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This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2024. Please be aware that the actual dates on which these events occur may differ substantially from what is shown here.
| Years in rail transport |
| Timeline of railway history |
January
- January 1
– Line 3 of the Cairo Metro extends from Kit-Kat to Rod El-Farag Corridor.[1]
– Circular light rail of the Kaohsiung Metro extends from Heart of Love River to Kaisyuan Park and completes the loop line.[2]- – Taiwan Railway Corporation takes over operations of Taiwan Railway from the Taiwan Railways Administration.[3]
– BNSF Railway takes over operations of Montana Rail Link.[4]
January 7 – Bangkok MRT Pink Line opens between Nonthaburi Civic Center and Min Buri.[5]
January 8 – Line 18 and Line 50 of the Krakow tramway network extend from Papierni Prądnickich to Górka Narodowa.[6]- January 13 – Tri-Rail introduces shuttle service between Metrorail Transfer station and MiamiCentral.[7]
- January 20
– Metro Line of Edmonton Light Rail Transit extends from the temporary NAIT station to NAIT/Blatchford Market.[8]
– 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.[9]
January 25 – Line 3 and Line 5 of the Daugavpils tramway network extend from Butlerova iela to Stropu ezers.[10]- January 27
– Line T3 of Tram İzmir opens between Çevre Yolu and Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi.[11]- – Phoenix Valley Metro Rail extends from 19th Avenue/Dunlap to Metro Parkway via Northwest Extension Phase II.[12]
- January 29 – Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kağıthane to Gayrettepe.[13]
January 31 – Line S1 of the Wuxi Metro opens between Jiangyin Bund and Nanfangquan via through service on Line 1.[14]
February
- February 24
– Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Light Rail extends from Rodoviária to Terminal Intermodal Gentileza.[15]- – Line M1 of the İzmir Metro extends from Fahrettin Altay to Şehitlik.[16]
- February 26 – Line T6 of Istanbul Tram opens between Sirkeci and Kazlıçeşme.[17]
February 29 – Tren Maya extends from Cancún Airport to Playa del Carmen.[18]
March
- March 4 – Line M1 of the İzmir Metro extends from Şehitlik to Kaymakamlık.[19]
- March 5 – Warsaw tramway network extends from Reduta Wolska to Szpital Wolski.[20]
- March 6
– Yellow Line of the Agra Metro opens between Mankameshwar Mandir and Taj East Gate.[21]- – Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System extends from Duhai Depot to Modinagar North.[22]
- – Line 1 of the Kochi Metro extends from SN Junction to Thrippunithura Terminal.[23]
- – 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.[24]
- – Aqua Line of the Pune Metro extends from Ruby Hall Clinic to Ramwadi.[25]
- March 10 – Line M3 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kirazlı to Bakırköy Sahil.[26]
March 11 – Circle Line of the Tashkent Metro extends from Quruvchilar to Qipchoq.[27]- March 16
– Line 4 of the Tehran Metro extends from Allameh Jafari to Ayatollah Kashani.[28]
– 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.[29]- – E8 Series Shinkansen trains enter service.[30]
- – Line M5 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Çekmeköy to Samandıra Merkez.[31]
- March 17 – Akçaray extends from Kanalyolu to Şehir Hastanesi.[32]
- March 18 – Line M9 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Bahariye to Ataköy.[33]
- March 19 – Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kargo Terminali to Arnavutköy.[34]
- March 23 – Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway extends from Senri-Chūō to Minō-Kayano.[35]
March 23 – European Sleeper extends to Prague from Berlin.[36]
March 27 – PNR Metro Commuter Line ends service.[37]- March 28
- – Line 6 of Changchun Rail Transit opens between Shuangfeng and Changchun Movie Wonderland.[38]
- – Line M1 of Bursaray extends from Emek to Geçit-Balat.[39]
March 29 – New line of the Dnipro City Express opens between Dnipro and Synelnykove.[40]
March 30 – Line A of the Great Train eXpress opens between Suseo and Dongtan.[41]- March 31 – Line 5 of the Nanjing Metro opens between Jiyindadao and Wenjinglu.[42]
April
- April 1 – Branch of Line 1 of the Shaoxing Metro opens between Huangjiu Town and Daqingsi.[43]
April 3 – Hellenic Railways reintroduces service between Athens and Thessaloniki.[44]
April 5 – Line T3b of the Île-de-France tramways extends from Marguerite Long to Porte Dauphine.[45]
