Events
January
- January 1
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– Line 5 of the Hangzhou Metro extends to East Nanhu from Jinxing. [2] -
– Donghae Line of the Korail Network opens between Yeongdeok and Samcheok. [3]
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- January 2– Bitong line of the Chongqing Suburban Railway opens between Bishan and Tongliangxi. [4]
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January 3– Baku-Balakən Route of the Azerbaijan Railways reopens between Baku and Balakən. [5] - January 5
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– Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro extends to Krisna Park from Janakpuri West. [6] - – New Ashok Nagar To Meerut South Section of the Delhi–Meerut RRTS opens between New Ashok Nagar and Meerut South. [7]
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– Line 3 of the Riyadh Metro opens between Jeddah Road and Khashm Al An. [8]
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- January 6
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– O-Train: Line 2 reopens and extends to Limebank from Greenboro; Line 4 opens between Airport and South Keys. [9] -
– Nice Tramway Network: Line B opens between Nice Côte d'Azur Airport Terminal 2 and CADAM; Line 3 is rerouted between Saint Isidore and Port Lympia . [10] -
– Turqoise Line of the Lusail Tram opens between Rawdat Lusail and Crescent Park – North as a loop line. [11] -
– Otogar–Opera Line of the Eskişehir Estram opens between Otogar and Opera. [12]
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January 7– Line 1 of the Tampere Light Rail extends to Lentävänniemi from Santalahti. [13] - January 10– Line 4 of the Ningbo Metro extends to Cicheng West from Cicheng. [14]
- January 11– Gyooe Line of the Korail Network reopens between Daegok and Uijeongbu. [15]
- January 18– Villejuif–Gustave Roussy opens as an infill station of Paris Métro Line 14. [16]
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January 19 – Chūō Line of the Osaka Metro extends to Yumeshima from Cosmosquare. [17] - January 20
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– Kumanovo-Beljakovce Line of the Macedonia Railways reopens between Kumanovo and Beljakovce. [18] - – Southern Section of the Jungang Line opens between Cheongnyangni and Gyeongju. [19]
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- January 25
- – Qingyuan Maglev Tourist Line opens between Yinzhan and Chimelong Forest Kingdom. [20]
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– Line T2 of the Florence Tramway Network extends to San Marco-Universita from Fortezza. [21] -
– Line D of the Tunis TFR opens between Tunis and Gobâa. [22]
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- January 27
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– Line 9 of the São Paulo Metro extends to Varginha from Mendes-Vila Natal. [23] - – Cuneo-Savigliano Line of the Arenaways reopens between Cuneo and Savigliano. [24]
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February
- February 1– Trieste–Opicina Tramway reopens between Piazza Oberdan and Villa Opicina. [25]
- February 3– Hanko–Hyvinkää railway of the Finnish Railways is electrified between Hyvinkää and Karis. [26]
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February 5 – Brussels-Venice Route of the European Sleeper opens between Brussels and Venice. [27] -
February 8 – Trenitalia introduces new passenger services between Venice and Nova Gorica. [28] -
February 9 – Leixões Line of the Comboios de Portugal reopens between Contumil and Leixões. [29] -
February 11 – Georgian Railway resumes passenger services between Tbilisi and Ozurgeti. [30] - February 12– Line 1 of the Lijiang Rail Transit (Lijiang Snow Mountain Sightseeing Train) opens between Youkezhongxin and Yulongxueshan. [31]
- February 15 – The New Delhi railway station crowd crush, in which at least 18 people lost their lives.
