2000 in rail transport

Events

January events

February events

March events

April events

May events

June events

July events

October events

December events

Accidents

  • January 4 – The Åsta accident, a northbound BM92 multiple unit and a southbound passenger train headed by a Di 3 locomotive collided on Norway's Rørosbanen line near Åsta station, killing 19 people.
  • February 6 – The Brühl train disaster; in Brühl, Germany killed 9 when a train negotiated a low speed turnout at three times the correct speed and derailed, on the West Rhine Railway.
  • March 8 – Tokyo train disaster: a sideswipe collision of two Tokyo Metro trains kills 5 people near Naka-Meguro Station.
  • October 17 – The Hatfield rail crash, south of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK, occurs when a train traveling at 115 mph derails due to a rail that breaks under it. 4 people are killed, and there is considerable disruption to the national rail network as the infrastructure is reviewed.[9]
  • November 11 – An faulty heater aboard a funicular train in Kaprun, Austria, starts a fire in the train's brake fluid while the train is in a tunnel; only four of the train's 155 passengers survived the fire in the Kaprun disaster.
  • December 2 – The Sarai Banjara rail disaster in the Punjab, India killed 46 and injured at least 150 when a freight train derailed into the path of a passenger train.
  • December 30 – The Rizal Day bombings occurred around Metro Manila in the Philippines leaving 22 dead.

Industry awards

Japan

Awards presented by Japan Railfan Club

North America

2000 E. H. Harriman Awards
GroupGold medalSilver medalBronze medal
ANorfolk Southern Railway  
BKansas City Southern Railway  
CGateway Western Railway  
S&T Belt Railway of Chicago 
Awards presented by Railway Age magazine

United Kingdom

Train Operator of the Year
  • 2000:

References

  1. Cudahy, Brian J. (2003). A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways. New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 0-8232-2292-6.
  2. Morris, J. D. (March 2, 2000). "New Way to the Wharf / Merchants hope F-Market line will draw locals to tourist attractions". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
  3. Stephens, Bill (July 2000). "CSX still struggling; Snow re-assumes reins". Trains. Waukesha, WI: Kalmbach Publishing. 60 (7): 16–18. ISSN 0041-0934.
  4. "Tramlink Information". Transport for All. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  5. General Motors Electro-Motive Division (May 23, 2000). "General Motors' Electro Motive ships first five locomotives for huge Union Pacific order". Archived from the original on March 14, 2006. Retrieved April 13, 2005.
  6. "Øresund Bridge". Archived from the original on June 29, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2007.
  7. "Significant dates in Ottawa railway history". Colin Churcher's Railway Pages. September 7, 2005. Archived from the original on October 4, 2005. Retrieved September 30, 2005.
  8. Amtrak’s new Hit-Speed Service is Derailed by Mechanical Problem, ‘’LA Times’’/AP, December 13, 2000
  9. Left, Sarah (January 15, 2002). "Key dates in Britain's railway history". The Guardian Unlimited. Retrieved July 7, 2007.
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