| Years in rail transport |
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| Timeline of railway history |
This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2020.
Passenger rail ridership plummeted worldwide amid the COVID-19 pandemic; many services were reduced in frequency or discontinued outright. [1] [2]
January 5 – The Carlingford Line in Sydney was permanently closed after 132 years of service for conversion to light rail. [3] 
– The tracks connecting Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan intercity railway and Shimen–Changsha railway opened. [4] 
– Metro Express (Mauritius) is commercially opened, being the first tram system in the island state of Indian Ocean. January 20 – Northern section of Shijiazhuang Metro Line 3 opened. [5] 
January 26 – SEPTA temporarily discontinues the Girard Avenue Trolley in Philadelphia for a period of at least 18 months due to rolling stock maintenance issues as well as track repairs and highway expansion. [6] 
January 28 – Nagpur Metro's Aqua Line began service. [7] 
January 29 – NZR V class steam locomotive no. 127 (built in Manchester, England, 1885) is recovered from the Ōreti River in New Zealand by the Lumsden Heritage Trust. [8] 
– Thomson–East Coast MRT Line Stage 1 opened. [9] 
– Opening of Taipei Metro Circular Line (First Section). [10] 
February 6 – Livraga derailment: A Frecciarossa train derails at speed at Ospedaletto Lodigiano on the Milan–Bologna line, killing two drivers and injuring 31 passengers. [11] 
February 14 – Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 opened. [12] February 20 – Wallan derailment: An XPT derailed while passing a turnout near Wallan, Victoria. [13] There were 2 fatalities and 39 injuries, 3 of which were serious injuries. [14] 
February 29 – Luxembourg introduces free travel on internal public transport, including 2nd class on Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois rail services. [15] 
– 700 Series Shinkansen retired from the Tokaido Shinkansen. [16] 
– Northern Trains, a publicly owned operator of last resort, takes over the Northern passenger train operating franchise in England from Arriva Rail North. [17] 
March 5 – 2020 Ingenheim derailment. March 13 – last day of operations for Super View Odoriko services. JR East phasing out the 251 series.[ citation needed ] – Takanawa Gateway Station in Tokyo commences operation on the Yamanote and Keihin Tohoku Lines.[ citation needed ] – JR East begins Saphir Odoriko limited express services between Tokyo or Shinjuku and Izukyū Shimoda Station, using the new E261 series.[ citation needed ] March 22 – Manchester Metrolink Trafford Park Line opened. [18] 
– the northern section of the Nekrasovskaya line of the Moscow Metro opened, with 6 new stations. [19] – 2020 New York City Subway fire. March 30 – Train T179 from Ji'nan to Guangzhou derailed in Chenzhou, Hunan after hitting a landslide rubble, causing 1 person dead and 127 persons injured. [20] April 3 – CBD and South East Light Rail Kingsford branch opened. [21] April 23 – Hangzhou Metro Line 16 and two extensions of Line 5 (Jinxing to Liangmulu, Shanxian to Guniangqiao) opened. [22] April 29 – First phase of Shenyang Metro Line 10 opened. [23] May 8 – Aurangabad railway accident.
May 22 – Hooghalen train crash.
– Agreement to operate steam locomotives from Wolsztyn expires – it was the final mainline passenger steam locomotive service left in the world. [24] [15] 
June 13 – The Berryessa segment of the Silicon Valley BART extension is opened to the public. [25] [26] – Hefei – Hangzhou segment of the Shangqiu–Hangzhou high-speed railway opened to passenger services. [27] – Line 3 and Line 5 of Changsha Metro opened to the public. [28] – Tongmi line service and the western extension of Sub-Central line service of Beijing Suburban Railway began operation. [29] [30] – Chifeng–Harqin Zuoyi high-speed railway and the Golmud–Korla railway Qinghai section began operation. [31] [32] – Shanghai–Suzhou–Nantong railway began passenger and freight services. [33] – N700S trains began operation on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines.[ citation needed ]
July 7 – Three new stations open on the Athens Metro. [34] July 8 – Anshun–Liupanshui intercity railway opened to passenger services. [35] 
July 7, July 15 – 2 train crashes with fatalities in one week. [36] [37] 
July 31 – Soure train crash.
August 8 – Line 5 of the Seoul Subway is extended to Hanam Pungsan. [38] 
August 12 – Stonehaven derailment. – Line 6 and Line 10 of the Shenzhen Metro opened. [39] – Phase 1 of Zhuji intercity railway (Zhuhai to Zhuhai Changlong section) opened. [40] August 19 – Carnate derailment. – Line 2 of the Shijiazhuang Metro opened. [41] 
– Line 3 of the Sofia Metro opened. [42] 
– Llangennech derailment.