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February 20– Haniska pri Košiciach – Moldava nad Bodvou Line is electrified between Haniska pri Kosiciach and Moldava nad Bodvou. [32] - February 22– Line 1 of the Taiyuan Metro opens between Helongwan and Wusu 1 Hao / 2 Hao Hangzhanlou. [33]
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February 27– Jerusalem Light Rail extends to Neve Yaakov from Heil Ha-Avir; also extends to Hadassah Ein Kerem from Mount Herzl. [34] [35]
March
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March 1– Kazakhstan Temir Joly introduces new passenger service between Almaty and Balkhash. [36] -
March 2– Line T1 of the Luxembourg Tramway Network extends to Luxembourg Airport-Findel from Luxexpo. [37] -
March 3– Passenger services resume on part of the Moselle Valley Railway after over 40 years. [38] -
March 9– Passenger services resume between Tehran and Van. [39] - March 15
- – Zhengzhou-Kaifeng intercity railway extends to Kaifeng railway station from Songchenglu. [40]
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– Extension of KTM ETS services to Segamat from Gemas. [41] [42] [43]
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- March 23– The section of Transilien Line P between Esbly and Crécy-la-Chapelle becomes line T14 of the Ile-de-France Tramway Network. [44]
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March 24– As part of the South Coast Rail project, the Fall River/New Bedford Line of the MBTA opens from Boston to New Bedford and Fall River. [45] -
March 28– Tashkent-Xoʻjakent Railway is extended from Xoʻjakent to Chinorkent. [46] - March 31– The Culoz–Modane railway and the Turin–Modane railway reopen between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Oulx following a 2023 landslide. [47] [48]
April
- April 1
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– Line S61 of Esko Prague opens between Praha-Vršovice and Úvaly. [49] - – Line 1 of the Naples Metro extends to Centro Direzionale from Garibaldi. [50]
- – Keisei acquires the Shin-Keisei Railway and its lone route is renamed to the Matsudo Line. [51]
- – Nankai acquires the Semboku Rapid Railway and its lone route is renamed to the Semboku Line. [52]
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- April 4
- – La Dolce Vita Orient Express launches, starting between Rome and Montalcino.[ citation needed ]
- – AŽD resumes passenger services between Kopidlno and Dolní Bousov as Automatic train operation. [53]
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- April 6
- – New Pamban Bridge opens. [54] [55]
- – Comboios de Portugal resumes passenger services between Mangualde and Vilar Formoso. [56]
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– Maho-Omanthai railway is upgraded. [57]
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- April 17– Airport MRT of the Ürümqi Metro opens between International Airport and International Airport North. [58]
- April 19– Katra to Banihal Section of the Jammu–Baramulla Line opens between Katra and Banihal. [59]
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April 21– Line 3 of the Madrid Metro extends to El Casar from Villaverde Alto. [60] -
April 22– EFE resumes passenger services between Puerto Montt and Llanquihue after 18 years. [61] - April 23– Barcelona-Seville AVE high speed service starts operations.[ citation needed ]
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April 26– Hejaz Railway launches first tourist train in Mafraq.[ citation needed ] - April 27– Yellow line of the Ahmedabad Metro is extended from Sector-1 to Sachivalaya. [62]
- April 28– Liege Tramway Network opens between Sclessin, Coronmeuse , and Liège Expo . [63]
May
- May 1
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– Rīgas Satiksme introduces new tram route 14 between Iļģuciems and Kengarags; tram route 2 is extended to Milgravis and now will run as route 8; route 10 will start from Central tirgus. [64] -
– Routes 8, 9 and 10 of Saratov tram reopen as light rail. [65]
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- May 2– Vande Bharat launches passenger services between Nagpur and Mumbai.[ citation needed ]
- May 3– Line 2 of the Mashhad Urban Railway extended from Shahid Kaveh to Shahid Fakouri. [66]
- May 8– Line 3 of the Mashhad Urban Railway opens between Imam Reza Terminal and Shohada. [67]
- May 9
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– Railways of Novorossiya introduces new passenger trains to Donetsk. [68] -
– Snälltåget extends night trains to Chemnitz. [69]
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- May 10
- – Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro extends to Acharya Atrey Chowk from Bandra - Kurla Complex. [70]
- – 2 Line of Link light rail extends to Downtown Redmond from Redmond Technology. [71]
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May 13– New BEMUs manufactured by Končar enter service between Zagreb and Bjelovar. [72] [73] - May 16– Line 4 of the Ningbo Metro extends to International Conference Center from Dongqian Lake. [74]
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May 20– Pink Line of the Bangkok MRT branches off from Muang Thong Thani to Lake Muang Thong Thani. [75] - May 23 – Line 1 of the Nantes tramway extends from Ranzay to Babinière railway station . [76]
- May 25
- May 29
- – A tourist train launched between Xi'an and Almaty. [79]
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– Central Line of the Metrorail Western Cape reopens. [80]
