Events
January
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18 January – Brand new V250-high speed EMU's taken out of Fyra-service definitely due to poor quality.[ citation needed ] -
28 January – New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Loyola Avenue Streetcar Line opened. [1]
February
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10 February – opening of Milan Metro Line 5.[ citation needed ] -
11 February – Manchester Metrolink light rail system East Manchester Line opened to Droylsden. [2] -
24 February – The platforms at Togoshi-kōen Station, on the Tokyu Oimachi Line in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, are extended from three car lengths to five. [3]
March
- 16 March – Shibuya Station of the Tokyu Toyoko Line move to an underground station from ground station, with direct commuter express trains beginning at Motomachi-Chūkagai of Yokohama heading to Hanno of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line or Kawagoeshi of the Tobu Tojo Line, via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line. [4] Tokyu Toyoko Line ends serving Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line trains. However, Hibiya Line trains are still able to run more than 80 kilometres (50 mi) for one trip during through-train services. [5]
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23 March – Paris Métro Line 4 is extended from Porte d'Orléans to Mairie de Montrouge. [6]
April
- 14 April – Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail Green Line extends service west from downtown Salt Lake City to the Salt Lake City International Airport. [7]
- 26 April
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– The Yongin Everline driverless metro opens for service in southern Seoul. [8] - – RTD's W-Line light rail corridor extends service west from Denver Union Station to Golden. This is the first FasTracks corridor to be completed. [9]
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May
- 10 May – Norfolk Southern announces the appointment of James A. Squires to become the railroad's new president effective 1 June. [10]
- 26 May – National Express' Essex Thameside franchise, c2c expires; extended through 2014.[ citation needed ]
- 27 May – CapeFLYER summer weekend service from Boston, Massachusetts to Cape Cod begun. [11]
July
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1 July – Opening of Hangzhou–Ningbo High-Speed Railway and Nanjing–Hangzhou Passenger Railway. [12] -
6 July – Lac-Mégantic derailment: 47 people are killed in explosions and fire after an unattended train carrying Bakken formation crude oil runs away and derails in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. It becomes the deadliest rail accident in Canadian history since 1864.[ citation needed ] -
24 July – Santiago de Compostela derailment: 79 people are killed when an Alvia train derails at excessive speed on a curve in Galicia (Spain).[ citation needed ]
August
September
- 15 September – Xi'an Metro Line 1 opened. [14]
- 26 September – Harbin Metro Line 1 opened.
October
- 15 October – The Kyushu Railway Company (Japan Railways Group) launches the 'Seven Stars in Kyushu' luxury sleeping car excursion train from Hakata Station with dedicated diesel locomotive haulage. [15]
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29 October – Completion of Marmaray suburban rail project in Istanbul with official opening of its Marmaray Tunnel under the Bosphorus, the first standard gauge rail connection between Europe and Asia. [16]
November
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3 November – Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern funicular opens. [17]
December
- 8 December – Utah Transit Authority's S Line (formerly known as Sugar House Streetcar) opens with service from South Salt Lake to the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City. [18]
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22 December – Downtown MRT line Phase 1 scheduled to open.[ citation needed ] - 28 December – Opening of high speed Xiamen–Shenzhen Railway in southern China, fully completing the Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen High-Speed Railway. [19]
- 28 December – Wuhan Metro Line 4 and Suzhou Metro Line 2, including Zhengzhou Metro has been opened.[ citation needed ]
- 29 December – Shanghai Metro Lines 12 and 16 opened.[ citation needed ]
