2000 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2000.
Events
January events
- January 10 – The Tama Toshi Monorail Line extension from Tachikawa-Kita Station to Tama-Center Station in Japan opens.[1]
- January 28 – : 218
- January 29 – The renovated Termini station in Rome opens as part of the Great Jubilee.
February events
- February 4 – German railway saboteur Klaus-Peter Sabotta is sentenced to life imprisonment for attempted murder and extortion.
March events
- March 4 – San Francisco Municipal Railway F Market & Wharves streetcar line is extended to Fisherman's Wharf.[3]
- March 13 – Buenos Aires Premetro.
April events
- April 10 – In Howth Junction to Malahide.
- April 11 – CSX chairman and CEO John W. Snow succeeds Ronald J. Conway as president of the railroad.[4]
- April 20 - The section of the Toei Oedo Line between Shinjuku and Kokuritsu-Kyōgijō opens for service in Tokyo, Japan.[5]
- April 20–28 – Victoria.
May events
- May 11 –Tramlink opens in London, the first trams in London since 1952, largely on former heavy rail or reserved track formation.[6]
- May 23 – EMD SD70M diesel locomotives in the largest single order (1,000 locomotives) for diesel locomotives ever by a single railroad.[7]
June events
- June 1 – The San Luis Obispo and the service is renamed to Pacific Surfliner.
- June 7 – The Anton Anderson Memorial Tunnel, originally built for rail traffic in 1943, opens for combined rail/highway traffic, making it the longest combined rail/highway tunnel in North America.
- June 30 - The Texas Transportation Company closed.
July events
- July 1 – Opening of the Øresund Railway between Denmark and Sweden.[8]
- July 4 – Amtrak's new Bakersfield Station opens.
- July 9 – Metro-North Railroad restored service on the Harlem Line between Dover Plains and Wassaic, a move the railroad billed as its first service expansion since it was created in 1983.
- July 11 – Via Rail announces that it will use five sleeping cars leased from Amtrak for runs between Winnipeg and Churchill, Manitoba.
- July 14 – The United States CNmerger.
- July 20 – The Manila Line 3 commenced full commercial operations by opening the remaining segment from Buendia station to Taft Avenue station.
- July 21 – Manchester Metrolink, in Manchester, England, is extended to Eccles.[9]
October events
- October 2 – Via Rail operates a funeral train for Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau between Ottawa and Montreal; the train's journey, which was frequently slowed through towns for the numerous well-wishers, was documented by a CBC news helicopter.[10]
- October 29 – Amtrak upgrades service on the California Zephyr to daily.
September events
- September 26
- The final 4.0 km (2.5 mi) section of the Toei Mita Line in Tokyo, Japan, opens between Meguro and Mita stations.[11]
- The final 5.7 km (3.5 mi) section of the Tokyo Metro Namboku Line in Tokyo, Japan, opens between Meguro and Tameike-Sanno stations.[11]
December events
- December 11 – Amtrak's Acela Express makes its first run.[12]
- December 12 – The final 25.7 km (16.0 mi) section of the Toei Oedo Line between Kokuritsu-Kyōgijō and Tochomae opens for service in Tokyo, Japan.[5]
Accidents
- January 4 – The Rørosbanen line near Åstastation, killing 19 people.
- February 6 – The Brühl train disaster; in Brühl, Germany killed 9 when a train negotiated a low speed turnout at three times the correct speed and derailed, on the West Rhine Railway.
- March 8 – Tokyo train disaster: a sideswipe collision of two Tokyo Metro trains kills 5 people near Naka-Meguro Station.
- October 17 – The Hatfield rail crash, south of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK, occurs when a train traveling at 115 mph derails due to a rail that breaks under it. Four people are killed, and there is considerable disruption to the national rail network as the infrastructure is reviewed.[13]
- November 11 – A faulty heater aboard a funicular train in Kaprun, Austria, starts a fire in the train's brake fluid while the train is in a tunnel; only twelve of the train's 155 passengers survived the fire in the Kaprun disaster.
- December 2 – The Punjab, India killed 46 and injured at least 150 when a freight train derailed into the path of a passenger train.
- December 30 – The Rizal Day bombings occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines leaving 22 dead.
Deaths
Industry awards
Japan
- Awards presented by Japan Railfan Club
- 2000 JR East E26 series Cassiopeiasleeping car
- 2000 Laurel Prize:
- Hiroden5000 series Green Mover tramcar
- JR West 700 Series Shinkansen
- JR East 209-950 series (now E231-900 series) EMU
North America
| Group | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Norfolk Southern |
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| B | Kansas City Southern Railway | ||
| C | Gateway Western Railway | ||
| S&T | Belt Railway of Chicago |
- Awards presented by Railway Age magazine
- 2000 Railroader of the Year: The railroad worker (the award for 2000 was changed to "Railroader of the Century")
- 2000 Regional Railroad of the Year: Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
- 2000 Short Line Railroad of the Year: Arkansas Midland Railroad
References
- Some of the events listed here were translated from 2000 dans les chemins de fer, the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article.
- Green, Timothy C. (September 1, 2004), Train Scan August 2000. Retrieved July 7, 2005.
- ^ "おかげさまで開業２０周年。多摩モノレールは地域に愛されるブランドづくりを進めます。" [Tama Toshi Monorail Celebrates 20 Years of Operation] (PDF). tama-monorail.co.jp (in Japanese). September 10, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2022. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ISBN 9780823222957.
- ^ Morris, J. D. (March 2, 2000). "New Way to the Wharf / Merchants hope F-Market line will draw locals to tourist attractions". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
- ISSN 0041-0934.
- ^ a b "交通局のあゆみ" [History of the Toei Subway]. kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on January 4, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ^ Croydon Tramlink opened for business The Railway Magazine issue 1191 July 2000 page 10
- ^ General Motors Electro-Motive Division (May 23, 2000). "General Motors' Electro Motive ships first five locomotives for huge Union Pacific order". Archived from the original on March 14, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2005.
- ^ "Øresund Bridge". Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
- ^ Metrolink reaches Eccles Rail Business Intelligence issue 132 10 August 2000 page 2
- ^ "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. September 7, 2005. Archived from the original on October 4, 2005. Retrieved September 30, 2005.
- ^ a b "開業区間の運賃及び相互直通運転に伴う運行形態を決定". tokyometro.go.jp. August 30, 2000. Archived from the original on December 17, 2003. Retrieved January 29, 2024.
- ^ Amtrak’s new Hit-Speed Service is Derailed by Mechanical Problem Los Angeles Times December 13, 2000
- ^ Left, Sarah (January 15, 2002). "Key dates in Britain's railway history". The Guardian. Retrieved July 7, 2007.