April 8 – Lusail Tram Pink Line opens between Legtaifiya and Seef Lusail-North.[46]- April 26 – Line 6 of the Qingdao Metro opens between Lingshan Bay and Hengyunshan Road.[47]
- April 27 – 2 Line of Link light rail opens between South Bellevue and Redmond Technology.[48]
April 30 – Slovenian Railways: New services connect Ljubljana with Pragersko, Maribor, Graz and Villach.[49]
May
- May 1 – Line 4 of the Hefei Metro extends via branch from Beiyanhu to Shaomaigang.[50]
- May 6 – RER E of the Réseau Express Régional extends from Haussmann–Saint-Lazare to Nanterre–La Folie.[51]
- 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.[52]
May 20 – Services restart between Oslo and Trondheim after reopening of the mainline.[53]- May 21 – Amtrak introduces Borealis daily service between Chicago and St. Paul by extending one Hiawatha round-trip.[54]
May 21 – Talgo AVRIL trains enter service on the AVE network.[55]- May 26 – Pearl River Delta: Foshan–Dongguan intercity railway opens and the southern ring section of the Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway opens.[56]
June
June 3 – Pakenham line of the Melbourne rail network extends from Pakenham to East Pakenham.[57]- June 9 – DB Regio Franconia-Thuringia Express expands to Nuremburg.[58]
- June 13 – Line 11 of the Paris Métro extends from Mairie des Lilas to Rosny–Bois-Perrier.[59]
June 14 – Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway opens for passenger service between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro.[60]
June 16 – Blackpool Tramway extends to Blackpool North railway station.[61]- June 19 – Line T1 of MetroCentro extends from San Bernardo to Eduardo Dato.[62]
June 22 – M4 of the Copenhagen Metro extends from Copenhagen Central to Copenhagen South.[63]
June 23 – Thomson–East Coast Line of Mass Rapid Transit extends from Gardens by the Bay to Bayshore.[64]- 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.[65]
- June 28
- – Line 1 of the Changsha Metro extends from Kaifu District Government to Jinpenqiu.[66]
- – Line 5 of Ningbo Rail Transit extends from Xingzhuang Road to Luotuo Bridge.[67]
– Line D of the Porto Metro extends from Santo Ovídio to Vila d'Este.[68]
- June 29 – Line 6 of Suzhou Rail Transit opens between Suzhou Xinqu Railway Station and Sangtiandao.[69]
- June 30 – Red Line of the Kaohsiung Metro extends from Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital to Gangshan.[70]
July
- July 1
- – Line 1 of the Tianjin Metro is extended from Donggulu to Shuangqiaohe.[71]
- – Tri-Rail introduces express service between West Palm Beach and MiamiCentral.[72]
July 7 – Line T1 of the Luxembourg tramway extends from Lycée Bouneweg to Stadion.[73]- July 14 – Yanchep line of Transperth extends from Butler to Yanchep.[74]
- July 17 – Line 6 of the Naples Metro reopens between Mostra and Mergellina and extends from Mergellina to Municipio.[75]
- July 21
– Amsterdam tramway network line 25 extends to Uithoorn Centrum from Amstelveen Westwijk.[76]-
– Service between Bangkok and Vientiane starts operation.[77]
- July 22 – Catania Metro extends from Nesima to Monte Po.[78]
August
- August 1 – Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway extends passenger rail service from Morogoro to Dodoma.[79]
August 8 – Line 3 of the Hanoi Metro opens between Nhon and Cau Giay.[80]- August 10 – Line 8 of the Seoul Subway extends from Amsa to Byeollae.[81]
- August 11 – Caltrain soft launches electrification along the San Francisco Peninsula.[82]
- August 12
- August 18 – Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System extends from Modinagar North to Meerut South.[86]
- August 19 – Metro North West & Bankstown Line of the Sydney Metro extends from Chatswood to Sydenham.[87]
August 20 – Passenger service between Annaba and Tunis restarts after 30 years of suspension.[88]- August 22 – Amtrak truncates Northeast Regional service from Newport News to Newport News Transportation Center.[89]
- 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.[90]
- August 24 – Line D of the Grenoble tramway network extends from Les-Taillées-Universités to Gares.[91]
- August 25 – Port Dock line of the Adelaide Metro opens between Adelaide and Port Dock.[92]
- August 28 – Red Line of MAX Light Rail extends from Beaverton Transit Center to Hillsboro Airport/Fairgrounds.[93]
