2002 in rail transport

Events

January events

February events

April events

May events

June events

July events

August events

October events

November events

December events

Unknown date events

  • Completion of 360 km of dual gauge track on Bangladesh Railway, improving connections between the previously isolated east and west networks and giving 1676 mm gauge access to Dhaka, the capital.[12]

Accidents

Awards

Japan

Awards presented by Japan Railfan Club

North America

2002 E. H. Harriman Awards
GroupGold medalSilver medalBronze medal
ANorfolk Southern Railway  
B Metra 
C   
S&TTerminal Railroad Association of St. LouisConrail 
Awards presented by Railway Age magazine

United Kingdom

Train Operator of the Year
  • 2002:

References

Some of the events listed here were translated from 2002 dans les chemins de fer, the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article.

  1. Reh, Vincent (February 2002). "Muskingum Electric Railroad just about done". Trains Magazine: 22–23.
  2. "Iowa Interstate operates first coal train to Cedar Rapids". Trains Magazine: 22. May 2002.
  3. Left, Sarah (January 15, 2002). "Key dates in Britain's railway history". The Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved 7 July 2007.
  4. "David M. Laney Joins Amtrak's Board of Directors" (Press release). Amtrak. November 26, 2002. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 19, 2009.
  5. "EMD and Porterbrook Win Contract For First Belgian Private Railway" (Press release). General Motors Electro-Motive Division. April 4, 2002. Archived from the original on 14 March 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2005.
  6. "BNSF Board Elects CEO Matt Rose Chairman Succeeding Rob Krebs, Who is Retiring" (Press release). BNSF Railway. March 21, 2002. Archived from the original on 2006-11-10. Retrieved December 6, 2006.
  7. "EMD to provide locomotives to Norway" (Press release). General Motors Electro-Motive Division. July 4, 2002. Archived from the original on 14 March 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2005.
  8. "IMRL Sale Final; IC&E Begins Operations Tomorrow" (Press release). Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad. July 29, 2002. Archived from the original on 15 March 2005. Retrieved April 2, 2005.
  9. "Las pruebas del Talgo 350 en la línea de alta velocidad". Líneas de Tren (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 August 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
  10. "Toronto Transit Commission – History". City of Toronto. Retrieved November 22, 2007.
  11. "Indian PM launches Delhi metro". BBC News. December 24, 2002. Retrieved April 22, 2010.
  12. Choudhury, Iqbaluddin; Rahman, Mostafizur (2002). "Jamuna bridge and dual-gauging unite the BR network". Railway Gazette International. 158: 326–7. Retrieved 9 September 2007.
  13. "Significant dates in Canadian railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. August 16, 2005. Archived from the original on 9 August 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2007.
  14. Railroad Accident Brief: Derailment of Norfolk Southern Train 15T at Farragut, Tennessee, September 15, 2002 (PDF). Washington, DC: National Transportation Safety Board. 2003. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2009.
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