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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on December 30.
Events edit
19th century edit
- 1892 – Canadian Pacific Railway opens the line between Payne and Eganville, Ontario; the first trains on the line are excursions from Renfrew.[1]
20th century edit
- 1906 – A train wreck at Terra Cotta near present day Fort Totten in Washington, D.C., kills 52; the accident leads to the Interstate Commerce Commission banning future wooden body passenger car construction.
- 1927 – The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
- 1986 – The Trans-Gabon Railway is completed.
- 1991 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issues a decree on to build the new underground metro system in Donetsk.
- 1996 –
- Dallas Area Rapid Transit opens the first line of Trinity Railway Express between Dallas and Irving, Texas.[2][3]
- A bomb explodes a train travelling in Lower Assam in Eastern India, totally destroying three carriages of the train and derailing six more, killing at least 33 people. See: Brahmaputra Mail train bombing.
21st century edit
- 2006
- Guangzhou Metro's Line 4 extension from Xinzao to Huangge (except Guanqiao, Qingsheng) opens.
- Heavy rainfall causes a landslide on an embankment near St Blazey, Cornwall, blocking the Atlantic Coast Line.[4]
- 2015 – Construction begins on the Ningbo Rail Transit Line 3 (Yinfeng Line) in China.[5]
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References edit
- ^ "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. December 12, 2005. Retrieved December 27, 2005.
- ^ Trinity Railway Express. "Significant dates in Trinity Railway Express history". Retrieved December 27, 2005.
- ^ DART. "DART history". Retrieved December 27, 2005.
- ^ "Landslide closes rail branchline". BBC. 3 January 2007. Retrieved 23 May 2007.
- ^ "宁波-奉化城际铁路开工 对接轨道交通3号线" [Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway begins construction and is scheduled to open in June 2019] (in Chinese). CNNB. December 30, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.