April 15 – First freight train operated under concession by Ferrovias
Guatemala (subsidiary of
Railroad Development Corporation) to rehabilitate the national rail network, disused since 1996.[6]
August 1 –
Gauhati rail disaster: two trains carrying 2,500 people collide at the remote station of
Gaisal, 310 miles from the city of
Gauhati in
West Bengal, India, killing more than 285 people.[8]
October – SY class
2-8-2 #1772 is completed at
Tangshan, People's Republic of China, thought to be the world's last
steam locomotive built for commercial service. She is delivered to the
Tiefa Mining Railway.
October 5 – The
Ladbroke Grove rail crash occurs at Ladbroke Grove Junction, a few miles west of
Paddington railway station, when two
passenger trains collide nearly head-on killing 31 and injuring 400; the cause is attributed to the placement of a signal (showing a stop indication) that could not be seen far enough down the track for drivers to react in time.[16]
October 18 – After 15 months, three months ahead of schedule, the
$74 million project to rebuild the
Franklin Avenue Shuttle in New York City is completed; the shuttle as well as four stations reopen for service.[2]
October 22 –
Romeriksporten, Norway's longest railway tunnel, is taken into use.
^"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 January 19, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^"Historia". FEPASA. Archived from
the original on December 22, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
^The Wuppertal Suspension Railway. Lübeck: Schöning. 2009. p. 71.
ISBN978-3-89917-448-9.
April 15 – First freight train operated under concession by Ferrovias
Guatemala (subsidiary of
Railroad Development Corporation) to rehabilitate the national rail network, disused since 1996.[6]
August 1 –
Gauhati rail disaster: two trains carrying 2,500 people collide at the remote station of
Gaisal, 310 miles from the city of
Gauhati in
West Bengal, India, killing more than 285 people.[8]
October – SY class
2-8-2 #1772 is completed at
Tangshan, People's Republic of China, thought to be the world's last
steam locomotive built for commercial service. She is delivered to the
Tiefa Mining Railway.
October 5 – The
Ladbroke Grove rail crash occurs at Ladbroke Grove Junction, a few miles west of
Paddington railway station, when two
passenger trains collide nearly head-on killing 31 and injuring 400; the cause is attributed to the placement of a signal (showing a stop indication) that could not be seen far enough down the track for drivers to react in time.[16]
October 18 – After 15 months, three months ahead of schedule, the
$74 million project to rebuild the
Franklin Avenue Shuttle in New York City is completed; the shuttle as well as four stations reopen for service.[2]
October 22 –
Romeriksporten, Norway's longest railway tunnel, is taken into use.
^"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 January 19, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
^"Historia". FEPASA. Archived from
the original on December 22, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
^The Wuppertal Suspension Railway. Lübeck: Schöning. 2009. p. 71.
ISBN978-3-89917-448-9.