March 15 in rail transport

Events

19th century

* 1847 – The Amiens-Boulogne line in France opens between Abbeville and Étaples.cite web| url=http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=15_mars_dans_les_chemins_de_fer&oldid=14209552| title=15 mars dans les chemins de fer| work=French language Wikipedia| language=French| date=2007-02-16| accessdate=2007-03-15]

20th century

* 1915 – The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville Railway, later known as the Monon Railroad, acquires control of the Chicago and Wabash Valley Railroad. [cite web| url=http://www.monon.org/tdimh.html| title=This day in Monon history| author=Smith, Cecil J.| publisher=Monon Railroad Historical-Technical Society| year=2006| accessdate=2007-03-15]
* 1937 – The last tram operates on the Porte de Saint-Cloud-Porte de Vincennes line in Paris, France.
* 1962 – Canadian Pacific Railway receives authorization to discontinue passenger train service between Ottawa and Chalk River. [cite web| url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm| title=Significant dates in Ottawa railway history| work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages| date=2007-02-23| accessdate=2007-03-15]
* 1996 – Amtrak selects the "American Flyer" design developed by Bombardier and Alstom, based on the TGV trains of France, as the design model for its "Acela Express" rolling stock.
* 1999 – In the Bourbonnais train accident, the southbound Amtrak train 59, "City of New Orleans", strikes a loaded semi-truck on a grade crossing in Bourbonnais, Illinois; all but three of the passenger cars derail, killing 11 of the train's passengers. The NTSB attributes the cause to the truck driver trying to beat the train at the crossing.

21st century

* 2006 – At the sixth meeting of the Franco-German Council of Ministers, the new railway bridge over the Rhine between Strasbourg and Kehl is authorized.

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