2003 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2003.
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Events
January events
- January - The electrification of the Trans-Siberian Railway, a project begun in 1929, is completed.
- January 1 - Hunter Harrison, former president of Illinois Central Railroad (now a subsidiary of CN), succeeds Paul Tellier as president of Canadian National Railway.
- January 21 - The first segment of the high-speed Channel Tunnel Rail Link is completed.
- January 27 - A head-on collision between an Italian and a French train in the Tende line's Biogna tunnel leaves two dead and four seriously injured.
February events
- February 18 - An arsonist causes the Daegu subway fire when he sets fire to a train stopped at the Joongang-ro (or Jungang-ro) station of the Daegu Metropolitan Subway in Daegu, South Korea.
March events
- March 21 - Official launch of M>Train's new Siemens Mo-Mo trains in Melbourne, Australia.
April events
- April 3 - First revenue run of M>Train's new Siemens Mo-Mo train.
- April 11 - M>Train withdraws fleet of Siemens Mo-Mo trains due to braking and traction issues.
July events
- July - David Laney is promoted to Chairman of the Board of Directors for Amtrak.
- July 21 - A tornado knocks down most of the former Erie Railroad's Kinzua Viaduct. [1]
- July 30 - Eurostar train number 3313/14 establishes a new speed record in England at 334.7 km/h (208 mph) on the new Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
August events
- August 9 - Indian Railways begins passenger train service between Hyderabad and Secunderabad with 13 trains between Lingampally and Hyderabad, and 11 between Lingampally and Secunderabad.
- August 10 - M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) returns fleet of Siemens trains to service.
- August 22 - Sound Transit connects to Tacoma, Washington.
September events
- September 1 - Deutsche Bahn takes over operations of shipping company Stinnes Group in Germany.
October events
- October 1 - M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) withdraws its fleet of Siemens trains for the second time.
- October 7 - RENFE opens the Madrid-Lerida section of the railroad's new Madrid-Barcelona line in Spain.
- October 27 - Fleet of Siemens trains returned to M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) service, some minus livery.
November events
- November 4 - A new intermodal service is inaugurated between Aiton, France, and Orbassano (near Turin), Italy, to transport complete trucks (both the tractor and trailer) and their loads; the trains include coach seating for the truck drivers as well.
- November 28 - SNCF (France) celebrates the one-billionth passenger on its TGV.
December events
- December - The KCR West Rail in Hong Kong starts services.
- December - Great North Eastern Railways, operators of services on the East Coast Main Line in England and Scotland, begin trials of 802.11b wireless LAN access to the Internet on their Mallard Intercity 225 trains.
Deaths
June deaths
- June 10 - Livio Dante Porta, Argentinian steam locomotive mechanical engineer (b. 1922).
References
- Many of the events listed here were translated from 2003 dans les chemins de fer, the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article.
- Alward, Daniel (2005), Kinzua Bridge In McKean County Pennsylvania. Retrieved June 13, 2005.
- HistoryLink (2005), This week in state and local history. Retrieved August 22 2005.
- Indian Railways Fan Club (2005), IR History: Part VI (1995-present). Retrieved August 9 2005.
