1982 in rail transport

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

Events

January events

• January 13 – The 1982 Washington Metro train derailment involves an Orange Line train in Downtown Washington, D.C. in the United States and kills three people.
• January 26 – The Palace on Wheels luxury train begins to run on Indian Railways.
• January 27 – The Bouhalouane train crash in Algeria kills 131 people.

March events

• March 16 – An extension of the Namboku Subway Line in Sapporo, Japan, opens for service between Shin-Sapporo Station and Shiroishi Station. ^[1]

April events

• April 1 – most rail operations in New Zealand of the Government-owned railways were transferred from the New Zealand Railways Department to the New Zealand Railways Corporation. ^[2]
• 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. ^[3]

May events

• The last freight trains passed over the Dumbarton Cut-off. ^[4]

June events

• June 23 – The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan opens between Omiya (near Tokyo) and Morioka. ^[5]
• 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. ^{[6] [ page needed ]}

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. ^[7]

August events

• August 2 – Helsinki Metro opens in Finland, the World's most northern metro. ^{[8] [9]}

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.
• September 19 – Final day of PCC streetcar operation in San Francisco before all routes began full time Muni Metro light rail services through the Market Street subway. ^{[10] [11]}
• September 21 – Takabata Station in Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is opened.

October events

• October 23 – The first of 46 new 85-foot stainless steel electric multiple unit cars (1-46) built by Nippon-Sharyo of Nagoya, Japan are placed in service on the South Shore Commuter Line by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. These cars replaced Insull-era equipment dating back to 1926.

November events

• November 15 – The Joetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Ōmiya and Niigata, Japan. ^[5]

December events

• December 29 – The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad merge to form the Seaboard System Railroad.

Unknown date events

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

References

1. "地下鉄（高速電車）の概要" [Overview of the subway (high-speed train)]. city.sapporo.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
2. Sinclair, Roy (1987). Rail: The Great New Zealand Adventure. Wellington: Grantham House. p. 147. ISBN   1-86934-013-2.
3. "The Wells & Walsingham Light Railway". Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
4. Emory, Jerry (1995). "Dumbarton Bridge & Piers to Moffett Field". In Gustaitis, Rasa (ed.). San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 48. ISBN   0-520-08878-6 . Retrieved 15 March 2016.
5. Taniguchi, Mamoru (1993). "The Japanese Shinkansen". Built environment . 19 (3/4): 216. JSTOR   23288577.
6. Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness Books. ISBN   0-8511-2359-7. OCLC   24175552.
7. Elswick, Samuel T.; Madson, Tony (1998). "Chesapeake Western Railroad Company records". James Madison University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2005-02-04. Retrieved 2005-07-28.
8. Metro website of the Finnish Tramway Society
9. "UrbanRail – Helsinki". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
10. Soiffer, Bill (September 20, 1982). "The Last Streetcar On Top of Market". San Francisco Chronicle , p. 2.
11. Perles, Anthony (1984). Tours of Discovery: A San Francisco Muni Album. Interurban Press. pp. 126, 136. ISBN   0-916374-60-2.