1993 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1993.
Events
August events
- August 27 - The Green Bay and Western and the Fox River Valley Railroad are merged into a new Wisconsin Central subsidiary, the Fox Valley and Western Railroad.
September events
- September 22 - Amtrak's worst rail accident to date occurs in the Big Bayou Conot train disaster when the westbound Sunset Limited derails on a bridge in Alabama; the cause of the accident is found to be a collision between a river barge and one of the bridge's pilings knocking the rail out of alignment on the bridge.
- September 27 - California Northern Railroad begins operations.
October events
- October 31 - The Chicago Transit Authority Midway rapid transit line, now known as the Orange Line opens on the southwest side between Midway Airport and the Loop.
December events
- December 7 - Colin Ferguson opens fire with his Ruger 9mm pistol on a Long Island Rail Road train, killing six and injuring 19. The event becomes known as "The Long Island Railroad Massacre."
- December - The STAR21 experimental train is operated at a record 425 km/h (264 mph) on Japan's Joetsu Shinkansen route between Tokyo and Niigata.
Unknown date events
- The Monongahela Railway is merged into Conrail.
- Milwaukee Road 261 is restored to operating condition.
- Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, operator of the Metro Rail system in Los Angeles, California, is formed from the merger of the Southern California Rapid Transit District (RTD) and the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission (LACTC).
Deaths
April deaths
- April 9 - Robert B. Claytor, president of Norfolk and Western Railway (b. 1922).