1987 in rail transport - Definition and Overview

This article will list events related to rail transport that occurred in 1987.

Events

January events

• January 4 - Amtrak and Conrail trains collide in Maryland.

February events

• February 2 - The Irish national transport operator Córas Iompair Éireann (CIE) is split up into subsidiaries, with Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail) taking responsibility for the Irish railway network in the Republic of Ireland.

April events

• April 4 - The Soo Line railroad announces the sale of its Lake States Transportation Division to private investors, forming the new Wisconsin Central Transportation Corporation.

July events

• July 31 - Queen Elizabeth II presides over the opening ceremonies of the Docklands Light Railway in London, England.

Unknown date events

• The United States Congress divests government ownership of Conrail in the largest initial public stock offering (IPO) to date.
• The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway are merged into CSX Transportation.
• Line One (the Red line) of Cairo Metro opens.

Deaths