1989 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1989.
January events
- January 1 - Three railways in Norway are closed: Kragerøbanen, Numedalsbanen and Valdresbanen.[1]
February events
- February 27 – MARC service in Bowie, Maryland, is moved to Bowie State station at Bowie State University, which had room for a large park-and-ride lot and more direct access to Route 197.[2][3]
March events
- March 1 - The Abbeville–Grimes Railway (a predecessor of the Bay Line Railroad) begins operations between its namesake cities in Alabama.
- March 19 – The Toei Shinjuku Line is extended from Shinozaki to its current terminus at Moto-Yawata in Tokyo, Japan.[4]
April events
- April 1
- Seibu Railway's Chichibu Line extension to connect with the Chichibu Railway's Chichibu Main Line opens in Japan.
- The central section of the Akita Nairiku Line between Hitachinai Station and Matsuba Station opens for service in Akita Prefecture, Japan.[5]
July events
- July 5 – Opening of the Kanazawa Seaside Line connecting Shin-Sugita Station and Kanazawa-hakkei Station in Yokohama, Japan.[6]
- July 22 – M-Line Trolley begins heritage streetcar service in Dallas, Texas.[7][8]
September events
- September 1
- Opening of Mellunmäki metro station on the Helsinki Metro in Finland, the world's northernmost metro station.[9]
- Guadalajara light rail system Line 1, Periferio Norte to Seriferico Sur route officially operation service to start, a first light rail system in Guadalajara, Mexico.[10]
- September 3 – A first section of Istanbul Metro Line M1, Aksaray to Kocatepe route officially regular operation service to start in Turkey.[11]
- September 17 – The Grand Canyon Railway officially reopens and carries passengers to the Grand Canyon National Park for the first time since 1968.[12]
- September 24 – LGV Atlantique in France opens from Montrouge to Connerré.
October events
- October 29 - The Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street, Roosevelt Island and 21st Street – Queensbridge stations on the New York City Subway's 63rd Street Lines open.[13]
November events
- November 11 - Berlin Jannowitzbrücke station reopens to Berlin U-Bahn trains following opening of the Berlin Wall.
December events
- December 1 - The Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad is merged into the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
- December - Passenger service over the South Shore Line is taken over by the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District.
Unknown date events
- The St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad is formed from the sale of Canadian National Railway's Berlin Subdivision.
- Ferrovie dello Stato (Italy) introduces ETR 450 trains between Rome and Milan, the first production Fiat Ferroviaria Pendolinos in regular passenger service.
- Michael R. Haverty is promoted to president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, succeeding W. John Swartz.[14]