1964 in rail transport

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* 1963 in rail transport
* 1964 in rail transport
* 1965 in rail transport

Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1964.

## Events

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### April events

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* April 6 - Freight transportation on Alaska Railroad between Fairbanks and Anchorage resumes after repairs from an earthquake that occurred on March 27.[1]

The Skokie Swift in service, May 1964

* April 20 - The Skokie Swift high-speed rapid transit route of the Chicago Transit Authority 'L' system begins service between the Howard Street Terminal in Rogers Park and Dempster Street in Skokie.
* April 29 - The Keiō Dōbutsuen Line in Japan opens.

### June events

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* June 6 - Southern Railway 4501 is taken down to Chattanooga, Tennessee for restoration by the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.
* June 15 - The 2000-series rapid transit cars (2001–2180), built by Pullman-Standard of Chicago, Illinois, are placed in service on the Chicago "L" system. These cars represent the first generation of the Chicago Transit Authority High Performance Family.
* June 19 - United States President Lyndon B. Johnson presides over the groundbreaking ceremonies for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).
* June 30 - End of regularly scheduled steam locomotive service on the narrow gauge White Pass and Yukon Route.[2]

### July events

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* July - The Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 becomes law in the United States.

### September events

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* September 30 - The Railway Preservation Society of Ireland is formed.

### October events

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* October 1
* The Tōkaidō Shinkansen high-speed route commences operation in Japan; it is the first of many Shinkansen routes to be constructed.
* Toei Subway Line 1 (present-day Asakusa Line) opens between Shimbashi and Daimon in Tokyo, Japan. This is the fifth extension of the line since it opened in 1960.[3]
* October 9 - End of District line service to Hounslow on the London Underground.

### November events

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* November 5 - Swaziland Railway opened.[4]
* November 15 - Shin-Sayama Station on what becomes the Seibu Railway's Seibu Shinjuku Line in Sayama, Saitama, Japan, is opened.[5]

### December events

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* December 19 - The Elektrische Bahn Stansstad–Engelberg in Switzerland reopens with a connection to the national rail network at Hergiswil and conversion to 15 kV AC railway electrification as the Luzern–Stans–Engelberg railway line.
* December 23 - In Tokyo, Japan, the Tozai Line begins service between Takadanobaba and Kudanshita.[6]

### Unknown date events

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* The Wabash, Nickel Plate Road, Pittsburgh and West Virginia and Akron, Canton and Youngstown railroads are all merged into the Norfolk & Western.
* Swiss Federal Railways introduces its Re 4/4II series electric locomotives, built by SLM.
* Double-deck cars introduced on suburban railways in Sydney, Australia.[7]
* Benjamin Biaggini succeeds Donald Russell as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
* Donald Russell assumes the position of chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, a position that was nonexistent since Hale Holden's departure in 1939.
* ALCO is purchased by the Worthington Corporation.
* The above-ground portion of Pennsylvania Railroad's Pennsylvania Station in New York City is demolished to make room for Madison Square Gardens, but the tracks remain in use today.
* Robert A. "Bob" Emerson succeeds Norris Roy Crump as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.

## Accidents

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* Feb 1 Altamirano rail disaster, Argentina

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## References

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1. ^ Alaska Railroad. "Alaska Railroad History". Archived from the original on 30 November 2002. Retrieved 6 April 2006.
2. ^ Martin, Cy (1974). Gold Rush Narrow Gauge (2nd ed.). Corona del Mar, California: Trans-Anglo Books. p. 93. ISBN 0-87046-026-9.
3. ^ "東京都交通局,交通局について,都営地下鉄" [History of the Transportation Bureau]. kotsu.metro.tokyo.jp (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 23 February 2024. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
4. ^ "History of Swaziland Railway - Then & Now". Swaziland Railway. Retrieved 2011-12-29.
5. ^ Terada, Hirokazu (July 2002). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 202\. ISBN 4-87366-874-3.
6. ^ "History". tokyometro.jp. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
7. ^ Richardson, Matthew (2001). The Penguin Book of Firsts. New Delhi: Penguin Books India. p. 281\. ISBN 0-14-302771-9.

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