This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1993.
September events
- September 22 – Amtrak's worst rail accident to date occurs in the Big Bayou Conot train disaster when the westbound Sunset Limited derails on a bridge in Alabama killing 47 and injuring 103; the cause of the accident is found to be a collision between a river barge and one of the bridge's pilings knocking the rail out of alignment on the bridge.
- September 27
October events
- October 31 - The Orange Line (9.2 miles/15.0 km), of the Chicago Transit Authority, opens on the Southwest Side between Midway International Airport and The Loop, using the Morrison-Knudsen-built 3200-series rail cars. Seven stations are opened on the route at Midway Airport, Pulaski, Kedzie, Western, 35th/Archer, Ashland, and Halsted. The Roosevelt/Wabash station, which Orange Line trains share with Green Line trains, is opened on November 1.
- Lustig, David (May 2005), "Renaissance in California", Trains Magazine, p. 72–76.
Katches, Mark (January 31, 1993). "Red Line Rolls to Raves – It's Smooth Railing As L.A. Subway Opens". Los Angeles Daily News.
Ward, Davidson (2010). "The little engines that do". Historic Trains Today. Trains Magazine: 78–85.
Read, Brendan. "The Dawn of New Ridership in St. Louis". Mass Transit magazine, September/October 1993 issue, pp. 32–38. Cygnus Publishing.
Terada, Hirokazu (19 January 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 213. ISBN 978-4-7770-1336-4.
Janet Fullwood (October 20, 2005). "In their tracks". Sacramento Bee. Retrieved November 10, 2020.