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2023 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2023.
Events
January
Turkey January 2 – Line M7 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Mecidiyeköy to Yıldız.[1]- Turkey January 6 – Line M8 of the Istanbul Metro opens between Bostancı and Parseller.[2]
United States January 7 – Line T Third Street of the San Francisco Muni Metro rerouted via the Central Subway to Chinatown station.[3]- January 18
China – Beijing Subway introduces through service between Line 9 and the Fangshan Line.[4]- China – Chongqing Rail Transit: Line 9 extends from Xingke Ave to Huashigou and Line 10 extends from Liyuchi to Houbao.[5]
India January 19 – Mumbai Metro: Line 2 extends from Dahanukarwadi to Andheri West and Line 7 extends from Aarey to Gundavali.[6]- Turkey January 22 – Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro opens between Kağıthane and Kargo Terminali.[7]
Mauritius January 23 – Metro Express: Service extends from Port Louis Victoria to Place d'Armes and Rèduit branch opens.[8]- United States January 25 – MTA Long Island Rail Road opens shuttle service between Jamaica and Grand Central Madison via the East Side Access.[9]
February
- China February 4 – Changping Line of the Beijing Subway extends from Qinghe railway station to Xitucheng.[10]
Iran February 8 – Line 2 of the Shiraz Metro opens between Qahramanan and Imam Hossein.[11]
Taiwan February 10 – Ankeng light rail of the New Taipei Metro opens between Shuangcheng and Shisizhang.[12]
Algeria February 18 – Mostaganem tramway: Line 1 opens between La Salamandre and Karouba and Line 2 opens between Gare de Mostaganem SNTF and Nouvelle Gare Routière.[13]- February 27
- China – Line 5 of Chongqing Rail Transit extends from The Expo Garden Center to Yuegangbeilu.[14]
- Iran – Line 2 of the Karaj Metro opens between Golshahr 45-metre and Ayatollah Taleghani.[15]
- United States – MTA Long Island Rail Road begins full service to Grand Central Madison via the East Side Access.[16]
March
Russia March 1 – Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line of the Moscow Metro extends from Kashirskaya to Nizhegorodskaya and from Elektrozavodskaya to Savyolovskaya.[17]- March 10
United Kingdom – Luton DART opens between Luton Airport and Luton Airport Parkway.[18]- United States – R211A cars enter passenger service on the A line of the MTA New York City Subway.[19]
- March 16
Malaysia – MRT Putrajaya Line extends from Kampung Batu to Putrajaya Sentral.[20]
Panama – Line 2 of the Panama Metro extends via a branch from Corredor Sur to Aeropuerto.[21]
- China March 17 – Line 5 of the Dalian Metro opens between Hutan Xinqu and Houguan.[22]
- March 18
- Iran – Tehran Metro: Line 6 extends from Tarbiat Modares University to Imam Hossein and Line 7 extends from Meydan-e San'at to Shahid Dadman.[23]
Japan – 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.[24]- Japan – Umeda Freight Line switches to a new underground alignment to serve an expanded Ōsaka Station.[25]
- India March 26 – Purple Line of the Namma Metro extends via a disconnected branch from Krishnarajapura to Whitefield (Kadugodi).[26]
- March 27
- Japan – Nanakuma Line of the Fukuoka City Subway extends from Tenjin-Minami to Hakata.[27]
– Málaga Metro: Line 1 extends from El Perchel to Atarazanas and Line 2 extends from El Perchel to Guadalmedina.[28]
March 31 – Line B of the Rotterdam Metro extends from Hoek van Holland Haven to Hoek van Holland Strand.[29]
April
- Japan April 1 – Rumoi Main Line closes between Ishikari-Numata and Rumoi.[30]
- China April 7 – Jinyidong Line of the Jinhua Rail Transit extends from Sports Center to Ming & Qing Dynasty Palaces.[31]
- Turkey April 8 – Line M3 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Başakşehir MetroKent to Kayaşehir Merkez.[32]
- April 11 – Vitoria-Gasteiz tram network extends from Florida to Salburua.[33]
- Turkey April 12 – Line M4 of the Ankara Metro extends from Atatürk Kültür Merkezi to Kızılay.[34]
- China
April 13 – Cross-border passenger service begins between Kunming and Vientiane via the Kunming-Yuxi, Yuxi-Mohan, and Boten-Vientiane rail corridors.[35] 
