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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on April 27.
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- 1947 – After a complete overhaul, Illinois Central's Green Diamond trainset re-enters active service, this time between Jackson, Mississippi, and New Orleans, Louisiana, as the Miss-Lou passenger train.
- 1968 – Kamalapur railway station was inaugurated by Pakistani president Ayub Khan in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
- 1970 – The first double-deck passenger cars to operate in regular service on Canadian passenger trains enter service in Montreal.[1]
- 1986 – Amtrak introduces the daily Loop passenger train between Chicago and Springfield, Illinois.
- 1987 – Construction begins in Germany on the Berlin U-Bahn's U8 line extension to Paracelsus-Bad.
- 1996 – The Tōyō Rapid Railway Line, connecting Nishi-Funabashi Station in Funabashi, Chiba and Tōyō-Katsutadai Station in Yachiyo, Chiba, Japan, opens.[2]
- 1998 – Spain's Madrid Metro opens the section between Esperanza and Mar de Cristal on Line 4.
21st century edit
- 2005 – Polgahawela level crossing collision: A bus reportedly carrying over 90 people through the town of Polgahawela, Sri Lanka, drives through the signals and barriers at a level crossing without checking first and is struck by an express train from Colombo to Kandy.
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References edit
- ^ "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. March 17, 2006. Retrieved April 26, 2006.
- ^ Terada, Hirokazu (January 19, 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 56. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.