1988 IN RAIL TRANSPORT

Contents

Events

February events

March events

June events

September events

October events

December events

Unknown date events

Deaths

References

Events

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 Honshū and Hokkaidō (53.85 km (33.49 mi)) as part of the Japan Railways Kaikyo Line.^[1]

June events

★ June 12 - The Trondheim Tramway in Trondheim, Norway is closed, after decision in the city council.^[2]

★ 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.

September events

★ September 23 - Boston and Maine Railroad's former Connecticut River Railroad line is transferred to Amtrak for the restoration of ''Montrealer'' service, which became Amtrak's ''Vermonter''.

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.

December events

★ December 12 - Three British Rail commuter trains collide at around 8:00 AM (local time) in the Clapham Junction rail crash in South East London as a result of inadequately supervised work on signalling, killing 35.^[3]

Unknown date events

★ Burlington Northern Railroad corporate headquarters are moved from Seattle, Washington, to Fort Worth, Texas.

★ Union Station in Washington, DC, is reopened after renovation.

Deaths

References

★ Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), ''This month in railroad history: September''. Retrieved September 23 2005.

★ Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society (2005), ''This month in railroad history: October''. Retrieved October 11 2005.
1. Japan Tunnels Under the Ocean, Morse, D., , , Civil Engineering,
2. På meterspor i Nidaros, , Nils Carl, Aspenberg, Baneforlaget, 1995,
3. Key dates in Britain's railway history Sarah Left