1995 in rail transport

• January - David L. Gunn becomes commissioner of the Toronto Transit Commission.
• January - Burlington Northern Railroad tests new Trough Train articulated coal hopper cars.{{cite journal|date=May 2005|title=Trough trial|journal=Trains|pages=26}}

• February 1 - The last Algoma Central Railway train arrives at Steelton Yard in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, at 1:45 AM local time; Wisconsin Central takes ownership of the railway effective with the next train out of the yard at 2:45 AM.{{cite journal|author=Gilchinski, Steve|date=May 1995|title=New owners for the black bear|journal=Trains|pages=17–18}}
• February 3 - Canadian National Railway sells the former Central Vermont Railway lines in New York and Vermont to RailTex, forming the basis for the New England Central Railroad.{{cite journal|date=May 1995|title=So long CV, Hello NECR|journal=Trains|pages=23}}
• February 7 - Robert Krebs announces that Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway stockholders overwhelmingly approve the merger of the Santa Fe with the Burlington Northern Railroad.{{cite journal|author=Keefe, Kevin P.|date=May 1995|title=Will Rob Krebs win in the West?|journal=Trains|pages=14–15}}
• February 8 – Southern Pacific Transportation Company announces that Edward L. Moyers, then chairman of the Southern Pacific Company's board of directors, has submitted his resignation citing the advice of his physicians.{{cite news| url=http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/SP-Chief-Moyers-Is-Stepping-Down-Railroad-3045084.php| title=SP Chief Moyers Is Stepping Down / Railroad launches search for successor| newspaper=SFGate| date=February 9, 1995| author1=Howe, Kenneth| author2=Pelline, Jeff| author3=Chronicle Staff Writers| accessdate=February 20, 2014}}
• February 22 - Southern Pacific Railroad (SP) announces the appointment of former CSX Transportation Chief Operating Officer Jerry Davis to the position of CEO for SP.{{cite journal|author=Lustig, David|date=May 1995|title=Davis moves from CSX to lead SP|journal=Train|pages=15–17}}

• March 1 - CP Rail announces that Robert J. Ritchie will succeed I. Barry Scott as president and CEO of CP Rail.
• March 10 - Union Pacific Railroad announces its intent to purchase the Chicago and North Western Railway.
• March 15 - Fremont-Centerville (Amtrak station) is moved.
• March 20 - Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway perpetrated by members of the sect Aum Shinrikyo, killing 12 and injuring more than a thousand.{{cite book|title=Underground: the Tokyo Gas Attack and the Japanese Psyche|author=Murakami, Haruki|authorlink=Haruki Murakami}}
• March 27 - After a two-week strike by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and the Canadian Auto Workers affecting Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway and Via Rail, the Canadian Parliament steps in and sets up arbitration panels to resolve the disputes.

• April 12 - The Chicago and North Western Railway is merged into the Union Pacific Railroad.{{cite journal|author=Blaszak, Michael W.|date=June 1995|title=Chicago & North Western: a survivor no more|journal=Trains|pages=17–20}}

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• May 28 - The last remaining Trans-Europ Express trains operate for the last time on this date.Haydock, David (June-July 1996). "The Second Demise of the TEE". Today's Railways Europe, p. 22–24. Platform 5 Publishing (UK). ISSN 1354-2753.

• June 5 - 1995 Williamsburg Bridge collision on the New York City Subway.

• July 3 - The extension of Minsk Metro's Avtozavodskaya Line connecting Frunzenskaya to Pushkinskaya opens.
• July 18 - Indian Railways orders its first WDG-2 locomotive.{{cite web|author=Indian Railways Fan Club|year=2005|url=http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html|title=IR History: Part VI (1995-present)|accessdate=2005-07-18| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20050806004824/http://irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html| archivedate= 6 August 2005 | url-status= live}}
• July 25 - Paris Metro bombing kills eight.

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• August 12 – The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Green Line opens.{{cite news |last1=Simon |first1=Richard |title=COLUMN ONE : Is New Green Line a Road to Nowhere? : The rail line opens today, touted as an investment in the future. But budget woes, infighting and bypassing of LAX have already given it a bumpy ride. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-12-mn-34202-story.html |accessdate=10 October 2020 |agency=Los Angeles Times |date=12 August 1995}}
• August 14 – Malaysia's first electric commuter train service, the KTM Komuter, begins with 18 EMUs from Jenbacher Transport serving the {{rws|Kuala Lumpur}}–{{rws|Rawang}} sector.

