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Events

January

• * - Line 3 of the Cairo Metro extends from Kit-Kat to Rod El-Farag Corridor.
• * - Campeche–Palenque section of Tren Maya opens to traffic.
• * - Circular light rail of the Kaohsiung Metro extends from to and completes the loop line.
• * - Taiwan Railway Corporation takes over operations of Taiwan Railway from the Taiwan Railways Administration.
• * - BNSF Railway takes over operations of Montana Rail Link.January 7 - Bangkok MRT Pink Line opens between Nonthaburi Civic Center and Min Buri.January 8 - Line 18 and Line 50 of the Krakow tramway network extend from Papierni Prądnickich to Górka Narodowa.January 13 - Tri-Rail introduces shuttle service between Metrorail Transfer station and MiamiCentral.January 15 - Jiangnao Railway starts operations between Jiangjunmiao and Baishihu South Station.January 20
• * - Metro Line of Edmonton Light Rail Transit extends from the temporary NAIT station to NAIT/Blatchford Market.
• * - 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.January 24 - Hubei Xincheng Express Line, a suburban train using the existing Wuhan-Huangzhou Intercity Railway, was put into operation. January 25 - Line 3 and Line 5 of the Daugavpils tramway network extend from Butlerova iela to Stropu ezers. January 27
• * - of Tram İzmir opens between Çevre Yolu and Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi.
• * - Phoenix Valley Metro Rail extends from 19th Avenue/Dunlap to Metro Parkway via Northwest Extension Phase II.January 29 - Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kağıthane to Gayrettepe.January 31 - Line S1 of the Wuxi Metro opens between Jiangyin Bund and Nanfangquan via through service on Line 1.

February

• * - Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Light Rail extends from Rodoviária to Terminal Intermodal Gentileza.
• * - Line M1 of the İzmir Metro extends from Fahrettin Altay to Şehitlik.February 26 - Line T6 of Istanbul Tram opens between Sirkeci and Kazlıçeşme.February 29 - Tren Maya extends from Cancún Airport to Playa del Carmen.

March

• * - Yellow Line of the Agra Metro opens between Mankameshwar Mandir and Taj East Gate.
• * - Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System extends from Duhai Depot to Modinagar North.
• * - Line 1 of the Kochi Metro extends from SN Junction to Thrippunithura Terminal.
• * - 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.
• * - Aqua Line of the Pune Metro extends from Ruby Hall Clinic to Ramwadi.March 10 - Line M3 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kirazlı to Bakırköy Sahil.March 11 - Circle Line of the Tashkent Metro extends from Quruvchilar to Qipchoq.
• March 16
• * – Line 4 of the Tehran Metro extends from Allameh Jafari to Ayatollah Kashani.
• * - 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.
• * - E8 Series Shinkansen trains enter service.
• * – Line M5 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Çekmeköy to Samandıra Merkez.March 17 – Akçaray extends from Kanalyolu to Şehir Hastanesi.March 18 – Line M9 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Bahariye to Ataköy. March 19 – Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kargo Terminali to Arnavutköy. March 23 – Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway extends from Senri-Chūō to Minō-Kayano.March 23 – European Sleeper extends to Prague from Berlin.March 27 – PNR Metro Commuter Line ends service.
• March 28
• * – Line 6 of Changchun Rail Transit opens between Shuangfeng and Changchun Movie Wonderland.
• * – Line M1 of Bursaray extends from Emek to Geçit-Balat.March 29 – New line of the Dnipro City Express opens between Dnipro and Synelnykove.March 30 – Line A of the Great Train eXpress opens between Suseo and Dongtan.March 31 – Line 5 of the Nanjing Metro opens between Jiyindadao and Wenjinglu.

April

May

June

• * - Line 1 of the Changsha Metro extends from Kaifu District Government to Jinpenqiu.
• * - Line 5 of Ningbo Rail Transit extends from Xingzhuang Road to Luotuo Bridge.
• * - Line D of the Porto Metro extends from Santo Ovídio to Vila d'Este.June 29 - Line 6 of Suzhou Metro opens between Suzhou Xinqu Railway Station and Sangtiandao.June 30 - Red Line of the Kaohsiung Metro extends from Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital to Gangshan.

July

• * - Line 1 of the Tianjin Metro is extended from Donggulu to Shuangqiaohe.
• * - Tri-Rail introduces express service between West Palm Beach and MiamiCentral.July 7 - Line T1 of the Luxembourg tramway extends from Lycée Bouneweg to Stadion.July 14 - Yanchep line of Transperth extends from Butler to Yanchep.July 17 - Line 6 of the Naples Metro reopens between Mostra and Mergellina and extends from Mergellina to Municipio.
• July 21
• * - Amsterdam tramway network line 25 extends to Uithoorn Centrum from Amstelveen Westwijk.
• * - Service between Bangkok and Vientiane starts operation.July 22 - Catania Metro extends from Nesima to Monte Po.

