1967 in rail transport#February

• January – General Electric introduces the GE U30C.

• February 21 – The last shunting horse to work on British Rail, "Charlie" at Newmarket, is retired.{{cite book|author=Holden, Bryan|title=The Long Haul – the life and times of the railway horse|year=1985|publisher=J. A. Allen|location=London|isbn=0-85131-395-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/longhaullifetime0000hold}}

• March 1 – Hankyū Senri Line, Osaka, Japan, opens.
• March 6 – Railways between Cambridge and Sudbury via Haverhill are closed by the Eastern Region of British Rail following the Beeching Report.
• March 20 – British Rail reopens the remaining section of line on the Isle of Wight, from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin, after electrification to the Southern Region standard (750 V DC third rail) using former London Underground "Tube" stock.{{cite book|author=Gillham, J. C.|title=The Age of the Electric Train|year=1988|publisher=Ian Allan|location=London|isbn=0-7110-1392-6}}
• March 24 – Soo Line Railroad discontinues passenger train operations.{{cite web|author=Rivanna Chapter National Railway Historical Society|url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histmar.htm|title=This Month in Railroad History: March|accessdate=March 24, 2006}}
• March 24 – Tanimachi Line, Osaka, Japan, opens.
• March 29 - In Tokyo, Japan, Tozai Line is extended from Toyocho to Nishi-Funabashi.{{Cite web |title=History |url=https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605063443/https://www.tokyometro.jp/lang_en/corporate/profile/history/index.html |archive-date=2023-06-05 |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=tokyometro.jp}}

• April 1 – The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins work.{{cite web|author=National Transportation Safety Board|date=March 15, 2005|url=http://ntsb.gov/Pressrel/2005/050315.htm|title=New NTSB publication examines 30-year history of transportation safety improvements|accessdate=March 15, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050510102921/http://www.ntsb.gov/pressrel/2005/050315.htm|archive-date=2005-05-10|url-status=dead}}
• April 20 – The Interstate Commerce Commission grants its initial approval of the proposed CNW/CGW merger.{{cite journal|journal=Railway Age |title=Week at a glance: Chicago roads get merger reaffirmed|volume=164|issue=23|pages=11 |date=June 17, 1968}}

• May 23 – GO Transit, Canada's first interregional public transit system, begins operations in Southern Ontario.

• The Seaboard Air Line and Atlantic Coast Line railroads merge to form the Seaboard Coast Line railroad.
• July 3 – Closure of Nottingham Victoria Railway Station, Nottingham, UK
• July 9 - Cessation of steam operation on the Southern Region of British Railways.
• July 19 – The New York City Subway introduces its first air conditioned passenger car.
• July 25 – Construction begins in San Francisco, on the Market Street subway.

• August 5 – The Illinois Central Railroad discontinues the Land O'Corn passenger train.{{Downey-Chicago|page=98}}

• September – United States Postal Service announces cancellation of most Railway Mail Service contracts.{{cite book|author=Bergman, Edwin B.|title=29 years to oblivion: the last years of Railway Mail Service in the United States|year=1980|publisher=Mobile Post Office Society|location=Omaha, Nebraska}}
• September – Grand Trunk Railway ends passenger service between Montreal and Portland, Maine.{{cite book| title=The Grand Trunk in New England |author=Holt, Jeff |publisher=Railfare |year=1985 |isbn=0-919130-43-7 |page=111}}
• September 14 – Tōyōchō Station, in Kōtō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, opens.
• September 30 – The Monon Railroad ceases all passenger train operations. Its last train is the Chicago–Louisville Thoroughbred.{{Sanders-Indiana|page=28}}

• October 2 – Canadian Pacific Railway removes the diamond crossing at Bedell, Ontario, the junction of the railway's Winchester and Prescott subdivisions.
• October 5 – The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road") discontinues the Arrow passenger train.
• October 28 – Canadian Pacific Railway moves the last of its equipment out of its Ottawa West yard to the new Walkley Yard.{{cite web|author=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages |date=September 7, 2005 |url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm |title=Significant dates in Ottawa railway history |accessdate=October 28, 2005 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205234437/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/ottawa.htm |archivedate=February 5, 2007 }}

