1974 in rail transport

none 1973 1974 1975 1970 Events January January 2 – SEMTA begins subsidizing the Grand Trunk Western Railroad's commuter rail service between Detroit and Pontiac, Michigan.Schramm Jack E. When eastern Michigan rode the rails 1 Glendale, CA Interurban Press 1989 Henning William H. Andrews Richard R. 0916374866 20098495 https://books.google.com/books?id=MyFSAAAAMAAJ 180 January 19–20 – New Zealand Railways K class (1877) steam locomotive K 88 Washington is recovered from the Branxholme locomotive dump in the Ōreti River. March March 6 – Amtrak begins passenger service in the Central Valley of California with the first run of the San Joaquins between Oakland and Bakersfield.https://history.amtrak.com/archives/press-release-announcing-launch-of-the-i-san-joaquin-i-1974/@@download/item/Press%20Release_%20March%205%201974_San%20Joaquin%20Service_VonNordeck%20Collection%20WM.pdf ATK-74-10 202--484-7220 Amtrak March 5, 1974 Regular revenue service begins in both directions between Oakland and Bakersfield on Thursday, March 6. April 19, 2021 February 17, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220217010602/https://history.amtrak.com/archives/press-release-announcing-launch-of-the-i-san-joaquin-i-1974/@@download/item/Press%20Release_%20March%205%201974_San%20Joaquin%20Service_VonNordeck%20Collection%20WM.pdf dead March 17 – A freight train on Canadian Pacific Railway is derailed when it hits a rock slide near Spences Bridge, British Columbia; the accident leads to the installation of ditch lights on all Canadian diesel locomotives, a practice later copied by American railroads.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (March 4, 2006), Significant dates in Canadian railway history https://web.archive.org/web/20060427113227/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm 2006-04-27 . Retrieved March 17, 2006. May May 6 – Inauguration of full electric service on British Rail West Coast Main Line through to Glasgow.July 2025 May 8–27 – Railway strike in India. The strike by 17 million workers of Indian Railways is the largest known.http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1819/18190750.htm Chronicle of a strike 2009-11-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20110219024133/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1819/18190750.htm 2011-02-19 dead http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944832,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20081222065706/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,944832,00.html dead December 22, 2008 Time INDIA: Strangulating Strike May 20, 1974 April 20, 2010http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lr/2002/01/06/stories/2002010600140200.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20050306025910/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/lr/2002/01/06/stories/2002010600140200.htm dead March 6, 2005 Chennai, India Looking back at anger January 6, 2002 The Hindu 21 November 2009 May 9 – A first section of Prague Metro Line C, from Florenc to Kacerov in Czechoslovakia, officially opens.:cs:C (linka metra v Praze). Czech language. Retrieved January 11, 2017. May 17 – State-of-the-Art Car enters revenue service, on the New York City Subway. May 19 At the insistence of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Amtrak renames the Super Chief the Southwest Limited. Amtrak renames the Texas Chief service it inherited from Santa Fe Railway to become the Lone Star due to objections from Santa Fe over Amtrak's quality of service.109 Amtrak introduces the Expo '74 passenger train between Spokane and Seattle, Washington. June June 16 – The Milwaukee Road ends operation of its electric locomotives in Montana and Idaho. Trains over the Rocky Mountains are now solely powered by diesels. July July 23 – Shin-Koshigaya Station on what is now the Tobu Skytree Line in Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan, is opened.Terada Hirokazu データブック日本の私鉄 Databook: Japan's Private Railways Neko Publishing July 2002 Japan 198 4-87366-874-3 August August 4 – Italicus Express bombing was a terrorist bombing in Italy which killed 12 people. August 5 – Amtrak introduces the Adirondack passenger train between New York City and Montreal, Quebec. August 10 – A Philippine National Railways express train from San Fernando, La Union to Manila collided with a Baliwag Transit bus at a railroad crossing in Calumpit, Bulacan, killing 18 people and injuring another 53.G.R. No. 70547 January 22, 1993 https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1993/jan1993/gr_70547_1993.html January 22, 1993 July 23, 2022 August 15 – Line 1 of the Seoul Metro opens a 7.1 km mi on section between Seoul and Cheongnwangnyi.개요 및 연혁 Overview and History http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/kr/page.do?menuIdx=512 live https://web.archive.org/web/20240205120552/http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/kr/page.do?menuIdx=512 5 February 2024 12 July 2024 seoulmetro.co.kr ko August 30 – In the Zagreb train disaster an express traveling from Belgrade to Dortmund derailed before entering Zagreb Main Station, killing 153 people. September September 14 Commercial operation begins on São Paulo Metro, Brazil. Amtrak discontinues its Expo '74 service. September 15 – Amtrak introduces the Blue Water Limited passenger train between Chicago and Port Huron, Michigan. September 16 – Passenger traffic begins through the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) 3.6 mi km on Transbay Tube between Oakland and San Francisco beneath San Francisco Bay, the world's longest and deepest immersed tube tunnel.October 2016 October October 14 – The Tono Railway Dachi Line, connecting Tokishi and Higashi-dachi in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, is permanently closed.Shimizu Kaname ローカル線の一番の敵は自然災害！？ 息の根を止められた路線と運転再開を果たせた路線 Natural disasters are the biggest enemy of local train lines! Lines that were shut down and lines that were able to resume operation https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/5afb0a7da67ea137a312585a62c0f0f58aa1d59f https://web.archive.org/web/20240608144359/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/expert/articles/5afb0a7da67ea137a312585a62c0f0f58aa1d59f 8 June 2024 17 July 2024 Yahoo! News JAPAN ja October 30 – In Tokyo, Japan, the Yurakucho Line is opened between Ikebukuro and Ginza-itchome.History https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230605063443/https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html 2023-06-05 2024-07-13 tokyometro.jp Unknown date The original Norfolk Southern Railway is merged into the Southern Railway (US). John W. Barriger III steps down from the presidency of the Boston and Maine Railroad.http://www.rosshorwood.com/RailSiteLinksFiles/JohnBarriger.html John W. Barriger; Rail historian and railfan 2005-02-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20050301023222/http://www.rosshorwood.com/RailSiteLinksFiles/JohnBarriger.html 2005-03-01 dead The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway operates the last train ever on its subsidiary Grand Canyon Railway; it is a maintenance of way train.Bianchi, Curt May 1995 By steam to the Grand Canyon Trains Magazine 38–45 Accidents uncollapsed References Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society (2005), This Month in Railroad History – June. Retrieved June 13, 2005.