1971 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1971.

Events

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April

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The first northbound Coast Daylight under Amtrak at San Jose, California on May 1, 1971

June

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July

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Unknown date

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Accidents

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February accidents

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March accidents

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  • March 4 – A local train collides with a mini truck at a level crossing on the Fujikyu line, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan, killing at least 179 people and injuring 6100.
  • March 11 – A runaway train carrying 350 passengers, mostly children, derails next to a 12-metre deep (39 ft) ravine near Vicuña, Chile, killing twelve people.

May accidents

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June accidents

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July accidents

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  • July 21 – A fast train from Basel to Copenhagen derails due to a technical failure in the Class 103 engine; 23 die and 121 are injured.

Births

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Deaths

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August deaths

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  • August 30 – Louis Armand, French railway engineer, manager and resistance fighter (born 1905)

References

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  1. ^ "History". tokyometro.jp. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  2. ^ "The Post Office Role in U.S. Development: Railway Mail Service". History of the United States Post Office. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved 2006-04-26.
  3. ^ Scott-Morgan, John; Martin, Kirk (2008). Red Panniers: Last Steam on the Underground. Lydney, Gloucester: Lightmoor Press. p. 145. ISBN 9781899889297. OCLC 271770628.
  4. ^ Morikawa, Tenki (13 January 2020). "湘南モノレール開業50周年の道のりをたどる - 当時の写真とともに" [Tracing the path to the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Shonan Monorail - with photos from the past]. MyNavi Corporation (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 6 May 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  5. ^ Green, Oliver (1988). The London Underground – An Illustrated History. Ian Allan. p. 59. ISBN 0-7110-1720-4.
  6. ^ Balkwill, Richard; Marshall, John (1993). The Guinness Book of Railway Facts and Feats (6th ed.). Enfield: Guinness Publishing. ISBN 978-0-85112-707-1.
  7. ^ Wood, G. C. (1972). 6000 King George V – a chronology. Hereford: 6000 Locomotive Association.
  8. ^ "地下鉄(高速電車)の概要" [Overview of the subway (high-speed train)]. city.sapporo.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 19 January 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  9. ^ "実に地球300周…雪国駆けた「丸顔の美人」 さらば新幹線200系". MSN Sankei News. 15 March 2013. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2014. 最後の活躍の舞台となった上越新幹線。その誕生には、田中角栄元首相が赤鉛筆で線を引きルートを決めたとの逸話も残る。