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1975 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1975.

Events

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January events

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  • January 2 – A bomb blast at Samastipur in India fatally injures Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways, who is visiting in order to declare the broad gauge line to Darbhanga open.[1]
  • January 20 – The 1974 Anglo-French Channel Tunnel scheme is abandoned.

February events

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March events

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April events

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June events

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  • June 6 – An overnight northbound passenger train from London, England, bound for Glasgow, Scotland, does not receive warning of a temporary speed restriction resulting in the Nuneaton rail crash.
  • June 8 – Two trains collide on a single-track stretch between Lenggries and Munich due to a dispatcher's error. 41 die and 122 are injured.

July events

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August events

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September events

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October events

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  • October 19 – US-built SNCF Class 141R 1187 of Vénissieux depot works a special return working between Lyon and Veynes, the last steam-hauled passenger train operated by SNCF.
  • October 24 – The first through passenger train over the TAZARA Railway arrives in Dar es Salaam,[8] marking completion of this Chinese-funded 1,860 km (1,160 mi) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge link between Tanzania and Zambia.

November events

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  • November – English-built SNCF Class 140C 38 works a freight train between its depot at Gray and Chalindrey, the last steam-hauled train operated by SNCF.[9]

December events

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Unknown date events

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Accidents

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Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Limca Book of Records 1991. Bombay: Bisleri Beverages Ltd. 1991. p. 41. ISBN 81-900115-1-0.
  2. ^ Left, Sarah (January 15, 2002). "Key dates in Britain's railway history". The Guardian Unlimited.
  3. ^ a b Taniguchi, Mamoru (1993). "The Japanese Shinkansen". Built environment. 19 (3/4): 216 – via JSTOR.
  4. ^ "CP Timeline". Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  5. ^ "発展期". Keikyu (in Japanese). Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  6. ^ Green, Oliver (1988). The London Underground – An Illustrated History. Ian Allan. p. 62. ISBN 0-7110-1720-4.
  7. ^ Amtrak. "Digging into the Archives: Introducing Amfleet". Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  8. ^ "Tanzania Greets Train". The New York Times. Agence France Presse. October 25, 1975.
  9. ^ "140 C 38 Steams Again After 38 Years". The SNCF Society News. September 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  10. ^ "The Final Passenger Steam Train". The Last days of Japanese Steam Engines. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  11. ^ National Transportation Safety Board (March 15, 2005). "New NTSB publication examines 30-year history of transportation safety improvements". Archived from the original on May 10, 2005. Retrieved May 15, 2005.