January 2005 in rail transport
Encyclopedia
January 1
January 1-
Austria – ÖBBÖBBThe Austrian Federal Railways is the national railway system of Austria, and the administrators of Liechtenstein's railways...
, the national railway of Austria, is reorganized into ÖBB-Holding AG, a holding company to manage subsidiaries ÖBB-Dienstleistungs GmbH, ÖBB-Personenverkehr AG (for passenger train operations) and Rail Cargo Austria AG (for freight train operations).
January 2–8
January 3-
United States – Kansas City Southern names Arthur Shoener, formerly a vice president at Union Pacific RailroadUnion Pacific RailroadThe Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....
, as the new CEO of the holding company's Kansas City Southern Railway and Texas Mexican RailwayTexas Mexican RailwayThe Texas Mexican Railway is a class 1 railroad that operates as a subsidiary of Kansas City Southern Railway in Texas. It is often referred to as the Tex-Mex, or TexMex Railway....
divisions. http://notes.kcsi.com/WebApps/kcspress.nsf/626e6035eadbb4cd85256499006b15a6/29a5c1e16fb437aa86256f7e004f07fe?OpenDocument
January 4
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Canada – BombardierBombardier TransportationBombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Canadian firm, Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's largest companies in the rail-equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Its headquarters are in Berlin, Germany....
receives a contract from SNCFSNCFThe SNCF , is France's national state-owned railway company. SNCF operates the country's national rail services, including the TGV, France's high-speed rail network...
for 350 million euros to build 100 new regional trainsets.
January 6
- United States – Graniteville train disasterGraniteville train disasterThe Graniteville train disaster was an American rail disaster that occurred on January 6, 2005, in Graniteville, South Carolina.At roughly 2:40 am Eastern Standard Time, two Norfolk Southern trains collided near an Avondale Mills plant in Graniteville. Norfolk Southern train No. P22 was parked on...
– A Norfolk Southern train carrying a few carloads of hazardous materials (including chlorineChlorineChlorine is the chemical element with atomic number 17 and symbol Cl. It is the second lightest halogen, found in the periodic table in group 17. The element forms diatomic molecules under standard conditions, called dichlorine...
gas) collides with a parked train in Graniteville, South CarolinaGraniteville, South CarolinaGraniteville is an unincorporated community in Aiken County, South Carolina, United States. It lies along U.S. 1, five miles west of Aiken. The town lies in Horse Creek Valley which originates in the nearby town of Vaucluse....
, causing 9 deaths and over 250 injuries. http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/06/train.wreck.ap/
January 7
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Italy – A passenger train and freight train collide head-on in CrevalcoreCrevalcoreCrevalcore is a town and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region near Bologna, Italy.-External links:*...
, in northern Italy (near BolognaBolognaBologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
), on the single-track mainline between Bologna and VeronaVeronaVerona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=393524
January 9–15
January 12- United States – General Motors announces that it has agreed to sell its Electro-Motive DivisionGeneral Motors Electro-Motive DivisionElectro-Motive Diesel, Inc., also referred to as "EMD", is a wholly owned subsidiary of Progress Rail Services Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc., that designs, manufactures and sells diesel-electric locomotives and diesel power engines worldwide under the Electro-Motive...
to a partnership led by Greenbriar Equity Group and Berkshire PartnersBerkshire PartnersBerkshire Partners, the Boston-based private equity firm, has invested in leading mid-sized companies for over twenty-five years through eight investment funds with aggregate capital of $11 billion. Berkshire has developed specific industry experience in several areas including retailing, consumer...
. http://media.gm.com/servlet/GatewayServlet?target=http://image.emerald.gm.com/gmnews/viewmonthlyreleasedetail.do?domain=74&docid=11063
- Canada – Five cars of a CNCanadian National RailwayThe Canadian National Railway Company is a Canadian Class I railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. CN's slogan is "North America's Railroad"....
freight train derail in Fort St. John, Manitoba (a suburbSuburbThe word suburb mostly refers to a residential area, either existing as part of a city or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city . Some suburbs have a degree of administrative autonomy, and most have lower population density than inner city neighborhoods...
of WinnipegWinnipegWinnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
), Canada; as one of the cars was carrying propanePropanePropane is a three-carbon alkane with the molecular formula , normally a gas, but compressible to a transportable liquid. A by-product of natural gas processing and petroleum refining, it is commonly used as a fuel for engines, oxy-gas torches, barbecues, portable stoves, and residential central...
