1983 in rail transport

none 1982 1983 1984 1980 Events January events January 1 The Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Connecticut Department of Transportation form Metro-North Railroad.https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/25/nyregion/metro-north-acts-on-improvements.html Goldman Ari L. Metro-North Acts on Improvements July 25, 1983 The New York Times China Railway opens Zhicheng–Liuzhou railway, 885 km mi on in length with 396 tunnels totalling 172 km mi on and 476 bridges totalling 52 km mi on.Richard Balkwill Marshall, John John Marshall (railway historian) The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats 6th Enfield Guinness Publishing 1993 0-85112-707-X Amtrak takes over the operation of the Baltimore-Washington service (retitled AMDOT) under contract to Maryland Department of Transportation.http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/853/268/Amtrak-CEO-Boardman-House-T&I-testimony-Sep-11-2012.pdf TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH H. BOARDMAN , PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AMTRAK BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE OVERSIGHT HEARING ON "A REVIEW OF AMTRAK OPERATIONS PART 2: THE HIGH COST OF AMTRAK'S MONOPOLY MENTALITY IN COMMUTER RAIL COMPETITIONS" 11 September 2012 Amtrak Boardman, Joseph H. 3 August 2014 January 2 - The first section of the Caracas Metro is opened, first rapid transit system in Venezuela.http://www.urbanrail.net/am/cara/caracas.htm UrbanRail Metro de Caracas 2007 March 31, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100325140819/http://www.urbanrail.net/am/cara/caracas.htm 25 March 2010 live February events February 27 - The first phase of the O'Hare rapid transit extension of the Chicago "L" system is placed into operation from Jefferson Park to River Road via the Kennedy Expressway median. This phase opened the Harlem, Cumberland, and River Road stations. April events April 25 Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad discontinues independent intercity passenger train service with the final run of the Rio Grande Zephyr. Sumsion Oneita Burnside Thistle – Focus on Disaster 1983 Art City Publishing Company 0-936860-14-6 73–75 Lille Metro (France) opens, with driverless trains. May events May 6 - The last Georgia Railroad mixed train, the formerly-named Georgia Cannonball, is operated by the Seaboard System Railroad. Passenger service along the railroad's branch lines ceased a week prior.Schanche Don Jr. Buffs Saying 'Bye to Cry: 'All Aboard' The Macon Telegraph https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-macon-telegraph/130383484/ 21 August 2023 The Macon Telegraph Newspapers.com 27 Apr 1983 1B June events June 20 - The Chicago and North Western Railway wins a bidding war against the Soo Line for control of the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad "Spine Line"; the Interstate Commerce Commission awarded the line to CNW's $93 million bid. June 23 – The San Francisco Historic Trolley Festival beginsJewell Don Historic Trolley Festival in San Francisco October 1983 Pacific News 8–10 http://original.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/670/46296/october-1983-page-8 https://web.archive.org/web/20190609063723/http://original.trainlife.com/magazines/pages/670/46296/october-1983-page-8 June 9, 2019 0030-879X July events July 3 - Chicago and North Western Railway holds official groundbreaking ceremonies for the construction of the line into Wyoming's Powder River Basin.Feurer, Keith Summer 2004 Look who came out on top North Western Lines (Chicago and North Western Railway Historical Society) 32 1 16–39 July 16 The route of Amtrak's California Zephyr is shifted off the Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming to the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad. The entire Kowloon–Canton Railway (now East Rail line) between Kowloon (Hung Hom) and Lo Wu stations is electrified. September events September 23 - In preparation for a sale of the Alaska Railroad's assets to the state of Alaska, the United States Railway Association sets the railroad's fair market value at $22.3 million.Alaska Railroad 2005 http://www.alaskarailroad.com/arrc119.html The Alaska Railroad - History September 23, 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20051013072149/http://www.alaskarailroad.com/arrc119.html October 13, 2005 October events October - The Shiranuka Line is abolished between Shiranuka Station and Hokushin Station in Hokkaido, Japan. This is the first line listed under the JNR Reconstruction Act to be abolished.Imashiro Ishikawa 1998 68 October 1 - British Rail opens the Selby Diversion of East Coast Main Line between Doncaster, and York, a 22.8 km mi on new line built to avoid speed restrictions as a result of potential subsidence induced by coal mining in the Selby area. October 17 - SEMTA discontinues its commuter rail service between Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan.SEMTA's rail cars haul New Yorkers now Kathy Parrish Canton Observer November 22, 1984 https://www.cantonpl.org/sites/default/files/observer/1984/11_Nov%201984/11-22-1984.pdf June 7, 2014 July 14, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150824/https://www.cantonpl.org/sites/default/files/observer/1984/11_Nov%201984/11-22-1984.pdf October 29 - The last GG1 in revenue service pulls its last train, New Jersey Transit train number 3323. October 30 Amtrak launches a rebranded, thrice-weekly Auto Train using much of the same equipment and the same route as the train operated by Auto-Train Corporation. Amtrak discontinues the commuter-oriented Chesapeake between Washington and Philadelphia.http://www.timetables.org/browse/?group=19831030&st=0001 National Train Timetables 30 October 1983 Museum of Railway Timetables National Railroad Passenger Corporation (dba Amtrak) 3 August 2014 December events December 18 - Canadian National Railway abandons track between Renfrew Junction and Whitney, Ontario on the company's Renfrew Subdivision.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (December 12, 2005), Significant dates in Ottawa railway history https://web.archive.org/web/20070205234437/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm 2007-02-05 . Retrieved December 18, 2005. December 23 – The Toei Shinjuku Line is extended from Higashi-ojima to Funabori in Tokyo, Japan.東京都交通局,交通局について,都営地下鉄 History of the Transportation Bureau https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/about/ayumi/subway.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240223031608/https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/about/ayumi/subway.html 23 February 2024 12 July 2024 kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp ja Unknown date events Benjamin Biaggini steps down as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. Boston and Maine Corporation is purchased by Guilford Transportation Industries. Accidents December 9 - The Wrawby Junction rail crash near Barnetby station in North Lincolnshire, England, killed one passenger. uncollapsed Deaths August 27 – Harry A. deButts, president of Southern Railway 1951–1962, dies. References Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: July. Retrieved July 12, 2005. Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History: October. Retrieved October 28, 2005. Bibliography Imashiro Mitsuhide The Privatization of Japanese National Railways Ishikawa Tatsujiro 1998 Bloomsbury Publishing Co. 9781780939278 2012