2014 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2014. Please be aware that the actual dates that these events occur on may differ substantially from what is shown here.

Events

By month

January events

• January 1 – Carl Ice assumes position as CEO of BNSF Railway, replacing the former CEO Matt Rose, who assumed position as Chief Operating Officer.
• January 2 – Canadian Pacific Railway announces the sale of 660 miles (1,060 km) of their Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern subsidiary to Genesee & Wyoming, who will operate it as the Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad. The sale, expected to close in mid-2014, includes the mainline from Tracy, Minnesota to Rapid City, South Dakota plus some branch lines.^[1][2]

March events

• March 23 – A Chicago 'L' train overruns the bumper at O'Hare subway station, injuring 32.^[3][4][5] See: O'Hare CTA station train crash
• March 27 – Opening of the Dulwich Hill extension of Sydney's Inner West Light Rail.^[6]

April events

• April 5 - Opening of the Panama Metro in Panama City, Panama.
• April 28 - Auckland's first electric trains, the AM class, entered service on the Onehunga Branch. (See Auckland railway electrification.)
• April 29 – Changsha Metro Line 2 opens.^[7]

May events

• May 1 – SunRail's commuter service in Greater Orlando, Florida, started service.^[8]
• May 7 – Reopening of Saint Paul Union Depot in Minnesota to regularly scheduled train traffic. The depot last saw trains on 30 April 1971, the day before Amtrak began operation.
• May 9 – United States Department of Labor commemorates the contributions of Chinese railroad workers who helped build the railroad by adding them to the Labor Hall of Honor^[9]
• May 28 – The Wuhan Metro Line 1 Hankou North extension opens.^[10]

June events

• June 8 – Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro in India opens on the Versova–Ghatkopar west–east corridor.^[11]
• June 14^[12] – Expected opening of the Green Line light rail service in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota.^[13]

July Events

• July 26 - The new WMATA Silver Line opens for passenger service in the Washington D.C. area. Construction of the Metro's 6th new rapid transit route included 11.8 miles of new trackway and 5 stations at McLean, Tysons Corner, Greensboro, Spring Hill and Wiehle – Reston East. Silver Line trains operate between Reston, VA and Largo Town Center Station on the Blue Line.

September events

• September 17 – Zhuyehai Station on Wuhan Metro's Line 1 opens.^[14]

November events

• November 10 – The Fulton Center New York City Subway interchange opens.
• November 22 – North South MRT Line 1 km extension scheduled to open, of which it is Marina South Pier MRT Station.^[15][16]

December events

• December 25 – Indian Railways inaugurates the Sushasan Express, connecting Gwalior and Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, in commemoration of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 91st birthday.
• December 28 - West Island Line opened.

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