Events
January
- January 1
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– Line 3 of the Cairo Metro extends from Kit-Kat to Rod El-Farag Corridor. [1] -
– Campeche–Palenque section of Tren Maya opens to traffic. [2] -
– Circular light rail of the Kaohsiung Metro extends from Heart of Love River to Kaisyuan Park and completes the loop line. [3] - – Taiwan Railway Corporation takes over operations of Taiwan Railway from the Taiwan Railways Administration. [4]
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– BNSF Railway takes over operations of Montana Rail Link. [5]
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January 7– Bangkok MRT Pink Line opens between Nonthaburi Civic Center and Min Buri. [6] -
January 8– Line 18 and Line 50 of the Krakow tramway network extend from Papierni Prądnickich to Górka Narodowa. [7] - January 13– Tri-Rail introduces shuttle service between Metrorail Transfer station and MiamiCentral. [8]
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January 15– Jiangnao Railway starts operations between Jiangjunmiao and Baishihu South Station. [9] - January 20
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– Metro Line of Edmonton Light Rail Transit extends from the temporary NAIT station to NAIT/Blatchford Market. [10] -
– Rete Ferroviaria Italiana introduces through service between Cirié and Alba and Cirié and Fossano via Line 4 and Line 7 of the Turin Metropolitan Railway Service. [11]
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- January 24– Hubei Xincheng Express Line, a suburban train using the existing Wuhan-Huangzhou Intercity Railway, was put into operation.
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January 25– Line 3 and Line 5 of the Daugavpils tramway network extend from Butlerova iela to Stropu ezers. [12] - January 27
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– Line T3 of Tram İzmir opens between Çevre Yolu and Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi. [13] - – Phoenix Valley Metro Rail extends from 19th Avenue/Dunlap to Metro Parkway via Northwest Extension Phase II. [14]
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- January 29– Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kağıthane to Gayrettepe. [15]
- January 31– Line S1 of the Wuxi Metro opens between Jiangyin Bund and Nanfangquan via through service on Line 1. [16]
February
- February 3 – Zhuhai-Zhuhai Airport Intercity Railway second phase opens between Zhuhai Changlong to Zhuhai Airport. [17]
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February 17 – Yekaturinburg Tramway Network Line 9 extends to Luchistaya Ulitsa from Ulitsa Musorskogo. [18] - February 24
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– Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Light Rail extends from Rodoviária to Terminal Intermodal Gentileza. [19] - – Line M1 of the İzmir Metro extends from Fahrettin Altay to Şehitlik. [20]
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- February 26– Line T6 of Istanbul Tram opens between Sirkeci and Kazlıçeşme. [21]
- February 29– Tren Maya extends from Cancún Airport to Playa del Carmen. [22]
March
- March 4– Line M1 of the İzmir Metro extends from Şehitlik to Kaymakamlık. [23]
- March 5– Warsaw tramway network extends from Reduta Wolska to Szpital Wolski. [24]
- March 6
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– Yellow Line of the Agra Metro opens between Mankameshwar Mandir and Taj East Gate. [25] - – Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System extends from Duhai Depot to Modinagar North. [26]
- – Line 1 of the Kochi Metro extends from SN Junction to Thrippunithura Terminal. [27]
- – Kolkata Metro: Green Line extends via disconnected branch from Howrah Maidan to Esplanade, Purple Line extends from Taratala to Majerhat, and Orange Line opens between Kavi Subhash and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay. [28]
- – Aqua Line of the Pune Metro extends from Ruby Hall Clinic to Ramwadi. [29]
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- March 10– Line M3 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kirazlı to Bakırköy Sahil. [30]
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March 11– Circle Line of the Tashkent Metro extends from Quruvchilar to Qipchoq. [31] - March 16
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– Line 4 of the Tehran Metro extends from Allameh Jafari to Ayatollah Kashani. [32] -
– Hokuriku: Hokuriku Shinkansen extends from Kanazawa to Tsuruga, IR Ishikawa Railway takes over operations of the Hokuriku Main Line between Kanazawa and Daishōji, and Hapi-Line Fukui takes over operations of the Hokuriku Main Line between Daishōji and Tsuruga. [33] - – E8 Series Shinkansen trains enter service. [34]
- – Line M5 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Çekmeköy to Samandıra Merkez. [35]
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- March 17 – Akçaray extends from Kanalyolu to Şehir Hastanesi. [36]
- March 18 – Line M9 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Bahariye to Ataköy. [37]
