View source for 1963 in rail transport

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==Events==
=== January events ===
* January 21 - The [[Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad]] ceases all operation.
* January 26 - The last passenger train on [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] between [[Ottawa]] and [[Maniwaki, Quebec]], departs using CP [[Budd Rail Diesel Car|RDC]]s 9105 and 9023.<ref>Colin Churcher's Railway Pages (January 8, 2006), ''[http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm Significant dates in Ottawa railway history] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205234437/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm |date=2007-02-05 }}''.  Retrieved January 25, 2006.</ref>

=== February events ===

* February 28 – [[Toei Subway]] Line 1 (present-day [[Toei Asakusa Line|Asakusa Line]]) opens between [[Ningyōchō Station|Ningyocho]] and [[Higashi-ginza Station|Higashi-ginza]] in Tokyo, Japan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=東京都交通局,交通局について,都営地下鉄 |trans-title=History of the Transportation Bureau |url=https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/about/ayumi/subway.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240223031608/https://www.kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp/about/ayumi/subway.html |archive-date=23 February 2024 |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp |language=ja}}</ref>

===March events===
* March 27 - First [[Beeching cuts]] Reshaping of British railways report published.
* March 31 - [[Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] ends [[streetcar]] service on the last of the former [[Los Angeles Railway]] lines: [[J (Los Angeles Railway)|J]], [[P (Los Angeles Railway)|P]], [[R (Los Angeles Railway)|R]], [[S (Los Angeles Railway)|S]], and [[V (Los Angeles Railway)|V]].<ref>{{cite web |title=March 31: This Date in Los Angeles Transportation History |url=https://metroprimaryresources.info/this-date-in-los-angeles-transportation-history/march/march-31/ |website=Dorothy Peyton Gray Transportation Library and Archive |publisher=Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref>

=== May events ===
* May 4 - [[Nickel Plate 765]] is retired.
* May 20 - The [[Rutland Railroad]], in [[New York (state)|New York]] and [[Vermont]], ceases operations; the [[Right-of-way (railroad)|right-of-way]] is officially abandoned after [[Interstate Commerce Commission|ICC]] approval earlier in the year.

=== June events ===

==== June 28 ====

* The [[Philadelphia and Reading Railroad]]'s ''[[King Coal (passenger train)|King Coal]]'' [[passenger train]] makes its final run to [[Shamokin, Pennsylvania]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.trainweb.org/lamrrc/history.html| title=Railroad History of Northumberland County| work=Lower Anthracite Model Railroad Club|accessdate=2007-08-08|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070806041146/http://www.trainweb.org/lamrrc/history.html|archivedate=6 August 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Caerphilly railway works]] in [[Wales]] closes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Great Western Railway Caerphilly Locomotive Works|url=http://www.railuk.info/history/gethistory.php?id=612|work=Rail UK|accessdate=2014-04-14|archive-date=2014-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140415034829/http://www.railuk.info/history/gethistory.php?id=612|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===July events ===
* July 15 &ndash; [[Yabitsu Station]] in [[Yokote, Akita|Yokote]], [[Akita Prefecture]], [[Japan]], is opened for regular service.
* July 23 - The [[Chicago and North Western Railway]]'s passenger trains from [[Chicago, Illinois]] to [[Minnesota]], the ''[[Twin Cities 400]]'' and the ''[[Rochester 400]]'', cease operation following approval from the [[Interstate Commerce Commission]].<ref name="400-story">{{Scribbins-400-2008}}</ref>

===August events===
* August 8 - [[Great Train Robbery (1963)]] £2.6&nbsp;million [[train robbery]]. (£{{format price|{{inflation|UK|2600000|1963}} }} in {{inflation year|UK}} adjusted for inflation)
* August 20 - The one millionth railroad carload of [[lettuce]] is shipped from [[Salinas, California]].
* August 31 - [[Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad]] takes control of [[Ann Arbor Railroad (1895-1976)|Ann Arbor Railroad]], in [[Michigan]].

===September events===
* September - [[GE Transportation Systems|General Electric]] introduces the [[GE U25C]].

===October events===
* October 16 - The [[Nickel Plate Road]] together with the [[Wabash Railroad]] and several smaller carriers are merged with the profitable [[Norfolk & Western]] Railway (N&W).

===November events===
* November - [[Electro-Motive Diesel|General Motors Electro-Motive Division]] introduces the [[EMD GP30]].
* November 9 - Two [[passenger train]]s collide with a derailed freight train on the [[Tōkaidō Main Line]] in [[Yokohama]], [[Japan]]; the [[Yokohama rail crash]] results in 161 deaths.

===December events===
* December 12 – [[Toei Subway]] Line 1 (present-day [[Toei Asakusa Line|Asakusa Line]]) opens between Higashi-Ginza and Shimbashi in Tokyo, Japan. This is the fourth extension of the line since it opened in 1960.<ref name=":0" />
* [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] of Japan ship a final batch of ten [[2-10-2]] steam locomotives to a design improved by [[Livio Dante Porta]] for the isolated [[:es:Ramal Ferro Industrial Eva Perón|Ramal Ferro Industrial Río Turbio]] (RFIRP) [[750 mm gauge railways|750 mm gauge railway]] in the southern [[Patagonian Desert]] of [[Argentina]] to haul coal from [[Río Turbio, Santa Cruz|Río Turbio]] for shipping from [[Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz]].<ref>{{cite web|title=90 tonne engines on 75cm gauge|url=http://www.railwaysofthefarsouth.co.uk/09erfirtlocos.html|work=Railways of the Far South|accessdate=2015-11-13}}</ref> See also [[Rio Turbio Railway]].

===Unknown date events===
* [[Mauritania Railway]] opened.
* The [[Central of Georgia Railway]] is merged into the [[Southern Railway (U.S.)]]
* [[American Locomotive Company|ALCO]] introduces the [[ALCO Century 628]].
* [[SNCF Class BB 67000]] diesel locomotives introduced in France.
* [[Eritrean Railway]] assembles [[0-4-4-0]]T R442.61 in its shops at [[Asmara]], the last [[Mallet locomotive]] built in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/eritrea1.htm|title=The Eritrean Railway|work=The International Steam pages|accessdate=2010-01-26}}</ref>

==Accidents==
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==Births==
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==Deaths==
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==References==
* ''[http://www.trainweb.org/lamrrc/history.html Railroad history of Northumberland County]''.  Retrieved June 28, 2005.
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20051104024026/http://www.michiganrailroads.com/RRHX/Timeline/1960s/TimeLine1960sBackUp.htm Railroad history timeline: 1960-1969]''. Retrieved August 31, 2005.
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