- August 29 – Western Railway launches passenger service between Mumbai and Goa.[94]
- August 30 – 1 Line of Link light rail extends from Northgate to Lynnwood City Center via the Lynnwood Link extension.[95]
- August 31 – El Insurgente commuter rail extends from Lerma to Santa Fe.[96][97]
September
September 2 – Services restart between Lugano and Zurich after the reopening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel.[98]
September 5 – Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro extends from Novomoskovskaya to Potapovo.[99]- September 6 – Hangzhou-Wenzhou high speed line is officially inaugurated for service between Hangzhou and Wenzhou.[100]
- September 7 – Troitskaya Line of the Moscow Metro opens between Novatorskaya and Tyutchevskaya.[101]
- September 10 – Nightjet begins service between Vienna and Rome.[102]
- September 10 – Line 8 of Suzhou Rail Transit opens between Xijinqiao and Chefang.[103]
- September 13 – Line FA of Tren Interoceánico opens between Palenque and Coatzacoalcos.[104]
- September 14
- – Meizhouxi to Longchuanxi section of the Longyan-Longchuan high speed railway opens.[105]
- – Great Western Railway restores service between Oxford and Bristol.[106]
- September 16 – Red Line of the Ahmedabad Metro extends from Motera Stadium to Sector-1 and via branch to GIFT City.[107]
- September 19 – North Central Railway launches passenger service between Prayagraj and Katra.[108]
- September 20 – Tren Maya extends from Playa del Carmen to Felipe Carrillo Puerto.[109]
- September 21 – Caltrain begins full electric service between San Francisco and San Jose.[110]
- September 23
– Line 10 of the Brussels tramway network opens between Military Hospital and Churchill.[111]
– 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.[112]- – Line 2 of the Moscow tramway network opens between 3rd Vladimirskaya Street and Kursky.[113]
- 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.[114]
- September 28
- – Tianjin Metro: Line 5 extends from Liqizhuangnan to Jinghuadongdao and Jinjing line opens between Jinghuadongdao and Tuanboyixueyuan.[115]
- – L Taraval of the Muni Metro resumes service between Wawona and 46th Avenue and Embarcadero.[116]
- September 29
- – Line S3 of the Chengdu Metro opens between Futian and Ziyang Bei.[117]
- – Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway opens between Chongqing West and Yibin East.[118]
- – Purple Line of the Pune Metro extends from Civil Court to Swargate.[119]
- – Copper Line of the San Diego Trolley opens between Santee and El Cajon Transit Center.[120]
October
- October 1
- – Line 7 of the Wuhan Metro extends from Hengdian to Huangpi Square.[121]
- – Huinong South to Yinchuan section of the Baoyin high-speed railway opens.[122]
- October 6 – Tren Maya extends from Nicolás Bravo-Konhunlich to Chetumal.[123]
- October 7
- – Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro opens between Aarey Colony and Income Tax Office.[124]
- – Egyptian National Railways reintroduces service between Al Ismailia and Bir-al-Abd.[125]
- October 11 – Xuancheng–Jixi high-speed railway starts operations between Xuancheng and Jixi County.[126]
- October 12 – Line 4 of the Milan Metro extends from San Babila to San Cristoforo.[127]
October 13 – Translink opens Belfast Grand Central for Railway Services.[128]
October 15 – Lagos RMT Red Line starts operations between Oyingbo and Agbado.[129]- October 18 – Line U5 of the Stuttgart Stadtbahn extends from Leinfelden Bahnhof to Leinfelden Neuer Markt.[130]
- October 21 – Tianjin–Weifang–Yantai high-speed railway starts operations between Weifang North and Yantai South.[131]
- October 29 – Warsaw tramway network: Line 14 opens between Frodo Ave and Miasteczko Wilanów, Line 16 opens between Spacerowa and Miasteczko Wilanów.[132]
November
- November 1
- – Guangzhou Metro Line 3 to be extended to Haibang from Panyu Square.[133]
– Macau LRT Seac Pai Van Line starts operations between Union Hospital and Seac Pai Van.[134]
- 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.[135]
November
- November 9 – The Trambesòs T4 line of the Barcelona Tram is extended from Glòries to Verdaguer in the first phase of its expansion along Avinguda Diagonal.[136][137]
- November 10 – Amtrak to temporarily combine the Capitol Limited and Silver Star trains into the Floridian train between Chicago and Miami.[138]
- November 30
- – Completion of the Shanghai-Suzhou-Huzhou high speed line. [139][140]