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- May 30– Orange Line of the Kanpur Metro extends to Kanpur Central from Moti Jheel. [81]
- May 31
- – Yellow Line of the Indore Metro opens between Gandhi Nagar and Super Corridor 3. [82]
- – Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit extends to Windsor from Sonoma County Airport. [83]
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June
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June 3 – Passenger services resume between Beijing and Ulaanbaatar on the Trans-Mongolian Railway. [84] - June 6
- – Jammu–Baramulla line is inaugurated. [85]
- – Los Angeles Metro Rail: The C Line extends to the LAX/Metro Transit Center from Aviation/Century and the K Line extends to Aviation/Century from Westchester/Veterans. [86]
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- June 7– B Line of Valley Metro Rail opens from the Downtown Phoenix Hub to Baseline/Central Avenue. [87] [88] [89]
- June 8– Petrozavodsk City Rail opens between Kondopoga and Derevyanka as well as Ladva-Vetka. [90]
- June 9
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– Thornlie–Cockburn line reopens and extends to Cockburn Central from Thornlie as part of the Thornlie–Cockburn link. [91] - – Passenger service resumes between Zaragoza and Canfranc. [92]
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- June 15
- – Baku-Agstafa route of Azerbaijan Railways extends to Qazax. [93]
- – Trenitalia France service between Paris and Marseille begins. [94]
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– Passenger services resume between Jelenia Góra and Karpacz. [95]
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- June 16
- – First passenger train launched between Kirov and Kirovo-Chepetsk. [96] |
- – Eifel Railway reopens. [97]
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– Sialkot Express service relauched between Lahore and Sialkot. [98]
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June 17– Passenger service resumes between Moscow, Khabarovsk and Pyongyang. [99] - June 18– Tianshui Tram extends to Jingkun Xijun Sanzhong from Wulipu and from Yangpodong to Tianshui Jichang. [100]
- June 20
- – Line 2 of Guangzhou Huangpu Tram opened between Xiangxue Subway Station and Kaiyuan Rd East. [101]
- – New passenger train launched between Zagreb and Ljubljana via Pula.[ citation needed ]
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- June 22 – Montréjeau-Luchon railway reopens. [102]
- June 24 – The first electric train launched between Faro and Vila Real de Santo Antónion. [103]
- June 25 – A tourist tram launched in Wonsan. [104]
- June 27
- – Chongqing–Xiamen high-speed railway opens between Chongqing East and Qianjiang. [105] [106]
- – The second branch of Line 6 of the Chongqing Rail Transit opened from Liujiaping to Chongqingdong Railway Station. [107] [108]
- – PKP Intercity introduces new passenger service between Warsaw and Rijeka. [109]
- – Moscow Monorail suspends service. [110]
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- June 28
- – Line 1 of the Incheon Subway extends to Geomdan Lake Park from Gyeyang. [111] [112] [113]
- – Nanchang Metro: Line 1 extended north to Changbei Airport from Shuanggang and east from Yaohu Lake West to Maqiu; Line 2 extends to Nanchang East Railway Station from Xinjia'an. [114] [115]
- – Line 19 of the Warsaw tram extends to Stegny. [116] [117]
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- June 29
- – Guangzhou Metro: Line 10 opens between Xilang and Yangji East; Line 12 opens in two separate sections: one between Xunfenggang and Guangzhou Gymnasium and another one between Ersha Island and Higher Education Mega Center South. [118]
- – Transdev Rail Sud Inter-Métropoles takes over TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur service between Marseille and Nice, previously operated by SNCF Voyageurs. [119]
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- June 30
- – Line 8 of the Ningbo Metro opens between Hansong Road and Kaiyuan Road. [120]
- – Line 1 of the Shaoxing Metro extends to Exhibition And Convention Center from Daqingsi. [121]
- – Line 1 of the Shenyang Metro extends to Shuangma from Limingguangchang. [122]
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July
- July 3– Line M1 of the Palma Metro extends from UIB to Parc Bit. [123]
- July 4– FS Treni Turistici Italiani launches night trains between Rome and Marseille. [124]
- July 5– Trenitalia launches a direct train between Verona and Chioggia. [125]
- July 8– The northern section of Line 4 of the Tianjin Metro opens between Xiaojie and Xizhan. [126]
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July 11– The first battery train in Denmark enters service between Vemb, Lemvig and Thyborøn. [127] - July 14
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– Tauern Tunnel reopens. [128] - – Varberg Tunnel enters operation. [129]
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– Vy resumes passenger service between Malmö and Oslo. [130]
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- July 21– New Biobío Railway Bridge opens in Concepción, Chile. [131]
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July 26– Wigan-Bolton railway is electrified. [132] - July 27– Route 3 of the Bratislava Tramway Network extends to Južné Mesto from Jungmannova. [133]
- July 30– Zeithain–Leckwitz section of the Leipzig-Dresden line upgraded from 120 to 160 km/h after level crossing removals.