• December 3 – The New York Central's 20th Century Limited is discontinued just before the railroad's merger with the Pennsylvania Railroad to form the Penn Central.
• December 10 – The Pennsylvania Railroad discontinues its all-Pullman (sleeping car) Broadway Limited, and assigns the train's name and much of its services to the General on the same New York-Chicago run, adding coaches and a separate dining car for coach passengers.
• December 20
• The Pennsylvania Railroad achieves its highest speed on their New York Division (a.k.a. Northeast Corridor) while operating one of their Turbo Liners.
• In Tokyo, Japan, the Chiyoda Line is opened between Kita-Senju and Otemachi.
• December 29 – The first steam locomotive powered train operates at Illinois Railway Museum using a Shay locomotive.{{cite web|author=Illinois Railway Museum|date=May 5, 2005|url=http://www.irm.org/history/history.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980429091509/http://irm.org/history/history.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 29, 1998|title=History of the IRM|accessdate=November 7, 2005}}

• Southern Pacific Railroad opens the longest stretch of new railroad construction in a quarter century as the first trains roll over the Palmdale Cutoff through Cajon Pass.
• The Central Railroad of New Jersey declares bankruptcy.
• General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces the EMD FP45.
• English Electric supplies first batch of CP Class 1400 diesel-electric locomotives from its Vulcan Foundry to Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses, its first mainline locomotive export order for continental Europe.
• D. William Brosnan is succeeded by W. Graham Claytor as president of the Southern Railway (US).
• Cessation of steam operation on the Eastern Region of British Railways.

• February 28 – Stechford rail crash on British Rail at Stechford railway station in Birmingham: a diesel locomotive collides with a passenger train as a result of a shunting error, killing the driver and 8 passengers and injuring 16.{{cite book|title=Railway accident:, Report on the collision that occurred on 28th February 1967 at Stechford in the London Midland Region British Railways|author=Ministry of Transport|location=London|publisher=H.M.S.O|year=1968|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=193}}
• March 5 – Connington South rail crash on the British Rail East Coast Main Line near Conington, Huntingdonshire: 5 passengers killed and 18 injured as the result of a deliberate act by the signalman.{{cite book|author=Ministry of Transport|author2=Lt-Col. I. K. A. McNaughton|year=1969|title=Railway accident: Report on the derailment that occurred on 5th March, 1967 at Connington South in the Eastern Region British Railways|location=London|publisher=H.M.S.O|isbn=0-11-550079-0|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Connington1967.pdf |format=PDF}}
• June 18 – A home-made bomb explodes on a Hyōgo-Himeji local commuter train at Shioya Station on the Sanyo Electric Railway Main Line, Kobe, Hyōgo, Japan. No one claims responsibility in this case, which kills two persons with 29 wounded.{{cite web|title=About The Marshland, note 1|url=http://standpointjapan.com/non-political-and-unexplained-bombings-1967-68/|work=Standpoint Japan|accessdate=December 20, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• July 31 – Thirsk rail crash on the British Rail East Coast Main Line at Thirsk: an express train collides with a derailed freight. 7 passengers are killed, 45 injured, and prototype diesel locomotive DP2 is written off.{{cite book|author=Ministry of Transport|author2=Col. D. McMullen|year=1968|title=Railway accident: Report on the Derailment and subsequent Collision that occurred on 31st July, 1967, at Thirsk in the Eastern Region British Railways|location=London|publisher=H.M.S.O|isbn=0-11-550036-7|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/MoT_Thirsk1967.pdf|format=PDF}}{{cite journal|author=Brown, Murray|title=Disaster at Thirsk – DP2 destroyed|journal=Rail Express|volume=135 |pages=20–23 |date=August 2007}}
• November 5 – Hither Green rail crash on the Southern Region of British Rail in south-east London: derailment caused by a broken rail; 49 killed.{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/docSummary.php?docID=99&PHPSESSID=a164ffb3ce218023b6c0cbd6bbe54422|work=Railways Archive|title=Derailment at Hither Green (Summary)}}

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• May 13 – Eric Treacy, English railway photographer, former Anglican bishop (born 1907).

• December – Wayne A. Johnston, president of Illinois Central Railroad 1945–1966 (born 1897).{{cite web|author=University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Archives|url=http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/uaccard/UAControlCard.asp?RG=1&SG=20&RS=3|title=Wayne A. Johnston Papers, 1945–1967|accessdate=2006-02-09|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901164139/http://web.library.uiuc.edu/ahx/uaccard/UAControlCard.asp?RG=1&SG=20&RS=3|archivedate=2006-09-01|url-status=dead}}

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• {{cite web| publisher=Rivanna Chapter, National Railway Historical Society| year=2005| url=http://avenue.org/nrhs/histjul.htm| title=This Month in Railroad History: July| accessdate=July 22, 2005}}

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