1993, 1994, 1995

Years in rail transport

1993 in rail transport 1994 in rail transport 1995 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1994.

Events

January events

• January 1 - Rail Management Corporation takes over operations of the Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad.
• January 1 - Railroad Services, Inc. takes over operations of the now 5 year old Abbeville-Grimes Railway, renaming it to A&G Railroad.
• January 1 - Deutsche Reichsbahn and Deutsche Bundesbahn are merged to form Deutsche Bahn AG.

April events

• April 1 - Management of the British Rail infrastructure is taken over by Railtrack.^[1]

May events

• May 6 - The Channel Tunnel linking England and France officially opens.

June events

• June 25 - Vandals place concrete blocks on a railway line at Greenock, Scotland, causing the Greenock rail crash. The train driver is killed along with one passenger.

August events

• August 3 - Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited passenger train derails near Batavia, New York, while traveling at 75 mph (120.7 km/h), injuring 125 of the train's passengers and crew members.
• August 22 - Indian Railways orders the first WDC-2 locomotives.
• August 26 - The Dominion Atlantic Railway operates its last train, just a month short of the railroad's 100th anniversary.

September events

• September 22 - New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority begins construction on the 63^rd Street Connector which connects the 63^rd Street Tunnel to the Queens Boulevard Line.

October events

• October 13 – Inauguration of Eurostar service between Brussels and London by H.M. King Albert II and H.M. Queen Paola of Belgium.

November events

• November 14 - first commercial Eurostar Service Brussels<>London and Paris<>London 1994.
• November 30 - Alaska Railroad, which lacks a direct rail connection with the rest of the North American rail network, brings a 700 foot (213 m) long railgrinder to Alaska by ship at a cost of $1.2 million to service the company's tracks.

December events

• December 13 - The Interstate Commerce Commission grants Union Pacific Railroad authority to exercise management control over the Chicago and North Western Railway.
• December 31 - Burlington Northern Railroad operates the last freight train on the former Oregon Electric Railway mainline in Portland, Oregon; the mainline is to become part of the new TriMet light rail system.

Unknown date events

• Amtrak's new EMD F59PHI diesel locomotives enter service.
• Southern Pacific Railroad single-tracks the Donner Pass mainline.
• Norfolk Southern ends railroad-sponsored steam excursions.

Deaths

May deaths

• May 14 - W. Graham Claytor Jr., president of Amtrak 1982-1993 (b. 1912).

References

• Alaska Railroad, Alaska Railroad History. Retrieved July 20, 2006.
• Blaszak, Michael W. (June 1995), "Chicago & North Western: A survivor no more", Trains Magazine, p. 17-20.
• (May 1995), "Freight out, light rail in", Trains Magazine, p. 24.
• (March 29, 2005), History of railway companies in Nova Scotia. Retrieved August 26, 2005.
• Indian Railways Fan Club, IR History: Part - V (1970-1995). Retrieved August 22, 2005.
• New York City Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit – History and Chronology. Retrieved September 22, 2005.
• (May 1995), "Scanner - Rail at fault?", Trains Magazine, p. 21.

1. ^ Left, Sarah (2002-01-15). "Key dates in Britain's railway history", The Guardian Unlimited.