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Events
January events
- January 13 – The 1982 Washington Metro train derailment involves an Orange Line train in Downtown Washington, D.C. in the United States and kills three people.
- January 26 – The Palace on Wheels luxury train begins to run on Indian Railways.
- January 27 – The Bouhalouane train crash in Algeria kills 131 people.
March events
- March 16 – An extension of the Namboku Subway Line in Sapporo, Japan, opens for service between Shin-Sapporo Station and Shiroishi Station.[1]
April events
- April 1 – most rail operations in New Zealand of the Government-owned railways were transferred from the New Zealand Railways Department to the New Zealand Railways Corporation.[2]
- April 6 – Opening of the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway in Norfolk, England, at Script error: No such module "convert". probably the longest public Script error: No such module "convert". gauge miniature railway in the world.[3]
May events
- The last freight trains passed over the Dumbarton Cut-off.[4]
June events
- June 23 – The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan opens between Omiya (near Tokyo) and Morioka.[5]
- June 25 – Opening of the Furka (Base) Tunnel (Script error: No such module "convert".) on the metre gauge Furka Oberalp Bahn in Switzerland between Oberwald and Realp.[6]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
July events
- July 28 – Fire destroys the Harrisonburg, Virginia, offices of the former Chesapeake Western Railway, which had been merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1954.[7]
August events
- August 2 – Helsinki Metro opens in Finland, the World's most northern metro.[8][9]
September events
- September 18 – The second stage of Brisbane, Australia, Suburban Electrification is commissioned between Bowen Hills and Shorncliffe, and also between Roma Street and Kingston.
- September 19 – Final day of PCC streetcar operation in San Francisco before all routes began full time Muni Metro light rail services through the Market Street subway.[10][11]
- September 21 – Takabata Station in Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is opened.
October events
- October 23 – The first of 46 new 85-foot stainless steel electric multiple unit cars (1-46) built by Nippon-Sharyo of Nagoya, Japan are placed in service on the South Shore Commuter Line by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District. These cars replaced Insull-era equipment dating back to 1926.
November events
- November 15 – The Joetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Ōmiya and Niigata, Japan.[5]
December events
- December 29 – The Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and the Louisville and Nashville Railroad merge to form the Seaboard System Railroad.
Unknown date events
- Robert Krebs succeeds Alan Furth as president of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
Accidents
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References
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- ↑ Soiffer, Bill (September 20, 1982). "The Last Streetcar On Top of Market". San Francisco Chronicle, p. 2.
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