2014 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2014.

Events

January

• January 1
  • – Elron takes over all domestic passenger train services in Estonia from Edelaraudtee.
  • – Carl Ice assumes position as CEO of BNSF Railway, replacing the former CEO Matt Rose, who assumed position as Chief Operating Officer.^{[citation needed]}
• January 2 – Canadian Pacific Railway announces the sale of 660 miles (1,060 km) of their Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern subsidiary to Genesee & Wyoming, who will operate it as the Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad. The sale, expected to close in mid-2014, includes the mainline from Tracy, Minnesota to Rapid City, South Dakota plus some branch lines.^[1][2]

March

• March 23 – A Chicago 'L' train overruns the bumper at O'Hare , injuring 34.^[3][4][5] See: O'Hare station train crash
• March 27 – Opening of the Dulwich Hill extension of Sydney's Inner West Light Rail.^[6]

April

• April 1 – Formal closure of the Iwaizumi Line in Iwate Prefecture, which had been non-operational since 2010 after a landslide caused a derailment.^[7]
• April 5 – Opening of the Panama Metro in Panama City, Panama.^{[citation needed]}
• April 21 – An L0 Series maglev train sets the worldwide passenger railway speed record by reaching 603 km/h (375 mph) along the Yamanashi Test Track.^[8]
• April 28 – Auckland's first electric trains, the AM class, entered service on the Onehunga Branch. (See Auckland railway electrification.)^{[citation needed]}
• April 29 – Changsha Metro Line 2 opens.^[9]

May

• May 1
  • – SunRail's commuter service in Greater Orlando, Florida, started service.^[10]
  • – Opening of KLIA Ekspres KLIA2 extension line in Sepang.^[11]
• May 7 – Reopening of Saint Paul Union Depot in Minnesota to regularly scheduled train traffic. The depot last saw trains on 30 April 1971, the day before Amtrak began operation.
• May 9 – United States Department of Labor commemorates the contributions of Chinese railroad workers who helped build the railroad by adding them to the Labor Hall of Honor^[12]
• May 11 – The section of the Esashi Line between Kikonai and Esashi in Hokkaido Prefecture closes permanently due to ailing patronage.^[13]
• May 28 – The Wuhan Metro Line 1 Hankou North extension opens.^[14]

June

• June 8 – Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro in India opens on the Versova–Ghatkopar west–east corridor.^[15]
• June 14 – Opening of the Green Line light rail service in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota.^[16][17]

July

• July 26 – The new WMATA Silver Line opens for passenger service in the Washington D.C. area. Construction of the Metro's 6th new rapid transit route included 11.8 miles of new trackway and 5 stations at McLean, Tysons Corner, Greensboro, Spring Hill and Wiehle – Reston East. Silver Line trains operate between Reston, VA and Largo Town Center Station on the Blue Line.^{[citation needed]}

August

• August 13 – A train of the Manila MRT Line 3 gets derailed at Taft Avenue station and overshot to the streets. The incident was caused by human error.^[18]
• August 16 – Lhasa–Xigazê Railway opens to Xigazê Railway Station (Shigatse) in the Tibet Autonomous Region.^[19]

September

• September 17 – Zhuyehai Station on Wuhan Metro's Line 1 opened.^[20]
• September 21 – Transperth's Joondalup line is extended from Clarkson to Butler.^{[21][22][23][24]}
• September 23 – Harbin Metro Line 1 opened one infill station serving Museum of Heilongjiang Province.

November

• November 10 – The Fulton Center New York City Subway interchange opened.^{[citation needed]}
• November 22 – The Bay Area Rapid Transit Coliseum–Oakland International Airport line automated people mover begins service.^{[25][non-primary source needed]}
• November 23 – North South MRT Line 1 km extension opened, of which it is Marina South Pier MRT station.^[26][27]

December

• December 25 – Indian Railways inaugurates the Sushasan Express, connecting Gwalior and Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, in commemoration of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 91st birthday.^{[citation needed]}
• December 28 – West Island line opened.^{[citation needed]}

References

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