Events
January
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January 1– Wuyi Tram opens. [1] -
January 1– First phase of the Lusail Tram opens. [2] - January 8 – Hangzhou–Taizhou high-speed railway opens. [3]
- January 11– Trial opening of the Jinyi section of Jinhua Rail Transit's Jinyidong line. [4] [5]
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January 13– Line 4 of the Paris Métro is extended from Mairie de Montrouge to Bagneux–Lucie Aubrac. [6] - January 15– The Jiaxing Tram is extended from Fanggong Road Binhe Road to Jiaxing Railway Station. [7]
- January 25– The first phase of Line 9 of the Chongqing Rail Transit opens between Gaotanyan and Xingke Avenue. [8]
February
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February 16– Opening of Line 2 extension of the Rabat–Salé tramway. [9] - February 21– The first phases of Lines 3 and 10 of the Hangzhou Metro open, and Line 4 is extended from Pengbu to Chihua Street. [10]
March
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March 6– The Pune Metro starts operations between PCMC Bhavan and Phugewadi on the Purple Line, and between Vanaz and Garware College on the Aqua Line. [11] - March 19
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March 21– The Union Square Branch of the MBTA subway's Green Line Extension opens in Somerville. [15] -
March 22– Line 3 of the Manila Metro Rail Transit System completes an upgrading and rehabilitation project. [16] - March 25
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– Construction of the Moscow–Saint Petersburg high-speed railway is suspended. [17] -
– The Bilbao tram is extended from Atxuri to Bolueta using the former Euskotren Trena alignment between Kukullaga and Atxuri. [18]
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March 28– Allegro international high-speed service ends operations. [19] - March 29– Punjabi Bagh West station on the Delhi Metro becomes an interchange between the Pink Line and the Green Line. [20] [21]
- March 30 – Guiyang railway loop line opens. [22]
- March 31
- – The first phase of Line 22 of the Guangzhou Metro opens from Panyu Square to Chentougang. [23]
- – The Krasnodar tramway is extended from Solnechnaya to Ulitsa Petra Metalnikova. [24]
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April
- April 1
- – Line 7 of the Hangzhou Metro is extended from Citizen Center to Wushan Square, and Line 9 is extended from Coach Center to Guanyintang. [25]
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– ScotRail takes over from Abellio ScotRail as operator of last resort of the ScotRail franchise. [26]
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- April 2– The first phases of Lines 2 and 7 of the Mumbai Metro open. [27]
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April 9– Line 5 of the Prague tram network is extended from Sídliště Barrandov to Holyně. [28] -
April 23– Line 10 of the Poznań tram network is extended from Lechicka/Naramowicka to Błażeja. [29] -
April 25– Line 2 of the Darmstadt tram network is extended from Hochschulstadion to TU-Lichtwiese. [30] - April 29
- – Line 1 of the Shaoxing Metro is extended from China Textile City to Fangquan. [31]
- – Line 5 of the Fuzhou Metro opens. [32]
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May
- May 1
- – Line 7 of the Guangzhou Metro is extended from Guangzhou South Railway Station to Meidi Dadao. [33]
- – Opening of the first phase of the Fenghuang Maglev. [34]
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May 6– The MTR retires Metro-Cammell EMUs after 40 years of service. [35] - May 15– The MTR East Rail line is extended across Victoria Harbour to Hong Kong Island. [36]
- May 17– Line 10 of Metrovalencia opens. [37]
- May 20– The Tempe Streetcar opens in Tempe, Arizona. [38]
- May 24– The central section of Crossrail opens, and Crossrail and TfL Rail are officially branded the "Elizabeth line". [39]
- May 28
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– The Odense Letbane opens. [40] -
– The Shinbundang Line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is extended from Gangnam to Sinsa, and the Sillim Line opens. [41] [42]
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May 30– Line 1 of the Almaty Metro is extended from Moskva to Bauyrzhan Momyshuly. [43] - May 31– Line 12 of the Paris Metro is extended from Front Populaire to Mairie d'Aubervilliers. [44]
June
- June 3– Garmisch-Partenkirchen train derailment: A double-decker Regionalbahn passenger train derails near Burgrain in Bavaria, killing four people and injuring many more. [45]
- June 10– Line 3 of the Hangzhou Metro is extended from Chaowang Road to West Wenyi Road, and the branch from South Xixi Wetland to Shima opens. [46]
