2003 in rail transport
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:RefimproveTemplate:Sidebar This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2003.
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Events
January events
- Template:Flagicon January 1 – E. Hunter Harrison, former president of Illinois Central Railroad (now a subsidiary of CN), succeeds Paul Tellier as president of Canadian National Railway.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon January 18 – The east loop of Singapore's second LRT line, Sengkang LRT line, is opened.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon January 21 – The first segment of High Speed 1 in England is completed.
February events
March events
- Template:Flagicon March 19 – In Tokyo, the northern section of the Hanzomon Line is opened between Suitengumae and Oshiage.<ref name=":0">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon March 21 – Official launch of M>Train's new Siemens Nexas trains in Melbourne, Australia.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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April events
- Template:Flag icon April 1 – Five new railway zones of Indian Railways (South Western, North Central, West Central, East Coast, South East Central) started operations.
- Template:Flagicon April 3 – First revenue run of M>Train's new Siemens Mo-Mo train.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon April 5 – The third rapid transit line of the Philippines which is the Manila Line 2, began partial operations from Santolan Station to Araneta Center–Cubao Station.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon April 11 – M>Train withdrew fleet of Siemens Mo-Mo trains due to braking and traction issues.
- Template:Flagicon April 26 – DLW completed construction of the first WDP-4 locomotive to be built entirely within India.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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May events
June events
- Template:Flagicon June 20 – North East MRT line in Singapore opened. It is the world's first fully underground, automated and driverless rapid transit line.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon June 21 – The IE 29000 Class Diesel Multiple Unit commuter train enters service in the Dublin Suburban Area.
- Template:Flagicon June 22 – Bay Area Rapid Transit opens its extension to Millbrae, where trains interchange with Caltrain services, as well as to San Francisco International Airport.<ref name=history>Template:BART History</ref>
July events
- Template:Flagicon July 15 – L. Stanley Crane,<ref name="NAE">L. Stanley Crane, elected in 1978 as a member of the United States National Academy of Engineering</ref> twice the Railroader of the Year, died of pneumonia at a hospice in Boynton Beach, Fla.<ref name="crane">L. Stanley Crane (born in Cincinnati, 1915) raised in Washington, lived in McLean before moving to Philadelphia in 1981. He began his career with Southern Railway after graduating from The George Washington University with a chemical engineering degree in 1938. He worked for the railroad, except for a stint from 1959 to 1961 with the Pennsylvania Railroad, until reaching the company's mandatory retirement age in 1980. Crane went to Conrail in 1981 after a distinguished career that had seen him rise to the position of CEO at the Southern Railway. He died of pneumonia on July 15, 2003 at a hospice in Boynton Beach, Fla.</ref>
- Template:Flagicon July 21 – A tornado knocked down most of the former Erie Railroad's Kinzua Bridge.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon July 25– David Laney was promoted to Chairman of the Board of Directors for Amtrak.
- Template:Flagicon July 26 – The original Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Gold Line opens for revenue service between Los Angeles Union Station and Sierra Madre Villa.<ref name="Streeter ">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Mineta">Template:Citation</ref>
- Template:Flagicon July 30 – Eurostar train number 3313/14 established a new speed record in England at 334.7 km/h (208 mph) on High Speed 1.
August events
- Template:Flagicon August 9 – Indian Railways began passenger train service between Hyderabad and Secunderabad with 13 trains between Lingampally and Hyderabad, and 11 between Lingampally and Secunderabad.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- August 10
- Template:Flagicon M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) returned fleet of Siemens trains to service.
- Template:Flagicon Okinawa Urban Monorail (Yui Rail), Naha Airport Station to Shuri Station route open in Okinawa Island, Japan.
- Template:Flagicon August 22 – Sound Transit connected to Tacoma, Washington.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon August 31 – Opening of KL Monorail in Kuala Lumpur.
September events
- Template:Flagicon September 1 – Deutsche Bahn took over operations of shipping company Stinnes Group in Germany.
- Template:Flagicon September 25 – James J. Dermody became President of Long Island Rail Road in New York.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
- Template:Flagicon September 28 – The first segment of High Speed 1 in England, is opened.<ref>Template:Cite report</ref>
October events
- Template:Flagicon October 1 – M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) withdrew its fleet of Siemens trains for the second time.
- Template:Flagicon October 7 – Renfe opened the Madrid–Lleida section of the system's new standard gauge AVE Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line via Zaragoza in Spain.
