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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2024.
Events
January
- January 1
– Line 3 of the Cairo Metro extends from Kit-Kat to Rod El-Farag Corridor.[1]
– Campeche–Palenque section of Tren Maya opens to traffic.[2]
– Circular light rail of the Kaohsiung Metro extends from Heart of Love River to Kaisyuan Park and completes the loop line.[3]- – Taiwan Railway Corporation takes over operations of Taiwan Railway from the Taiwan Railways Administration.[4]
– BNSF Railway takes over operations of Montana Rail Link.[5]
January 7 – Bangkok MRT Pink Line opens between Nonthaburi Civic Center and Min Buri.[6]
January 8 – Line 18 and Line 50 of the Krakow tramway network extend from Papierni Prądnickich to Górka Narodowa.[7]- January 13 – Tri-Rail introduces shuttle service between Metrorail Transfer station and MiamiCentral.[8]
January 15 – Jiangnao Railway starts operations between Jiangjunmiao and Baishihu South Station.[9]- January 20
– Metro Line of Edmonton Light Rail Transit extends from the temporary NAIT station to NAIT/Blatchford Market.[10]
– 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.[11]
- 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.[12]- January 27
– Line T3 of Tram İzmir opens between Çevre Yolu and Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi.[13]- – Phoenix Valley Metro Rail extends from 19th Avenue/Dunlap to Metro Parkway via Northwest Extension Phase II.[14]
- January 29 – Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kağıthane to Gayrettepe.[15]
- January 31 – Line S1 of the Wuxi Metro opens between Jiangyin Bund and Nanfangquan via through service on Line 1.[16]
February
- February 3 – Zhuhai-Zhuhai Airport Intercity Railway second phase opens between Zhuhai Changlong to Zhuhai Airport.[17]
February 17 – Yekaturinburg Tramway Network Line 9 extends to Luchistaya Ulitsa from Ulitsa Musorskogo.[18]- February 24
– Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Light Rail extends from Rodoviária to Terminal Intermodal Gentileza.[19]- – Line M1 of the İzmir Metro extends from Fahrettin Altay to Şehitlik.[20]
- February 26 – Line T6 of Istanbul Tram opens between Sirkeci and Kazlıçeşme.[21]
- February 29 – Tren Maya extends from Cancún Airport to Playa del Carmen.[22]
March
- March 4 – Line M1 of the İzmir Metro extends from Şehitlik to Kaymakamlık.[23]
- March 5 – Warsaw tramway network extends from Reduta Wolska to Szpital Wolski.[24]
- March 6
– Yellow Line of the Agra Metro opens between Mankameshwar Mandir and Taj East Gate.[25]- – Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System extends from Duhai Depot to Modinagar North.[26]
- – Line 1 of the Kochi Metro extends from SN Junction to Thrippunithura Terminal.[27]
- – 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.[28]
- – Aqua Line of the Pune Metro extends from Ruby Hall Clinic to Ramwadi.[29]
- March 10 – Line M3 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kirazlı to Bakırköy Sahil.[30]
March 11 – Circle Line of the Tashkent Metro extends from Quruvchilar to Qipchoq.[31]- March 16
– Line 4 of the Tehran Metro extends from Allameh Jafari to Ayatollah Kashani.[32]
– 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.[33]- – E8 Series Shinkansen trains enter service.[34]
- – Line M5 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Çekmeköy to Samandıra Merkez.[35]
- March 17 – Akçaray extends from Kanalyolu to Şehir Hastanesi.[36]
- March 18 – Line M9 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Bahariye to Ataköy.[37]
- March 19 – Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kargo Terminali to Arnavutköy.[38]
- March 23 – Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway extends from Senri-Chūō to Minō-Kayano.[39]
March 23 – European Sleeper extends to Prague from Berlin.[40]
March 27 – PNR Metro Commuter Line ends service.[41]- March 28
- – Line 6 of Changchun Rail Transit opens between Shuangfeng and Changchun Movie Wonderland.[42]
