1981 in rail transport

Events

February

  • February 21 – MBTA discontinues passenger train service to Rhode Island.
  • February 26 – A TGV Sud-Est (trainset no. 16) breaks the world record for rail speed at 380 km/h (236 mph)[1] between Courcelles-Frémois (Côte-d'Or) and Dyé (Yonne), France.

April

May

June

  • June 6 – In the Bihar train disaster, a passenger train carrying 800 or more passengers between Mansi and Saharsa, India, derailed and plunged into the Bagmati river while it was crossing a bridge. Estimates of the death toll range from 500 to 800.

July

September

October

November

December

Unknown date

Accidents

Deaths

May deaths

References

  1. "TGV Paris – Sud Est". Thomas Cook Continental Timetable, September 27–edition of October 31, 1981, p. 65.
  2. "San Diego Trolley, Inc" (pdf). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. February 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2015 via http://www.sdmts.com/about-mts.
  3. "The business car" (PDF). Canadian Rail (360): 26–27. January 1982.
  • (February 2005) Trains Timeline, Trains Magazine, p. 9
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