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none 1984 1985 1986 1980 Events January events January 5 - At ceremonies held in Nenana and Seward, Alaska, ownership of the Alaska Railroad is officially transferred to the U.S. state of Alaska.http://www.akrr.com/arrc119.html History Alaska Railroad 2007-01-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20070105190545/http://www.akrr.com/arrc119.html 5 January 2007 dead January 9 –Kitakyushu Monorail, Heiwadori Station to Kikugaoka Station route officially completed in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.会社情報 About us https://www.kitakyushu-monorail.co.jp/company/ https://web.archive.org/web/20230727090715/https://www.kitakyushu-monorail.co.jp/company/ 27 July 2023 8 February 2024 kitakyushu-monorail.co.jp ja January 13 - Awash rail disaster killed 428 in Awash, Ethiopia. February events February 21 - The Soo Line acquires the Milwaukee Road and attempts to operate it as a subsidiary railroad. March events March - The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan is extended from Omiya Station to Ueno Station, near Tokyo. March 2 – Porto Alegre Metro Line 1, Mercado to Sapucaia route, first section of operation service start in Brazil. March 11 – A first section of Recife Metro Line 1, Recife to Wermeck route, officially regular operation service to start in Brazil. March 14 – Shin-Misato Station, on what is now JR East's Musashino Line in Misato, Saitama, Japan, is opened.日本国有鉄道停車場一覧 JNR Station Directory Japanese National Railways 1985 Japan 31 4-533-00503-9 March 25 - A methane gas explosion in Los Angeles led to the abandonment of subway construction along the city's most important corridor, Wilshire Boulevard. The subway would not be seriously looked at again for almost 20 years until the D Line Extension. The Subway Mayor http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/the-subway-mayor/349/ LA Weekly Eric Berkowitz August 18, 2005 2010-10-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080830015008/http://www.laweekly.com/general/features/the-subway-mayor/349/ August 30, 2008 March 30 – Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority expands rail service on the Red Line beyond Harvard Square to Alewife. April events April 30 - Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway assume joint operations of southern Ontario's Canada Southern Railway line.http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm Colin Churcher's Railway Pages Significant dates in Canadian railway history 2006-03-17 2006-04-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20060427113227/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm 27 April 2006 dead May events May 12 - Manila Line 1, the first ever rapid transit line in Southeast Asia began full commercial operations by opening the remaining segment from Central Terminal Station up to Monumento Station. June events June 11 - The HaBonim disaster was an accident in which a train crashed into a bus near HaBonim, Israel killing 22 people. June 27 - The Harbour Island People Mover commences service between Downtown Tampa and Harbour Island in Tampa, Florida, United States.Sloan Jim It's the end of the line The Tampa Tribune Metro 1 January 3, 1999 July events July 3 – Pittsburgh Light Rail downtown subway opens for operation.October 2020 July 19 – Busan Metro Line 1, Beomeosa to Beomnaegol route officially completed, and first section operation service start of Busan Metro in South Korea.January 2017 September events September - China Railway opens the world's longest railway bridge at this date, carrying the Heze–Xinxiang line over the Yellow River [10.3 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 September 30 – Saikyo Line, Ikebukuro of Tokyo via Musashi-Urawa to Omiya route officially completed, as same time, Ikebukuro via Omiya to Kawagoe of Kawagoe Line route of direct commuter train service start in Japan.December 2016. Like a Tohoku Shinkansen line built separately, this corridor uses Automatic Train Control, previously used only at subways, high-speed rail, Yamanote Line and Keihin-Tohoku Line. October events October 18 Opening of the first section of Line 3 on the Seoul Metropolitan Subway from Gupabal to Yangjae (26.2 km mi on). Opening of the first section of Line 4 on the Seoul Metropolitan Subway from Sanggye to Sadang (28.3 km mi on).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 Unknown date events The Chicago Central and Pacific Railroad is formed by a spinoff of former Illinois Central lines from Chicago, Illinois, westward. Amtrak's Gulf Coast Limited passenger train makes its final run. Accidents uncollapsed Deaths March deaths March 23 - Richard Beeching, chairman of the British Railways Board 1961–1965 (b. 1913). References (June 1995), "Timeline", Trains Magazine, p. 19.