1982 in rail transport

1982 in rail transport

Events

March events

* March - The Tōhoku Shinkansen line in Japan opens between Omiya (near Tokyo) and Morioka.

April events

* April 6 - Opening of the Wells and Walsingham Light Railway in Norfolk, England, at km to mi|6.5|abbr=yes probably the longest public 10¼ in (260 mm) gauge miniature railway in the world. [cite web|title=The Wells & Walsingham Light Railway|url=http://www.wellswalsinghamrailway.co.uk|accessdate=2007-07-15]

June events

* June 25 - Opening of the Furka (Base) Tunnel (km to mi|15.4|abbr=yes) on the metre gauge Furka-Oberalp-Bahn in Switzerland between Oberwald and Realp. [cite book|last=Marshall|first=John|title=The Guinness Railway Book|year=1989|publisher=Guinness|location=Enfield|isbn=0-85112-359-7]

July events

* July 28 - Fire destroys the Harrisonburg, Virginia, offices of the former Chesapeake Western Railway, which had been merged into the Norfolk and Western Railway in 1954. [cite web|author=Elswick, Samuel T., and Madson, Tony|publisher=James Madison University Libraries|date=1998|url=http://www.lib.jmu.edu/special/cwrr.html|title=Chesapeake Western Railroad Company records|accessdate=2005-07-28| ]

September events

* September 18 - The second stage of Brisbane, Australia, Suburban Electrification is commissioned between Bowen Hills and Shorncliffe, and also between Roma Street and Kingston.

November events

* November 15 - The Joetsu Shinkansen opens for service between Ōmiya and Niigata, Japan.

Unknown date events

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

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