Events January events January – The Muskingum Electric Railroad, one of only six heavy freight electric railroads in the United States, closes. January 1 – The Bodensee–Toggenburg railway in Switzerland merges into the Südostbahn. January 2 – The Iowa Interstate Railroad operates its first unit coal train over the former Milwaukee Road mainline through Amana, Iowa. January 14 – The British Strategic Rail Authority unveils its 10-year strategic plan for the national railway network, including a £4.5bn investment in new trains, improved station facilities, track repair and signalling work. January 27 – St Albans railway line block signalling and electrification extended to Sydenham in Melbourne, Australia. February events February – Australia’s National Rail Corporation's freight operations and assets are combined with the Government of New South Wales' FreightCorp and sold to Toll Holdings and Patrick Corporation as Pacific National. February 8 – Changi Airport MRT station on the Singapore MRT System is opened, giving Singapore Changi Airport its first rail link in 21 years. April events April – David L. Gunn is appointed to head Amtrak by President of the United States George W. Bush, and David Laney joins the Amtrak Board of Directors. April 4 – General Motors Electro-Motive Division and Porterbrook are awarded a contract to build new diesel locomotives for the first open access rail freight carrier in Belgium. April 14 – Opening of KLIA Ekspres from Kuala Lumpur Sentral railway station to Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. April 17 – Robert Krebs resigns as chairman of the board of directors for the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, and is replaced by company CEO Matthew K. Rose. April 29 – The first Class 390 Pendolino, operated by Virgin Trains West Coast in the UK, arrives at Euston station in London. May events May – The Metrolink 91 Line opens for service between Los Angeles and Riverside, California. June events June - The NSW 86 class electric locomotives are retired from regular service. June 12 – The Talgo XXI trainset sets the land speed record for railed vehicles with diesel power at 256.38 km/h (159.3 mph). July events July 1 Norges Statsbaner is privatised under the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. The railroad dining car catering services of Mitropa, which was founded in 1916, are handed over to DB Reise & Touristik, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn. July 4 – General Motors Electro-Motive Division announces