View source for 1993 in rail transport

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{{Year in rail transport|prev=1992|curr=1993|next=1994|decade=1990}}

==Events==

===January events===
*January 30 – The first segment of the [[Southern California Rapid Transit District]] [[B Line (Los Angeles Metro)|Red Line]] subway opens in [[Los Angeles]].<ref name="MOS1">{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Katches |title=Red Line Rolls to Raves – It's Smooth Railing As L.A. Subway Opens |work=[[Los Angeles Daily News]] |date=January 31, 1993}}</ref>

===February events===
* February 1 – The [[metre gauge]] [[Harz Narrow Gauge Railways]] in the former [[East Germany]] are moved from federal control to the Harzer Schmalspurbahnen GmbH.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Davidson|last=Ward|title=The little engines that do|journal=Historic Trains Today|publisher=Trains Magazine|year=2010|pages=78–85}}</ref>
* February 21 – The [[Red Line (CTA)|Red Line]] ([[Red Line (CTA)|Howard-Dan Ryan]]) and the [[Green Line (CTA)|Green Line]] ([[Green Line (CTA)|Lake-Englewood/Jackson Park]]) rapid transit routes are formed by the [[Chicago Transit Authority]], and a 0.92 mile (0.57&nbsp;km) subway link between the Dan Ryan Line and the State Street Subway allowing the "Rail System Reroute". The switching of the lines south of Roosevelt Road, ended service on the former Howard-Englewood/Jackson Park and Lake-Dan Ryan routes.

=== March events ===
* March 21 – [[Transperth]]'s [[Yanchep line|Joondalup line]] opens to full service.

===April events===
* April – [[National Rail Corporation]] begins operation in [[Rail transport in Australia|Australia]], taking over interstate rail freight operations of the [[Australian National Railways Commission]].
* April 1 – [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], operator of the [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority#Metro Rail|Metro Rail]] system in [[Los Angeles, California]], is formed from the merger of the [[Southern California Rapid Transit District]] (RTD) and the [[Los Angeles County Transportation Commission]] (LACTC).<ref>Klugman, Mark.  [http://home1.gte.net/tpnews/current.htm Brief Report:  L.A.’s Transit Policing Partnership].  Spring 1998.  Retrieved April 4, 2006 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214194651/http://home1.gte.net/tpnews/current.htm |date=December 14, 2006 }}</ref>
* April 29 – The [[MATA Trolley|Main Street Trolley]] [[heritage streetcar]] system opens in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]], U.S.A..

===June events===
* June 4 – [[Fremont-Centerville (Amtrak station)]] reopens.

===July events===
* July 6 – The last regular [[freight train]] between [[Turkey]] and [[Armenia]] crosses the international border separating the two countries.
* July 11 – The last empty [[freight car]]s belonging to each other's railway networks are transferred across the closed border between [[Turkey]] and [[Armenia]] and returned to their respective railways.
* July 31 – [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]]-based [[Bi-State Development Agency|Bi-State Transit]] inaugurates service on its [[MetroLink (St. Louis)|MetroLink]] light rail system.<ref>Read, Brendan. "The Dawn of New Ridership in St. Louis". ''Mass Transit'' magazine, September/October 1993 issue, pp. 32–38. [[Cygnus Business Media|Cygnus Publishing]].</ref>

===August events===
* August 8 – [[Transperth]]'s [[Yanchep line|Joondalup line]] is extended from [[Joondalup railway station|Joondalup]] to [[Currambine railway station|Currambine]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Opening of Currambine railway station next month |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1993/07/Opening-of-Currambine-railway-station-next-month.aspx |website=Media Statements |access-date=31 July 2022 |date=17 July 1993 |archive-date=16 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216235703/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1993/07/Opening-of-Currambine-railway-station-next-month.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New warning devices for Fastrak trains |url=https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1993/08/New-warning-devices-for-Fastrak-trains.aspx |website=Media Statements |access-date=31 July 2022 |date=8 August 1993 |archive-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401174002/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1993/08/New-warning-devices-for-Fastrak-trains.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
* August 27 – The [[Green Bay and Western]] and the [[Fox River Valley Railroad]] are merged into a new [[Wisconsin Central Ltd.|Wisconsin Central]] subsidiary, the [[Fox Valley and Western Railroad]].

===September events===
* September 22 – [[Amtrak]]'s worst rail accident to date occurs in the [[Big Bayou Conot train disaster]] when the westbound ''[[Sunset Limited]]'' derails on a bridge in [[Alabama]] killing 47 and injuring 103; the cause of the accident is found to be a collision between a river [[barge]] and one of the bridge's pilings knocking the rail out of alignment on the bridge.
* September 27 
** [[California Northern Railroad]] begins operations.
** [[Shin Seibijō Station]], on the [[Tokyo Monorail]] in [[Ōta, Tokyo]], Japan, is opened.<ref>{{cite book| last=Terada| first=Hirokazu| title=データブック日本の私鉄|trans-title=Databook: Japan's Private Railways| publisher=Neko Publishing| date=19 January 2013| location=Japan| page=213| isbn=978-4-7770-1336-4}}</ref>

===October events===
* October 31 - The [[Orange Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Orange Line]] (9.2 miles/15.0&nbsp;km), of the [[Chicago Transit Authority]], opens on the Southwest Side between [[Midway International Airport]] and [[The Loop (CTA)|The Loop]], using the [[Morrison-Knudsen]]-built [[3200 series (CTA)|3200-series]] rail cars. Seven stations are opened on the route at [[Midway (CTA)|Midway Airport]], Pulaski, Kedzie, Western, 35th/Archer, Ashland, and Halsted. The [[Roosevelt/Wabash (CTA)|Roosevelt/Wabash]] station, which Orange Line trains share with [[Green Line (Chicago Transit Authority)|Green Line]] trains, is opened on November 1.

=== November events ===
* November 5 – British [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] passes Railways [[Act of Parliament|Act]] setting out the procedures for [[privatisation of British Rail]].
* November 13 – The [[Berlin U-Bahn]] reopens direct connections across the line that was formed by the [[Berlin Wall]], reuniting the city's [[rapid transit]] system.

=== December events ===
* December 7 – [[1993 Long Island Rail Road shooting]]: Colin Ferguson opens fire with his [[Ruger]] 9mm pistol on a [[Long Island Rail Road]] train, killing six and injuring 19.
* December 31 – Most rail lines in [[Nicaragua]] are shut down by Presidential order.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ferrolatino.ch/FLBSanAntNicEng.htm|last=Hock|first=Mathias|year=2000|title=Ferrocarril del Ingenio San Antonio|work=Ferrolatino.ch|access-date=2010-01-13|archive-date=2009-05-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522132150/http://www.ferrolatino.ch/FLBSanAntNicEng.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* December – The STAR21 experimental train is operated at a record 425&nbsp;km/h (264&nbsp;mph) on Japan's [[Joetsu Shinkansen]] route between Tokyo and [[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]].

===Unknown date events===
* [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific]] single-tracks the [[Donner Pass]] [[Roseville Subdivision|mainline]].<ref>{{cite news |publisher=Sacramento Bee |date=October 20, 2005 |title=In their tracks |author=Janet Fullwood |url=https://www.sacbee.com/latest-news/article2571404.html |accessdate=November 10, 2020}}</ref>

==Accidents==
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==Deaths==

=== April deaths ===
* April 9 – [[Robert B. Claytor]], president of [[Norfolk and Western Railway]] (b. 1922).

==References==
* Lustig, David (May 2005), "Renaissance in California", ''Trains Magazine'', p.&nbsp;72–76.
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