August

• * - opens between Yuhuazhai and Hengye Dadao.
• * - Line 13 of the Helsinki tramway network opens between Pasila and Nihti.
• * - SunRail extends from DeBary to DeLand.August 18 - Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System extends from Modinagar North to Meerut South.August 19 - Metro North West & Bankstown Line of the Sydney Metro extends from Chatswood to Sydenham.August 20 - Passenger service between Annaba and Tunis restarts after 30 years of suspension.August 22 - Amtrak truncates Northeast Regional service from Newport News to Newport News Transportation Center.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.August 24 - Line D of the Grenoble tramway network extends from Les-Taillées-Universités to Gares.August 25 - Port Dock line of the Adelaide Metro opens between Adelaide and Port Dock.August 28 - Red Line of MAX Light Rail extends from Beaverton Transit Center to Hillsboro Airport/Fairgrounds.August 29 - Western Railway launches passenger service between Mumbai and Goa.August 30
• * – 1 Line of Link light rail extends from Northgate to Lynnwood City Center via the Lynnwood Link extension.
• * Mimar Sinan station of the M9 Line is opened.August 31 - El Insurgente commuter rail extends from Lerma to Santa Fe.

September

• September 14
• * - Meizhouxi to Longchuanxi section of the Longyan-Longchuan high speed railway opens.
• * - Great Western Railway restores service between Oxford and Bristol.September 15 – Frecciarossa launches service between Naples and Gorizia.September 16 - Red Line of the Ahmedabad Metro extends from Motera Stadium to Sector-1 and via branch to GIFT City.September 19 - North Central Railway launches passenger service between Prayagraj and Katra.September 20 - Tren Maya extends from Playa del Carmen to Felipe Carrillo Puerto.September 21 - Caltrain begins full electric service between San Francisco and San Jose.
• September 23
• * - Line 10 of the Brussels tramway network opens between Military Hospital and Churchill.
• * - Line 2 of the Moscow tramway network opens between 3rd Vladimirskaya Street and Kursky.September 24
• * - Tequila Express resumes operations between Guadalajara and Tequila.
• * - 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.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.
• September 28
• * - Tianjin Metro: Line 5 extends from Liqizhuangnan to Jinghuadongdao and Jinjing line opens between Jinghuadongdao and Tuanboyixueyuan.
• * - L Taraval of the Muni Metro resumes service between Wawona and 46th Avenue and Embarcadero.
• September 29
• * - Line S3 of the Chengdu Metro opens between Futian and Ziyang Bei.
• * - Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway opens between Chongqing West and Yibin East.
• * - Purple Line of the Pune Metro extends from Civil Court to Swargate.
• * - Copper Line of the San Diego Trolley opens between Santee and El Cajon Transit Center.

October

• October 1
• * - Line 7 of the Wuhan Metro extends from Hengdian to Huangpi Square.
• * - Huinong South to Yinchuan section of the Baoyin high-speed railway opens.October 6 - Tren Maya extends from Nicolás Bravo-Konhunlich to Chetumal.
• October 7
• * - Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro opens between Aarey Colony and Income Tax Office.
• * - Egyptian National Railways reintroduces service between Al Ismailia and Bir-al-Abd.October 11 - Xuancheng–Jixi high-speed railway starts operations between Xuancheng and Jixi County.October 12 - Line 4 of the Milan Metro extends from San Babila to San Cristoforo. October 13 - Translink opens Belfast Grand Central for railway services.October 15 - Lagos RMT Red Line starts operations between Oyingbo and Agbado.October 18 - Line U5 of the Stuttgart Stadtbahn extends from Leinfelden Bahnhof to Leinfelden Neuer Markt.October 21 - Tianjin–Weifang–Yantai high-speed railway starts operations between Weifang North and Yantai South.October 29
• * - Adaray opens between Adapazarı and Arifiye .
• * - Warsaw tramway network: Line 14 opens between Frodo Ave and Miasteczko Wilanów, Line 16 opens between Spacerowa and Miasteczko Wilanów.

November

• * 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.
• * - Macau LRT Seac Pai Van Line starts operations between Union Hospital and Seac Pai Van.
• * - Belarusian Railway starts operations between Minsk and Mazyr.November 2 - Korail: The Seohae Line extends from Hongseong to Seohwaseong, and the Peotaik Line extends from Sukseong to Anjung.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.November 7
• * - Bashteel railway station opens in Cairo, Egypt.
• * - Bangalore Metro Green Line extends to Madavara from Nagasandra.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.
• * - Amtrak temporarily combines the Capitol Limited and Silver Star trains into the Floridian train between Chicago and Miami.November 12 - line 1 of the Teresina Metro branches off from Boa Esperança to Colorado.November 16
• * - LRT Line 1 extends from Baclaran to Dr. Santos as part of the first phase of the Cavite Extension.
• * - Sanya to Ledong Tourist Railway opened from Sanya to Yazhou.November 18 - Line T1 of Seville's MetroCentro extends from Eduardo Dato to Luis de Morales.November 22 - Line 3 of Jinan Metro extends from Tantou to Jichangnan.November 26 - Line 3 of Harbin Metro extends from Sports Park to Beima Road, completing the loop.November 30
• * - Line 17 of Shanghai Metro is extended from Oriental Land to Xicen.
• * - Line 6 of Zhengzhou Metro is extended from Changzhuang to Qinghua Fuzhong.
• * - Thessaloniki Metro starts operations between New Railway Station and Nea Elvetia.
• * - Jungbunaeryuk Line extends to Mungyeong from Chungju.

