2025 in rail transport

Events

January

• 1 January
• * - Line 5 of the Hangzhou Metro extends to East Nanhu from Jinxing.
• * – Donghae Line of the Korail Network opens between Yeongdeok and Samcheok.2 January - Bitong line of the Chongqing Suburban Railway opens between Bishan and Tongliangxi.3 January - Baku-Balakən Route of the Azerbaijan Railways reopens between Baku and Balakən.
• 5 January
• * - Magenta Line of the Delhi Metro extends to Krisna Park from Janakpuri West.
• * - New Ashok Nagar To Meerut South Section of the Delhi–Meerut RRTS opens between New Ashok Nagar and Meerut South.
• * - Line 3 of the Riyadh Metro opens between Jeddah Road and Khashm Al An.
• 6 January
• * - O-Train: Line 2 reopens and extends to Limebank from Greenboro; Line 4 opens between Airport and South Keys.
• * - Nice Tramway Network: Line B opens between [Nice Côte d'Azur Airport|Nice Côte d'Azur Airport station (Ottawa)|Airport Terminal 2] and CADAM; Line 3 is rerouted between Saint Isidore and.
• * - Turqoise Line of the Lusail Tram opens between Rawdat Lusail and Crescent Park – North as a loop line.
• * - Otogar–Opera Line of the Eskişehir Estram opens between Otogar and Opera.7 January - Line 1 of the Tampere Light Rail extends to Lentävänniemi from Santalahti.10 January - Line 4 of the Ningbo Metro extends to Cicheng West from Cicheng.11 January - Gyooe Line of the Korail Network reopens between Daegok and Uijeongbu.19 January – Chūō Line of the Osaka Metro extends to Yumeshima from Cosmosquare.
• 20 January
• * – Kumanovo-Beljakovce Line of the Macedonia Railways reopens between Kumanovo and Beljakovce.
• * – Southern Section of the Jungang Line opens between Cheongnyangni and Gyeongju.
• 25 January
• * - Qingyuan Maglev Tourist Line opens between and.
• * - Line T2 of the Florence Tramway Network extends to San Marco-Universita from Fortezza.
• * - Line D of the Tunis TFR opens between Tunis and Gobâa.27 January
• * – Line 9 of the São Paulo Metro extends to Varginha from Mendes-Vila Natal.
• * - Cuneo-Savigliano Line of the Arenaways reopens between Cuneo and Savigliano.

February

March

• 15 March
• * - Zhengzhou-Kaifeng intercity railway extends to Kaifeng railway station from Songchenglu.
• * - Extension of KTM ETS services to Segamat from Gemas.23 March - The section of Transilien Line P between Esbly and Crécy-la-Chapelle becomes line T14 of the Ile-de-France Tramway Network.24 March - 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.28 March - Tashkent-Xoʻjakent Railway is extended from Xoʻjakent to Chinorkent.31 March - The Culoz–Modane railway and the Turin–Modane railway reopen between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Oulx following a 2023 landslide.

April

• * - Line S61 of Esko Prague opens between Praha-Vršovice and Úvaly.
• * - Line 1 of the Naples Metro extends to Centro Direzionale from Garibaldi.
• * - Keisei acquires the Shin-Keisei Railway and its lone route is renamed to the Matsudo Line.
• * - Nankai acquires the Semboku Rapid Railway and its lone route is renamed to the Semboku Line.4 April
• * - La Dolce Vita Orient Express launches, starting between Rome and Montalcino.
• * - AŽD resumes passenger services between Kopidlno and Dolní Bousov as Automatic train operation.6 April
• * - New Pamban Bridge opens.
• * - Comboios de Portugal resumes passenger services between Mangualde and Vilar Formoso.
• * - Maho-Omanthai railway is upgraded.17 April - Airport MRT of the Ürümqi Metro opens between International Airport and International Airport North.19 April - Katra to Banihal Section of the Jammu–Baramulla Line opens between Katra and Banihal.21 April - Line 3 of the Madrid Metro extends to El Casar from Villaverde Alto.22 April - EFE resumes passenger services between Puerto Montt and Llanquihue after 18 years.23 April - Barcelona-Seville AVE high speed service starts operations.26 April - Hedjaz Jordan Railway launches first tourist train in Mafraq.27 April - Yellow line of the Ahmedabad Metro is extended from Sector-1 to Sachivalaya.28 April - Liege Tramway Network opens between Sclessin,, and.

