1992 in the railroads

1991 in the railroads - 1992 - 1993 in the railroads

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1 {{er}} January. France: appearance of new the logo of the RATP registers in a green circle jade and of its slogan the free spirit.
January 17th. France: inauguration of the news Station TGV of Rennes (Brittany).
February 8th. Italy: the Italian government authorizes the fusion of Ansaldo, subsidiary of IRI and Breda, subsidiary of the EFIM, to constitute a first European groups of railway construction.
March 14th. Japan: brought into service of a new type of Train at high speed Japanese, the Nozomi (the hope), conceived to roll to 270 km/h, which succeeds the Hikari .
March 22nd. France: a prototype of the Aérotrain of Jean Bertin garaged for 18 years in a hangar has been destroyed by a criminal Incendie.
March 31st. France: line 1 of the Parisian Métro is prolonged of 2,4 km until Defense.
April 14th. Spain: inauguration of the AVE between Madrid - Atocha and Seville - Santa Justa (471 km).
April 27th. Germany: first strike of the German railwaymen since eighteen years.
May 22nd. Germany - France: agreement on TGV Is European at the Franco-German top of La Rochelle for a connection at high speed without precise expiry between Paris, Berlin and Munich.
May 31st. Italy: completion of the last section of the direttissima , new line at high speed Rome - Florence, whose construction started in 1970.
July 14th. Great Britain: publication by the government of the White paper New opportunities for the railways (new chances for the railroad) which defines the broad outlines of the Privatization.
August 31st. France: startup with Lyon of Maggaly, automatic Subway with large gauge (logne D of the Subway of Lyon).
August 12th. Italy: the Ferrovie dello Stato, public corporation (graft pubblico ) since 1986 are transformed into joint stock company ( SpA ) of which the continuous State to hold 100% of the Capital.
August 31st. France: first derailment to 270 km/h of a TGV. The accident occurred in Gare Mason-Loach, several people who waited on the quay are slightly wounded.
September 7th. France: suspension of the quotation of the actions Orlyval. The financial problems are the result of the commercial failure of the open line the October 2nd 1991.
September 7th. France: opening of line 2 of the Tram of Nantes.
September 27th. Germany - Swiss: the German Train at high speed ICE serves the Swiss cities of Basle and Zurich.
September 28th. Swiss: by Referendum, the Swiss ones adopt the construction project of railway New lines through the Alps (NLFA).
October 26th. the United States: startup of Métrolink, service of suburban trains to Los Angeles (California).
December 13rd. France: brought into service of the skirting is of Lyon (38 km) at high speed.

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