China Railway opens
Zhicheng–
Liuzhou railway, 885 km (550 mi) in length with 396 tunnels totalling 172 km (107 mi) and 476 bridges totalling 52 km (32 mi).[2]
October - The Shiranuka Line is abolished between
Shiranuka Station and Hokushin Station in Hokkaido, Japan. This is the first line listed under the
JNR Reconstruction Act to be abolished.[10]
October 29 - The last
GG1 in revenue service pulls its last train,
New Jersey Transit train number 3323.
October 30
Amtrak launches a rebranded, thrice-weekly Auto Train using much of the same equipment and the same route as the train operated by
Auto-Train Corporation.
^National Railroad Passenger Corporation (dba Amtrak) (30 October 1983).
"National Train Timetables". Museum of Railway Timetables. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
Imashiro, Mitsuhide; Ishikawa, Tatsujiro (1998). The Privatization of Japanese National Railways. Bloomsbury Publishing Co. (published 2012).
ISBN9781780939278.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (
link)
China Railway opens
Zhicheng–
Liuzhou railway, 885 km (550 mi) in length with 396 tunnels totalling 172 km (107 mi) and 476 bridges totalling 52 km (32 mi).[2]
October - The Shiranuka Line is abolished between
Shiranuka Station and Hokushin Station in Hokkaido, Japan. This is the first line listed under the
JNR Reconstruction Act to be abolished.[10]
October 29 - The last
GG1 in revenue service pulls its last train,
New Jersey Transit train number 3323.
October 30
Amtrak launches a rebranded, thrice-weekly Auto Train using much of the same equipment and the same route as the train operated by
Auto-Train Corporation.
^National Railroad Passenger Corporation (dba Amtrak) (30 October 1983).
"National Train Timetables". Museum of Railway Timetables. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
Imashiro, Mitsuhide; Ishikawa, Tatsujiro (1998). The Privatization of Japanese National Railways. Bloomsbury Publishing Co. (published 2012).
ISBN9781780939278.{{
cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (
link)