2003 in rail transport: Wikis

Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles.

Categories: 2003 in rail transport

Encyclopedia

Updated live from Wikipedia, last check: May 29, 2012 04:28 UTC (52 seconds ago)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2002, 2003, 2004

Years in rail transport

2002 in rail transport
2003 in rail transport
2004 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2003.

1 Events
2 Deaths
- 2.1 June deaths
3 Industry awards
- 3.1 North America
- 3.2 United Kingdom
4 References

Events

January events

January - The electrification of the Trans-Siberian Railway, a project begun in 1929, is completed.
January 1 - E. Hunter Harrison, former president of Illinois Central Railroad (now a subsidiary of CN), succeeds Paul Tellier as president of Canadian National Railway.
January 3 - A passenger train travelling from Secunderabad to Manmad, crashes into the rear end of a heavy goods train near Ghatnandur in Maharashtra, India, killing 18 people. See: Ghatnandur train crash.
January 18 - Singapore's second LRT Line, Sengkang LRT Line opened.
January 21 - The first segment of High Speed 1 is completed.
January 27 - A head-on collision between an Italian and a French train in the Tende line's Biogna tunnel leaves two dead and four seriously injured.

February events

February 18 - An arsonist causes the Daegu subway fire when he sets fire to a train stopped at the Joongang-ro (or Jungang-ro) station of the Daegu Metropolitan Subway in Daegu, South Korea.

March events

March 21 - Official launch of M>Train's new Siemens Mo-Mo trains in Melbourne, Australia.

April events

April 3 - First revenue run of M>Train's new Siemens Mo-Mo train.
April 11 - M>Train withdraws fleet of Siemens Mo-Mo trains due to braking and traction issues.
April 26 - DLW completes construction of the first WDP-4 locomotive to be built entirely within India.^[1]

June events

June 20 - North East MRT Line in Singapore opened. It is the world's first fully underground, automated and driverless rapid transit line.

July events

July - David Laney is promoted to Chairman of the Board of Directors for Amtrak.
July 21 - A tornado knocks down most of the former Erie Railroad's Kinzua Bridge.^[2]

July 30 - Eurostar train number 3313/14 establishes a new speed record in England at 334.7 km/h (208 mph) on High Speed 1.

August events

August 9 - Indian Railways begins passenger train service between Hyderabad and Secunderabad with 13 trains between Lingampally and Hyderabad, and 11 between Lingampally and Secunderabad.^[3]
August 10 - M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) returns fleet of Siemens trains to service.
August 22 - Sound Transit connects to Tacoma, Washington.^[4]

September events

September 1 - Deutsche Bahn takes over operations of shipping company Stinnes Group in Germany.
September 25 - James J. Dermody becomes President of Long Island Rail Road in New York.^[5]

October events

October 1 - M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) withdraws its fleet of Siemens trains for the second time.
October 7 - RENFE opens the Madrid-Lerida section of the railroad's new Madrid-Barcelona line in Spain.
October 7 - The Cahir viaduct on the Limerick-Rosslare railway line collapses under a cement train travelling to Waterford. No one hurt but the line remains closed until the following September for repairs to the structure.
October 27 - Fleet of Siemens trains returned to M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) service, some minus livery.

November events

November 3 - NYC Subway's "Redbird" R36 trains make final run from 42nd Street Times Square to Willets Point Shea Stadium.
November 4 - A new intermodal service is inaugurated between Aiton, France, and Orbassano (near Turin), Italy, to transport complete trucks (both the tractor and trailer) and their loads; the trains include coach seating for the truck drivers as well.
November 28 - SNCF (France) celebrates the one-billionth passenger on its TGV.

December events

December 5 - Opening of 15.34 km (9.53 mile) Severomuysky Tunnel on Baikal Amur Mainline after twenty-seven years’ construction.
December 9 - The European Commission approves the franchise of the Trans-Pennine Express JV between Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and other northern England locations as a joint operation of FirstGroup plc and Keolis.^[6]
December 20 - The KCR West Rail in Hong Kong starts services.
December - Great North Eastern Railways, operators of services on the East Coast Main Line in England and Scotland, begin trials of 802.11b wireless LAN access to the Internet on their Mallard Intercity 225 trains.