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== Events == ;October 3 : * – Poughkeepsie Bridge reopens as Walkway Over the Hudson State Historic Park. ;October 20 : * – Mathura train accident: At 05:00 local time (01:30 UTC) in near dark conditions near Mathura, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, the ''Goa Express'' collides with the stationary ''Mewar Express'' from behind at an outer signal, about from outer Mathura. At least ten people were initially feared dead in the incident, while later reports indicated the death toll to be more than double that. The ''Mewar Express'' had come to a halt after Munna Sajid, an undertrial who was being escorted by Rajasthan police to his trial location, pulled the chain. ;October 24 : * – Cairo train collision: Two southbound passenger trains collide near Giza in Egypt. The two trains were operating on the same track; the train in front stopped to allow an animal, described by various witnesses and officials as either a cow or a water buffalo, to make its way safely across the track while the train in back continued at its normal speed and ran into the rear of the front train. At least 25 people were killed when the trains collided. ;October 28 : * – The Prime Minister of India, Mr Manmohan Singh, flags the first train to depart Anantnag for Qazigund, officially opening the final of the Kashmir Railway. At above sea level, the Qazigund railway station is the highest broad gauge station in India. Planning for the gauge line began in 1997; although the line is currently isolated from the rest of the Indian Railways, connections are planned to integrate it into the system. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「October 2009 in rail transport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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