September 3 - The final segment of the O'Hare rapid transit extension (2.2 miles) of the Chicago "L" between Rosemont and O'Hare International Airport opens for passenger service. After the completion of this extension, the CTA renamed the West-Northwest Route, the "O'Hare-Congress/Douglas" Line. October events October 11 - The Wembley Central rail crash occurs just outside Wembley Central railway station, Greater London and kills three passengers. October 15 - The San Diego and Imperial Valley Railroad begins freight operations on the former San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway right of way. October 24 - The first section of the Calcutta Metro (Line 1) begins operation in India. October 26 - The first Board of Directors of the newly formed Alaska Railroad, chaired by James Campbell, is appointed by Governor Bill Sheffield, and Frank Turpin is appointed company president. November events November Philadelphia: The last SEPTA passenger train departs from Reading Terminal on November 6, in preparation for the first train through the Center City Commuter Connection via Market East Station (now Jefferson Station) on November 12. Four days later, a serious defect on an old bridge at Temple U Station is discovered, leading to a shutdown of the newly opened connection until January 1985; permanent repairs are not completed until fall 1993. Switzerland: Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn formed through merger. November 2 - The Iowa Interstate Railroad is created using the former Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad mainline from Chicago, Illinois, to Omaha, Nebraska. November 3 - Electrification between Kingston and Beenleigh in Brisbane is commissioned. December events December 1 - The first rapid transit line in Southeast Asia and in the Philippines which is the Manila Line 1, began commercial operations from Baclaran Station up to Central Terminal Station December 4 - The Eccles rail crash occurred at Eccles, Greater Manchester, when an express passenger train collided at speed with the rear of a freight train, killing three people. December 20 - The Summit Tunnel fire occurred on a dangerous goods train passing through the Summit Tunnel on the Greater Manchester/West Yorkshire border in England. December 23 - Seventeen people were killed in the Train 904 bombing in the Apennine base tunnel in Italy. The attack is attributed to the Mafia. Unknown date events Delaware and Hudson Railway is purchased by Guilford Transportation Industries. The Southern Pacific Company, parent of the Southern Pacific Railroad merges into Santa Fe Industries, parent