August
- August 1‒3– The Greatest Gathering, locomotive exhibition at Derby Litchurch Lane Works—celebrating 200 years since the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. [134]
- August 1– First phase of railway link to Prague International Airport opens between Praha–Bubny and Výstaviště. [135]
- August 3– Ekimae Ohashi Line of the Hiroshima Electric Railway opens between Hiroshima Station and Hijiyama-shita. [136]
- August 4– The Wieserbahn is electrified between Wettmannstätten and Wies, allowing service to Graz via the Koralm Railway. [137]
- August 5
- – The Dearne Valley line is electrified between Church Fenton and York, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade. [138]
- – Double-tracking of the Rome–Pescara railway between Lunghezza and Bagni di Tivoli completed. [139]
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- August 6– Line 5 of the Nanjing Metro extends to Fangjiaying from Wenjinglu. [140]
- August 11– Yellow Line of the Namma Metro opens from RV Road to Bommasandra. [141]
- August 18 – Amtrak Mardi Gras Service opens between New Orleans and Mobile. [142]
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August 19 – Five City Gates Train is launched between Hanoi and Bắc Ninh. [143] -
August 20 – Passenger services resume on Alausí-Sibambe section of Guayaquil-Quito railway. [144] - August 22– Green Line of the Kolkata Metro extends to Esplanade from Sealdah; Yellow Line opens between Noapara and Jai Hind; Orange Line extends from Hemanta Mukhopadhyay to Beleghata. [145]
- August 28 – First five Avelia Liberty trains enter service along the Northeast Corridor. [146]
- August 29– Line 7 of the Ningbo Metro opens from Yunlong to Yufan. [147]
- August 30
- August 31– Praha – České Budějovice speed increase from 160 to 200 km/h on some sections. 7-11 min faster. [150]
September
- September 1
- – Line 12 of Trams in Vienna opens from Josefstädter Straße to Hillerstraße. [151]
- – HŽ Putnički prijevoz introduce Zabok–Rogatec train. [152]
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- September 3– First driverless tram in Russia enters service on the Moscow Tram Network route 10. [153]
- September 5
- – Uzhhorod-Chop standard gauge railway opens. [154]
- – Sportivnaya station opens as infill station on the Leninskaya Line of the Novosibirsk Metro. [155]
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- September 6– Line 2 of the Karaj Metro extends from Ayatollah Taleghani to Shahid Soltani. [156]
- September 10– New line 90 for trams in Moscow opens between Komsomolskaya Ploschad and Bulvarnoye Koltso. [157]
- September 11– New Drammen Station as well as the double track between Drammen and Kobbervikdalen opens. [158]
- September 13
- Bairabi–Sairang railway opens. [159]
- Line 16 of the Moscow Metro extends to ZIL from Novatorskaya. [160]
- – The first hydrogen train in the United States begins operations on Arrow between San Bernardino and Redlands, California. [161]
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- September 15
- – Pistoia–Montecatini Terme section of Florence–Pistoia–Viareggio railway is doubled. [162]
- – Passenger services resume on the Zafra-Huelva railway. [163]
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- September 17
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– Yellow Line of the Cochabamba Metropolitan Train opens between Estación Central de San Antonio and Maica. [164] - – Chengdu Metro: Line 10 extends to Wuhouci from Taipingyuan; Line 17 extends to Gaohong from Jitouqiao. [165]
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– A commuter rail line opens in Mombasa, connecting Mombasa Terminus and Mombasa Railway Station on the tracks of the former Uganda Railway. [166]
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- September 18– RegioJet starts passenger services in Poland on Warsaw-Kraków route. [167]
- September 19– A Line of Los Angeles Metro Rail extends to Pomona North from APU/Citrus College. [168]
- September 22– New SC42-DM locomotives entered service on Metro-North Hudson Line. [169]
- September 23 – The new Oural Tunnel opens on the León–A Coruña railway. [170]
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September 24– Amsterdam-Berlin ICE high speed service commences. [171] - September 26
- – Line 4 of the Nanning Metro extends from Lengtangcun to Longgang. [172]
- – Line 1 of the Tianshui Tram extends from Tianshui Jichang to Fenlukou. [173]
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- September 27
- – Mokpo–Boseong Line of the Korail Network opens between Sinboseong to Imseong-ri. [174]