Canada
April 14 – Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern merge to form CPKC.[36]- Turkey April 20 – Akçaray tram extends from Plajyolu to Kuruçeşme.[37]
April 25 – Circle Line of the Tashkent Metro extends from Qoʻyliq to Kuruvchilar.[38]- Turkey April 26 – Ankara–Sivas high speed railway opens for commercial operation.[39]
April 29 – Line A of the Bordeaux tram network extends via a branch from Quatre Chemins to Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac.[40]
May
- Iran May 1 – Line 4 of the Tehran Metro extends from Eram-e Sabz to Allameh Ja'fari.[41]
May 2 – Line 1 of the Quito Metro opens for partial commercial operation between El Labrador and Quitumbe.[42]- China May 9 – Changsha Dawangshan SkyShuttle opens between Shantang and Guanyingang.[43]
- May 11 – Line 1 of the Quito Metro ends service a week after opening.[44]
- United Kingdom May 28 – TransPennine Trains takes over the TransPennine franchise from TransPennine Express.[45]
June
- June 1
- China – TEDA Modern Guided Rail Tram ends service.[46]
- China – Zhangjiang Tram ends service.[47]
- China June 6 – Line 4 of the Changchun Rail Transit extends from Tiangong Road to Tianxin Road.[48]
- United Kingdom June 7 – Edinburgh Trams extends from St Andrew Square, Edinburgh to Newhaven.[49]
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June 8 – Lastochka train starts operating passenger services to Abkhazia, linking Sochi and Gagra[50] 
June 11 – Commercial service opens between Montreux and Interlaken Ost.[51]- United States 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.[52]
June 19 – MRT Yellow Line opens between Lat Phrao and Samrong.[53]- June 24
- China – Line 11 of the Suzhou Metro opens between Weiting and Huaqiao.[54]
- – Line 10 of the Île-de-France tram network opens between La Croix de Berny and Jardin Parisien.[55]
- China 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.[56]
- June 28
- China – Xihuan Line, a southern extension of Line 3 of the Changsha Metro, opens between Shantang and Xiangtan North railway station.[57]
- China – Line S4 of the Nanjing Metro opens between Chahe and Chuzhou Railway Station.[58]
- China June 29 – Line 2 of the Lanzhou Metro opens between Yanbai Bridge and Dongfanghong Square.[59]
- United States June 30 – Honolulu Skyline opens on the island of Oʻahu between Kualakaʻi and Hālawa.[60]
July
- July 1
– Seohae Line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway extends from Sosa to Daegok.[61]- China – Line 1 of the Hefei Metro extends from Hefei Railway Station to Zhangwa.[62]
July 4 – Line 4 of the Milan Metro extends from Dateo to San Babila.[63]- July 8 – Angers tramway: Line B opens between Belle-Beille Campus and Monplaisir and Line C opens between Belle-Beille Campus and Angers Roseraie.[64]
July 20 – LRTA 13000 class cars enter passenger service on Line 1 of the Manila Light Rail Transit System.[65]- Canada July 24 – Line 3 Scarborough of the Toronto Subway ends service.[66]
- China July 26 – Line 2 of the Shaoxing Metro opens from Jinghu Hospital to Tandu.[67]
- July 31
- Canada – First phase of the Réseau express métropolitain opens in Greater Montreal between Brossard and Central Station.[68]
- Taiwan – Airport MRT Line of the Taoyuan Metro extends from Huanbei to Laojie River.[69]
August
- India August 1 – Pune Metro: Purple Line extends from Phugewadi to Civil Court and Aqua Line extends from Garware College to Ruby Hall Clinic.[70]
August 7 – Line 3 of the Tampere light rail network extends from Pyynikintori to Santalahti.[71]- Russia August 17 – Line D3 of the Moscow Central Diameters opens from Zelenograd-Kryukovo to Ippodrom.[72]
August 18 – Red Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail opens between HaKomemiyut and Kiryat Arye and between HaKomemiyut and Petah Tikva.[73]- August 26
- China – Line S2 of Wenzhou Rail Transit opens between Dongshan and Qingdong Road.[74]
- Japan – Utsunomiya Light Rail opens between Utsunomiya Station East and Haga Takanezawa Industrial Park.[75]
