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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1991.

Events

June events

• June - The Tōhoku Shinkansen in Japan is extended from Ueno Station to Tokyo Station.

July events

• July 16 - Indian Railways inaugurates the Lifeline Express (Jeevan Rekha) hospital train.^[1]
• July 29 - The European Council adopts directive 91/440/CEE relating to the development of European railroads.

September events

• September 18 - The last train out of Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, departs with six Canadian National Railway diesel locomotives pulling 64 railroad cars and caboose number 79822.^[2]
• September - A 400 Series Shinkansen train set a speed record of 345 km/h (214.4 mph) on the Joetsu Shinkansen line between Tokyo and Niigata, Japan.

December events

• December 12 - Amtrak and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) begin the Capitol Corridor passenger rail route, connecting the Sacramento region of the Central Valley with Oakland and San Jose in the San Francisco Bay Area.^[3]
• December 30 - The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine issues a decree on to build the new underground metro system in Donetsk.

Unknown date events

• The Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad is merged into CSX Transportation.
• Ferrocarriles Argentinos, the state railway system of Argentina, is split with the metropolitan lines around Buenos Aires becoming Ferrocarriles Metropolitanos and most of the remaining lines becoming Belgrano Cargas.
• See also Railroad Development Corporation

Deaths

References

1. ^ Indian Railways Fan Club, IR History: Part V (1970-1995). Retrieved July 12, 2005.
2. ^ Smith, Ivan (1998), Significant Dates in Nova Scotia's Railway History. Retrieved September 18, 2005.
3. ^ The Capitol Corridor Performance Report (2005). Retrieved July 31, 2007.