- – Line M1 of Bursaray extends from Emek to Geçit-Balat.[43]
March 29 – New line of the Dnipro City Express opens between Dnipro and Synelnykove.[44]
March 30 – Line A of the Great Train eXpress opens between Suseo and Dongtan.[45]- March 31 – Line 5 of the Nanjing Metro opens between Jiyindadao and Wenjinglu.[46]
April
- April 1 – Branch of Line 1 of the Shaoxing Metro opens between Huangjiu Town and Daqingsi.[47]
April 3 – Hellenic Railways reintroduces service between Athens and Thessaloniki.[48]
April 5 – Line T3b of the Île-de-France tramways extends from Marguerite Long to Porte Dauphine.[49]
April 8 – Lusail Tram Pink Line opens between Legtaifiya and Seef Lusail-North.[50]-
April 24 – Slovenian Railways start passenger services between Villa Opicina and Rijeka.[51] - April 26 – Line 6 of the Qingdao Metro opens between Lingshan Bay and Hengyunshan Road.[52]
- April 27 – 2 Line of Link light rail opens between South Bellevue and Redmond Technology.[53]
- April 29 – Mesopotamian Express launches between Ankara and Diyarbakır.[54]
April 30 – Slovenian Railways: New services connect Ljubljana with Pragersko, Maribor, Graz and Villach.[citation needed]
May
- May 1 – Line 4 of the Hefei Metro extends via branch from Beiyanhu to Shaomaigang.[55]
- May 6 – RER E of the Réseau Express Régional extends from Haussmann–Saint-Lazare to Nanterre–La Folie.[56]
- May 10 – Translink (Northern Ireland) closes Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station.
- May 15 – Line 3 of the Cairo Metro extends from Kit-Kat to Cairo University.[57]
May 20 – Services restart between Oslo and Trondheim after reopening of the mainline.[58]- May 21 – Amtrak introduces Borealis daily service between Chicago and St. Paul by extending one Hiawatha round-trip.[59]
May 21 – Talgo AVRIL trains enter service on the AVE network.[60]- May 26 – Pearl River Delta: Foshan–Dongguan intercity railway opens and the southern ring section of the Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway opens.[61]
May 29 – ScotRail reopens Leven-Edinburgh service.[62]
June
June 3 – Pakenham line of the Melbourne rail network extends from Pakenham to East Pakenham.[63]- June 9 – DB Regio Franconia-Thuringia Express expands to Nuremberg.[64]
- June 13 – Line 11 of the Paris Métro extends from Mairie des Lilas to Rosny–Bois-Perrier.[65]
June 14 – Rail service on the Baku –Agstafa route was significantly enhanced in June 2024 with the introduction of new, modern Stadler trains.
June 14 – Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway opens for passenger service between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro.[66]- June 16 – Blackpool Tramway extends to Blackpool North railway station.[67]
- June 19 – Line T1 of MetroCentro extends from San Bernardo to Eduardo Dato.[68]
June 22 – M4 of the Copenhagen Metro extends from Copenhagen Central to Copenhagen South.[69]
June 23 – Thomson–East Coast Line of Mass Rapid Transit extends from Gardens by the Bay to Bayshore.[70]- June 24 – Line 14 of the Paris Métro extends from Mairie de Saint-Ouen to Saint-Denis–Pleyel and from Olympiades to Aéroport d'Orly.[71]
- June 28
- – Line 1 of the Changsha Metro extends from Kaifu District Government to Jinpenqiu.[72]
- – Line 5 of Ningbo Rail Transit extends from Xingzhuang Road to Luotuo Bridge.[73]
– Line D of the Porto Metro extends from Santo Ovídio to Vila d'Este.[74]
- June 29 – Line 6 of Suzhou Metro opens between Suzhou Xinqu Railway Station and Sangtiandao.[75]
- June 30 – Red Line of the Kaohsiung Metro extends from Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital to Gangshan.[76]
July
- July 1
- – Line 1 of the Tianjin Metro is extended from Donggulu to Shuangqiaohe.[77]
- – Tri-Rail introduces express service between West Palm Beach and MiamiCentral.[78]
July 7 – Line T1 of the Luxembourg tramway extends from Lycée Bouneweg to Stadion.[79]- July 14 – Yanchep line of Transperth extends from Butler to Yanchep.[80]
