1967 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1967.
January events
- January – General Electric introduces the GE U30C.
February events
- February 21 – The last shunting horse to work on British Rail, "Charlie" at Newmarket, is retired.[1]
March events
- March 1 – Hankyū Senri Line, Osaka, Japan, opens.
- March 6 – Railways between Cambridge and Sudbury via Haverhill are closed by the Eastern Region of British Rail following the Beeching Report.
- March 20 – British Rail reopens the remaining section of line on the Isle of Wight, from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin, after electrification to the Southern Region standard (750 V DC third rail) using former London Underground "Tube" stock.[2][page needed]
- March 24 – Soo Line Railroad discontinues passenger train operations.[3]
- March 24 – Tanimachi Line, Osaka, Japan, opens.
- March 29 - In Tokyo, Japan, Tozai Line is extended from Toyocho to Nishi-Funabashi.[4]
April events
- April 1 – The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins work.[5]
- April 20 – The Interstate Commerce Commission grants its initial approval of the proposed CNW/CGW merger.[6]
May events
- May 23 – GO Transit, Canada's first interregional public transit system, begins operations in Southern Ontario.
July events
- The Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads merge to form the Seaboard Coast Line railroad.
- July 3 – Closure of Nottingham Victoria Railway Station, Nottingham, UK
- July 9 - Cessation of steam operation on the Southern Region of British Railways.
- July 19 – The New York City Subway introduces its first air conditioned passenger car.
- July 25 – Construction begins in San Francisco, on the Market Street subway.
August events
- August 5 – The Illinois Central Railroad discontinues the Land O'Corn passenger train.[7]
September events
- September – United States Postal Service announces cancellation of most Railway Mail Service contracts.[8]
- September – Grand Trunk Railway ends passenger service between Montreal and Portland, Maine.[9]
- September 14 – Tōyōchō Station, in Kōtō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, opens.
- September 30 – The Monon Railroad ceases all passenger train operations. Its last train is the Chicago–Louisville Thoroughbred.[10]
October events
- October 2 – Canadian Pacific Railway removes the diamond crossing at Bedell, Ontario, the junction of the railway's Winchester and Prescott subdivisions.
- October 5 – The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road") discontinues the Arrow passenger train.
- October 28 – Canadian Pacific Railway moves the last of its equipment out of its Ottawa West yard to the new Walkley Yard.[11]
November events
- November 27 - Chrystie Street Connection opens on the New York City Subway, connecting the IND Sixth Avenue Line to the Manhattan Bridge
December events
- December 3 – The New York Central's 20th Century Limited is discontinued just before the railroad's merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form the Penn Central.
- December 10 – The Pennsylvania Railroad discontinues its all-Pullman (sleeping car) Broadway Limited, and assigns the train's name and much of its services to the General on the same New York-Chicago run, adding coaches and a separate dining car for coach passengers.
- December 20
- The Pennsylvania Railroad achieves its highest speed on their New York Division (a.k.a. Northeast Corridor) while operating one of their Turbo Liners.
- In Tokyo, Japan, the Chiyoda Line is opened between Kita-Senju and Otemachi.[4]
- December 29 – The first steam locomotive powered train operates at Illinois Railway Museum using a Shay locomotive.[12]
Unknown date events
- Southern Pacific Railroad opens the longest stretch of new railroad construction in a quarter century as the first trains roll over the Palmdale Cutoff through Cajon Pass.
- The Central Railroad of New Jersey declares bankruptcy.
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD FP45.
- English Electric supplies first batch of CP Class 1400 diesel-electric locomotives from its Vulcan Foundry to Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses, its first mainline locomotive export order for continental Europe.
- D. William Brosnan is succeeded by W. Graham Claytor as president of the Southern Railway (US).
- Cessation of steam operation on the Eastern Region of British Railways.