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none October 2020 1988 1989 1990 1980 Events January events January 1 - Three railways in Norway are closed: Kragerøbanen, Numedalsbanen and Valdresbanen.Norsk Jernbaneklubb Norsk Jernbaneklubb Banedata '94 82-90286-15-5 1994 Norwegian February events February 27 – MARC service in Bowie, Maryland, is moved to Bowie State station at Bowie State University, which had room for a large park-and-ride lot and more direct access to Route 197.Bowie Railroad Museum http://www.cityofbowie.org/index.aspx?NID=293 City of Bowie 27 July 2016A General Chronology of the Successors of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company and their Historical Context: 1980-89 http://www.prrths.com/newprr_files/Hagley/PRR1980.pdf Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society Christopher T. Baer April 2015 March events March 1 - The Abbeville–Grimes Railway (a predecessor of the Bay Line Railroad) begins operations between its namesake cities in Alabama. March 19 – The Toei Shinjuku Line is extended from Shinozaki to its current terminus at Moto-Yawata 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 April events April 1 Seibu Railway's Chichibu Line extension to connect with the Chichibu Railway's Chichibu Main Line opens in Japan. The central section of the Akita Nairiku Line between Hitachinai Station and Matsuba Station opens for service in Akita Prefecture, Japan.会社概要 Company profile https://www.akita-nairiku.com/company/ https://web.archive.org/web/20231130121708/https://www.akita-nairiku.com/company/ 30 November 2023 7 February 2024 akita-nairiku.com ja July events July 5 – Opening of the Kanazawa Seaside Line connecting Shin-Sugita Station and Kanazawa-hakkei Station in Yokohama, Japan.会社概要 Company Profile https://www.seasideline.co.jp/company/company_profile/ https://web.archive.org/web/20231128192824/https://www.seasideline.co.jp/company/company_profile/ 28 November 2023 7 February 2024 seasideline.co.jp ja July 22 – M-Line Trolley begins heritage streetcar service in Dallas, Texas.Cumbie Jim The Streetcar Renaissance in Dallas Summer 1995 The New Electric Railway Journal http://www.heritagetrolley.org/TNERJDallas.htm 1048-3845 28–31 2020-10-18 2020-10-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20201018130906/http://www.heritagetrolley.org/TNERJDallas.htm deadYoung Andrew D. Veteran & Vintage Transit 1997 76–77 Archway Publishing St. Louis, MO (US) 0-9647279-2-7 September events September 1 Opening of Mellunmäki metro station on the Helsinki Metro in Finland, the world's northernmost metro station.http://www.esikaupunki.hel.fi/pdf/ITA%20raportti%20150210%20small%203.pdf Mellunkylän alueellinen kehittämissuunnitelma 2012-06-08 PDF 2010-02-15 City of Helsinki Finnish dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110720181428/http://www.esikaupunki.hel.fi/pdf/ITA%20raportti%20150210%20small%203.pdf 2011-07-20 Guadalajara light rail system Line 1, Periferio Norte to Seriferico Sur route officially operation service to start, a first light rail system in Guadalajara, Mexico.:es:Tren ligero de Guadalajara#Se concreta el proyecto (Spanish language) Retrieved January 13, 2017. September 3 – A first section of Istanbul Metro Line M1, Aksaray to Kocatepe route officially regular operation service to start in Turkey.M1 (Istanbul Metro) Retrieved January 13, 2016. September 17 – The Grand Canyon Railway officially reopens and carries passengers to the Grand Canyon National Park for the first time since 1968.Bianchi Curt May 1995 By steam to the Grand Canyon Trains 38–45 September 24 – LGV Atlantique in France opens from Montrouge to Connerré. October events October 29 - The Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street, Roosevelt Island and 21st Street – Queensbridge stations on the New York City Subway's 63rd Street Lines open.New York City Transit 2015 http://web.mta.info/nyct/facts/ffhist.htm New York City Transit – History and Chronology 2016-07-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100106080642/http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/facts/ffhist.htm 6 January 2010 November events November 11 - Berlin Jannowitzbrücke station reopens to Berlin U-Bahn trains following opening of the Berlin Wall. December events December 1 - The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad is merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad. December - Passenger service over the South Shore Line is taken over by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. Unknown date events thumb|100px|FS ETR 450 Pendolino The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad is formed from the sale of Canadian National Railway's Berlin Subdivision. Ferrovie dello Stato (Italy) introduces ETR 450 trains between Rome and Milan, the first production Fiat Ferroviaria Pendolinos in regular passenger service. Michael R. Haverty is promoted to president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, succeeding W. John Swartz.Vantuono William C. January 2001 http://www.railwayage.com/jan01/railroader_2000.html Mike Haverty, Railroader of the Year Railway Age 2005-03-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20080807161054/http://www.railwayage.com/jan01/railroader_2000.html 7 August 2008 Accidents March 4 - The Purley station rail crash in Croydon, near London, leaves five dead and 94 injured. March 6 - In the Glasgow Bellgrove rail crash, one passenger and the driver of one train are killed when two British Rail Class 303 commuter trains collide just east of Bellgrove station in the East End of Glasgow. May 12 - The San Bernardino train disaster occurs in San Bernardino, California, leaving six dead. June 4 - Ufa train disaster: A natural gas explosion near Ufa, Russia, kills 645 as two trains passing each other throw sparks near a leaky pipeline. uncollapsed Deaths November deaths November 15 - William N. Deramus III, president of Chicago Great Western Railway 1949–1957, Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad 1957–1961, Kansas City Southern Railway 1961–1973, dies (b. 1915). December deaths December 6 - C. L. Dellums, cofounder of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (b. 1900). December 26 - Buck Crump, president of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, 1955–1964 and 1966 (b. 1904). References