1985 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1985.
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[edit] Events
[edit] January events
- January 5 - At ceremonies held in Nenana and Seward, Alaska, ownership of the Alaska Railroad is officially transferred to the U.S. state of Alaska.[1]
- January 14 - Awash rail disaster killed 428 in Awash, Ethiopia.
[edit] February events
- February 21 - The Soo Line acquires the Milwaukee Road and attempts to operate it as a subsidiary railroad.
[edit] March events
- March - The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan is extended from Omiya Station to Ueno Station, near Tokyo.
- March 25 - A methane gas explosion in Los Angeles will eventually lead to the abandonment of Red Line construction along the city's most important corridor, Wilshire Boulevard. The subway will not be seriously looked at again for almost 20 years.
[edit] April events
- April 30 - Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway assume joint operations of southern Ontario's Canada Southern Railway line.[2]
[edit] June events
- June 11 - The HaBonim disaster was an accident in which a train crashed into a bus near HaBonim, Israel killing 22 people.
- June 27 - The Harbour Island People Mover commences service between Downtown Tampa and Harbour Island in Tampa, Florida, United States.[3]
[edit] September events
- September - China Railway opens the world's longest railway bridge at this date, carrying the Heze–Xinxiang line over the Yellow River (10.3 km (6.4 mi)).[4]
[edit] Unknown date events
- Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority expands rail service on the Red Line beyond Harvard Square, into the west Cambridge and Somerville areas.
- The Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad is formed by a spinoff of former Illinois Central lines from Chicago, Illinois, westward.
- Amtrak's Gulf Coast Limited passenger train makes its final run.
[edit] Accidents
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[edit] Deaths
[edit] March deaths
- March 23 - Richard Beeching, chairman of the British Railways Board 1961–1965 (b. 1913).
[edit] References
- (June 1995), "Timeline", Trains Magazine, p. 19.
- ^ Alaska Railroad. "History". http://www.akrr.com/arrc119.html. Retrieved 2007-01-03.
- ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. 2006-03-17. http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm. Retrieved 2006-04-26.
- ^ Sloan, Jim (January 3, 1999). "It's the end of the line". The Tampa Tribune: p. Metro 1.
- ^ Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-707-X.
