December 30 in rail transport

December 30 in rail transport

Events

19th century

* 1892 – Canadian Pacific Railway opens the line between Payne and Eganville, Ontario; the first trains on the line are excursions from Renfrew.Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (December 12 2005) [http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history] . Retrieved December 27 2005.]

20th century

* 1906 – A train wreck at Terra Cotta near present day Fort Totten in Washington, D.C., kills 52; the accident leads to the Interstate Commerce Commission banning future wooden body passenger car construction.
* 1927 – The Ginza Line, the oldest subway line in Asia, opens in Tokyo, Japan.
* 1986 – The Trans-Gabon Railway is completed.
* 1991 – The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issues a decree on to build the new underground metro system in Donetsk.
* 1996 – Dallas Area Rapid Transit opens the first line of Trinity Railway Express between Dallas and Irving, Texas.Trinity Railway Express, [http://www.trinityrailwayexpress.org/traininfo.html Significant dates in Trinity Railway Express history] . Retrieved December 27 2005.] DART, [http://www.dart.org/history.asp DART history] . Retrieved December 27 2005.]
* 1996 – A bomb explodes a train travelling in Lower Assam in Eastern India, totally destroying three carriages of the train and derailing six more, killing at least 33 people. See: Brahmaputra Mail train bombing.

21st century

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