• September 1 - The F Market heritage streetcar line in San Francisco opens, using restored PCC streetcars.Sebree, Mac. "Kodachrome PCCs Down Market Street". Pacific RailNews, November 1995 issue, p. 68. Pentrex.Ehrlich, Peter. "PCCs by the Bay". Passenger Train Journal, June 1996 issue, pp. 24-31. Pentrex.
• September 10 - Amtrak's City of New Orleans passenger train is permanently rerouted between Memphis and Jackson due to the Illinois Central Railroad's desire to abandon the original route (the Grenada District) in favor of the newer and flatter Yazoo District.
• September 22 - The holding companies of the Burlington Northern Railroad and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Burlington Northern, Inc. and Santa Fe Pacific Corp., merge.

• October 9 - An Amtrak Sunset Limited derails at a trestle near Palo Verde, Arizona by act of sabotage, killing one and injuring 78.{{cite news |last1=Gearty |first1=Robert |title=Sabotage of Amtrak train in Arizona desert remains unsolved 25 years later |url=https://www.foxnews.com/us/sabotage-of-amtrak-train-in-arizona-desert-remains-unsolved-25-years-later |accessdate=11 October 2020 |agency=Fox News |date=11 October 2020}}
• October 26 - Canadian National Railway reopens commuter service between Montreal's Gare Centrale and Deux-Montagnes using new electric multiple unit rolling stock.{{cite web|url=http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm |title=Significant dates in Canadian railway history |work=Colin Churcher's Railway Pages |date=2006-09-15 |accessdate=2006-10-26 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061023182151/http://www.railways.incanada.net/candate/candate.htm |archivedate=23 October 2006 |url-status=dead }}

• November 1 - Telecom Center Station in Kōtō, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan, opens.
• November 11 - The first line of Metro Bilbao in Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) opens.
• November 15 - In Seoul, South Korea, the first section of Seoul Metropolitan Subway Line 5 opens between Wangsimni and Sangil-dong ({{Convert|14.5|km|mi|abbr=on}}).{{Cite web |title=개요 및 연혁 |trans-title=Overview and History |url=http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/kr/page.do?menuIdx=512 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205120552/http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/kr/page.do?menuIdx=512 |archive-date=5 February 2024 |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=seoulmetro.co.kr |language=ko}}
• November 28 - Canadian National Railway is privatized from the Canadian government.

• December 6 - Indian Railways withdraws its last broad gauge steam locomotives, from Jalandhar–Ferozepur service.
• December 9 - British mail and parcels carrier Rail Express Systems is acquired by North & South Railways, an affiliate of Wisconsin Central Ltd, as part of the privatisation of British Rail, the first operating company to be sold.RES sold to North & South Railways Rail Privatisation News page 20 December 14, 1995
• December 16 - Bay Area Rapid Transit opens an extension to North Concord/Martinez station, the first such expansion of service past the original system built in the 1970s.{{BART History}}
• December 28 - Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya line is opened.
• December 31 - The Interstate Commerce Commission in the United States is dissolved effective today; many of the railroad duties performed by the ICC are transferred to the newly formed Surface Transportation Board.

• Canadian National Railway opens the tunnel under the St. Clair River, connecting Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michigan.
• China Railway opens the Jitong or Jining–Tongliao railway (945 km (587 mi)) in Inner Mongolia. For its first decade, it will be operated entirely by steam locomotives (chiefly QJ class) and with semaphore signals.

• August 11 - The Russell Hill subway accident, the first fatal accident on Toronto's subway system under the auspices of the Toronto Transit Commission, kills 3.
• August 20 - Firozabad rail disaster in India kills 358.
• October 25 - The Fox River Grove level crossing accident, in Fox River Grove, Illinois in the United States involves a school bus and a Metra train killing seven of the students aboard the bus and injuring 21 others.
• October 28 - The Baku Metro fire in Azerbaijan's capital, Baku, kills 289 and injures 265, the world's deadliest subway disaster.

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• 1995 Railroader of the Year – Edward L. Moyers{{cite journal| title=Railroader of the year: SP's Ed Moyers. (Southern Pacific chief executive officer) (Cover Story)| url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16112125.html| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140611070955/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-16112125.html| url-status=dead| archive-date=June 11, 2014| journal=Railway Age| date=January 1, 1995}}{{cite journal| title=Former Railroad CEO Ed Moyers dies at 77| journal=Railway Age| date=July 2006| page=17| url=http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/sb/ra0706/index.php?startid=17| accessdate=February 21, 2014}}

• (June 1995), "Arrivals & Departures", Trains, p. 18.
• (May 1995), "Scanner - Heir, apparently", Trains, p. 21.
• (July 2005), "Trains Timeline", Trains, p. 22.

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