- China August 27 – Fuzhou Metro: Line 4 opens between Fenghuangchi and Difengjiang and Line 5 extends from Ancient Luozhou Town and Fuzhou South Railway Station.[76]
August 28 – Jabodebek LRT: Cibubur Line opens between Harjamukti and Dukuh Atas and Bekasi Line opens between Jatimulya and Dukuh Atas.[77]- Turkey August 30 – Line T5 of the Istanbul Tram extends from Cibali to Eminönü.[78]
September
September 4 – Blue Line of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit opens for limited commercial operation between Mile 2 and Marina.[79]- Russia September 6 – Solntsevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro extends from Rasskazovka to Aeroport Vnukovo.[80]
- Russia September 7 – Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro extends from Seligerskaya to Fiztekh.[81]
- China September 8 – Line 3 of the Zhengzhou Metro extends between Yinggang and Binhe Xincheng Nan.[82]
- Russia September 9 – Line D4 of the Moscow Central Diameters opens from Zheleznodorozhnaya to Aprelevka.[83]
- September 15 – El Insurgente commuter rail opens from Zinacantepec to Lerma.[84]
- United States September 16 – T Line of the Link light rail system extends from Theater District to St. Joseph.[85]
- September 17
- – Airport Express Line of the Delhi Metro extends from Dwarka Sector 21 to Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25.[86]
- United Kingdom – Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro extends from The Royal to Wolverhampton.[87]
- September 18 – Line Z and Line K of the Tren Interoceánico resume freight service.[88]
- China September 21 – Line 1 of the Xi'an Metro extends from Fenghesenlingongyuan to Xianyangxizhan.[89]
- United States September 22 – Brightline extends from West Palm Beach to Orlando International Airport.[90]
September 25 – Line 3 of the Santiago Metro extends from Los Libertadores to Plaza de Quilicura.[91]- September 26
- China – Guangzhou–Shanwei high-speed railway opens.[92]
- China – Optics Valley Sky Rail opens between Jiufengshan and Longquanshan.[93]
- September 28
- China – Fuzhou–Xiamen high-speed railway opens.[94]
- China – Shanghai–Nanjing Riverside high-speed railway opens.[95]
- China – Line 10 of the Zhengzhou Metro opens between Zhengzhou railway station and Zhengzhou West railway station.[96]
- September 29
- China – Line 3 of the Harbin Metro extends from Taipingqiao to Chinese-baroque Block.[97]
- China – Shenyang Metro: Line 2 extends from Quanyunlu to Taoxianjichang and Line 4 opens between Zhengxinlu and Chuangxinlu.[98]
October
- October 2 – Jakarta–Bandung high-speed railway opens.[99]
- United Kingdom October 4 – West Midlands to Manchester section of the High Speed 2 railway cancelled.[100]
- United Kingdom October 5 – Northern Line of Merseyrail extends from Kirkby to Headbolt Lane.[101]
- India October 9 – Purple Line of the Namma Metro extends from Kengeri to Challaghatta and connects Krishnarajapuram with Baiyappanahalli.[102]
- Iran October 10 – Tehran Metro: Line 6 extends from Shahid Sattari to Koushar and Line 7 extends from Shahid Dadman to Meydan-e Katab.[103]
October 13 – Lines 4 and 5 of the Prague tram network extend from Holyně to Slivenec.[104]- October 20 – Line B of the Lyon Metro extends from Gare d'Oullins to Saint-Genis-Laval Hôpitaux Sud.[105]
- October 21
- – Jokeri light rail opens between Itäkeskus and Keilaniemi.[106]
- India – Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System opens initial section between Sahibabad and Duhai.[107]
- China October 26 – Line 13 of the Qingdao Metro extends from Jinggangshan Road to Jialingjiang West Road.[108]
- Turkey October 28 – Line T4 of the Kayseray opens between Cumhuriyet Meydanı and İzzet Bayraktar Cami.[109]
- October 29
- – Boughezoul–Laghouat railway opens.[110]
- – L-Line of Milwaukee's The Hop opens for limited commercial operation between Wisconsin Ave and Lakefront.[111]
November
- Canada November 4 – Valley Line of Edmonton LRT opens between 102 Street and Mill Woods.[112]
November 5 – Line 6 of the Dhaka Metro Rail extends from Agargaon to Motijheel.[113]- November 10 – Eastern Line of Thai Railways extends to Sattahip port with two new stations U Taphao and Chuk Samet.[114][115]
