2023 in rail transport

Events

January

• * - Beijing Subway introduces through service between Line 9 and the Fangshan Line.
• * - Chongqing Rail Transit: Line 9 extends from Xingke Ave to Huashigou and Line 10 extends from Liyuchi to Houbao.January 19 - Mumbai Metro: Line 2 extends from Dahanukarwadi to Andheri West and Line 7 extends from Aarey to Gundavali.January 22 - Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro opens between Kağıthane and Kargo Terminali.January 23 - Metro Express: Service extends from Port Louis Victoria to Place d'Armes and Rèduit branch opens.January 25 - MTA Long Island Rail Road opens shuttle service between Jamaica and Grand Central Madison via the East Side Access.

February

• February 27
• * - Line 5 of Chongqing Rail Transit extends from to.
• * - Line 2 of the Karaj Metro opens between Golshahr 45-metre and Ayatollah Taleghani.
• * - MTA Long Island Rail Road begins full service to Grand Central Madison via the East Side Access.

March

• * - Luton DART opens between Luton Airport and Luton Airport Parkway.
• * - R211A cars enter passenger service on the A line of the MTA New York City Subway.March 16
• * - MRT Putrajaya Line extends from Kampung Batu to Putrajaya Sentral.
• * - Line 2 of the Panama Metro extends via a branch from Corredor Sur to Aeropuerto.March 17 – Line 5 of the Dalian Metro opens between Hutan Xinqu and Houguan.March 18
• * - Baku-Gabala train route in Azerbaijan was launched.
• * - Tehran Metro: extends from Tarbiat Modares University to Imam Hossein and extends from Meydan-e San'at to Shahid Dadman.
• * - Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link: Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line opens between Shin-yokohama and Hiyoshi and Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line extends from Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai to Shin-yokohama.
• * – switches to a new underground alignment to serve an expanded Ōsaka Station.March 26 – Purple Line of the Namma Metro extends via a disconnected branch from Krishnarajapura to Whitefield (Kadugodi).
• March 27
• * - Nanakuma Line of the Fukuoka City Subway extends from Tenjin-Minami to Hakata.
• * - Málaga Metro: Line 1 extends from El Perchel to Atarazanas and Line 2 extends from El Perchel to Guadalmedina.March 31 – Line B of the Rotterdam Metro extends from Hoek van Holland Haven to Hoek van Holland Strand.

April

May

June

• * – TEDA Modern Guided Rail Tram ends service.
• * – Zhangjiang Tram ends service.June 6 – Line 4 of the Changchun Rail Transit extends from Tiangong Road to Tianxin Road.June 7 - Edinburgh Trams extends from St Andrew Square, Edinburgh to Newhaven.June 8 – Lastochka train starts operating passenger services to Abkhazia, linking Sochi and GagraJune 11 – Commercial service opens between Montreux and Interlaken Ost.June 16 - Los Angeles Metro Rail: A Line extends from 7th Street/Metro Center to APU/Citrus College via the Regional Connector, E Line extends from 7th Street/Metro Center to Atlantic via the Regional Connector, and L Line ends service.June 19 - MRT Yellow Line opens between Lat Phrao and Samrong.June 24
• * - Line 11 of the Suzhou Metro opens between Weiting and Huaqiao.
• * - Line 10 of the Île-de-France tram network opens between La Croix de Berny and Jardin Parisien.June 27 - Xi'an Metro: Line 2 extends from Xi'an Beizhan to Caotan and from Weiqunan to Changninggong and Line 16 opens between Qinchuangyuanzhongxin and Shijingli.June 28
• * - Xihuan Line, a southern extension of Line 3 of the Changsha Metro, opens between Shantang and Xiangtan North railway station.
• * - Line S4 of the Nanjing Metro opens between Chahe and Chuzhou Railway Station.June 29 - Line 2 of the Lanzhou Metro opens between Yanbai Bridge and Dongfanghong Square.June 30 - Honolulu Skyline opens on the island of Oʻahu between Kualakaʻi and Hālawa.

July

• * - Seohae Line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway extends from Sosa to Daegok.
• * - Line 1 of the Hefei Metro extends from Hefei Railway Station to Zhangwa.July 4 - Line 4 of the Milan Metro extends from Dateo to San Babila.July 8 - Angers tramway: Line B opens between Belle-Beille Campus and Monplaisir and Line C opens between Belle-Beille Campus and Angers Roseraie.July 20 - LRTA 13000 class cars enter passenger service on Line 1 of the Manila Light Rail Transit System.July 24 - Line 3 Scarborough of the Toronto Subway ends service.July 26 - Line 2 of the Shaoxing Metro opens from Jinghu Hospital to Tandu.July 31
• * - First phase of the Réseau express métropolitain opens in Greater Montreal between Brossard and Central Station.
• * - Airport MRT Line of the Taoyuan Metro extends from Huanbei to Laojie River.

August

• * - Line S2 of Wenzhou Rail Transit opens between Dongshan and Qingdong Road.
• * - Utsunomiya Light Rail opens between Utsunomiya Station East and Haga Takanezawa Industrial Park.August 27 – Fuzhou Metro: Line 4 opens between Fenghuangchi and Difengjiang and Line 5 extends from Ancient Luozhou Town and Fuzhou South Railway Station.August 28 - Jabodebek LRT: Cibubur Line opens between Harjamukti and Dukuh Atas BNI and Bekasi Line opens between Jati Mulya and Dukuh Atas BNI.August 30 - Line T5 of the Istanbul Tram extends from Cibali to Eminönü.