May

• * - 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.
• * - Routes 8, 9 and 10 of Saratov tram reopen as light rail.2 May - Vande Bharat launches passenger services between Nagpur and Mumbai.3 May - Line 2 of the Mashhad Urban Railway extended from Shahid Kaveh to Shahid Fakouri.8 May - Line 3 of the Mashhad Urban Railway opens between Imam Reza Terminal and Shohada.9 May
• * - Railways of Novorossiya introduces new passenger trains to Donetsk.
• * - Snälltåget extends night trains to Chemnitz.10 May
• * - Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro extends to Acharya Atrey Chowk from Bandra - Kurla Complex.
• * - 2 Line of Link light rail extends to Downtown Redmond from Redmond Technology.13 May - New BEMUs manufactured by Končar enter service between Zagreb and Bjelovar.16 May - Line 4 of the Ningbo Metro extends to International Conference Center from Dongqian Lake.20 May - Pink Line of the Bangkok MRT branches off from Muang Thong Thani to Lake Muang Thong Thani.23 May – Line 1 of the Nantes tramway extends from Ranzay to.25 May
• * - The Labour government renationalisation of Great Britain's railways begins as train operator South Western Railway is taken into public ownership.
• * - Passenger services resume between Nanning and Hanoi.29 May
• * - A tourist train launched between Xi'an and Almaty.
• * - Central Line of the Metrorail Western Cape reopens.30 May - Orange Line of the Kanpur Metro extends to Kanpur Central from Moti Jheel.31 May
• * - Yellow Line of the Indore Metro opens between Gandhi Nagar and Super Corridor 3.
• * - Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit extends to Windsor from Sonoma County Airport.

June

• 6 June
• * - Jammu–Baramulla line is inaugurated.
• * - 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.7 June - B Line of Valley Metro Rail opens from the Downtown Phoenix Hub to Baseline/Central Avenue.8 June - Petrozavodsk City Rail opens between Kondopoga and Derevyanka as well as Ladva-Vetka.
• 9 June
• * - Thornlie–Cockburn line reopens and extends to Cockburn Central from Thornlie as part of the Thornlie–Cockburn link.
• * - Passenger service resumes between Zaragoza and Canfranc.
• 15 June
• * - Baku-Agstafa route of Azerbaijan Railways extends to Qazax.
• * – Trenitalia France service between Paris and Marseille begins.
• * – Passenger services resume between Jelenia Góra and Karpacz.16 June
• * - First passenger train launched between Kirov and Kirovo-Chepetsk.|
• * - Eifel Railway reopens.
• * - Sialkot Express service relauched between Lahore and Sialkot.17 June - Passenger service resumes between Moscow, Khabarovsk and Pyongyang.18 June - Tianshui Tram extends to Jingkun Xijun Sanzhong from Wulipu and from Yangpodong to Tianshui Jichang.20 June
• * - Line 2 of Guangzhou Huangpu Tram opened between Xiangxue Subway Station and Kaiyuan Rd East.
• * - New passenger train launched between Zagreb and Ljubljana via Pula.22 June – reopens.24 June – The first electric train launched between Faro and Vila Real de Santo Antónion.25 June – A tourist tram launched in Wonsan.27 June
• * - opens between Chongqing East and Qianjiang.
• * - The second branch of Line 6 of the Chongqing Rail Transit opened from Liujiaping to Chongqingdong Railway Station.
• * - PKP Intercity introduces new passenger service between Warsaw and Rijeka.
• * - Moscow Monorail suspends service.28 June
• * - Line 1 of the Incheon Subway extends to Geomdan Lake Park from Gyeyang.
• * - 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.
• * - Line 19 of the Warsaw tram extends to Stegny.29 June
• * - 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.
• * - Transdev Rail Sud Inter-Métropoles takes over TER Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur service between Marseille and Nice, previously operated by SNCF Voyageurs.30 June
• * - Line 8 of the Ningbo Metro opens between Hansong Road and Kaiyuan Road.
• * - Line 1 of the Shaoxing Metro extends to Exhibition And Convention Center from Daqingsi.
• * - Line 1 of the Shenyang Metro extends to Shuangma from Limingguangchang.

July

• * - Tauern Tunnel reopens.
• * - enters operation.
• * - Vy resumes passenger service between Malmö and Oslo.21 July - opens in Concepción, Chile.26 July - Wigan-Bolton railway is electrified.27 July - Route 3 of the Bratislava Tramway Network extends to Južné Mesto from Jungmannova.30 July - Zeithain–Leckwitz section of the Leipzig-Dresden line upgraded from 120 to 160 km/h after level crossing removals.

