1964 in rail transport

1964 in rail transport

Events

April events

* April 6 - Freight transportation on Alaska Railroad between Fairbanks and Anchorage resumes after repairs from an earthquake that occurred on March 27. [cite web| url=http://www.akrr.com/corporate/history.html| title=Alaska Railroad History| author=Alaska Railroad| accessmonthday=6 April | accessyear=2006 ]

* April 20 - The Skokie Swift high-speed rapid transit route of the Chicago Transit Authority 'L' system begins service between the Howard Street Terminal in Rogers Park and Dempster Street in Skokie.

June events

* June 15 - The 2000-Series rapid transit cars (2001-2180), built by the Pullman Car Company of Chicago, Illinois, is placed in service on the Chicago 'L' system. These cars represent the first generation of the Chicago Transit Authority High Performance Family.

* June 19 - United States President Lyndon B. Johnson presides over the groundbreaking ceremonies for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).

October events

*October 1 - The Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed route commences operation in Japan; it is the first of many Shinkansen routes to be constructed.

Unknown date events

* The Wabash, Nickel Plate Road, Pittsburgh and West Virginia and Akron, Canton and Youngstown railroads are all merged into the Norfolk & Western.
* Benjamin Biaggini succeeds Donald Russell as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
* Donald Russell assumes the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, a position that was nonexistent since Hale Holden's departure in 1939.
* ALCO is purchased by the Worthington Corporation.
* The above-ground portion of Pennsylvania Railroad's Pennsylvania Station in New York City is demolished to make room for Madison Square Gardens, but the tracks remain in use today.
* Robert A. "Bob" Emerson succeeds Norris Roy Crump as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.

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