- March 19 – Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kargo Terminali to Arnavutköy. [38]
- March 23 – Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway extends from Senri-Chūō to Minō-Kayano. [39]
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March 23 – European Sleeper extends to Prague from Berlin. [40] -
March 27 – PNR Metro Commuter Line ends service. [41] - March 28
- – Line 6 of Changchun Rail Transit opens between Shuangfeng and Changchun Movie Wonderland. [42]
- – Line M1 of Bursaray extends from Emek to Geçit-Balat. [43]
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March 29 – New line of the Dnipro City Express opens between Dnipro and Synelnykove. [44] -
March 30 – Line A of the Great Train eXpress opens between Suseo and Dongtan. [45] - March 31 – Line 5 of the Nanjing Metro opens between Jiyindadao and Wenjinglu. [46]
April
- April 1– Branch of Line 1 of the Shaoxing Metro opens between Huangjiu Town and Daqingsi. [47]
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April 3– Hellenic Railways reintroduces service between Athens and Thessaloniki. [48] -
April 5– Line T3b of the Île-de-France tramways extends from Marguerite Long to Porte Dauphine. [49] -
April 8 – Lusail Tram Pink Line opens between Legtaifiya and Seef Lusail-North. [50] - April 26– Line 6 of the Qingdao Metro opens between Lingshan Bay and Hengyunshan Road. [51]
- April 27 – 2 Line of Link light rail opens between South Bellevue and Redmond Technology. [52]
- April 29 – Mesopotamian Express launches between Ankara and Diyarbakır. [53]
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April 30 – Slovenian Railways: New services connect Ljubljana with Pragersko, Maribor, Graz and Villach. [54]
May
- May 1– Line 4 of the Hefei Metro extends via branch from Beiyanhu to Shaomaigang. [55]
- May 6– RER E of the Réseau Express Régional extends from Haussmann–Saint-Lazare to Nanterre–La Folie. [56]
- May 10 – Translink (Northern Ireland) closes Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station.
- May 15– Line 3 of the Cairo Metro extends from Kit-Kat to Cairo University. [57]
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May 20 – Services restart between Oslo and Trondheim after reopening of the mainline. [58] - May 21– Amtrak introduces Borealis daily service between Chicago and St. Paul by extending one Hiawatha round-trip. [59]
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May 21– Talgo AVRIL trains enter service on the AVE network. [60] - May 26– Pearl River Delta: Foshan–Dongguan intercity railway opens and the southern ring section of the Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway opens. [61]
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May 29– ScotRail reopens Leven-Edinburgh service. [62]
June
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June 3– Pakenham line of the Melbourne rail network extends from Pakenham to East Pakenham. [63] - June 9 – DB Regio Franconia-Thuringia Express expands to Nuremburg. [64]
- June 13– Line 11 of the Paris Métro extends from Mairie des Lilas to Rosny–Bois-Perrier. [65]
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June 14– Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway opens for passenger service between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro. [66] - June 16– Blackpool Tramway extends to Blackpool North railway station. [67]
- June 19– Line T1 of MetroCentro extends from San Bernardo to Eduardo Dato. [68]
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June 22– M4 of the Copenhagen Metro extends from Copenhagen Central to Copenhagen South. [69] -
June 23– Thomson–East Coast Line of Mass Rapid Transit extends from Gardens by the Bay to Bayshore. [70] - June 24– Line 14 of the Paris Métro extends from Mairie de Saint-Ouen to Saint-Denis–Pleyel and from Olympiades to Aéroport d'Orly. [71]
- June 28
- – Line 1 of the Changsha Metro extends from Kaifu District Government to Jinpenqiu. [72]
- – Line 5 of Ningbo Rail Transit extends from Xingzhuang Road to Luotuo Bridge. [73]
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– Line D of the Porto Metro extends from Santo Ovídio to Vila d'Este. [74]
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- June 29– Line 6 of Suzhou Rail Transit opens between Suzhou Xinqu Railway Station and Sangtiandao. [75]
- June 30– Red Line of the Kaohsiung Metro extends from Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital to Gangshan. [76]
July
- July 1
- – Line 1 of the Tianjin Metro is extended from Donggulu to Shuangqiaohe. [77]
- – Tri-Rail introduces express service between West Palm Beach and MiamiCentral. [78]
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July 7– Line T1 of the Luxembourg tramway extends from Lycée Bouneweg to Stadion. [79] - July 14– Yanchep line of Transperth extends from Butler to Yanchep. [80]
- July 17– Line 6 of the Naples Metro reopens between Mostra and Mergellina and extends from Mergellina to Municipio. [81]
