December 30 in rail transport

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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 30.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 19th century 1.2 20th century 1.3 21st century 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 References

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[edit] 19th century

• 1892 – Canadian Pacific Railway opens the line between Payne and Eganville, Ontario; the first trains on the line are excursions from Renfrew.^[1]

[edit] 20th century

• 1906 – A train wreck at Terra Cotta near present day Fort Totten in Washington, D.C., kills 52; the accident leads to the Interstate Commerce Commission banning future wooden body passenger car construction.
• 1927 – The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
• 1986 – The Trans-Gabon Railway is completed.
• 1991 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issues a decree on to build the new underground metro system in Donetsk.
• 1996 – Dallas Area Rapid Transit opens the first line of Trinity Railway Express between Dallas and Irving, Texas.^[2][3]
• 1996 – A bomb explodes a train travelling in Lower Assam in Eastern India, totally destroying three carriages of the train and derailing six more, killing at least 33 people. See: Brahmaputra Mail train bombing.

[edit] 21st century

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[edit] References

1. ^ Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (December 12, 2005) Significant dates in Ottawa railway history. Retrieved December 27, 2005.
2. ^ Trinity Railway Express, Significant dates in Trinity Railway Express history. Retrieved December 27, 2005.
3. ^ DART, DART history. Retrieved December 27, 2005.