1985 in rail transport

1984 1985 1986

Years in rail transport

1984 in rail transport 1985 in rail transport 1986 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1985.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 January events 1.2 February events 1.3 March events 1.4 April events 1.5 June events 1.6 September events 1.7 Unknown date events 2 Accidents 3 Deaths 3.1 March deaths 4 References

Events

January events

• January 5 - At ceremonies held in Nenana and Seward, Alaska, ownership of the Alaska Railroad is officially transferred to the U.S. state of Alaska.^[1]
• January 14 - Awash rail disaster killed 428 in Awash, Ethiopia.

February events

• February 21 - The Soo Line acquires the Milwaukee Road and attempts to operate it as a subsidiary railroad.

March events

• March - The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan is extended from Omiya Station to Ueno Station, near Tokyo.
• March 25 - A methane gas explosion in Los Angeles will eventually lead to the abandonment of Red Line construction along the city's most important corridor, Wilshire Boulevard. The subway will not be seriously looked at again for almost 20 years.

April events

• April 30 - Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway assume joint operations of southern Ontario's Canada Southern Railway line.^[2]

June events

• June 11 - The HaBonim disaster was an accident in which a train crashed into a bus near HaBonim, Israel killing 22 people.
• June 27 - The Harbour Island People Mover commences service between Downtown Tampa and Harbour Island in Tampa, Florida, United States.^[3]

September events

• September - China Railway opens the world's longest railway bridge at this date, carrying the Heze–Xinxiang line over the Yellow River (10.3 km (6.4 mi)).^[4]

Unknown date events

• Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority expands rail service on the Red Line beyond Harvard Square, into the west Cambridge and Somerville areas.
• The Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad is formed by a spinoff of former Illinois Central lines from Chicago, Illinois, westward.
• Amtrak's Gulf Coast Limited passenger train makes its final run.

Accidents

Railway accidents in 1985 (1985) Location and date Awash, Ethiopia (14 January) • HaBonim, Israel (11 June) 1984 1986

Deaths

March deaths

• March 23 - Richard Beeching, chairman of the British Railways Board 1961–1965 (b. 1913).

References