- July 17 – Line 6 of the Naples Metro reopens between Mostra and Mergellina and extends from Mergellina to Municipio.[81]
- July 21
– Amsterdam tramway network line 25 extends to Uithoorn Centrum from Amstelveen Westwijk.[82]-
– Service between Bangkok and Vientiane starts operation.[83]
- July 22 – Catania Metro extends from Nesima to Monte Po.[84]
August
- August 1 – Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway extends passenger rail service from Morogoro to Dodoma.[85]
August 8 – Line 3 of the Hanoi Metro opens between Nhon and Cau Giay.[86]- August 10 – Line 8 of the Seoul Subway extends from Amsa to Byeollae.[87]
- August 11 – Caltrain soft launches electrification along the San Francisco Peninsula.[88]
- August 12
- August 18 – Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System extends from Modinagar North to Meerut South.[92]
- August 19 – Metro North West & Bankstown Line of the Sydney Metro extends from Chatswood to Sydenham.[93]
August 20 – Passenger service between Annaba and Tunis restarts after 30 years of suspension.[94]- August 22 – Amtrak truncates Northeast Regional service from Newport News to Newport News Transportation Center.[95]
- 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.[96]
- August 24 – Line D of the Grenoble tramway network extends from Les-Taillées-Universités to Gares.[97]
- August 25 – Port Dock line of the Adelaide Metro opens between Adelaide and Port Dock.[98]
- August 28 – Red Line of MAX Light Rail extends from Beaverton Transit Center to Hillsboro Airport/Fairgrounds.[99]
- August 29 – Western Railway launches passenger service between Mumbai and Goa.[100]
- August 30
- – 1 Line of Link light rail extends from Northgate to Lynnwood City Center via the Lynnwood Link extension.[101]
- Mimar Sinan station of the M9 Line is opened.
- August 31 – El Insurgente commuter rail extends from Lerma to Santa Fe.[102]
September
September 2 – Services restart between Lugano and Zurich after the reopening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel.[citation needed]- September 5 – Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro extends from Novomoskovskaya to Potapovo.[103]
- September 6 – Hangzhou-Wenzhou high speed line is officially inaugurated for service between Hangzhou and Wenzhou.[104]
- September 7 – Troitskaya Line of the Moscow Metro opens between Novatorskaya and Tyutchevskaya.[105]
- September 10 – Nightjet begins service between Vienna and Rome.[citation needed]
- September 10 – Line 8 of Suzhou Metro opens between Xijinqiao and Chefang.[106]
- September 11 – Zabok-Krapina railway is modernised.[107]
- September 13 – Line FA of Tren Interoceánico opens between Palenque and Coatzacoalcos.[108]
- September 14
- – Meizhouxi to Longchuanxi section of the Longyan-Longchuan high speed railway opens.[109]
- – Great Western Railway restores service between Oxford and Bristol.[citation needed]
- September 15 – Frecciarossa launches service between Naples and Gorizia.[110]
- September 16 – Red Line of the Ahmedabad Metro extends from Motera Stadium to Sector-1 and via branch to GIFT City.[111]
- September 19 – North Central Railway launches passenger service between Prayagraj and Katra.[112]
- September 20 – Tren Maya extends from Playa del Carmen to Felipe Carrillo Puerto.[113]
- September 21 – Caltrain begins full electric service between San Francisco and San Jose.[114]
- September 23
– Line 10 of the Brussels tramway network opens between Military Hospital and Churchill.[115]- – Line 2 of the Moscow tramway network opens between 3rd Vladimirskaya Street and Kursky.[116]
- September 24
- – Tequila Express resumes operations between Guadalajara and Tequila.[117]
– 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.[118]
- 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.[119]
- September 28
- – Tianjin Metro: Line 5 extends from Liqizhuangnan to Jinghuadongdao and Jinjing line opens between Jinghuadongdao and Tuanboyixueyuan.[120]
- – L Taraval of the Muni Metro resumes service between Wawona and 46th Avenue and Embarcadero.[121]
