1990 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1990.

Events

December events

• December 1 – Construction crews on the Channel Tunnel from both England and France break through the last amount of rock separating the two tunnels, forming the first land link between the two countries.

Unknown date events

• David Gunn steps down from leadership of the New York City Transit Authority.
• Robert J. Ritchie succeeds William Stinson as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.
• The Gateway Western Railway begins operations over former Chicago and Alton Railroad tracks between Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri.
• VIA Rail Canada suspends operation of the Super Continental passenger train for a second and final time.

Deaths

References

• (February 2002), Flags fall in corporate shuffles, Trains Magazine, p. 17.