- July 21
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– Amsterdam tramway network line 25 extends to Uithoorn Centrum from Amstelveen Westwijk. [82] -
– Service between Bangkok and Vientiane starts operation. [83]
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- July 22– Catania Metro extends from Nesima to Monte Po. [84]
August
- August 1– Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway extends passenger rail service from Morogoro to Dodoma. [85]
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August 8 – Line 3 of the Hanoi Metro opens between Nhon and Cau Giay. [86] - August 10– Line 8 of the Seoul Subway extends from Amsa to Byeollae. [87]
- August 11– Caltrain soft launches electrification along the San Francisco Peninsula. [88]
- August 12
- – Xi'an SkyShuttle opens between Yuhuazhai and Hengye Dadao. [89]
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– Line 13 of the Helsinki tramway network opens between Pasila and Nihti. [90] - – SunRail extends from DeBary to DeLand. [91]
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- August 18– Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System extends from Modinagar North to Meerut South. [92]
- August 19– Metro North West & Bankstown Line of the Sydney Metro extends from Chatswood to Sydenham. [93]
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August 20– Passenger service between Annaba and Tunis restarts after 30 years of suspension. [94] - August 22– Amtrak truncates Northeast Regional service from Newport News to Newport News Transportation Center. [95]
- August 23– Line 3 of the Foshan Metro extends from Zhen'an to Zhongshan Park and extends via disconnected branch from Lianhe to Foshan University. [96]
- August 24– Line D of the Grenoble tramway network extends from Les-Taillées-Universités to Gares. [97]
- August 25– Port Dock line of the Adelaide Metro opens between Adelaide and Port Dock. [98]
- August 28– Red Line of MAX Light Rail extends from Beaverton Transit Center to Hillsboro Airport/Fairgrounds. [99]
- August 29– Western Railway launches passenger service between Mumbai and Goa. [100]
- August 30 – 1 Line of Link light rail extends from Northgate to Lynnwood City Center via the Lynnwood Link extension. [101]
- August 31– El Insurgente commuter rail extends from Lerma to Santa Fe. [102]
September
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September 2 – Services restart between Lugano and Zurich after the reopening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel. [103] - September 5– Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro extends from Novomoskovskaya to Potapovo. [104]
- September 6– Hangzhou-Wenzhou high speed line is officially inaugurated for service between Hangzhou and Wenzhou. [105]
- September 7 – Troitskaya Line of the Moscow Metro opens between Novatorskaya and Tyutchevskaya. [106]
- September 10 – Nightjet begins service between Vienna and Rome. [107]
- September 10– Line 8 of Suzhou Rail Transit opens between Xijinqiao and Chefang. [108]
- September 13– Line FA of Tren Interoceánico opens between Palenque and Coatzacoalcos. [109]
- September 14
- – Meizhouxi to Longchuanxi section of the Longyan-Longchuan high speed railway opens. [110]
- – Great Western Railway restores service between Oxford and Bristol. [111]
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- September 15 – Frecciarossa launches service between Naples and Gorizia. [112]
- September 16– Red Line of the Ahmedabad Metro extends from Motera Stadium to Sector-1 and via branch to GIFT City. [113]
- September 19– North Central Railway launches passenger service between Prayagraj and Katra. [114]
- September 20– Tren Maya extends from Playa del Carmen to Felipe Carrillo Puerto. [115]
- September 21– Caltrain begins full electric service between San Francisco and San Jose. [116]
- September 23
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– Line 10 of the Brussels tramway network opens between Military Hospital and Churchill. [117] -
– Casablanca Tramway: Line T3 opens between Gare de Casa-Port and Hay El Wahda and Line T4 opens between Parc de la Ligue Arabe and Mohammed Erradi. [118] - – Line 2 of the Moscow tramway network opens between 3rd Vladimirskaya Street and Kursky. [119]
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- September 24 – Tequila Express resumes operations between Guadalajara and Tequila. [120]
- September 26– Xi'an Metro: Line 5 extends from Matengkong to Yanminghu, Line 6 extends from Xi'anguojiyixuezhongxin to Xi'annanzhan, and Line 10 opens between Jingshangcun and Zhaohuiguangchang. [121]
- September 28
- – Tianjin Metro: Line 5 extends from Liqizhuangnan to Jinghuadongdao and Jinjing line opens between Jinghuadongdao and Tuanboyixueyuan. [122]
- – L Taraval of the Muni Metro resumes service between Wawona and 46th Avenue and Embarcadero. [123]
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- September 29
- – Line S3 of the Chengdu Metro opens between Futian and Ziyang Bei. [124]
- – Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway opens between Chongqing West and Yibin East. [125]
- – Purple Line of the Pune Metro extends from Civil Court to Swargate. [126]
- – Copper Line of the San Diego Trolley opens between Santee and El Cajon Transit Center. [127]
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October
- October 1
- – Line 7 of the Wuhan Metro extends from Hengdian to Huangpi Square. [128]
- – Huinong South to Yinchuan section of the Baoyin high-speed railway opens. [129]
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- October 6– Tren Maya extends from Nicolás Bravo-Konhunlich to Chetumal. [130]
- October 7
- – Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro opens between Aarey Colony and Income Tax Office. [131]
- – Egyptian National Railways reintroduces service between Al Ismailia and Bir-al-Abd. [132]
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- October 11– Xuancheng–Jixi high-speed railway starts operations between Xuancheng and Jixi County. [133]
- October 12– Line 4 of the Milan Metro extends from San Babila to San Cristoforo. [134]
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October 13 – Translink opens Belfast Grand Central for railway services. [135] -
October 15 – Lagos RMT Red Line starts operations between Oyingbo and Agbado. [136] - October 18 – Line U5 of the Stuttgart Stadtbahn extends from Leinfelden Bahnhof to Leinfelden Neuer Markt. [137]
- October 21– Tianjin–Weifang–Yantai high-speed railway starts operations between Weifang North and Yantai South. [138]
- October 29– Warsaw tramway network: Line 14 opens between Frodo Ave and Miasteczko Wilanów, Line 16 opens between Spacerowa and Miasteczko Wilanów. [139]
November
- November 1
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2 years after opening the first high-speed railway in Serbia, Novi Sad railway station canopy collapsed, killing 15 people. It had a strong impact on society, bringing Serbian prime minister to resign a few months later. - – Guangzhou Metro Line 3 extends to Haibang from Panyu Square. [140]
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– Macau LRT Seac Pai Van Line starts operations between Union Hospital and Seac Pai Van. [141]
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- November 2– Korail: The Seohae Line extends from Hongseong to Seohwaseong, and the Peotaik Line extends from Sukseong to Anjung. [142]
- November 3– Los Angeles Metro Rail: The C Line is rerouted to the new Aviation/Century station, and the southern section of the K Line between Aviation/Century station and Redondo Beach station opens. [143]
- November 7
- – Bashteel railway station opens in Cairo, Egypt. [144]
- – Bangalore Metro Green Line extends to Madavara from Nagasandra. [145]
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- November 10
- – The Trambesòs T4 line of the Barcelona Tram is extended from Glòries to Verdaguer in the first phase of its expansion along Avinguda Diagonal. [146] [147]
- – Amtrak temporarily combines the Capitol Limited and Silver Star trains into the Floridian train between Chicago and Miami. [148]
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- November 16
- – LRT Line 1 extends from Baclaran to Dr. Santos as part of the first phase of the Cavite Extension. [149]
- – Sanya to Ledong Tourist Railway opened from Sanya to Yazhou. [150]
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- November 18– Line T1 of Seville's MetroCentro extends from Eduardo Dato to Luis de Morales. [151]
- November 22– Line 3 of Jinan Metro extends from Tantou to Jichangnan. [152]
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November 25– The Tema-Mpakadan Railway Line opens. It is Ghana's first standard-gauge railway line. [153] - November 26– Line 3 of Harbin Metro extends from Sports Park to Beima Road, completing the loop. [154]
- November 30
- – Line 17 of Shanghai Metro is extended from Oriental Land to Xicen. [155]
- – Line 6 of Zhengzhou Metro is extended from Changzhuang to Qinghua Fuzhong. [156]
- – Thessaloniki Metro starts operations between New Railway Station and Nea Elvetia. [157]
- – Jungbunaeryuk Line extends to Mungyeong from Chungju. [158]
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December
- December 1
- – Line 7 of the Suzhou Rail Transit starts operations between Muli and Changlou. [159]
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– Tallinn Tramway Network Line 2 extends to A-Terminal via the Old City Harbour route. [160] -
– Riyadh Metro starts operations, with Line 1, Line 4 and Line 6 open for service. [161] [162]
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- December 2– Macau LRT Hengqin line opens between Lotus and Hengqin. [163]
- December 3– Line 3 of Xuzhou Metro extends from Gaoxinqu'nan to Yinshan in the south and from Xiadian to Zhenxingdadao in the north. [164]
- December 8
- – Transperth Ellenbrook line opens between Bayswater and Ellenbrook. [165]
- – Jingmen–Jingzhou high speed railway starts operations. [166]