December

• December 1
• * - Line 7 of the Suzhou Metro starts operations between Muli and Changlou.
• * - Tallinn Tramway Network Line 2 extends to A-Terminal via the Old City Harbour route.
• * - Riyadh Metro starts operations, with Line 1, Line 4 and Line 6 open for service.December 2 - Macau LRT Hengqin line opens between Lotus and Hengqin.December 3 - Line 3 of Xuzhou Metro extends from Gaoxinqu'nan to Yinshan in the south and from Xiadian to Zhenxingdadao in the north.December 8
• * - Transperth Ellenbrook line opens between Bayswater and Ellenbrook.
• * - Jingmen–Jingzhou high speed railway starts operations.
• * - Ahmedabad Metro Blue Line extends to Thaltej Gam from Thaltej.December 10 – North East MRT line is extended to Punggol Coast.
• December 14
• * - Deutsche Bahn reopens Frankfurt-Mannheim main line after five months closure.
• * – Daegu Metro Daegyeong Line commences service between Gumi and Gyeongsan.
• * - The Northumberland Line reopens between Newcastle and Ashington.
• 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.
• * - RegioJet takes over Line S49 between Prague and Roztoky.
• * - Line S4 of the Nuremberg S-Bahn is extended from Dombühl to Crailsheim.
• * - The Nördlingen–Pleinfeld railway reopens between Gunzenhausen and Wassertrüdingen after service to Nördlingen was suspended in 1985.
• * – Tren Maya extends from Escárcega to Chetumal.
• * – Riyadh Metro: Line 2 opens between King Saud University and King Fahad Stadium, Line 5 opens between Ministry of Education and National Museum.
• * – Bratislava-Kyiv route starts operations.
• * - Barcelona-Malaga Iryo high speed service starts operations.
• * - Saltsjöbanan resumes operations on Line 25 and Line 26.December 16 - Paris-Berlin ICE high speed service commences.December 18
• * - The new Mons railway station enters service.
• * - Line 2 of the Qingdao Metro extends from Taishan Road to Sichuan Road (Qingdao Ferry Terminal).
• * - Vinkovci – Vukovar line is electrified between Vinkovci and Vukovar.December 19
• * - Ouigo Train Classique conventional service between Brussels-South and Paris Nord enters operation.
• * - Chengdu Metro: Line 27 opens between Shifo and Shuxin Road; Line 8 extends north to Guilong Road and south to Longgang.
• * - Aurora train resumes passenger operations between Moscow and Saint Petersburg.December 20
• * - Parramatta Light Rail starts operations between Westmead and Carlingford, reusing the Carlingford Railway Line.
• * - Reşita tram reopens.
• * – Line 1 of the Daegu Metro is extended from Ansim to Hayang.December 22 - Line 1 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro starts operations between Bến Thành and Suối Tiên Terminal.December 26
• * - Line 8 of the Hefei Metro starts operations from Beicheng Gaotiezhan to Yilijing.
• * - Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou high-speed railway starts operations.
• * - Line 8 of the Xi'an Metro starts operations between Shanmenkou and Shengtiyuguan as a loop line.
• December 27
• * - Airport Link Line of Shanghai Suburban Railway starts operations between Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 to Pudong Airport Terminal 1 & 2.
• * - Line 11 of the Wuhan Metro is extended from

• * - Line 4 of the Saint Petersburg Metro extended from Spasskaya to Gorny Institut.December 28
• * - Line 11 of the Guangzhou Metro starts operations between Longtan and Chisha as a loop line.
• * - Line S1 of the Guiyang Metro starts operations between Zaojiaoba and Wangchengpo.
• * - Line 7 of the Nanjing Metro opens its central section between Mufuxilu and Yingtiandajie.
• * - 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.
• * - Line 11 of the Tianjin Metro extended from Dongjiangdao to Shuishanggongyuanxilu.
• * - Huaixing intercity railway opens from to Daxing Airport.
• * - Guangqing intercity railway extended from Qingcheng to.
• * - Troitskaya line of the Moscow Metro extended from Tyutchevskaya to Novomoskovskaya.
• * – Line A of the Great Train eXpress opens between Seoul Station and Unjeong Center.December 29 - Zhengzhou Metro: Line 7 opens between Dongzhao and Nangangliu. Line 8 opens between Tianjianhu and Lumiao.
• December 30
• * - Line 3 of the Minsk Metro extends from Kavaĺskaja Slabada to Slutski Hastsinets.
• * - Line 3 of the Shenyang Metro starts operations between Nan Liguan and Lida.
• * - Nanzhu high-speed railway starts operation between Nanning East and Yulin North.December 31 - Jidayuan high-speed railway opens between Ulanqab and Yuanping West.