1982 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1982.

Events edit

January 13 – The 1982 Washington Metro train derailment involves an Orange Line train in Downtown Washington, D.C. in the United States and kills three people.
January 26 – The Palace on Wheels luxury train begins to run on Indian Railways.
January 27 – The Bouhalouane train crash in Algeria kills 131 people.

March 16 - An extension of the Namboku Subway Line in Sapporo, Japan, opens for service between Shin-Sapporo Station and Shiroishi Station.^[1]

April 1 – A major railroad line service in New Zealand, officially operation transferred to New Zealand Railways Corporation from New Zealand Railways Department.^{[citation needed]}
April 6 – Opening of the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway in Norfolk, England, at 6.5 km (4.0 mi) probably the longest public 10+1⁄4 in (260 mm) gauge miniature railway in the world.^[2]

June 23 – The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan opens between Omiya (near Tokyo) and Morioka.^[4]
June 25 – Opening of the Furka (Base) Tunnel (15.4 km (9.6 mi)) on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp Bahn in Switzerland between Oberwald and Realp.^[5]^{[page needed]}

July 28 – Fire destroys the Harrisonburg, Virginia, offices of the former Chesapeake Western Railway, which had been merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1954.^[6]

September 18 – The second stage of Brisbane, Australia, Suburban Electrification is commissioned between Bowen Hills and Shorncliffe, and also between Roma Street and Kingston.
September 19 – Final day of PCC streetcar operation in San Francisco before all routes began full time Muni Metro light rail services through the Market Street subway.^[9]^[10]
September 21 – Takabata Station in Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is opened.

October 23 – The first of 46 new 85-foot stainless steel electric multiple unit cars (1-46) built by Nippon-Sharyo of Nagoya, Japan are placed in service on the South Shore Commuter Line by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. These cars replaced Insull-era equipment dating back to 1926.

November 15 – The Joetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Ōmiya and Niigata, Japan.^[4]

Robert Krebs succeeds Alan Furth as president of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.

^ "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.
^ "The Wells & Walsingham Light Railway". Archived from the original on 5 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
^ Emory, Jerry (1995). "Dumbarton Bridge & Piers to Moffett Field". In Gustaitis, Rasa (ed.). San Francisco Bay Shoreline Guide. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-520-08878-6. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
^ ^a ^b Taniguchi, Mamoru (1993). "The Japanese Shinkansen". Built environment. 19 (3/4): 216 – via JSTOR.
^ Marshall, John (1989). The Guinness Railway Book. Enfield: Guinness Books. ISBN 0-8511-2359-7. OCLC 24175552.
^ Elswick, Samuel T.; Madson, Tony (1998). "Chesapeake Western Railroad Company records". James Madison University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2005-02-04. Retrieved 2005-07-28.
^ Metro website of the Finnish Tramway Society
^ "UrbanRail — Helsinki". Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
^ Soiffer, Bill (September 20, 1982). "The Last Streetcar On Top of Market". San Francisco Chronicle, p. 2.
^ Perles, Anthony (1984). Tours of Discovery: A San Francisco Muni Album. Interurban Press. pp. 126, 136. ISBN 0-916374-60-2.