1982 in rail transport

1981 1982 1983

Years in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1982.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 March events 1.3 April events 1.4 June events 1.5 July events 1.6 August events 1.7 September events 1.8 November events 1.9 Unknown date events 2 Accidents 3 Births 4 Deaths 5 References

Events

January events

• January 13 The 1982 Washington Metro train derailment involved an Orange Line train in Downtown Washington, D.C. in the United States and killed three people.
• January 27 The Bouhalouane train crash in Algeria killed 131 people.

March events

• March - The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan opens between Omiya (near Tokyo) and Morioka.

April events

• 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.

November events

• November 15 - The Joetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Ōmiya and Niigata, Japan.

Unknown date events

• Robert Krebs succeeds Alan Furth as president of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

Accidents

Railway accidents in 1982 (1982) Location and date Washington, United States (13 January) • Bouhalouane, Algeria (27 January) 1981 1983

Births

Deaths

References