of metre-gauge railway between Luarca and Vegadeo, completing between Ferrol and Gijón along the north coast of Spain. August 10 – The Illinois Central Railroad and the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad merge to form the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad. September events September 11 – Revenue service begins on the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system in the San Francisco Bay Area. September 18 – São Paulo Metro is inaugurated. September 27 – Commemorating the opening of Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) two weeks earlier, United States President Richard Nixon rides a BART train. October events October 6 – A train crash at Saltillo, Mexico kills 208 people. October 10 – The Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line extension to station is opened. October 20 – The Public Transport Commission of New South Wales is formed, replacing the New South Wales Government Railways. October 30 The driver of a fast train does not notice a stop signal due to heavy fog and collides with another train in Schweinsburg-Culten, East Germany. 22 die and 70 are injured. Illinois Central Gulf commuter rail crash: The accidental tripping of a signal at 27th Street Station on the Metra Electric system in Chicago, Illinois, causes an IC Electric express train to telescope another, killing 45 and injuring over 300. December events December 15 – Amtrak introduces the Vacationer passenger train service between New York City and Miami, Florida. December 16 – Yokohama Municipal Subway, part of section between Isezaki-chojamachi and Kamiooka, officially opens. Unknown date events The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railway is officially merged into the Chicago and North Western Railway railroad. Donald Russell steps down as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, the parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad. The position remains vacant until 1976. General Motors Electro-Motive Division introduces computer control systems in its line of diesel locomotives with the EMD SD40-2. Fred Burbidge succeeds Ian David Sinclair as president of Canadian Pacific Railway. The Family Lines System is formed as a common marketing strategy of several eastern and southeastern United States railroads. Accidents Births Deaths References