2000 in rail transport
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2000.
Events
January events
February events
March events
April events
May events
June events
- June 7 – The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, originally built for rail traffic in 1943, opens for combined rail/highway traffic, making it the longest combined rail/highway tunnel in North America.
July events
October events
- October 17 – The Hatfield rail crash, south of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK, occurs when a train traveling at 115 mph derails due to a rail that breaks under it. 4 people are killed, and there is considerable disruption to the national rail network as the infrastructure is reviewed.[5]
- October 29 – Amtrak upgrades service on the California Zephyr to daily.
November events
- November 11 – An faulty heater aboard a funicular train in Kaprun, Austria, starts a fire in the train's brake fluid while the train is in a tunnel; only four of the train's 155 passengers survived the fire in the Kaprun disaster.
December events
Unknown date events
Accidents
Railway accidents in 2000 (2000)
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Deaths
Awards
North America
- 2000 E. H. Harriman Awards
- Awards presented by Railway Age magazine
United Kingdom
- Train Operator of the Year
References
- ^ Cudahy, Brian J. (2003). A Century of Subways. New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 0-8232-2292-6.
- ^ General Motors Electro-Motive Division (May 23, 2000). "General Motors' Electro Motive ships first five locomotives for huge Union Pacific order". Archived from the original on March 14, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060314011954/http://www.emdiesels.com/en/company/news/links/20000523_UP_sd70m.html. Retrieved April 13, 2005.
- ^ "Øresund Bridge". http://osb.oeresundsbron.dk/frontpage/?lang=1. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. September 7, 2005. http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm. Retrieved September 30, 2005.
- ^ Left, Sarah (January 15, 2002). "Key dates in Britain's railway history". The Guardian Unlimited. http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,633951,00.html.