August

• * - The Dearne Valley line is electrified between Church Fenton and York, as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade.
• * - Double-tracking of the Rome–Pescara railway between Lunghezza and Bagni di Tivoli completed.6 August - Line 5 of the Nanjing Metro extends to Fangjiaying from Wenjinglu.11 August - Yellow Line of the Namma Metro opens from RV Road to Bommasandra.18 August – Amtrak Mardi Gras Service opens between New Orleans and Mobile.19 August – Five City Gates Train is launched between Hanoi and Bắc Ninh.20 August – Passenger services resume on Alausí-Sibambe section of Guayaquil-Quito railway.22 August - 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.28 August – First five Avelia Liberty trains enter service along the Northeast Corridor.29 August - Line 7 of the Ningbo Metro opens from Yunlong to Yufan.30 August
• * - KTM ETS extends to Kluang from Segamat.
• * - First passenger train to Karabakh is relaunched between Baku and Aghdam.31 August - Praha – České Budějovice speed increase from 160 to 200 km/h on some sections. 7-11 min faster.

September

• * - Line 12 of Trams in Vienna opens from Josefstädter Straße to Hillerstraße.
• * - HŽ Putnički prijevoz introduce Zabok–Rogatec train.3 September - First driverless tram in Russia enters service on the Moscow Tram Network route 10.5 September - Uzhhorod-Chop standard gauge railway opens.6 September - Line 2 of the Karaj Metro extends from Ayatollah Taleghani to Shahid Soltani.10 September - New line 90 for trams in Moscow opens between Komsomolskaya Ploschad and Bulvarnoye Koltso.
• 11 September - New Drammen Station as well as the double track between Drammen and Kobbervikdalen opens.
• 13 September
• * Bairabi–Sairang railway opens.
• * Line 16 of the Moscow Metro extends to ZIL from Novatorskaya.
• * - The first hydrogen train in the United States begins operations on Arrow between San Bernardino and Redlands, California.15 September
• * - Pistoia–Montecatini Terme section of Florence–Pistoia–Viareggio railway is doubled.
• * - Passenger services resume on the Zafra-Huelva railway.17 September
• * - Yellow Line of the Cochabamba Metropolitan Train opens between Estación Central de San Antonio and Maica.
• * - Chengdu Metro: Line 10 extends to Wuhouci from Taipingyuan; Line 17 extends to Gaohong from Jitouqiao.
• * - A commuter rail line opens in Mombasa, connecting Mombasa Terminus and Mombasa Railway Station on the tracks of the former Uganda Railway.
• 18 September - RegioJet starts passenger services in Poland on Warsaw-Kraków route.
• 19 September
• * - The four-track expansion between Strullendorf and Eggolsheim on the Nuremberg–Bamberg railway enters service.
• * - A Line of Los Angeles Metro Rail extends to Pomona North from APU/Citrus College.22 September - New SC42-DM locomotives entered service on Metro-North Hudson Line.23 September – The new Oural Tunnel opens on the León–A Coruña railway.24 September - Amsterdam-Berlin ICE high speed service commences.26 September
• * - Line 4 of the Nanning Metro extends from Lengtangcun to Longgang.
• * - Line 1 of the Tianshui Tram extends from Tianshui Jichang to Fenlukou.
• 27 September
• * - Mokpo–Boseong Line of the Korail Network opens between Sinboseong to Imseong-ri.
• * - British Rail Class 756 start running on Coryton Line, Rhymney line, Rhondda line, Aberdare line and Merthyr line.28 September
• * - First interregional train is launched between Agstafa and Mingachevir.
• * - Line 2 of the Changchun Rail Transit extends from Dongfang Square to Wukaihe Dajie.
• * - Shenzhen Metro: Line 6 Branch extends to Guangmingcheng from Guangming; Line 16 extends to Yuanshan Xikeng from Universiade.
• * - Line 7 of the Tianjin Metro opens between Saidalu and Gulou.
• * - Line 6 of the Xuzhou Metro opens between Xuzhou Tongshan District Hospital of TCM and Xuzhoudong Railway Station.
• * - Shenyang–Baihe high-speed railway opens.
• * - Xiangyang–Jingmen high-speed railway opens.
• * - Passenger services resume on Paipa - Sogamoso section of the Bogotá - Belencito railway.
• 29 September
• * - of the Fuzhou Metro opens between Fuzhou Railway Station and Wenling.
• * - 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.
• * - 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; opens between Pazhou and Guangzhou Lianhuashan.30 September – B23 rolling stock enters service on the Docklands Light Railway.

