April 2005 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in April 2005.
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[edit] April events
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[edit] April 1 – April 2
- April 1
- All former BC Rail systems and operations are fully integrated into those of the purchasing railroad, Canadian National Railway. [1]
- Kansas City Southern Railway completes its controlling interest purchase of TFM.
- OmniTRAX purchases Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet, Georgia and Florida RailNet and Illinois RailNet from North American RailNet.
[edit] April 3 – April 9
- April 4
- East Japan Railway Company and Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit introduce women-only passenger cars in trains on the Saikyo and Rinkai Lines to deter groping. [2]
- The sale of General Motors Electro-Motive Division to Greenbriar Equity Group and Berkshire Partners is completed; the new company is known as Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD). [3]
[edit] April 10 – April 16
- April 11 - Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signs into law a bonding bill for the Northstar Corridor Development Authority in Minneapolis worth $866 million.
- April 13 - The transport ministry of Bulgaria issues the first freight transport license to a private company, Bulgarian Railroad Company, to operate on the nation's rail network. [4]
- April 14 - Nineteen cars of a southbound Union Pacific train operating on Canadian National Railway tracks south of Superior, Wisconsin, derail and cause a forest fire near Solon Springs, Wisconsin. [5]
- April 15
- Amtrak cancels all Acela Express trains between Washington, DC, New York City and Boston as cracks are found in the brakes on a majority of the trainsets' coaches. [6] [7]
- SEPTA begins construction on an $85 million project to replace and upgrade signal, communications and track switch equipment between its Wayne Junction and Glenside stations
- April 16 - Alaska Railroad opens its new headquarters building and operations center in Anchorage, Alaska. [8]
[edit] April 17 – April 23
- April 18 - Vadodara rail collision between passenger train and stationary freight train kills 18.
- April 20 - UTA TRAX, in Salt Lake City, Utah, begins construction of its 900 South Station, the railroad's first new station in six years; this is the first station for the railroad that is to be built in a mainly residential area.
- April 21 - At least 17 people are killed and 78 injured in a collision between a passenger train and stationary goods train in western India.
- April 23 - Los Angeles Metrolink opens a new station in Palmdale on the system's Antelope Valley line. [9]
[edit] April 24 – April 30
- April 25 - A JR West commuter train derails and strikes an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan, killing 106 and injuring more than 460 others; see Amagasaki rail crash.
- April 28
- The English, Welsh and Scottish Railway acquires the assets of Probotec Limited, the leading manufacturer of railroad freight car suspension systems in Europe. [10]
- Swiss engineers blast through the last section of rock on the first bore of the Loetschberg base tunnel project under the Alps. [11] See also Swiss finish drilling world's longest overland tunnel
- April 30 - The English, Welsh and Scottish Railway (EWS) was expected to close a deal that will allow the railway to operate freight trains through the Channel Tunnel; such operations would make EWS one of the first non-governmental companies to operate trains on France's national rail network.[12]
[edit] Deaths
- April 22 - Margaret Landry Moore, "Miss Southern Belle" spokesmodel for Kansas City Southern's Southern Belle passenger trains (b. 1923). [13]
- April 28 - Frank Turpin, CEO of Alaska Railroad, 1985–1993 (b. 1923). [14]
[edit] References
- (July 2005), "Abandonments and Acquisitions", Trains Magazine, p. 19.
- Amtrak (April 15, 2005), Service Alert: Acela Express - Amtrak Cancels All Friday and Saturday Acela Express Service Due to Brake Problem. Retrieved April 15, 2005.
- Associated Press (April 14, 2005), Freight train derails, burns in northwestern Wisconsin. Retrieved April 14, 2005.
- Canadian National Railway (March 21, 2005), CN – BC Rail Systems Integration. Retrieved March 21, 2005.
- (July 2005), "City Rail briefs", Trains Magazine, p. 29.
- EWS Railway (April 28, 2005), EWS acquires the assets of Probotec Limited. Retrieved April 30, 2005.
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division (April 4, 2005), Greenbriar Equity Group and Berkshire Partners Complete Acquisition of Electro-Motive from General Motors. Retrieved April 13, 2005.
- Hauser, Kristine, New York Times (April 15, 2005), Amtrak Suspends Acela Trains After Finding Brake Problems. Retrieved April 15, 2005.
- Kansas City Southern Industries (April 1, 2005), Kansas City Southern Announces Closing of TFM Transaction; Naming of TFM Interim CEO. Retrieved May 26, 2005.
- Mapaye, John, KTUU (April 16, 2005), Railroad opens new operations center. Retrieved April 18, 2005.
[edit] Trains News Wire references
- (April 8, 2005), EWS close to Channel Tunnel deal. Retrieved April 12, 2005.
- (April 27, 2005), Metrolink opens Palmdale commuter station. Retrieved May 4, 2005.
- (April 29, 2005), Swiss complete digging Alpine tunnel. Retrieved May 4, 2005.
- (April 5, 2005), Tokyo introduces women-only trains to prevent groping. Retrieved April 7, 2005.