Years in rail transport
Timeline of railway history

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1975.

Events

February events

March events

April events

June events

  • June 6 – An overnight northbound passenger train from London, England, bound for Glasgow, Scotland, does not receive warning of a temporary speed restriction resulting in the Nuneaton rail crash.
  • June 8 – Two trains collide on a single-track stretch between Lenggries and Munich due to a dispatcher's error. Forty-one die and 122 are injured.

July events

August events

September events

October events

  • October 19 – US-built SNCF Class 141R 1187 of Vénissieux depot works a special return working between Lyon and Veynes, the last steam-hauled passenger train operated by SNCF.
  • October 24 – The first through passenger train over the TAZARA Railway arrives in Dar es Salaam,[5] marking completion of this Chinese-funded 1,860 km (1,160 mi) 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) gauge link between Tanzania and Zambia.

November events

  • November – English-built SNCF Class 140C 38 works a freight train between its depot at Gray and Chalindrey, the last steam-hauled train operated by SNCF.[6]

December events

Unknown date events

Accidents

Births

Deaths

References

  1. Left, Sarah (January 15, 2002). "Key dates in Britain's railway history". The Guardian Unlimited.
  2. "CP Timeline". Retrieved November 22, 2009.
  3. Green, Oliver (1988). The London Underground – An Illustrated History. Ian Allan. p. 62. ISBN 0-7110-1720-4.
  4. Amtrak. "Digging into the Archives: Introducing Amfleet". Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  5. "Tanzania Greets Train". The New York Times. Agence France Presse. October 25, 1975.
  6. "140 C 38 Steams Again After 38 Years". The SNCF Society News. September 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2015.
  7. "The Final Passenger Steam Train". The Last days of Japanese Steam Engines. Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  8. National Transportation Safety Board (March 15, 2005). "New NTSB publication examines 30-year history of transportation safety improvements". Archived from the original on May 10, 2005. Retrieved May 15, 2005.
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