Events January events January – General Electric introduces the GE U30C. February events February 21 – The last shunting horse to work on British Rail, "Charlie" at Newmarket, is retired. March events 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. March 24 – Soo Line Railroad discontinues passenger train operations. March 24 – Tanimachi Line, Osaka, Japan, opens. April events April 1 – The United States National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins work. April 20 – The Interstate Commerce Commission grants its initial approval of the proposed CNW/CGW merger. May events May 23 – GO Transit, Canada's first interregional public transit system, begins operations in Southern Ontario. July events 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 events August 5 – The Illinois Central Railroad discontinues the Land O'Corn passenger train. September events September – United States Postal Service announces cancellation of most Railway Mail Service contracts. September – Grand Trunk Railway ends passenger service between Montreal and Portland, Maine. 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. October events 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. December events December 3 – The New York Central's 20th Century Limited is discontinued just before the railroad's