October

• 6 October
• * - Railjet starts operations between Lienz and Vienna.
• * - New line 27 of Trams in Vienna opens between Aspern Nord and Strebersdorf Edmund-Hawranek-Platz.7 October - Patna Metro opens between New ISBT and Bhootnath.8 October - The Yıldıztepe metro station on the M3 line has opened for service.
• 9 October
• * - Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro extends to Cuffe Parade from Acharya Atrey Chowk, completing the line.
• * - New Stadler FLIRT3 XL (class 3428) trains start operations in DB Regio services between Trier, Koblenz and Perl.10 October - Passenger services resume between Bucharest and Kyiv.11 October – Marchegger Eastern Railway reopens and is electrified between Vienna and Bratislava.
• 13 October
• * - The Armadale line of the Transperth Network reopens and extends to Byford from Armadale.
• * - New South Wales D set starts operations on the Blue Mountains Line.
• 16 October
• * - New MF 19 rolling stock enters operation on Line 10 of the Paris Metro.
• * - Line 7 of the Milan tramway network is extended from Anassagora to Adriano-Vipiteno.
• * - Honolulu Skyline extends from Hālawa to Kahauiki.18 October - Line 1 of the Montpellier Tramway Network extends to Gare Sud de France from.20 October
• * - New ComfortJet trains enter Austria being introduced on Prague-Vienna-Graz route.
• * - New suburban train is launched between Arkalyk and Derzhavinsk.24 October - KC Streetcar extends to UMKC from Union Station.25 October - Silver Line opens between Dallas Fort Worth International Airport and Plano.26 October
• * - Greater Copenhagen Light Rail opens southern phase between Rødovre Nord and Ishøj station.
• * - Passenger services resume between Moscow and Almaty.

November

• * - VR Class Sm6 trainsets start domestic services on Helsinki-Turku route.
• * - Talgo 230 trainsets start operations on Copenhagen-Hamburg route.10 November - Line 7 of the Naples metropolitan railway service opens between Monte Sant'Angelo and Soccavo.12 November - New line T1 of the Trams in Moscow opens between Universitet and Metrogorodok.15 November - Line F of the Strasbourg Tramway Network extends to Wolfisheim from Comtes.17 November - Montreal REM: Deux-Montagnes branch opens between Deux-Montagnes and Gare Centrale.18 November - Pittsburgh International Airport People Mover is permanently decommissioned.21 November - Line K of the Tren Interoceánico opens between Ixtepec and Tonalá.28 November
• * - Line 1 of Dongguan Rail Transit opens between Dongguanxi Railway Station and Meitang.
• * - Panzhou–Xingyi high-speed railway opens.29 November - New lines 16 and 17 of Graz tramway network open.30 November - Metro Tunnel opens, connecting the Pakenham, Cranbourne, and Sunbury metropolitan rail lines in Melbourne.

