) and Lo Wu stations is electrified.
[edit] September events
- September 23 - In preparation for a sale of the Alaska Railroad's assets to the state of Alaska, the United States Railway Association sets the railroad's fair market value at $22.3 million.[4]
[edit] October events
- October 29 - The last GG1 in revenue service pulls its last train, New Jersey Transit train number 3323.
- October 30 - Amtrak launches a rebranded, thrice-weekly Auto Train using much of the same equipment and the same route as the train operated by Auto-Train Corporation.
[edit] December events
- December 9 - The Wrawby Junction rail crash near Barnetby station in North Lincolnshire, England, killed one passenger.
- December 18 - Canadian National Railway abandons track between Renfrew Junction and Whitney, Ontario on the company's Renfrew Subdivision.[5]
[edit] Unknown date events
- Benjamin Biaggini steps down as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- Boston and Maine Corporation is purchased by Guilford Transportation Industries.
- The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad merge to form the Seaboard System Railroad.
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[edit] References
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 12, 2005.
- Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: October. Retrieved October 28, 2005.
- ^ a b Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X.
- ^ "Metro de Caracas". UrbanRail. 2007. http://www.urbanrail.net/am/cara/caracas.htm. Retrieved March 31, 2010.
- ^ Feurer, Keith (Summer 2004). "Look who came out on top". North Western Lines (Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society) 32 (1): 16–39.
- ^ Alaska Railroad (2005). "The Alaska Railroad - History". Archived from the original on October 13, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20051013072149/http://www.alaskarailroad.com/arrc119.html. Retrieved September 23, 2005.
- ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (December 12, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved December 18, 2005.
