2010 in rail transport

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2009, 2010, 2011

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This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2010. Please be aware that the actual dates that these events occur on may differ substantially from what is shown here.

Contents 1 Events 1.1 June events 1.2 Unknown date events 2 References

[edit] Events

[edit] June events

• - The newly extended East London Railway is expected to begin service between West Croydon, Crystal Palace and Dalston Junction.^[1]

[edit] Unknown date events

• - The government of Gauteng Province, South Africa, expects to complete a new rail connection between Johannesburg, Tschwane and Johannesburg International Airport before the opening of the Football World Cup series.^[2]
• - The Korea Train Express route is expected to shift to a dedicated high speed train right-of-way, which will reduce travel time between Seoul and Busan from 160 minutes to 116 minutes.
• - Work is expected to be completed on the Iron Silk Road high speed railway line connecting China to mainliand Europe.^[3]
• - The extension of the Tōhoku Shinkansen in Japan from Hachinohe to Shin-Aomori is expected to open.
• - New high speed rail service between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv is scheduled to begin operations.^[4]
• - The second maglev train route in China is expected to open between Shanghai and Hangzhou.^[5]
• - Bremen S-Bahn is expected to be operational by 2010.

[edit] References

1. ^ "TfL awards contract to build new East London Railway", Infrasite.net, 2006-10-23. Retrieved on 2006-11-07.
2. ^ RailStaff (August 2, 2005), Johannesburg’s 80 KM Airport Link to be ready for Football World Cup. Retrieved August 4, 2005.
3. ^ Page, Jeremy; The Australian (December 6, 2005), Beijing backs plan for silk railroad link to Europe. Retrieved December 5, 2005.
4. ^ Lefkovits, Etgar; Jerusalem Post (February 8, 2006), Jerusalem-TA high-speed railway to be online in 2010. Retrieved February 8, 2006.
5. ^ Xinhua (March 6, 2006), Maglev railway to link Hangzhou, Shanghai. Retrieved March 6, 2006.