- – British Rail Class 756 start running on Coryton Line, Penarth line, Rhondda line, Aberdare line and Merthyr line. [175]
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- September 28
- – First interregional train is launched between Agstafa and Mingachevir. [176]
- – Line 2 of the Changchun Rail Transit extends from Dongfang Square to Wukaihe Dajie. [177]
- – Shenzhen Metro: Line 6 Branch extends to Guangmingcheng from Guangming; Line 16 extends to Yuanshan Xikeng from Universiade. [178] [179]
- – Line 7 of the Tianjin Metro opens between Saidalu and Gulou. [180]
- – Line 6 of the Xuzhou Metro opens between Xuzhou Tongshan District Hospital of TCM and Xuzhoudong Railway Station. [181]
- – Shenyang–Baihe high-speed railway opens. [182]
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– Passenger services resume on Paipa - Sogamoso section of the Bogotá - Belencito railway. [183]
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- September 29
- – Binhai Express Line of the Fuzhou Metro opens between Fuzhou Railway Station and Wenling. [184]
- – Guangzhou Metro: Guangzhou East Railway Station opens as an infill station on Line 11; Line 13 extends from Yuzhu to Tianhe Park; Line 14 extends to Lejia Road from Jiahewanggang. [185]
- – Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region intercity railway: Guangzhou–Huizhou intercity railway extends from Xiaojinkou to Huizhou North; Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway opens new section between Panyu and Baiyun Airport North; Pazhou–Lianhuashan intercity railway opens between Pazhou and Guangzhou Lianhuashan. [185]
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- September 30 – B23 rolling stock enters service on the Docklands Light Railway. [186]
October
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October 1– Passenger service begins on the Tema-Mpakadan Railway Line. [187] -
October 3– Belgrade-Subotica high-speed train is launched as part of the Budapest–Belgrade railway. [188] - October 4– Last locomotives are retired from domestic passenger services by the Nederlandse Spoorwegen. [189]
- October 6
- – Railjet starts operations between Lienz and Vienna. [190]
- – New line 27 of Trams in Vienna opens between Aspern Nord and Strebersdorf Edmund-Hawranek-Platz. [191]
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- October 7– Patna Metro opens between New ISBT and Bhootnath. [192]
- October 9
- – Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro extends to Cuffe Parade from Acharya Atrey Chowk, completing the line. [193]
- – New Stadler FLIRT3 XL (class 3428) trains start operations in DB Regio services between Trier, Koblenz and Perl. [194]
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October 10– Passenger services resume between Bucharest and Kyiv. [195] - October 11 – Marchegger Eastern Railway reopens and is electrified between Vienna and Bratislava. [196]
- October 13
- – The Armadale line of the Transperth Network reopens and extends to Byford from Armadale. [197]
- – New South Wales D set starts operations on the Blue Mountains Line. [198] [199]
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- October 16
- – New MF 19 rolling stock enters operation on Line 10 of the Paris Metro. [200]
- – Line 7 of the Milan tramway network is extended from Anassagora to Adriano-Vipiteno. [201]
- – Honolulu Skyline extends from Hālawa to Kahauiki. [202]
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- October 18– Line 1 of the Montpellier Tramway Network extends to Gare Sud de France from Odysseum . [203]
- October 20
- – New ComfortJet trains enter Austria being introduced on Prague-Vienna-Graz route. [204]
- – New suburban train is launched between Arkalyk and Derzhavinsk. [205]
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- October 24– KC Streetcar extends to UMKC from Union Station. [206]
- October 25
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– Southerner restarts passenger services between Christchurch and Dunedin. [207] - – Silver Line opens between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Plano. [208]
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- October 26
- – Greater Copenhagen Light Rail opens southern phase between Rødovre Nord and Ishøj station. [209]
- – Passenger services resume between Moscow and Almaty. [210]
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November
- November 1– Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro extends to Panxiang Road · Shanghai National Accounting Institute from National Exhibition and Convention Center. [211]
