2000

Timelines:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Births:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Deaths:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Establishments:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Disestablishments:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Introductions:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Accidents:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Images:	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003

By month

January

• January 31 - Amtrak introduces electrified Acela Regional service.

February

• February 29 - The United States National Mediation Board issues a decision in a dispute between Union Pacific Railroad, the United Transportation Union and the Broterhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen asserting that train crew reductions to a single employee do not constitute a new job craft or class.

Unknown date

• The Derwent Valley Railway reopens the line to Westerway.
• The Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Company is reformed as the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway Trust.