September

• * - Airport Express Line of the Delhi Metro extends from Dwarka Sector 21 to Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25.
• * - Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro extends from The Royal to Wolverhampton.September 18 - Line Z and Line K of the Tren Interoceánico resume freight service.September 21 - Line 1 of the Xi'an Metro extends from Fenghesenlingongyuan to Xianyangxizhan.September 22 - Brightline extends from West Palm Beach to Orlando International Airport.September 25 - Line 3 of the Santiago Metro extends from Los Libertadores to Plaza de Quilicura.September 26
• * - Guangzhou–Shanwei high-speed railway opens.
• * - Optics Valley Suspended Monorail opens between Jiufengshan and Longquanshan.September 28
• * - Fuzhou–Xiamen high-speed railway opens.
• * - Shanghai–Nanjing Riverside high-speed railway opens.
• * - Line 10 of the Zhengzhou Metro opens between Zhengzhou railway station and Zhengzhou West railway station.September 29
• * - Line 3 of the Harbin Metro extends from Taipingqiao to Chinese-baroque Block.
• * - Shenyang Metro: Line 2 extends from Quanyunlu to Taoxianjichang and Line 4 opens between Zhengxinlu and Chuangxinlu.

October

• * - Jokeri light rail opens between Itäkeskus and Keilaniemi.
• * - Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System opens initial section between Sahibabad and Duhai.October 26 - Line 13 of the Qingdao Metro extends from Jinggangshan Road to Jialingjiang West Road.October 28 - Line T4 of the Kayseray opens between Cumhuriyet Meydanı and İzzet Bayraktar Cami.
• October 29
• * - Boughezoul–Laghouat railway opens.
• * - L-Line of Milwaukee's The Hop opens for limited commercial operation between Wisconsin Ave and Lakefront.

November

• * - Chongqing Rail Transit: Line 5 connects Dashiba with Shiqiaopu and Line 10 extends from Houbao to Lanhualu.
• * - Line 1 of the Tehran Metro extends via the Imam Khomeini Airport Branch from Forudgahi-e Imam Khomeini to Shahr-e Parand.

December

• * - Line 5 of the Wuhan Metro extends from Hubei University of Chinese Medicine to Hongxia.
• * - Line 1 of the Quito Metro opens between El Labrador and Quitumbe.December 4 - Line V of Transilien opens between Massy-Palaiseau and Versailles Chantiers to replace newly discontinued RER C service.December 8 - Taipa Line of the Macau Light Rapid Transit extends from Ocean to Barra.December 9 - RER C ends service between Savigny-sur-Orge and Massy-Palaiseau.
• December 10
• * - Line T12 of the Île-de-France tramway network opens between to.
• * - Line 13 of the Hannover Stadtbahn opens between Wallensteinstraße and Hemmingen.
• * - Line 15 of the Geneva tramway network extends from Palettes to ZIPLO.December 15 - Tren Maya opens between Cancún and San Francisco de Campeche.December 16
• * - Line 3 of the Guiyang Metro opens between Luowan and Tongmuling.
• * - Line 1 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway extends from Soyosan to Yeoncheon.December 17 - Line 16 of the Mannheim/Ludwigshafen tramway network opens between Bensheimer and Sullivan.
• December 20
• * - Line 12 of the Zhengzhou Metro opens between Longzihu Dong and Lianghu.
• *' – Dnipro City Express opens between Dnipro and Kamianske.December 21 - of the Lima Metro opens between Evitamiento and Mercado Santa Anita.
• December 22
• * - Line Z of the Tren Interoceánico opens for commercial operation between Salina Cruz and Coatzacoalcos.
• * - Line 25 of the Silesian Interurbans extends from Dąb Huta Baildon to Katowice Dąbrowki.
• December 23 - Suzhou Metro introduces through service between Line 3 and Line 11.
• December 26
• * - of the Salvador Metro extends from Campinas to Águas Claras.
• * - Line 3 of the Harbin Metro extends from Chinese-baroque Block to Beima Road.
• * - Hefei Metro: Line 2 extends from Sanshibu to Cuozhen and Line 3 extends from Xingfuba to Sheng Ertong Yiyuan Xinqu.
• December 27
• * - Line 2 of Nantong Rail Transit opens between Xingfu and Xianfeng.
• * - Line 8 of the Shenzhen Metro extends from Yantian Road to Xiaomeisha.
• * - PNR South Main Line reopens between and.
• December 28
• * - Line 18 of Chongqing Rail Transit opens between Fuhualu and Tiaodengnan.
• * - Guangzhou Metro: Line 5 extends from Wenchong to Huangpu New Port and Line 7 extends from Higher Education Mega Center South to Yanshan.
• * - Line 7 of the Nanjing Metro extends via a disconnected branch from Yingtiandajie to Xishanqiao.
• * - Line 11 of the Tianjin Metro opens between Dongjiangdao and Dongliliujinglu.
• * - Zhengxu Line of the Zhengzhou Metro opens between Chang'anlubei and Xuchangdong Railway Station.
• December 30
• *' - Beijing Subway: Line 11 extends from Jin'anqiao to Moshikou, Line 16 extends from Yushuzhuang to Wanpingcheng, and Line 17 extends via a disconnected branch from Future Science City North to Workers' Stadium.
• *' - Line 19 of the Wuhan Metro opens between West Square of Wuhan Railway Station and Xinyuexi Park.
• *' - Line 4 of the Olsztyn tramway network opens between Dworzec Głowny and Pieczewo.December 31 - Tren Maya extends from San Francisco de Campeche to Palenque.