- 1993 in rail transport
Events
February events
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February 21 - The Red Line (Howard-Dan Ryan) and the Green Line (Lake-Englewood/Jackson Park) rapid transit routes are formed by theChicago Transit Authority after completion of a subway link between the Dan Ryan Line and the State Street Subway allowing the "Rail System Reroute".April events
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April 29 - TheMATA Trolley heritage railway streetcar system opened in Memphis,Tennessee U.S.A..June events
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June 4 -Fremont-Centerville (Amtrak station) reopens.August events
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August 1 - St. Louis-based Bi-State Transit announced the opening of its MetroLink light rail services.
*August 27 - TheGreen Bay and Western and theFox River Valley Railroad are merged into a newWisconsin Central subsidiary, theFox Valley and Western Railroad .eptember events
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September 22 -Amtrak 's worst rail accident to date occurs in theBig Bayou Conot train disaster when the westbound "Sunset Limited " derails on a bridge inAlabama ; the cause of the accident is found to be a collision between a riverbarge and one of the bridge's pilings knocking the rail out of alignment on the bridge.
*September 27 -California Northern Railroad begins operations.October events
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October 31 - TheChicago Transit Authority 's Midway rapid transit route (9.3 miles/15.0 km), now known as the Orange Line, opens on the Southwest Side betweenChicago Midway International Airport and the Loop, usingMorrison-Knudsen -built 3200-Series cars.November events
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November 5 - British Parliament passes Railways Act setting out the procedures forprivatisation of British Rail .
*November 13 - TheBerlin U-Bahn reopens direct connections across the line that was formed by theBerlin Wall , reuniting the city'srapid transit system.December events
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December 7 -Colin Ferguson opens fire with hisRuger 9mm pistol on aLong Island Rail Road train, killing six and injuring 19. The event becomes known as theLong Island Rail Road massacre .
* December - The STAR21 experimental train is operated at a record 425 km/h (264 mph) onJapan 'sJoetsu Shinkansen route betweenTokyo and Niigata.Unknown date events
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Monongahela Railway is merged intoConrail .
*Milwaukee Road 261 is restored to operating condition.
*Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority , operator of the Metro Rail system inLos Angeles, California , is formed from the merger of theSouthern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) and theLos Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC).Deaths
April deaths
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April 9 -Robert B. Claytor , president ofNorfolk and Western Railway (b.1922 ).References
* Lustig, David (May
2005 ), "Renaissance in California", "Trains Magazine", p. 72-76.
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