November 15 – Line M2 of the Bucharest Metro extends from Berceni to Tudor Arghezi.[116]- India November 17 – Line 1 of the Navi Mumbai Metro opens from CBD Belapur to Pendhar.[117]
November 20 – Transperth's Armadale and Thornlie lines close for the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project.[118]- November 21 – MRT Pink Line opens for limited commercial operation between Nonthaburi Civic Center and Min Buri.[119]
- November 27 – Line 2 of the Santiago Metro extends from La Cisterna to Hospital El Pino.[120]
- China November 28 – Line 19 of the Chengdu Metro extends from Jiujiang North to Tianfu Station.[121]
- November 30
- China – Chongqing Rail Transit: Line 5 connects Dashiba with Shiqiaopu and Line 10 extends from Houbao to Lanhualu.[122]
- Iran – Line 1 of the Tehran Metro extends via the Imam Khomeini Airport Branch from Forudgahi-e Imam Khomeini to Shahr-e Parand.[123]
December
- December 1
- China – Line 5 of the Wuhan Metro extends from Hubei University of Chinese Medicine to Hongxia.[124]
- – Line 1 of the Quito Metro opens between El Labrador and Quitumbe.[125]
- December 4 – Line V of Transilien opens between Massy-Palaiseau and Versailles-Chantiers to replace newly discontinued RER C service.[126]
December 8 – Taipa Line of the Macau Light Rapid Transit extends from Ocean to Barra.[127]- December 9 – RER C ends service between Savigny-sur-Orge and Massy-Palaiseau.[128]
- December 10
- – Line T12 of the Île-de-France tramway network opens between Évry-Courcouronnes to Massy-Palaiseau.[129]
– Line 13 of the Hannover Stadtbahn opens between Wallensteinstraße and Hemmingen.[130]- – Line 15 of the Geneva tramway network extends from Palettes to ZIPLO.[131]
- December 15 – Tren Maya opens between Cancún and San Francisco de Campeche.[132]
- December 16
- China – Line 3 of the Guiyang Metro opens between Luowan and Tongmuling.[133]
- – Line 1 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway extends from Soyosan to Yeoncheon.[134]
- December 17 – Line 16 of the Mannheim/Ludwigshafen tramway network opens between Bensheimer and Sullivan.[135]
- December 20
December 21 – Line 2 of the Lima Metro opens between Evitamiento and Mercado Santa Anita.[138]- December 22
- – Line Z of the Tren Interoceánico opens for commercial operation between Salina Cruz and Coatzacoalcos.[139]
– Line 25 of the Silesian Interurbans extends from Dąb Huta Baildon to Katowice Dąbrowki.[140]
- China December 23 – Suzhou Metro introduces through service between Line 3 and Line 11.[141]
- December 26
– Line 1 of the Salvador Metro extends from Campinas to Águas Claras.[142]- China – Line 3 of the Harbin Metro extends from Chinese-baroque Block to Beima Road.[143]
- China – Hefei Metro: Line 2 extends from Sanshibu to Cuozhen and Line 3 extends from Xingfuba to Sheng Ertong Yiyuan Xinqu.[144]
- December 27
- China – Line 2 of Nantong Rail Transit opens between Xingfu and Xianfeng.[145]
- China – Line 8 of the Shenzhen Metro extends from Yantian Road to Xiaomeisha.[146]
- – PNR South Main Line reopens between Naga and Legazpi.[147]
- December 28
- China – Line 18 of Chongqing Rail Transit opens between Fuhualu and Tiaodengnan.[148]
- China – Guangzhou Metro: Line 5 extends from Wenchong to Huangpu New Port and Line 7 extends from Higher Education Mega Center South to Yanshan.[149]
- China – Line 7 of the Nanjing Metro extends via a disconnected branch from Yingtiandajie to Xishanqiao.[150]
- China – Line 11 of the Tianjin Metro opens between Dongjiangdao and Dongliliujinglu.[151]
- China – Zhengxu Line of the Zhengzhou Metro opens between Chang'anlubei and Xuchangdong Railway Station.[152]
- December 30
- China – 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.[153]
- China – Line 19 of the Wuhan Metro opens between West Square of Wuhan Railway Station and Xinyuexi Park.[154]
- – Line 4 of the Olsztyn tramway network opens between Dworzec Głowny and Pieczewo.[155]
- December 31 – Tren Maya extends from San Francisco de Campeche to Palenque.[156]
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