- Template:Flagicon October 27 – Fleet of Siemens trains returned to M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) service, some minus livery.
November events
- Template:Flagicon November 3 – NYC Subway's "Redbird" R36 trains make final run from 42nd Street Times Square to Willets Point Shea Stadium.
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon November 4 – A new intermodal service was 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.
- Template:Flagicon November 28 – SNCF (France) celebrates the one-billionth passenger on its TGV.
December events
- Template:Flagicon December 1 – JR West discontinued service on the Kabe Line between Kabe and Sandankyō stations.
- December 5 – Opening of Template:Convert Severomuysky Tunnel on Baikal Amur Mainline after twenty-seven years’ construction.
- Template:Flagicon December 9 – The European Commission approved the franchise of the First TransPennine Express between Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and other northern England locations as a joint operation of FirstGroup and Keolis.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
- Template:Flagicon December 17 – AirTrain JFK opened in New York City.
- Template:Flagicon December 20 – The KCR West Rail in Hong Kong started services.
- Template:Flagicon December – Great North Eastern Railway, operators of services on the East Coast Main Line between England and Scotland, began trials of 802.11b wireless LAN access to the Internet on their Mallard InterCity 225 trains.
Accidents
- Template:Flagicon January 3 – Ghatnandur train crash: A passenger train travelling from Secunderabad to Manmad, crashed into the rear end of a heavy goods train near Ghatnandur in Maharashtra, India, killing 18 people.
- January 27
- Template:Flagicon A head-on collision between an Italian and a French train in the Tende line's Biogna tunnel left two dead and four seriously injured.
- Template:Flagicon 2003 Mumbai bombing: A bicycle bomb exploded near Vile Parle railway station in Mumbai, India, killing one person.
- Template:Flagicon January 31 – The Waterfall rail accident occurred near Waterfall, New South Wales, Australia. A train derailed, killing seven people on board.
- Template:Flagicon February 1 – The Dete train crash killed 50 people in the Zimbabwean town of Dete in the Western part of the country about Template:Convert from Victoria Falls.
- Template:Flagicon February 18 – An arsonist caused the Daegu subway fire when he set fire to a train stopped at the Joongang-ro (or Jungang-ro) station of the Daegu Metropolitan Subway in Daegu, South Korea.
- Template:Flagicon March 13 – 2003 Mumbai train bombing: A bomb in a ladies' compartment exploded as a train pulled into Mulund station, killing 10 people.
- Template:Flagicon May 15 – The Ladhowal rail disaster was a flash fire on the Frontier Mail train service in India, which engulfed three carriages. 39 people lost their lives.
- Template:Flagicon June 23 – The Vaibhavwadi train crash killed 53 people near the village of Vaibhavwadi in Sindhudurg district, Maharashtra in India.
- Template:Flagicon July 2 – The Warangal train crash killed 22 people in the town of Warangal, Andhra Pradesh, in India.
- Template:Flagicon October 7 – The Cahir viaduct on the Limerick–Rosslare railway line partly collapsed under a cement train travelling to Waterford.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> No one was hurt but the line remained closed until the following September for repairs to the bridge.
- Template:Flagicon December 5 – 2003 Stavropol train bombing: A suicide bomb blast on a Kislovodsk–Mineralnye Vody commuter train in Stavropol Krai as it was leaving Yessentuki killed at least 46 people and injured more than 170.
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Deaths
June deaths
- Template:Flagicon June 10 – Livio Dante Porta, Argentinian steam locomotive mechanical engineer (born 1922).
Industry awards
Japan
- Awards presented by Japan Railfan Club
- 2003 Blue Ribbon Award: Kintetsu 21020 series Urban Liner Next EMU
- 2003 Laurel Prize:
- Okayama Electric Tramway 9200 series "Momo" tramcar
- Kagoshima City Transportation Bureau 1000 series "U-tram" tramcar
North America
| Group | Gold medal | Silver medal | Bronze medal |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Norfolk Southern Railway | ||
| B | Metra | Soo Line Railroad | |
| C | |||
| S&T | Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis | Conrail |
- Awards presented by Railway Age magazine
- 2003 Railroader of the Year: Richard K. Davidson (Union Pacific)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
- 2003 Regional Railroad of the Year: Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad
- 2003 Short Line Railroad of the Year: San Joaquin Valley Railroad
United Kingdom
- 2003: Anglia Railways<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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References
Many of the events listed here were translated from 2003 dans les chemins de fer, the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article. Template:Reflist