1991 in rail transport

none February 2012 1990 1991 1992 1990 Events April April 7 – The Empire Connection opens in New York City, allowing Amtrak trains from Upstate New York to reach Pennsylvania Station. Scheduled Amtrak service to Grand Central Terminal ends. April 25 – Monterrey Metro Line 1, A first section of San Bernabé to Exposición route officially regular operation service to start in Nuevo León, Mexico.:es:Metrorrey#Red#Talleres Exposicion (Spanish language) Retrieved January 13, 2017. June June 1 – The last remaining Trans Europ Express trains operate for the last time on this date. However, TEE service was revived on one route in 1993 (and then lasted until 1995). June 25 – Croatian Railways (Hrvatske željeznice) formed. June – The Tōhoku Shinkansen in Japan is extended from Ueno Station to Tokyo Station. July July 16 – Indian Railways inaugurates the Lifeline Express (Jeevan Rekha) hospital train.Indian Railways Fan Club http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html IR History: Part V (1970–1995) July 12, 2005 July 29 – The European Council adopts directive 91/440/CEE relating to the development of European railroads. September September 18 – The last train out of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, departs with six Canadian National Railway diesel locomotives pulling 64 railroad cars and caboose number 79822.Smith, Ivan (1998), Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History https://web.archive.org/web/20050810074326/http://www.trainweb.org/canadianrailways/articles/SignificantDatesInNSRailwayHistoryPart4.html August 10, 2005 . Retrieved September 18, 2005. September – A 400 Series Shinkansen train sets a speed record of 345 km/h (214.4 mph) on the Jōetsu Shinkansen line between Tokyo and Niigata, Japan. October October 15–20 – Following passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, five high-speed rail corridors are designated for the first time in the United States: The Midwest, Florida, California, the Southeast, and the Pacific Northwest.http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/618 Chronology of High-Speed Rail Corridors Federal Railroad Administration Department of Transportation July 7, 2009 February 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100214150558/http://www.fra.dot.gov/us/content/618 February 14, 2010 dead However, funding for these projects would remain elusive until $8 billion was released in 2010 under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.https://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/02/high-speed-rail-grants/ At Long Last, Clear Messages for High-Speed Rail February 1, 2010 Zach Rosenberg Wired Blogs Autopia February 13, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20100203060407/http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/02/high-speed-rail-grants/ February 3, 2010 live November November 29 – In Tokyo, Japan, the Namboku Line is opened between Akabane-iwabuchi and Komagome.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 December December 10 – The Toei Oedo Line is opened from Nerima to Hikarigaoka 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 December 12 – Amtrak and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) begin the Capitols passenger rail route (later renamed Capitol Corridor), connecting the Sacramento region of the Central Valley with Oakland and San Jose in the San Francisco Bay Area.http://www.capitolcorridor.org/included/docs/ccjpa/perfreport05.pdf The Capitol Corridor Performance Report 2005 July 31, 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070811073356/http://www.capitolcorridor.org/included/docs/ccjpa/perfreport05.pdf August 11, 2007 dead mdy-all December 26 (and further) – After dissolution of the USSR several national railways were formed. December 30 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issues a decree on to build the new underground metro system in Donetsk. Unknown date TrailerTrain changes its name to the TTX Company. The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad is merged into CSX Transportation. Ferrocarriles Argentinos, the state railway system of Argentina, is split with the metropolitan lines around Buenos Aires becoming Ferrocarriles Metropolitanos and most of the remaining lines becoming Belgrano Cargas. Railroad Development Corporation first invests in the Iowa Interstate Railroad.https://iaisrr.com/railroad/history-of-iais/ The History of IAIS Iowa Interstate Railroad 2023-12-01 Baikal–Amur Mainline declared complete. Accidents January 8 – Cannon Street station rail crash at Cannon Street station in London kills two. May 14 – The Shigaraki train disaster occurred in Shigaraki (now Kōka), Shiga Prefecture, Japan. A Shigaraki Kohgen Railway (SKR) train and a West Japan Railway Company (JR West) train collided head-on, killing 42 people and injuring 614 others. May 25 – A Class 43 high-speed train from Newquay to London Paddington on the Atlantic Coast Line derails in the Luxulyan Valley. Surl Malcolm Solo HST power car Modern Railways 64 705 32 Ian Allan Ltd 2007 Derailment of a High Speed Train in the Valley http://www.luxsoft.demon.co.uk/village/hst.html LoxSoft 2013-08-27 2007-04-26 September 3, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130903005557/http://www.luxsoft.demon.co.uk/village/hst.html dead July 21 – Newton (South Lanarkshire) rail accident killed 4 people at Newton station south east of Glasgow, Scotland. uncollapsed References 30em