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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in April 2005.
Events
- April 1
- All former BC Rail systems and operations are fully integrated into those of the purchasing railroad, Canadian National Railway.[1]
- Kansas City Southern Railway completes its controlling interest purchase of TFM.
- OmniTRAX purchases Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet, Georgia and Florida RailNet and Illinois RailNet from North American RailNet.
- April 4
- East Japan Railway Company and Tokyo Waterfront Area Rapid Transit introduce women-only passenger cars in trains on the Saikyo and Rinkai Lines to deter groping.[2]
- The sale of General Motors Electro-Motive Division to Greenbriar Equity Group and Berkshire Partners is completed; the new company is known as Electro-Motive Diesel, Inc. (EMD).[3]
- April 11
- Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty signs into law a bonding bill for the Northstar Corridor Development Authority in Minneapolis worth US$866 million.
- April 13
- The transport ministry of Bulgaria issues the first freight transport license to a private company, Bulgarian Railroad Company, to operate on the nation's rail network.[4]
- April 14
- Nineteen cars of a southbound Union Pacific train operating on Canadian National Railway tracks south of Superior, Wisconsin, derail and cause a forest fire near Solon Springs, Wisconsin.[5]
- April 15
- Amtrak cancels all Acela Express trains between Washington, DC, New York City and Boston as cracks are found in the brakes on a majority of the trainsets' coaches.[6]
- SEPTA begins construction on an US$85 million project to replace and upgrade signal, communications and track switch equipment between its Wayne Junction and Glenside stations
- April 16
- Alaska Railroad opens its new headquarters building and operations center in Anchorage, Alaska.[7]
- April 20
- UTA TRAX, in Salt Lake City, Utah, begins construction of its 900 South Station, the railroad's first new station in six years; this is the first station for the railroad that is to be built in a mainly residential area.
- April 21
- Vadodara rail collision occurred at the village of Samlaya near Vadodara in Gujarat, Western India, when the Sabarmati Express passenger train crashed at high speed into a stationary goods train carrying cement, killing at least 17.
- April 23
- Los Angeles Metrolink opens a new station in Palmdale on the system's Antelope Valley line.[8]
- April 25
- Amagasaki rail crash: a JR West commuter train derails and strikes an apartment building in Amagasaki, Hyogo, Japan, killing 106 and injuring more than 460 others.
- April 26
- Polgahawela level crossing collision: bus collides with Sri Lanka Railways train at a level crossing near Polgahawela; 37 bus passengers die.
- April 28
- English Welsh & Scottish acquires the assets of Probotec Limited, the leading manufacturer of railroad freight car suspension systems in Europe.[9]
- Swiss engineers blast through the last section of rock on the first bore of the Loetschberg base tunnel project under the Alps.[10] See also Swiss finish drilling world's longest overland tunnel
- April 30
- English Welsh & Scottish was expected to close a deal that will allow the railway to operate freight trains through the Channel Tunnel; such operations would make EWS one of the first non-governmental companies to operate trains on France's national rail network.
Deaths
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April 22 – Margaret Landry Moore, "Miss Southern Belle" spokesmodel for Kansas City Southern's Southern Belle passenger trains (born 1923).[8] - April 28 – Frank Turpin, CEO of Alaska Railroad, 1985–1993 (born 1923).[11]
References
- (July 2005), "Abandonments and Acquisitions", Trains Magazine, p. 19.
- Amtrak (April 15, 2005), Service Alert: Acela Express – Amtrak Cancels All Friday and Saturday Acela Express Service Due to Brake Problem. Retrieved April 15, 2005.
- Associated Press (April 14, 2005), Freight train derails, burns in northwestern Wisconsin. Retrieved April 14, 2005.
- Canadian National Railway (March 21, 2005),.[12] Retrieved March 21, 2005.
- (July 2005), "City Rail briefs", Trains Magazine, p. 29.
- EWS Railway (April 28, 2005), EWS acquires the assets of Probotec Limited. Retrieved April 30, 2005.
- General Motors Electro-Motive Division (April 4, 2005),.[13] Retrieved April 13, 2005.
- Hauser, Kristine, New York Times (April 15, 2005),.[14] Retrieved April 15, 2005.
- Kansas City Southern Industries (April 1, 2005),.[15] Retrieved May 26, 2005.
- Mapaye, John, KTUU (April 16, 2005),.[16] Retrieved April 18, 2005.
Trains News Wire references
- (April 8, 2005),.[17] Retrieved April 12, 2005.
- (April 27, 2005),.[18] Retrieved May 4, 2005.
- (April 29, 2005),.[19] Retrieved May 4, 2005.
- (April 5, 2005),.[20] Retrieved April 7, 2005.
References
- ↑ http://cn.ca/productsservices/BCRail/en_BCRail.shtml
- ↑
- ↑ "The Leading GME MD Site on the Net". GMEMD.com.
- ↑ "Bnn, Bulgarian news network - online news agency \ Бнм, Българска новинарска мрежа". Bgnewsnet.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
- ↑ Archived April 18, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑
- ↑
- 1 2 "Archived copy". Retrieved May 4, 2005.
- ↑ Archived October 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑
- ↑ Archived April 30, 2005, at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "CN – BC Rail Systems Integration". Cn.ca.
- ↑ "Greenbriar Equity Group and Berkshire Partners Complete Acquisition of Electro-Motive from General Motors". Gmemd.com.
- ↑ Amtrak Suspends Acela Trains After Finding Brake Problems
- ↑ Kansas City Southern Announces Closing of TFM Transaction; Naming of TFM Interim CEO
- ↑ Railroad opens new operations center
- ↑ EWS close to Channel Tunnel deal
- ↑ Metrolink opens Palmdale commuter station
- ↑ Swiss complete digging Alpine tunnel
- ↑ Tokyo introduces women-only trains to prevent groping
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