- – Ahmedabad Metro Blue Line extends to Thaltej Gam from Thaltej. [167]
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- December 10 – North East MRT line is extended to Punggol Coast. [168]
- December 14
- – Deutsche Bahn reopens Frankfurt-Mannheim main line after five months closure. [169]
- – Daegu Metro Daegyeong Line commences service between Gumi and Gyeongsan. [170]
- – The Northumberland Line reopens between Newcastle and Ashington. [171]
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- December 15
- – Beijing Subway: Line 3 opens between Dongsi Shitiao and Dongbabei, Line 12 opens between Sijiqing Qiao and Dongbabei and Changping line opens between Xitucheng and Jimen Qiao. [172]
- – RegioJet takes over Line S49 between Prague and Roztoky, and Line S61 between Prague and Úvaly. [173]
- – Line S4 of the Nuremberg S-Bahn is extended from Dombühl to Crailsheim. [174]
- – The Nördlingen–Pleinfeld railway reopens between Gunzenhausen and Wassertrüdingen after service to Nördlingen was suspended in 1985. [175]
- – Tren Maya extends from Escárcega to Chetumal. [176]
- – Riyadh Metro: Line 2 opens between King Saud University and King Fahad Stadium, Line 5 opens between Ministry of Education and National Museum. [177]
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– Bratislava-Kyiv route starts operations. [178] - – Barcelona-Malaga Iryo high speed service starts operations. [179]
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– Saltsjöbanan resumes operations on Line 25 and Line 26. [180]
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- December 16– Paris-Berlin ICE high speed service commences. [181]
- December 18
- – The new Mons railway station enters service. [182]
- – Line 2 of the Qingdao Metro extends from Taishan Road to Sichuan Road (Qingdao Ferry Terminal). [183]
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- December 19
- – Ouigo Train Classique conventional service between Brussels-South and Paris Nord enters operation. [184]
- – Chengdu Metro: Line 27 opens between Shifo and Shuxin Road; Line 8 extends north to Guilong Road and south to Longgang. [185]
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- December 20
- – Parramatta Light Rail starts operations between Westmead and Carlingford, reusing the Carlingford Railway Line. [186]
- – Line 1 of the Daegu Metro is extended from Ansim to Hayang. [187]
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- December 22– Line 1 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro starts operations between Bến Thành and Suối Tiên Terminal. [188]
- December 26
- – Line 8 of the Hefei Metro starts operations from Beicheng Gaotiezhan to Yilijing. [189]
- – Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou high-speed railway starts operations. [190]
- – Line 8 of the Xi'an Metro starts operations between Shanmenkou and Shengtiyuguan as a loop line. [191]
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- December 27
- – Airport Link Line of Shanghai Suburban Railway starts operations between Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 to Pudong Airport Terminal 1 & 2. [192]
- – Line 11 of the Wuhan Metro is extended from Wuhandong Railway Station to Jiang'an Road. [193]
- – Line 4 of the Saint Petersburg Metro extended from Spasskaya to Gorny Institut. [194]
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- December 28
- – Line 11 of the Guangzhou Metro starts operations between Longtan and Chisha as a loop line. [195]
- – Line S1 of the Guiyang Metro starts operations between Zaojiaoba and Wangchengpo. [196]
- – Line 7 of the Nanjing Metro opens its central section between Mufuxilu and Yingtiandajie. [197]
- – Shenzhen Metro: Line 3 extends to Pingdi Liulian from Shuanglong; Line 7 extends to SZU Lihu Campus from Xili Lake; Line 11 extends to Hongling South from Gangxia North; Line 12 extends to Songgang from Waterlands Resort East; Line 13 opens between Hi-Tech Central and Shenzhen Bay Checkpoint. [198]
- – Line 11 of the Tianjin Metro extended from Dongjiangdao to Shuishanggongyuanxilu. [199]
- – Huaixing intercity railway opens from Langfang North to Daxing Airport. [200]
- – Guangqing intercity railway extended from Qingcheng to Feixia. [201]
- – Troitskaya line of the Moscow Metro extended from Tyutchevskaya to Novomoskovskaya. [202]
- – Line A of the Great Train eXpress opens between Seoul Station and Unjeong Center. [203]
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- December 29– Zhengzhou Metro: Line 7 opens between Dongzhao and Nangangliu. Line 8 opens between Tianjianhu and Lumiao. [204]
- December 30
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– Line 3 of the Minsk Metro extends from Kavaĺskaja Slabada to Slutski Hastsinets. [205] - – Line 3 of the Shenyang Metro starts operations between Nan Liguan and Lida. [206]
- – Nanzhu high-speed railway starts operation between Nanning East and Yulin North. [207]
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- December 31– Jidayuan high-speed railway opens between Ulanqab and Yuanping West. [208]
