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This article lists anniversary events related to rail transport that occurred on September 28.
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Events
20th century
- 1934 – The Winwick rail crash occurs when a busy signalman lines an express passenger train onto a track occupied by a stationary local train; 12 people die in the collision as three of the train's passenger cars are telescoped.
- 1957 – Newtown Tram Depot in Sydney is closed.[1][2]
21st century
- 2004 –
- The second LUAS line opens, the "Red Line" linking Tallaght in west Dublin to the city centre and Heuston and Connolly stations on the main Irish railway network.
- Charles Wickliffe Moorman IV is promoted to president of Norfolk Southern Railway.
- Railpower Technologies signs a memorandum of understanding with Swedish Train Technology to perform hybrid locomotive conversions in Europe.
- 2012 – Phase 1 of Chongqing Rail Transit's Line 6, connecting Wulidian to Kangzhuang, opens.[3]
References
- Keenan, David (1979). Tramways of Sydney. Sans Souci: Transit Press. p. 18. ISBN 0-909338-02-7.
- Keenan, David (1992). The South-Western Lines of the Sydney Tramway System. Petersham: Transit Press. pp. 55–56. ISBN 0-909338-11-6.
- "Part of Light Rail Line 6 opens". Retrieved September 30, 2012.
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