1975 in rail transport

1975 in rail transport

Events

February events

* February 28 - Moorgate tube crash on the London Underground, in which a train accelerates into a dead-end tunnel at Moorgate station killing 43 people at the scene. [cite news |last=Left|first=Sarah|title=Key dates in Britain's railway history|work=The Guardian Unlimited|date=2002-01-15|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/transport/Story/0,2763,633951,00.html]

March events

* March 10 - Sanyo Shinkansen open between Osaka and Fukuoka. Travel time between the two cities is reduced 2 hours 30 minutes, and travel time from Fukuoka to Tokyo is reduced to 5 hours.

April events

* April 1 - The second American Freedom Train tour begins, powered by newly restored Southern Pacific 4449, in Wilmington, Delaware. See also American Freedom Train - 1975-76 station stops.

June events

* June 6 - An overnight northbound passenger train from London, England, bound for Glasgow, Scotland, does not receive warning of a temporary speed restriction resulting in the Nuneaton rail crash.
* June 8 - Two trains collide on a single-track stretch between Lenggries and Munich due to a dispatcher error. 41 die and 122 are injured.

August events

* August 10 - British Rail's Advanced Passenger Train achieves 245 km/h (152.3 mph) between Goring and Uffington on the Western Region.

eptember events

* September 27 - Official opening of the National Railway Museum in York, England.

December events

* December 2 - A train highjack takes place at the village of Wijster, the Netherlands. Activists wanted to endorse the self proclaimed Republik Maluku Selatan (RMS), a self-proclaimed republic in the Maluku Islands. Hostages Hans Braam, Leo Bulter and Bert Bierling were shot. The activists surrendered December 14 1975.

Unknown date events

* The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad files its third and final bankruptcy.
* As a result of the Independent Safety Board Act's passage the previous year, the United States National Transportation Safety Board becomes a completely independent agency, severing all organizational ties to the national Department of Transportation and all of its modal agencies. [cite web|author=National Transportation Safety Board|date=March 15 2005|url=http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2005/050315.htm|title=New NTSB publication examines 30-year history of transportation safety improvements|accessdate=2005-03-15]

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