1988 in rail transport

none October 2020 1987 1988 1989 1980 Events January events January 6 - Michigan Central Station in Detroit closes to passengers. January 31 - Aichi Loop Line, Okazaki Station via Toyota-shi Station to Kozoji Station route officially completed in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.December 2016 February events February 1 - MBTA restores passenger train service to Rhode Island, but only during peak rush-hour times. February 29 - Illinois Central Gulf Railroad drops the word "Gulf" from its name, returning to the premerger Illinois Central Railroad company name. March events March 13 Opening of the Seikan Tunnel beneath the Tsugaru Strait connecting the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan (53.85 km mi on) as part of the Kaikyō Line of Hokkaido Railway Company, the world's longest (until 2016) and deepest.Morse, D. Japan Tunnels Under the Ocean Civil Engineering May 1988 58 5 50–53 Shin-Onomichi Station on the high-speed Sanyo Shinkansen line in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan, is opened. May events May - Guilford Transportation Industries is established to operate railroads in the northeastern United States. May 29 - World's first Pendolino train to enter regular high-speed service, ETR 450 in Italy. June events June 4 - The Arzamas train disaster occurs when three cars transporting hexogen to Kazakhstan explode on the railway crossing in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast of the Soviet Union, killing 91 people, injuring 1500 and destroying 151 buildings. June 8 – In Tokyo, Japan, the southern section of the Yurakucho Line is opened between Shintomicho and Shin-Kiba.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 June 12 - The Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway is closed, after decision in the city council.Aspenberg Nils Carl På meterspor i Nidaros 1995 Baneforlaget Oslo 6Modern Tramway, September 1988, p. 328. Ian Allan Publishing/Light Rail Transit Association (UK). June 27 - A runaway train hits a stationary rush-hour train at Gare de Lyon in France, killing 59 people and injuring more than 50 others. July events July 8 - Peruman railway accident: The Bangalore–Kanyakumari Island Express train derails on the Peruman bridge over Ashtamudi Lake, near Perinadu, Kollam, Kerala, India and falls into the lake, killing 105 people. July 26 - Israel's Knesset approves an amendment to the Ports Authority Law, merging Israel Railways into the Israel Port Authority, henceforth to be known as the Israel Ports and Railways Authority. September events September 14 - The light rail system based in the Tuen Mun District of Hong Kong is opened for passenger service, with introductory free rides in the afternoon; normal, all-day service begins four days later.Runnacles, T. V. (January 1989). "Tramway Developments in Hong Kong / Part 6: The Tuen Mun—Yuen Long LRT system". Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transit, pp. 3–18. Ian Allan Ltd./Light Rail Transit Association. September 23 - Boston and Maine Railroad's former Connecticut River Line is transferred to Amtrak for the restoration of Montrealer service, which becomes Amtrak's Vermonter. September 29 - Union Station in Washington, D.C., is reopened after renovation.History of Union Station DC https://web.archive.org/web/20080708081749/http://www.unionstationdc.com/history.aspx July 8, 2008 Jones Lang LaSalle / Union Station Investco, LLC. Retrieved 2010-07-14. October events October 13 - Rio Grande Industries, the parent company of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad, purchases the Southern Pacific Railroad; the combined railroad takes SP's identity due to its brand status to shippers.Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society 2005 http://avenue.org/nrhs/histoct.htm This month in railroad history: October October 11, 2005 December events December 2 - The Toho Subway Line in Sapporo, Japan, opens for service between Sakaemachi Station and Hōsui-Susukino Station.地下鉄（高速電車）の概要 Overview of the subway (high-speed train) https://www.city.sapporo.jp/st/subway/gaiyo/gaiyo.html https://web.archive.org/web/20240119102731/https://www.city.sapporo.jp/st/subway/gaiyo/gaiyo.html 19 January 2024 6 February 2024 city.sapporo.jp ja December 11 - The New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority opens the Archer Avenue Lines, and Jamaica – Van Wyck, Sutphin Boulevard, and Parsons/Archer subway stations, in Jamaica, Queens twenty years after it was proposed and five years after it was completed. This is part of a never-built subway extension reaching further into Queens. December 12 - Clapham Junction rail crash: Three British Rail commuter trains collide at around 8:00 AM (local time) at Clapham Junction in South East London as a result of inadequately supervised work on signalling, killing 35.Left Sarah Key dates in Britain's railway history The Guardian Unlimited 2002-01-15 https://www.theguardian.com/transport/Story/0,2763,633951,00.html Unknown date events Burlington Northern Railroad corporate headquarters are moved from Seattle, Washington, to Fort Worth, Texas. The PNR North Main Line in the Philippines ceases all long-distance operations.http://pnr.gov.ph/history.htm Brief history of PNR Philippine National Railways (February 27, 2009) November 4, 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20090227040648/http://pnr.gov.ph/history.htm February 27, 2009 Accidents uncollapsed References Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), This month in railroad history: September. Retrieved September 23, 2005. External links