2024 in rail transport
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.
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Events
January
– Jokeri light rail opening.[1]
March
– Scheduled MRT Orange Line opening.[2]
September
– Caltrain is expected to begin electrified service along the San Francisco Peninsula.[3][4]
December
– expected completion of Stuttgart–Wendlingen high-speed railway.[5][6]
– Planned completion of the García-Monterrey light rail link.[7]- – The Federal Way Extension of Link light rail is scheduled to open between SeaTac and Federal Way, Washington.[8]
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– The Cross River Rail line is planned to open in Brisbane, establishing a new tunnel crossing of the Brisbane River.[9]- – The Sydney Metro extension opening.[10]
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– Hurontario LRT opening.[11][12]- – The Lakeshore East line extension opening.
- – Confederation Line (Stage 2) East earliest opening date.
– Airport Link line in Shanghai opening.
– Alexandria – Aswan HSL claimed opening.
– Proposed completion of Tallinn-Tartu line electrification.- – Tampere light rail extension to Lentävänniemi.[13]
– RER E extension to Mantes-la-Jolie.
– Opening of Indore Metro.- – Opening of Kanpur Metro.
- – Opening of Patna Metro.[14]
– Opening of the Tel Aviv Light Rail Green Line.
– E8 series operation start. Speed of Yamagata Shinkansen trains (sharing 320 km/h Tohoku Shinkansen line) to increase from 275 km/h to 300 km/h.
– Bandar Utama–Klang line opening.- – George Town – Bayan Lepas LRT line opening.
– Projected opening of the Auckland City Rail Link.[15]
– Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod line to be fully upgraded to high-speed rail.[16]- – Opening of Line 2 of Kazan Metro.
– Extension of Stockholm Metro.
– Expected completion of the Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Circular light rail.[17]- – Phuket Island light rail transit opening.[18]
– Projected opening of Coventry Very Light Rail.[19]- – Hydrogen trains introduction, the first train to be designated as Class 6xx.
- – The Lynnwood Extension of Link light rail is scheduled to open from Northgate to Lynnwood in Snohomish County, Washington.[20]
- – The Downtown Redmond extension of Link light rail's Line 2 is scheduled to open.[21]
- – Phoenix Valley Metro Rail South Central Extension/Downtown Hub project is expected to open to passenger operations as the second light rail line in the metro area.[22]
- – Phoenix Valley Metro Rail Northwest Extension Phase II is planned to open.[23]
- – Phoenix Valley Metro Rail Capitol/I-10 West Extension Phase I is planned to open to the Arizona State Capitol.[24]
- – Planned completion of Brightline West between Las Vegas, Nevada and Victor Valley, California.[25]
- – The MAX Red Line is planned to be extended to Fair Complex/Hillsboro Airport, completing a direct rail link from Hillsboro Airport to Portland International Airport.[26]
- – Earliest expected start of Brightline commuter rail operations in Miami-Dade County along the Florida East Coast Railway.[27]
- – Earliest expected year that Caltrain service in California is to be extended to Salinas.[28]
- – Los Angeles Metro Rail Purple Line Extension Phase I is scheduled to open.[29]
- – Los Angeles Metro Rail North Hollwyood-Pasadena Transit Corridor is scheduled to open.[30]
- – Dallas Silver Line commuter rail expected to open.[31]
References
- "Construction of Jokeri Light Rail 75% complete – rail construction progressing ahead of schedule | Jokeri Light Rail". Raide-Jokeri. 4 November 2021.
- Theparat, Chatrudee (30 October 2020). "Tangled lines". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- Lipps, Jeremy (4 December 2021). "Caltrain needs $462 million to electrify". San Mateo Daily Journal. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- Savage, Nico (3 June 2021). "Caltrain electrification delayed to 2024, and the price tag is rising too". The Mercury News. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- Michael Kröger (29 November 2017). "Stuttgart 21 wird wohl eine Milliarde Euro teurer – und ein Jahr später fertig". Spiegel-Online (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- Claus Hecking; Gerald Traufetter (12 December 2017). "Woche der Wahrheit für Stuttgart 21". Spiegel-Online (in German). Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- "Private sector to cover 90% of Mexico's García-Monterrey light rail link". BNamericas. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- Sailor, Craig (28 December 2021). "Light rail extension to Federal Way is 44 percent complete but still long way from Tacoma". The News Tribune. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- "Cross River Rail to dominate Queensland election". The Courier Mail. News Corp. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- "Sydney Metro Southwest Project Overview". Sydney Metro. Sydney Metro. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- "Transdev Awarded Contract for Hurontario Light Rail Transit Project, Ontario, Canada". Newswire.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
- metrolinx (2019-12-09). "How will the Eglinton Crosstown LRT's automatic train control work? We break down every major element in an infographic". Metrolinx News. Retrieved 2021-02-16.
- "Tampere to receive a tramway". 13 November 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
- "Chief secretary OKs metro rail's DPR". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 26 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- "Timeline". City Rail Link. City Rail Link Ltd. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
- "Russia's New High Speed Rail Route to Cost $36Bln". The Moscow Times. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- Shwu-fen, Wang; Liu, Kay (18 October 2020). "Kaohsiung circular light rail line facing more delays: official". CNA English News. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- "Phuket tram project needs B2bn extra". Phuket News. 31 May 2019.
- "Trams to run on Coventry's streets for first time since The Blitz". Coventry Telegraph. 14 March 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
- "Lynnwood Link Extension" (PDF). Sound Transit. July 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2016.
- "Downtown Redmond Link Extension". Sound Transit. Retrieved September 23, 2019.
- "South Central Extension/Downtown Hub". Valley Metro. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
- "Northwest Extension Phase II Fact Sheet" (PDF). Third Quarter 2020. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- Goodman, Jessica (27 May 2020). "City of Phoenix, Valley Metro want your input on Capitol and I-10 West Light Rail Extension". AZFamily. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- "LA to Vegas Fact Sheet" (PDF) (Press release). Brightline. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
- Altstadt, Roberta (February 13, 2020). "TriMet's Better Red project receives Medium-High rating from Federal Transit Administration". TriMet. Archived from the original on March 29, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
- Scheckner, Jesse (6 April 2021). "Miami-Dade seeks federal funding for Northeast commuter rail line". Miami Today. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- Schmalz, David (12 October 2021). "A long-stalled commuter rail extension project from Gilroy to Salinas is making critical progress, and finally has an estimated arrival time". Monterey County Weekly. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- Los Angeles Metro. "Purple Line Extension". Retrieved 2021-11-20.
- "That Rapid Bus Line from North Hollywood to Pasadena is Officially Happening". MSN.
- Bennett, Chloe (12 July 2021). "Why DART is pushing back the opening date for the Silver Line to DFW Airport". The Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
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