1964 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1964.
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Events
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June events
- June 19 - United States President Lyndon B. Johnson presides over the groundbreaking ceremonies for Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART).
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Unknown date events
- The Wabash, Nickel Plate Road, Pittsburgh and West Virginia and Akron, Canton and Youngstown railroads are all merged into the Norfolk & Western.
- Benjamin Biaggini succeeds Donald Russell as president of the Southern Pacific Company, parent company of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
- Donald Russell assumes the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Southern Pacific Company, a position that was nonexistent since Hale Holden's departure in 1939.
- ALCO is purchased by the Worthington Corporation.
- The above-ground portion of Pennsylvania Railroad's Pennsylvania Station in New York City is demolished to make room for Madison Square Gardens, but the tracks remain in use today.
- Robert A. "Bob" Emerson succeeds Norris Roy Crump as president of Canadian Pacific Railway.
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