, the area is evacuated. The tank car remains upright and intact, so local residents are allowed to return fairly quickly. http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=12421
January 16–22
January 17-
Thailand – Two Bangkok MetroBangkok MetroThe MRT , sometimes referred to as the Bangkok Metro, is Bangkok's underground metro system in Thailand. It was constructed under a concession concept...
trains collide, injuring nearly 200 people. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4180109.stm, http://smh.com.au/news/World/200-hurt-in-Bangkok-subway-crash/2005/01/17/1105810832556.html?oneclick=true
January 18
- United States – A station at the Milwaukee Airport opens on AmtrakAmtrakThe National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...
's HiawathaHiawatha (Amtrak)Hiawatha Service, or Hiawatha, is the name of an train route operated by Amtrak on the western shore of Lake Michigan, although the name was historically applied to several different routes that extended across the Midwest and out to the Pacific Ocean...
service. http://www.railroad.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9567, http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan05/292889.asp, http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=Amtrak/am2Copy/News_Release_Page&c=am2Copy&cid=1093553983301&ssid=180
January 23–29
January 24- United States – Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway introduces a new corporate logo that replaces the railroad's verbose name with BNSF Railway. http://www.bnsf.com/news/articles/2005/01/2005_01_24a.html?index=/news/index.html
January 26
- United States – Glendale train crashGlendale train crashThe 2005 Glendale train crash is the second deadliest incident in the history of Metrolink, the commuter railroad in the Los Angeles, California, area. It was overtaken as the deadliest by the 2008 Chatsworth train collision.On January 26, 2005, at 6:03 a.m...
– In what police initially call a suicide attempt, a MetrolinkMetrolink (Southern California)Metrolink is a commuter rail system serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area of Southern California; it currently consists of six lines and 55 stations using of track....
train in Glendale, CaliforniaGlendale, CaliforniaGlendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
, (a suburb of Los Angeles) hits a car parked on a grade crossing and then derails into another Metrolink train and a parked Union Pacific RailroadUnion Pacific RailroadThe Union Pacific Railroad , headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, is the largest railroad network in the United States. James R. Young is president, CEO and Chairman....
locomotiveLocomotiveA locomotive is a railway vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin loco – "from a place", ablative of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine, first used in the early 19th...
; resulting in 11 fatalities and 200 injuries. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=533&ncid=533&e=2&u=/ap/20050126/ap_on_re_us/train_derail, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/26/national/main669449.shtml, http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20050126-1234-wst-trainderail.html
January 29
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Singapore – SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
's third LRT Line, Punggol LRT LinePunggol LRT LineThe Punggol LRT Line is the third line of the LRT system in Singapore. Its first phase comprises a 10.3km line with 15 stations. Similar to the Sengkang LRT Line, its rolling stock and line operator are the Crystal Movers and SBS Transit respectively....
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Japan – Meitetsu Airport LineMeitetsu Airport LineThe is a railway line in Aichi, Japan operated by Nagoya Railroad between Tokoname Station and Central Japan International Airport Station in Tokoname.- Stations :● L: ● S: ● E: ● R: ● L: ● MU:...
, open between TokonameTokoname Stationis a train station located in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.-Lines:*Nagoya Railroad**Tokoname Line**Airport Line-Platforms:-Adjacent stations:...
and CentrairCentral Japan International Airport Stationis a train station located in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.The station serves Chūbu Centrair International Airport by a short walkway connecting the station concourse with the airport terminal building....
route, with GifuGifuGifu may refer to:*Gifu Prefecture, located in the Chūbu region of central Japan*Gifu, Gifu, the capital city of Gifu Prefecture*Gifu , a region located in southcentral Gifu Prefecture*Gifu Castle atop Mt...
-Meitetsu NagoyaMeitetsu Nagoya Stationis the principal station of the Nagoya Railroad system in Nagoya, Japan. Most trains of Meitetsu's major lines operate through this station...
and CentrairCentrairCentrair may refer to:* Chubu Centrair International Airport, an international airport in Japan , or* Centrair , an aviation manufacturer of France...
route of direct limited express to start.
January 30–31
January 31- United States – Regular MetrolinkMetrolink (Southern California)Metrolink is a commuter rail system serving Los Angeles and the surrounding area of Southern California; it currently consists of six lines and 55 stations using of track....
passenger service is restored through Glendale, CaliforniaGlendale, CaliforniaGlendale is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. As of the 2010 Census, the city population is 191,719, down from 194,973 at the 2000 census. making it the third largest city in Los Angeles County and the 22nd largest city in the state of California...
, the scene of the previous week's Glendale train crashGlendale train crashThe 2005 Glendale train crash is the second deadliest incident in the history of Metrolink, the commuter railroad in the Los Angeles, California, area. It was overtaken as the deadliest by the 2008 Chatsworth train collision.On January 26, 2005, at 6:03 a.m...
. http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=12642