This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1969.
Eventsedit
January eventsedit
January 1
As ordered by court, Penn Central takes over the assets and operations of the bankrupt New York, New Haven and Hartford ("New Haven") for $22 million; new passenger timetables over the new PC New Haven Region take effect February 2.
The Pullman Company is dissolved, having ceased to operate sleeping car services in the United States.
January 4 – The PATCO Hi-Speedline, in southeastern Pennsylvania, opens.
September 28 – The Dan Ryan Extension of the Chicago "L" system is placed in operation between 17th and State Streets and 95th Street in the median of the Dan Ryan Expressway. The new line is originally combined with the Lake Street 'L' to form the West-South Route (Lake-Dan Ryan) providing through service between 95th Street and Harlem Avenue, Forest Park, using the first of the 2200-seriesrapid transit cars (2201–2350) built by the Budd Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nine stations, designed by the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owens and Merrill, are opened at Cermak-Chinatown, Sox-35th, 47th, Garfield, 63rd, 69th, 79th, 87th, and 95th. The Dan Ryan branch later becomes the southern half of the Red Line.
December 12 – First section of RER suburban rail network in Paris opened.
December 15 (00:50) – The last train departs Paris Gare de la Bastille,[7] hauled by SNCF class 141TB-432[8] on the Ligne de Vincennes to Boissy-Saint-Léger. The Gare de la Bastille is the last terminus in Paris operated entirely by steam locomotives.[9]
^"Last Day of the Waverley Route". Retrieved August 2, 2007.
^Green, Oliver (1988). The London Underground - An Illustrated History. Ian Allan. p. 59. ISBN 0-7110-1720-4.
^"Miss Southern Belle' dies". Trains News Wire. April 27, 2005. Retrieved May 4, 2005.[dead link]
^Carter, Thad Hills (2009). Kansas City Southern Railway. Images of Rail. (Reprint of an article by Philip Moseley originally published in the May 1986 issue of Arkansas Railroader). Charleston, SC; Chicago, IL; Portsmouth, NH; San Francisco, CA: Arcadia Publishing. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-7385-6001-4. Retrieved November 2, 2013. I was working that night November 3, 1969, when the last southbound run of the Southern Belle made its way into DeQueen.
^"National Railway Museum Port Adelaide – Rail History". natrailmuseum.org.au. Archived from the original on March 23, 2008. Retrieved March 29, 2008.
^"堺筋線・阪急京都線の相互直通開始50周年記念列車運転". Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). December 7, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
^Thomas, David (February 2011). "Bastille, Part 1 - a living museum". Continental Modeller. Beer: Peco Publications. pp. 78–85. ISSN 0955-1298.
^"141 TB 407: Une abonnée aux anniversaires…" (in French). AJECTA. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
^"Attention le 14 décembre 1969 fermeture de cette gare…" (in French). AJECTA. Retrieved April 8, 2011.
^Bianchi, Curt (May 1995). "By steam to the Grand Canyon". Trains Magazine: 38–45.