Events

January events

* January 13 – The 1982 Washington Metro train derailment involves an Orange Line train in

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in the United States and kills three people. * January 26 – The Palace on Wheels

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begins to run on

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. * January 27 – The Bouhalouane train crash in Algeria kills 131 people.

March events

* March 16 – An extension of the Namboku Subway Line in

Sapporo is a Cities designated by government ordinance of Japan, designated city in Hokkaido, Japan. Located in the southwest of Hokkaido, it lies within the alluvial fan of the Toyohira River, a tributary of the Ishikari River. Sapporo is the capital ...

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, opens for service between Shin-Sapporo Station and Shiroishi Station.

April events

* April 1 – A major railroad line service in

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, officially operation transferred to

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from

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. * April 6 – Opening of the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway in

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, at probably the longest public

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in the world.

May events

*The last freight trains passed over the Dumbarton Cut-off.

June events

* June 23 – The

Tōhoku Shinkansen The is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line that runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main island, Honshu. Operated by the East Japan Railway Company, it links Tokyo in the south to Aomori in the north, with ...

line in

opens between Omiya (near

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) and

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. * June 25 – Opening of the Furka (Base) Tunnel () on the

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Furka Oberalp Bahn in

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between Oberwald and

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July events

* July 28 – Fire destroys the

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, offices of the former Chesapeake Western Railway, which had been merged into the

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in 1954.

August events

* August 2 –

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opens in

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, the World's most northern metro.

September events

* September 18 – The second stage of

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, Suburban Electrification is commissioned between Bowen Hills and Shorncliffe, and also between Roma Street and Kingston. * September 19 – Final day of

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operation in

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before all routes began full time

Muni Metro Muni Metro is a light rail system serving San Francisco, California, United States. Operated by the San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni), a part of the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), Muni's light rail lines saw an aver ...

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services through the Market Street subway.Soiffer, Bill (September 20, 1982). "The Last Streetcar On Top of Market". ''

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'', p. 2. * September 21 – Takabata Station in Nakagawa-ku,

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Aichi Prefecture is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshū. Aichi Prefecture has a population of 7,461,111 () and a geographic area of with a population density of . Aichi Prefecture borders Mie Prefecture to the ...

, 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 is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

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

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November events

* November 15 – The Joetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Ōmiya and Niigata,

December events

* December 29 – The

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and the

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merge to form the

Seaboard System Railroad The Seaboard System Railroad, Inc. was a US Class I railroad that operated from 1982 to 1986. Since the late 1960s, Seaboard Coast Line Industries had operated the Seaboard Coast Line and its sister railroads—notably the Louisville & Nashvi ...

Unknown date events

* Robert Krebs succeeds Alan Furth as president of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the

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