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Rail transport-related events during the year of 1985
This article lists events related to
rail transport that occurred in 1985.
Events
January events
February events
March events
March - The
Tōhoku Shinkansen line in
Japan is extended from
Omiya Station to
Ueno Station , near
Tokyo .
March 2 –
Porto Alegre Metro Line 1 , Mercado to Sapucaia route, first section of operation service start in
Brazil .
March 11 – A first section of
Recife Metro Line 1 , Recife to Wermeck route, officially regular operation service to start in Brazil.
March 14 –
Shin-Misato Station , on what is now
JR East 's
Musashino Line in
Misato, Saitama ,
Japan , is opened.
[3]
March 25 - A
methane gas explosion in
Los Angeles led to the abandonment of subway construction along the city's most important corridor,
Wilshire Boulevard . The subway would not be seriously looked at again for almost 20 years until the
D Line Extension .
[4]
March 30 –
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority expands rail service on the
Red Line beyond
Harvard Square to
Alewife .
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April events
May events
June events
July events
September events
Unknown date events
Accidents
Deaths
March deaths
References
(June 1995), "Timeline", Trains Magazine , p. 19.