- September 29
- – Line S3 of the Chengdu Metro opens between Futian and Ziyang Bei.[122]
- – Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway opens between Chongqing West and Yibin East.[123]
- – Purple Line of the Pune Metro extends from Civil Court to Swargate.[124]
- – Copper Line of the San Diego Trolley opens between Santee and El Cajon Transit Center.[125]
October
- October 1
- – Line 7 of the Wuhan Metro extends from Hengdian to Huangpi Square.[126]
- – Huinong South to Yinchuan section of the Baoyin high-speed railway opens.[127]
- October 6 – Tren Maya extends from Nicolás Bravo-Konhunlich to Chetumal.[128]
- October 7
- – Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro opens between Aarey Colony and Income Tax Office.[129]
- – Egyptian National Railways reintroduces service between Al Ismailia and Bir-al-Abd.[citation needed]
- October 11 – Xuancheng–Jixi high-speed railway starts operations between Xuancheng and Jixi County.[130]
- October 12 – Line 4 of the Milan Metro extends from San Babila to San Cristoforo.[131]
- October 13 – Translink opens Belfast Grand Central for railway services.[132]
October 15 – Lagos RMT Red Line starts operations between Oyingbo and Agbado.[133]- October 18 – Line U5 of the Stuttgart Stadtbahn extends from Leinfelden Bahnhof to Leinfelden Neuer Markt.[134]
- October 21 – Tianjin–Weifang–Yantai high-speed railway starts operations between Weifang North and Yantai South.[135]
- October 29
November
- November 1
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.[138]
– Macau LRT Seac Pai Van Line starts operations between Union Hospital and Seac Pai Van.[139]
– Belarusian Railway starts operations between Minsk and Mazyr.[140]
- November 2 – Korail: The Seohae Line extends from Hongseong to Seohwaseong, and the Peotaik Line extends from Sukseong to Anjung.[141]
- 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.[142]
- November 7
- – Bashteel railway station opens in Cairo, Egypt.[143]
- – Bangalore Metro Green Line extends to Madavara from Nagasandra.[144]
- 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.[145][146]
- – Amtrak temporarily combines the Capitol Limited and Silver Star trains into the Floridian train between Chicago and Miami.[147]
- November 12 – line 1 of the Teresina Metro branches off from Boa Esperança to Colorado.[148]
- November 16
- – LRT Line 1 extends from Baclaran to Dr. Santos as part of the first phase of the Cavite Extension.[149]
- – Sanya to Ledong Tourist Railway opened from Sanya to Yazhou.[150]
- November 18 – Line T1 of Seville's MetroCentro extends from Eduardo Dato to Luis de Morales.[151]
- November 22 – Line 3 of Jinan Metro extends from Tantou to Jichangnan.[152]
- November 26 – Line 3 of Harbin Metro extends from Sports Park to Beima Road, completing the loop.[153]
- November 30
- – Line 17 of Shanghai Metro is extended from Oriental Land to Xicen.[154]
- – Line 6 of Zhengzhou Metro is extended from Changzhuang to Qinghua Fuzhong.[155]
- – Thessaloniki Metro starts operations between New Railway Station and Nea Elvetia.[156]
- – Jungbunaeryuk Line extends to Mungyeong from Chungju.[157]
December
- December 1
- – Line 7 of the Suzhou Metro starts operations between Muli and Changlou.[158]
– Tallinn Tramway Network Line 2 extends to A-Terminal via the Old City Harbour route.[159]
– Riyadh Metro starts operations, with Line 1, Line 4 and Line 6 open for service.[160][161]
- December 2 – Macau LRT Hengqin line opens between Lotus and Hengqin.[162]
- December 3 – Line 3 of Xuzhou Metro extends from Gaoxinqu'nan to Yinshan in the south and from Xiadian to Zhenxingdadao in the north.[163]
- December 8
- – Transperth Ellenbrook line opens between Bayswater and Ellenbrook.[164]
- – Jingmen–Jingzhou high speed railway starts operations.[165]
- – Ahmedabad Metro Blue Line extends to Thaltej Gam from Thaltej.[166]
- December 10 – North East MRT line is extended to Punggol Coast.[167]
- December 14