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June 12– The Gawler railway line reopens after an 18-month closure due to the electrification of the line. [47] [48] [49] - June 16
- – Opening of the Hotan–Ruoqiang railway, completing a 2,712-km loop line around the Taklamakan Desert. [50]
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– Partial opening of MRT Putrajaya line, Malaysia's fifth metro line, from Sungai Buloh/Kwasa Damansara to Kampong Batu. [51] [52]
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June 17– A passenger train is introduced between Yerevan and Shoghakat. [53] - June 18– Line 4 of the Chongqing Rail Transit is extended from Tangjiatuo to Huangling. [54]
- June 20– The Chengjiao line of the Zhengzhou Metro is extended from Xinzheng International Airport to Zhengzhou Hangkonggang Railway Station. [55]
- June 24– Line 10 of the Hangzhou Metro is extended from Cuibai Road to Xueyuan Road. [56]
- June 25– The Jiaxing Tram is extended from Jiaxing Railway Station to East Zhongshan Road/Anle Road. [57]
- June 26– Reopening of the PNR South Main Line stretch from San Pablo to Lucena after a period of suspension starting October 2013, as part of the PNR South Long Haul. [58] [59]
- June 28– Line 6 of the Changsha Metro opens. [60]
- June 29– Line 5 of the Kunming Metro opens. [61]
- June 30– Line M2 of the Warsaw Metro is extended west from Księcia Janusza to Bemowo. [62] [63]
July
- July 1– Connection between Madrid Atocha and Madrid Chamartín opens. [64]
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July 2– Line T2 of the Bursa tramway opens. [65] -
July 3– Opening of the initial route of the Cairo Light Rail Transit. [66] - July 6– Île-de-France tramway Line 13 opens. [67]
- July 14– Green Line of the Kolkata Metro is extended from Phoolbagan to Sealdah. [68]
- July 17– Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro is extended from Birmingham Library to Edgbaston. [69]
- July 18– London Overground extension to Barking Riverside opens. [70]
- July 22– Opening of the initial section of the Dali–Ruili railway. [71]
- July 29– Amtrak extends the Ethan Allen Express to Union Station in Burlington, Vermont. [72]
- July 30– Four infill stations open on Line 19 of the Beijing Subway. [73]
August
- August 6– The Chongqing Rail Transit Jiangtiao line opens between Tiaodeng and Shengquansi. [74] [75]
- August 21– The SEPTA Regional Rail Media/Elwyn Line is extended from Elwyn to Wawa, and the line is renamed the Media/Wawa Line. [76]
- August 28– Line 6 of the Fuzhou Metro opens. [77]
- August 29
- – Line T3 of the Caen tramway is extended from Collège Hawking to Fleury-sur-Orne. [78]
- – Opening of the section between Łagiewniki and Kurdwanów on the Kraków tramway. [79]
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- August 30– Full opening of the Jinyi section of Jinhua Rail Transit's Jinyidong line. [80]
- August 31– Opening of the Yekaterinburg interurban tram Route 333, connecting Yekaterinburg to Verkhnyaya Pyshma. [81]
September
- September 1– The Kochi Metro is extended from Pettah to SN Junction. [82]
- September 6– Opening of the initial section of the Changde–Yiyang–Changsha high-speed railway. [83]
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September 11– Line T1 of the Luxembourg tramway is extended to Lycée Bonnevoie. [84] - September 12– RATP introduces automated trains on Line 4 of the Paris Metro. [85]
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September 13– Opening of the Red Line and the first phase of the Green Line of Mi Tren in Cochabamba. [86] - September 20– Line B of the Rennes Metro opens. [87]
- September 22
- – Hangzhou Metro Line 3 is extended from West Wenyi Road to Wushanqiancun, Line 10 is extended from Xueyuan Road to Huanglong Sports Center, and Line 19 opens. [88]
- – Opening of the final section (Huzhou–Hangzhou) of the Shangqiu–Hangzhou high-speed railway. [89]
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September 23– Opening of the initial section of the Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen. [90] -
September 24– Line 1 Yonge–University of the Toronto subway introduces automatic train control across the full length of the line. [91] - September 28– Line M2 of the Warsaw Metro is extended east from Trocka to Bródno. [62] [92]
- September 30
- – Line S8 of the Nanjing Metro is extended south from Taishanxincun to Changjiangdaqiaobei. [93]
- – Line 2 of the Dalian Metro is extended from Xinzhaizi to Dalian North railway station. [94]
- – Line 6 of the Zhengzhou Metro opens from Jiayu to Changzhuang. [95]
- – All rail service between Irvine and Oceanside, California was suspended due to coastal erosion under the track in San Clemente. [96] Service along the Surf Line was restored the following April.
