1982 in rail transport
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 1 – A major railroad line service in New Zealand, officially operation transferred to New Zealand Railways Corporation from New Zealand Railways Department.
- April 6 – Opening of the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway in Norfolk, England, at 6.5 km (4.0 mi) probably the longest public 10 1⁄4 in (260 mm) 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
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
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Births
Deaths
References
- "The Wells & Walsingham Light Railway". Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-8511-2359-7. OCLC 24175552.
- Elswick, Samuel T.; Madson, Tony (1998). "Chesapeake Western Railroad Company records". James Madison University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2005-02-04. Retrieved 2005-07-28.
- Metro website of the Finnish Tramway Society
- "UrbanRail — Helsinki". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
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