- – Deutsche Bahn reopens Frankfurt-Mannheim main line after five months closure.[168]
- – Daegu Metro Daegyeong Line commences service between Gumi and Gyeongsan.[169]
- – The Northumberland Line reopens between Newcastle and Ashington.[170]
- 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.[171]
- – RegioJet takes over Line S49 between Prague and Roztoky.[172]
- – Line S4 of the Nuremberg S-Bahn is extended from Dombühl to Crailsheim.[173]
- – The Nördlingen–Pleinfeld railway reopens between Gunzenhausen and Wassertrüdingen after service to Nördlingen was suspended in 1985.[174]
- – Tren Maya extends from Escárcega to Chetumal.[175]
- – Riyadh Metro: Line 2 opens between King Saud University and King Fahad Stadium, Line 5 opens between Ministry of Education and National Museum.[176]
– Bratislava-Kyiv route starts operations.[177]- – Barcelona-Malaga Iryo high speed service starts operations.[178]
– Saltsjöbanan resumes operations on Line 25 and Line 26.[179]
- December 16 – Paris-Berlin ICE high speed service commences.[180]
- December 18
- – The new Mons railway station enters service.[181]
- – Line 2 of the Qingdao Metro extends from Taishan Road to Sichuan Road (Qingdao Ferry Terminal).[182]
- – Vinkovci – Vukovar line is electrified between Vinkovci and Vukovar.[183]
- December 19
- – Ouigo Train Classique conventional service between Brussels-South and Paris Nord enters operation.[184]
- – Chengdu Metro: Line 27 opens between Shifo and Shuxin Road; Line 8 extends north to Guilong Road and south to Longgang.[185]
- – Aurora train resumes passenger operations between Moscow and Saint Petersburg.[186]
- December 20
- – Parramatta Light Rail starts operations between Westmead and Carlingford, reusing the Carlingford Railway Line.[187]
– Reşita tram reopens.[188]- – Line 1 of the Daegu Metro is extended from Ansim to Hayang.[189]
- December 22 – Line 1 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro starts operations between Bến Thành and Suối Tiên Terminal.[190]
- December 26
- – Line 8 of the Hefei Metro starts operations from Beicheng Gaotiezhan to Yilijing.[191]
- – Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou high-speed railway starts operations.[192]
- – Line 8 of the Xi'an Metro starts operations between Shanmenkou and Shengtiyuguan as a loop line.[193]
- December 27
- – Airport Link Line of Shanghai Suburban Railway starts operations between Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 to Pudong Airport Terminal 1 & 2.[194]
- – Line 11 of the Wuhan Metro is extended from
Wuhandong Railway Station to Jiang'an Road.[195]
- – Line 4 of the Saint Petersburg Metro extended from Spasskaya to Gorny Institut.[196]
- December 28
- – Line 11 of the Guangzhou Metro starts operations between Longtan and Chisha as a loop line.[197]
- – Line S1 of the Guiyang Metro starts operations between Zaojiaoba and Wangchengpo.[198]
- – Line 7 of the Nanjing Metro opens its central section between Mufuxilu and Yingtiandajie.[199]
- – 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.[200]
- – Line 11 of the Tianjin Metro extended from Dongjiangdao to Shuishanggongyuanxilu.[201]
- – Huaixing intercity railway opens from Langfang North to Daxing Airport.[202]
- – Guangqing intercity railway extended from Qingcheng to Feixia.[203]
- – Troitskaya line of the Moscow Metro extended from Tyutchevskaya to Novomoskovskaya.[204]
- – Line A of the Great Train eXpress opens between Seoul Station and Unjeong Center.[205]
- December 29 – Zhengzhou Metro: Line 7 opens between Dongzhao and Nangangliu. Line 8 opens between Tianjianhu and Lumiao.[206]
- December 30
- – Line 3 of the Minsk Metro extends from Kavaĺskaja Slabada to Slutski Hastsinets.[207]
- – Line 3 of the Shenyang Metro starts operations between Nan Liguan and Lida.[208]
- – Nanzhu high-speed railway starts operation between Nanning East and Yulin North.[209]
- December 31 – Jidayuan high-speed railway opens between Ulanqab and Yuanping West.[210]
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