- – Thessaloniki's first Metro line is to start operations with its first phase.[141]
- – O-Train: Line 2 to extend to Limebank from Greenboro, Line 4 to open between Macdonald–Cartier International Airport and South Keys.[142][143]
December
- December 8 – Transperth Ellenbrook Line to open between Perth and Ellenbrook.[144]
- December 10 – North East MRT line to extend to Punggol Coast station.[145]
- December 14 – In the Daegu Metropolitan Area, the Daegyeong Line commences service between Gumi and Gyeongsan.[146]
- December 15
- December 16 – Paris-Berlin ICE high speed service to commence.[150]
- December 22 – Line 1 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro expected to open.[151]
- – Beijing Subway: Line 3 to open between Dongsi Shitiao and Dongbabei, Line 12 to open between Sijiqing Qiao and Dongbabei, Line 1 to be extended to Fushouling from Gucheng.[152][153][154][155]
- – Bitong Line of the Chongqing Suburban Railway to open for traffic.[156]
- – Chengdu Metro: Line 27 to open from Shifo to Shuxin Road, Line 8 to extend to Guilong Road from Shilidian.[157][158]
- – Hefei Metro Line 8 Phase 1 to start operations.[159]
- – Shenyang Metro Line 3 Phase 1 to be inaugurated.[160][161]
- – Suzhou Rail Transit Line 7 is set to start operations.[162]
- – Taiyuan Metro Line 1 is set to start operations.[163]
- – Xi'an Metro Line 8 to start operations.[164]
- – Macau LRT Hengqin line to open between Lotus and Hengqin.[165]
- – Line S4 of the Nuremberg S-Bahn is planned to be extended from Dombühl to Crailsheim.[166]
- – Passenger service on the Nördlingen–Pleinfeld railway is planned to be restored between Gunzenhausen and Wassertrüdingen after service to Nördlingen was suspended in 1985.[167]
- – Indore Metro Yellow Line starts operations between Gandhi Nagar and Airport.[168]
- – El Insurgente to extend to Observatorio from Santa Fe.[169]
– Riyadh Metro's six new metro lines are expected to start operations.[170]- – Grand Union to commence operating between London Paddington and Carmarthen.[171]
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- – Parramatta Light Rail expected to open.[172]
- – GRU Airport People Mover to open in São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport.[173]
- – GO Lakeshore East to extend to Bowmanville from Oshawa.[174]
- – Hurontario LRT opening in Mississauga.[175][176][177]
- – Expected opening of the Line 6 Finch West.[178]
- – Expected completion of Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown light rail project.[179]
- – Changsha Metro Line 6 is set to be extended to the third terminal of Huanghua Airport.[180]
- – Guangzhou Metro Line 11 to start operations between Longtan and Chisha as a loop line.[181]
- – Harbin Metro Line 3 extends from Sports Park to Chinese-baroque Block, completing the loop.[182]
- – Ningbo Rail Transit Line 4 western expansion to open.[183]
- – Shanghai Airport Link Line opening.[184]
- – Shenzhen Metro Line 13 to open for service between Hi-Tech Central and Shenzhen Bay Checkpoint.[185][186]
- – Zhengzhou-Kaifeng intercity railway to extend to Kaifeng railway station.[187]
- – Zhengzhou Metro Line 6 Phase 1 East Section to officially open.[188]
- – Cairo Monorail: New Administrative Capital Line to open between Stadium and Station 22, 6th of October Line to open between New October City and Nile Valley Station.[189]
- – Bangalore Metro Green Line to extend to Madavara from Nagasandra.[190]
- – Opening of Bhoj Metro.[191]
- – Opening of Chennai Metro Velachery–St. Thomas Mount line.[192][193]
- – Naples Metro Line 1 to become a loop line after mountain boring.[194]
– Expected opening of Astana Metro.[195]- – Introduction of CFL's new Coradia Stream High Capacity trains.[196]
- – First phase of Saint Peterburg Metro's Line 6 is set to start operations with initially opening two stations.[197]
- – Planned completion of the extension of Madrid Metro Line 3 to El Casar.[198]
– North Bothnia High-Speed Railway to open between Umeå and Dava.[199]- – Great British Railways to take over as owner of the UK rail network from Network Rail[200]
- – West Midlands Metro opens a new line between Wednesbury and Brierley Hill.[201]
- – Avelia Liberty trains are expected to be introduced, eventually replacing Acela Express trains along the Northeast Corridor.[202]
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