August 29 – Two new stations of the Tashkent Metro open. [43] August 30 – The first section of the Circle line of the Tashkent Metro officially opens. [44] 
September 4 – Official opening of Ceneri Base Tunnel; [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] further testing and certifications continue before full operations start in December. [50] [51] [52] 
September 12 – Line 3 in the Guadalajara light rail system opened. [53] [54] 
September 15 – Line M5 of the Bucharest Metro opened. [55] 
September 16 – Two stations of Federal District Metro open, 106 Sul Cine Brasília and 110 Sul. [56] – N Line commuter rail in Denver, Colorado opened. [57] – Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, announces that DfT is abolishing Passenger Rail Franchising. [58] September 23 – Line 4 and Line 6 (Phase 2) of the Kunming Metro opened. [59] – Line 18 of Chengdu Metro (South Railway Station to Sancha section) opened. [60] – The remaining section of Line 3 (Yinfeng line) of Ningbo Rail Transit opened. [61] October 1 – Line 2 of the Hohhot Metro opened. [62] October 5 – Amtrak begins reducing frequencies on most long-distance routes from daily to tri-weekly. [63] 
October 25 – The first line of the Lahore Metro, the Orange Line, opened for revenue service. It is the first metro system in the country. [64] 
October 26 – Berlin Brandenburg Airport railway station opens to passengers. [65] 
October 27 – The Madrid–Galicia high-speed rail line is opened to passengers between Zamora and Pedralba de la Pradería (110 km). [66] – The Shenzhen Metro opens the east extension of Line 2, the southern extension of Line 3, the northern extension of Line 4 and the Phase 1 of Line 8. – The Wuxi Metro opens the Line 3 (Sumiao–Shuofang Airport segment).
– Opening of the Istanbul Metro Line M7. [67] November 2 – De Akkers metro station crash: an empty metro train on the Rotterdam Metro crashed through the buffer stop at De Akkers metro station in the city of Spijkenisse, the Netherlands. The lead car of the train came to rest partially on the sculpture of a whale's tale erected in front of the station, preventing the train from falling to the street below. [68] 
November 7 – The Zelenaluzhskaya line of the Minsk Metro opens, with automated Stadler trains. [69] November 15 – Danhai light rail extension to Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf. [70] 
November 16 – Taichung Metro Green Line opens, though service is temporarily shut down on November 22 due to faulty couplers. [71] November 23 – The Nanning Metro opened extension segment of Line 2 and Line 4. November 26 – Opening of the northern extension of Line 8 of Guangzhou Metro. [72] November 28 – The Xuzhou Metro opens Line 2. November 30 – The Guangdong Intercity Railway opens Guangzhou–Qingyuan intercity railway (Huadu–Qingcheng segment) and Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway (Huadu–Baiyun Airport North segment). November – The Wales & Borders franchise introduces the Class 769 Flex multiple unit into passenger service, the first tri-mode to operate in the UK. [73] December 1 – The Yanqing Branch of Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway begins operation, [74] the Badaling–Yanqing segment of Beijing Suburban Railway Line S2 resumed its operation. [75] December 4 – U5 and U55 lines of Berlin U-Bahn merge with three new stations opening. [76] December 11 – The southern segment of Lianyungang–Zhenjiang high-speed railway begins operation.[ citation needed ] December 12 – The Taiyuan–Jiaozuo high-speed railway begins operation.[ citation needed ]
December 13 – Lund tramway opened. [77] [78] – First segment of the Grand Paris Express opened, as Paris Métro Line 14 is extended to Saint-Ouen. [79] – Open-access operators able to start passenger operations in Spain. [15] 
December 16 – Gold Line (Bangkok) opened. [80] December 18 – Chengdu Metro opens Line 6, Line 8, Line 9, Line 17 and the extension of Line 18.[ citation needed ] December 21 – E235 series trains enter service on the Sōbu Rapid and Yokosuka Lines. [81] December 22 – The Hefei–Anqing segment of Hefei–Jiujiang high-speed railway begins operation.[ citation needed ] December 23 – The Ningbo Rail Transit opens Line 4.[ citation needed ] December 24 – The Qingdao Metro opens Line 1 and Line 8.[ citation needed ] – Shanghai Metro Line 10 (Phase 2) and the first section of Line 18, [82] Taiyuan Metro Line 2, Nanchang Metro Line 3, Zhengzhou Metro Line 3 and Line 4, Hefei Metro Line 5 opens.[ citation needed ] – Wuzhong to Xi'an North segment of Yinchuan–Xi'an high-speed railway, [83] Fuzhou–Pingtan railway [84] and Wuhan–Xiantao intercity railway [85] begins operation. December 27 – The southern segment of Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway, and the southern extension of Fuzhou Metro Line 1 begin operation.[ citation needed ] December 28 – The Xi'an Metro opens Line 5, Line 6, Line 9; [86] The extension of Guangzhou Huangpu Tram Line 1 began operation.[ citation needed ] December 29 - The Flinders line in South Australia begins operation, having been extended from Tonsley.[ citation needed ] December 30 – The Dali–Lincang railway begins operation, [87] the Hangzhou Metro opened the Line 1 extension to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Line 6 and Line 7. [88] – Elektrozavodskaya (Bolshaya Koltsevaya line) in Moscow opens as a one-station extension of Nekrasovskaya line. [89] 
– The Deux-Montagnes line closes to be converted from commuter rail to light metro as part of the Reseau express metropolitain network. [90] – Deadline for mainline American railroads to implement positive train control systems on their networks. [91] 
The Tianjin Metro or Tianjin Rail Transit is the rapid transit system in the city of Tianjin, which was the second city in mainland China after Beijing to operate a subway system. First opened in 1984, the system currently has 11 operating lines and 222 stations spanning 301 km (187.0 mi).