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October
- October 2
- – The East-West Corridor of the Ahmedabad Metro begins service. [97]
- – Line M4 of the Istanbul Metro is extended from Tavşantepe to Sabiha Gökçen Airport. [98]
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- October 3– The Long Island Rail Road's Third Track Project between Floral Park and Hicksville is completed. [99]
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October 5– The Kaohsiung Metro's Circular light rail is extended from TRA Museum of Fine Arts to Heart of Love River. [100] - October 6
- – Opening of Phase 3-1 of Cairo Metro Line 3, linking Attaba to Kit-Kat. [101]
- – The North-South Corridor of the Ahmedabad Metro begins service. [97] [102]
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- October 7– The northern portion of the Los Angeles Metro Rail's K Line opens after several delays. [103] [104]
- October 9– Transperth's Airport line opens between High Wycombe and Claremont. [105] [106]
- October 10
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– Line 3 of the Athens Metro is extended from Nikaia to Dimotiko Theatro. [107] -
– The Metro Express is extended from Phoenix to Curepipe Central. [108]
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- October 17– Line 9 of the Helsinki tram network is extended from Pasila to Ilmalantori. [109]
- October 24– Arrow begins service in Redlands, California. [110]
- October 26– Cádiz Bay tram-train begun operation. [111]
- October 28
- – Shenzhen Metro Line 11 is extended from Futian to Gangxia North and Line 14 opens. [112]
- – Line F4 of the Istanbul Metro network opens. [113]
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October 29– The Trans-Sulawesi Railway opens between Barru and Pangkep on a limited basis. [114]
November
- November 1– The Olomouc tramway is extended from Trnkova to U Kapličky. [115]
- November 5– Gaziantep's Gaziray starts operation. [116]
- November 6– Elizabeth line direct service commenced between Paddington and Shenfield and between Reading and Heathrow to Abbey Wood. [117]
- November 10– Opening of Line 1 of the Nantong Rail Transit. [118]
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November 13– Opening of Stage 3 of the MRT Thomson–East Coast line. [119] - November 15– The Washington Metro Silver Line is extended to Ashburn via Dulles International Airport. [120] [121]
- November 18– Line 10 of the Tianjin Metro opens. [122]
- November 19– Central Subway in San Francisco opens after repeated delays. [123] [124] [125]
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November 21– Opening of the Bergen Light Rail Line 2 between Byparken and Fyllingsdalen. [126] -
November 26– The first section of Milan Metro Line 4 opens between Dateo and Linate Aeroporto. [127] - November 28– Lines 6B and 12 of the Shenzhen Metro open. [128]
- November 29– Nanhai Tram Line 1 extends from Sanshanxinchengbei to Linyuedong. [129]
December
- December 1– Line 2 of the Ningbo Rail Transit extends from Congyuan Road to Honglian. [130]
- December 3– Line M1 of the Helsinki Metro extends from Matinkylä to Kivenlahti. [131]
- December 9– Opening of Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed railway. [132]
- December 11
- – Opening of the Osová-Nemocnice Bohunice tram line in Brno. [133]
- – The Aqua Line of the Nagpur Metro is extended from Sitabuldi to Prajapati Nagar, while the Orange Line is extended from Kasturchand Park to Automative Square. [134]
- – The Follo Line opened after delays. [135]
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– Opening of the Limmattalerbahn, a LRT line connecting the Limmatvalley with Zurich as Line 20 in the network. [136]
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- December 12– Opening of the Medford Branch of the Green Line Extension to Somerville and Medford, Massachusetts. [15]
- December 17 - Paju's Uncheon Station on the Gyeongui-Jungang Line opens. [137]
- December 19– The Silesian Interurbans is extended from Zagórze BMC (formerly named Zagórze Petla) to Zagórze Rondo Jana Pawla II. [138]
- December 20– The PHX Sky Train is extended from Terminal 3 to Rental Car Center. [139]
- December 21– Brightline opens new infill stations at Aventura and Boca Raton. [140]
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December 23– The Purple Line of the Baku Metro is extended from Avtovağzal to Xocəsən. [141] - December 26
- – Line 5 of the Hefei Metro is extended from Wanghuchengxi to Jiqiao Road. [142]
- – Opening of Line 4 of the Qingdao Metro. [143]
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- December 28
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– The first phase of the Dhaka Metro from Utara to Agargaon opened. [144] - – Opening of Line S1 of the Taizhou Rail Transit. [145]
- – Opening of the Yidong section of the Jinyidong line of the Jinhua Rail Transit. [146]
- – Opening of the Huangshi Modern Tram. [147]
- – Opening of Line 1 of the Pingshan SkyShuttle. [148]
- – Opening of Line 16 of the Shenzhen Metro. [149] [150]
- – Line 1 of the Nanjing Metro is extended from Baguazhoudaqiaonan to Maigaoqiao, while Line 7 begins operation. [151]
- – Opening of Line 3 of the Foshan Metro. [152]
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- December 29– Line 6 of the Xi'an Metro is extended from Xibeigongyedaxue to Fangzhicheng. [153]
- December 30
- – Line 7 of the Wuhan Metro is extended from Garden Expo North to Hengdian, Line 16 is extended from Zhoujiahe to Hannan General Airport. [154]
- – Opening of Purple Line of the Kolkata Metro. [155]
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- December 31– Line 16 of the Beijing Subway is extended from Yuyuantan Dongmen (Yuyuantan Park East Gate) to Yushuzhuang. [156] [157]
