October - The first stage of Cairo Metro's Line Two (the Yellow line) opens.
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The Union Pacific Railroad finishes the acquisition that was effectively begun almost a century before with the purchase of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The merged company retains the name "Union Pacific" for all railroad operations.
The Hell Gate Bridge, built in 1916, is overhauled, including its first paint job in 80 years.
A coal train in Beresfield, New South Wales, Australia passes a red signal (SPAD) and collides with the rear of a second coal train on the same track in the Beresfield rail disaster; due to the accident, a somewhat random factor has been added to the vigilance control signals' intervals.
This article lists events related to railtransport that occurred in 1996.
January 6 - A computer-controlled Washington Metro train overran the platform at the Shady Grove station, colliding with a parked train and fatally injuring the operator.
A coal train in Beresfield, New South Wales, Australia passes a red signal (SPAD) and collides with the rear of a second coal train on the same track in the Beresfield rail disaster; due to the accident, a somewhat random factor has been added to the vigilance control signals' intervals.
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