The Nanjing Metro is a rapid transit system serving the urban and suburban districts of Nanjing, the capital city of Jiangsu Province in the People's Republic of China.
The Hangzhou Metro is a rapid transit system that serves Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, China. The system opened on November 24, 2012. It is the 17th city in China to operate a rapid transit system.
The Chengdu Metro is the rapid transit system of Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan, China. With the opening of Line 1 on 27 September 2010, the system has fifteen subway lines and one light rail line. It has subsequently undergone rapid expansion. Since the opening of Lines 6, 8, 9, and 17 on 18 December 2020, the Chengdu Metro is the 3rd longest metro system in the world.
Urban rail transit in China encompasses a broad range of urban and suburban electric passenger rail mass transit systems including subway, light rail, tram and maglev. Some classifications also include non-rail bus rapid transport.
Line 11 is a northwest–southeast line of the Shanghai Metro network. Since October 2013, Line 11 serves Kunshan city, making it is the second intercity metro in China after the Guangfo Metro and the first that crosses a provincial boundary. With a single-line mileage of 82.386 kilometres (51.192 mi), it is the third-longest single-line subway line in China, after Line 6 in Chongqing, which is 85.6 km (53.2 mi) long and Line 7 in Wuhan with a length of 83.6 km (51.9 mi). The line is colored brown on system maps.
Zhengzhou Metro is a rapid transit rail network serving urban and suburban districts of Zhengzhou, the capital city of Henan province. It is operated by the state owned Zhengzhou Metro Group. As of December 2023, the network has 11 operational lines, with a network length of 344 km (213.8 mi) and 217 stations. Opened on 28 December 2013, it is the first metro system in Henan province, and 18th in mainland China.
Ningbo Rail Transit, also known as the Ningbo Metro, is a rapid transit system serving the city of Ningbo, Zhejiang and its suburbs. Six metro lines are being built inside the urban area of Ningbo, serving Haishu, Jiangbei, Zhenhai, Beilun and Yinzhou. The first phase of Line 1 started construction in June 2009 and began to service the public on May 30, 2014. Line 2 began service on September 26, 2015.
The Foshan Metro is the rapid transit system of the city of Foshan in Guangdong, China. Guangfo line is operated by Guangzhou Metro Corporation, and all other lines are operated by the state-owned Foshan Metro Group. It is the tenth metro system to be built in mainland China. Construction began in 2002 and the first line opened on 3 November 2010. The metro system has one new line and one extension under construction.
Nanning Metro or Nanning Rail Transit (NNRT) is a rapid transit system in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in China.
Line 18 of the Chengdu Metro is an express rapid transit line that connects the urban area of Chengdu with Chengdu Tianfu International Airport. Line 18's color is teal. The Phase 1 & 2 of Line 18 is in total 69.39 km in length. It is also the biggest PPP project in China. The section from South Railway Station to Tianfu International Airport North Station started operation on 18 December 2020.
Chengjiao line of the Zhengzhou Metro, planned to be part of Line 9 in the future, is a rapid transit line in Zhengzhou. It was opened on 12 January 2017. This line is 40.84 km (25.38 mi) long with 19 stations.
Zhengzhou–Wanzhou high-speed railway is a high-speed railway connecting Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province, and Wanzhou District in Chongqing. The section between Zhengzhou East and Xiangyang East started operation on 1 December 2019. It connects with the Chongqing–Wanzhou intercity railway. The line forms part of the Hohhot–Nanning corridor. The section from Xingshan to Wanzhou also forms part of the Shanghai–Chongqing–Chengdu high-speed railway.
Shanghai Rail Transit includes all rail transit lines operating in Shanghai, mainly composed of High-volume railway system, Low-to-medium-volume railway system and Maglev system. The system was established on May 28, 1993, when Shanghai Metro Line 1 opened.
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