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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2003.

Contents

Events

January events

February events

March events

  • March 13 – Mumbai Bombing – A bomb exploded as a train pulled into Mulund station, killing 10 people.
  • March 21 – Official launch of M>Train's new Siemens Mo-Mo trains in Melbourne, Australia.

April events

  • April 3 – First revenue run of M>Train's new Siemens Mo-Mo train.
  • April 11 – M>Train withdraws fleet of Siemens Mo-Mo trains due to braking and traction issues.
  • April 26 – DLW completes construction of the first WDP-4 locomotive to be built entirely within India.[1]

May events

  • May 15 – The Ladhowal rail disaster was a flash fire on the Frontier Mail train service in India, which engulfed three carriages. 39 people lost their lives.

June events

July events

  • July 30 – Eurostar train number 3313/14 establishes a new speed record in England at 334.7 km/h (208 mph) on High Speed 1.

August events

September events

  • September 1 – Deutsche Bahn takes over operations of shipping company Stinnes Group in Germany.
  • September 25 – James J. Dermody becomes President of Long Island Rail Road in New York.[5]

October events

  • October 1 – M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) withdraws its fleet of Siemens trains for the second time.
  • October 7 – RENFE opens the Madrid-Lerida section of the railroad's new Madrid-Barcelona line in Spain.
  • October 7 – The Cahir viaduct on the Limerick-Rosslare railway line collapses under a cement train travelling to Waterford. No one hurt but the line remains closed until the following September for repairs to the structure.
  • October 27 – Fleet of Siemens trains returned to M>Train (Melbourne, Australia) service, some minus livery.

November events

  • November 3 – NYC Subway's "Redbird" R36 trains make final run from 42nd Street Times Square to Willets Point Shea Stadium.
  • November 4 – A new intermodal service is inaugurated between Aiton, France, and Orbassano (near Turin), Italy, to transport complete trucks (both the tractor and trailer) and their loads; the trains include coach seating for the truck drivers as well.
  • November 28 – SNCF (France) celebrates the one-billionth passenger on its TGV.

December events

Accidents


Deaths

June deaths

Industry awards

North America

2003 E. H. Harriman Awards
Group Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal
A Norfolk Southern Railway    
B Metra Soo Line Railroad  
C      
S&T Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis Conrail  
Awards presented by Railway Age magazine

United Kingdom

Train Operator of the Year

References

Many of the events listed here were translated from 2003 dans les chemins de fer, the equivalent French-language Wikipedia article.

  1. ^ Indian Railways Fan Club (2005). "IR History: Part – VI (1995 – present)". Archived from the original on 25 April 2006. http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html. Retrieved April 26, 2006. 
  2. ^ Alward, Daniel (2005). "Kinzua Bridge In McKean County Pennsylvania". Archived from the original on April 8, 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050408135101/http://www.venangoil.com/bridgeskinzua.html. Retrieved June 13, 2005. 
  3. ^ Indian Railways Fan Club (2005). "IR History: Part VI (1995–present)". Archived from the original on 6 August 2005. http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html. Retrieved August 9, 2005. 
  4. ^ "This week in state and local history". HistoryLink. 2005. Archived from the original on 27 August 2005. http://www.historylink.org/this_week/index.cfm. Retrieved August 22, 2005. 
  5. ^ "MTA Picks Helena Williams to Head Long Island Rail Road" (Press release). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 4, 2007. Archived from the original on 1 July 2007. http://www.mta.info/mta/news/releases/?en=070604-HQ42. Retrieved August 9, 2007. 
  6. ^ "Commission clears northern England train JV between FirstGroup and Keolis" (Press release). European Commission. December 9, 2003. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/03/1675&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en. Retrieved December 9, 2006. 
  7. ^ Vantuono, William C. (January 2003). "Union Pacific's Dick Davidson: managing a 33,000-mile factory—with no roof – Railroader of the Year – Company Profile". Railway Age. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_1_204/ai_97447683/pg_1. Retrieved January 13, 2007. 
  8. ^ ScotRail (February 24, 2004). "ScotRail highly commended in rail 'Oscars'" (Press release). http://www.scotrail.co.uk/press240204.htm. Retrieved November 6, 2006. 
  9. ^ Rail Professional, Ltd.. "HSBC Rail Awards 2003 Review". Archived from the original on October 7, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061007080415/http://www.railpro.co.uk/issues/apr2004.html. Retrieved November 6, 2006. 

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