December

• * - Burevestnik train returns on Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod route but now as double-decker.
• * - East Midlands Railway introduces British Rail Class 810 Aurora train on the Midland Main Line.
• * - Rhymney line of the South Wales Metro is electrified.5 December - Nanning–Pingxiang high-speed railway extends from Chongzuo to Pingxiang. 6 December
• * - Jinan SkyShuttle opens as a loop line as part of the Jinan Metro.
• * - Bordeaux Tramway Network: Line E opens between and Floirac Dravemont while Line F opens between Bordeaux Airport and Bordeaux-Saint-Jean.
• * - 1 Line of Link light rail extends to Federal Way Downtown from Angle Lake.7 December - Line 6 Finch West of the Toronto subway opens between Humber College and Finch West.8 December - Buffalo Metro Rail extends to DL&W from Canalside.10 December - Line 4 of the Fuzhou Metro extends to Banzhou from Fenghuangchi.12 December
• * - KTM ETS extends to Johor Bahru Sentral, concluding the Gemas–Johor Bahru electrification and double-tracking project.
• * - ÖBB and SNCF Voyageurs end their joint Nightjet service between Paris and Berlin/Vienna.14 December
• * - Koralm Railway opens between Graz and Klagenfurt.
• * - New ComfortJet trains introduced on Prague-Villach route.
• * - České dráhy launches a new night train between Prague and Przemyśl.
• * - Berlin Airport Express between Flughafen and Berlin Hauptbahnhof is rerouted via Berlin Südkreuz.
• * - The four-track expansion between Müllheim and Auggen on the Rhine Valley Railway enters service.
• * - ICE L trains enter service between Berlin and Cologne.
• * - Line S19 of the Milan suburban railway opens from Milano Rogoredo to Albairate–Vermezzo.
• * - Electrification of the Meråker Line is completed between Trondheim and Storlien.
• * - Line 12 of the Gothenburg Tramway opens between Mölndal and Lindholmen, Line 10 is rerouted to Lindholmen from Biskopsgården, Line 2 is rerouted to Biskopsgården from Mölndal.
• * - Double-tracking of the Basel–Biel/Bienne railway line between Grellingen and Duggingen completed.
• * - East Kilbride Line of the ScotRail Network is electrified between Glasgow Central and East Kilbride.
• * - Lumo extends London King's Cross-Edinburgh service to Glasgow Queen Street via Falkirk High.15 December
• * - Line 4 of SITEUR opens between Las Juntas and Tlajomulco Centro.
• * - New Škoda 21Ev train starts passenger operations on Tallinn-Kloogaranna route.16 December
• * - Chengdu Metro: Line 13 opens between Wayaotan and Long'an; Line 30 opens between East of Terminal 2 of Shuangliu International Airport and Longquanyi Railway Station South.
• * - Hungarian border–Botovo–Koprivnica–Dugo Selo railway is modernised.
• * - Line C of the Rome Metro extends to Colosseo from San Giovanni.
• * - Urban passenger service is launched between Soarano station Antananarivo and Ambohimanambola.
• * - New line 5 of Trams in Moscow is launched between Moscow Belorussky railway station and Moscow Rizhsky railway station.19 December - Nanjing Metro: Line 3 extends to Moling from Mozhoudonglu; Line 10 extends to Dongqilu from Andemen.20 December - Line 5 of the Montpellier Tramway Network opens between Clapiers and Lavérune.21 December - Orange Line of the Bhoj Metro opens between AIIMS and Subhash Nagar.22 December
• * - Line 19 of the Warsaw tram network extends from Goworka to Pole Mokotowskie.
• * - Shantou–Shanwei high-speed railway opens remaining section between Shantou South railway station and Shantou Railway Station.
• * - opens between Guangzhou Baiyun railway station and 23 December - Baotou-Yinchuan high-speed railway is made fully operational with the opening of the Baotou-Huinong section.24 December
• * - Slavyanka tram line of the Saint Petersburg tramway network opens between Kupchino and Shushary.
• * – E3 Series Shinkansen ends regular passenger service after 28 years of operation.25 December - opens.26 December
• * - Line 6 of Hefei Metro opens between Beiyanhu and Longtang.
• * - The Wuhan–Yichang high-speed railway, a section of the larger Shanghai–Chongqing–Chengdu high-speed railway, enters operation.
• * - Xi'an–Yan'an high-speed railway opens between Xi'an East and Yan'an, parallelling the existing Xi'an–Yan'an railway.
• * - Hangzhou–Quzhou high-speed railway opens.
• * – Saint Peterburg Metro Line 6 opens between Yugo-Zapadnaya and Putilovskaya.27 December
• * - Beijing Subway: Line 6 extends to Luyang from Lucheng; Line 17 extends to Shilihe from Workers' Stadium: Line 18 opens between Malianwa and Tiantongyuandong.
• * - Jinan Metro: Line 4 opens between Shandong First Medical University and Pengjiazhuang; Line 6 opens between Shandong University and Liangwang; Line 8 opens between Xingcun Lijiaoqiao East and Qingyuan Dajie.
• * - Line 18 of the Shanghai Metro extends to Kangwen Road from South Changjiang Road.28 December - Shenzhen Metro: Line 5 extends from Huangbeiling to Grand Theater; Line 8 extends from Xiaomeisha to Xichong; Line 11 extends from Huaqiang South to Hongling South; Line 13 extends from Hi-Tech Central to Shangwu.29 December
• * - Line 22 of the Guangzhou Metro extends to Fangcun from Chentougang.
• * - Line 15 of the Xi'an Metro opens between Xiliu and Dongzhaoyu.30 December
• * - of the Jinan Metro opens between and.
• * - opens between Hefei West railway station and Sixian East Railway Station.