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] Events
[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 mi) probably the longest public 10¼ in (260 mm) gauge miniature railway in the world.[1]
[edit] June events
- June 25 - Opening of the Furka (Base) Tunnel (15.4 km (10 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] 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.
[edit] Births
[edit] Deaths
[edit] References
- ^ The Wells & Walsingham Light Railway. Retrieved on 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. Retrieved on 2005-07-28.
