2014 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2014.

Events

January

• January 1
  •   – Elron takes over all domestic passenger train services in Estonia from Edelaraudtee.
  •   – Carl Ice assumes position as CEO of BNSF Railway, replacing the former CEO Matt Rose, who assumed position as Chief Operating Officer.^{[citation needed]}
•   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

•   March 23 – A Chicago 'L' train overruns the bumper at O'Hare  , injuring 34.^[3][4][5] See: O'Hare station train crash
•   March 27 – Opening of the Dulwich Hill extension of Sydney's Inner West Light Rail.^[6]

April

•   April 1 – Formal closure of the Iwaizumi Line in Iwate Prefecture, which had been non-operational since 2010 after a landslide caused a derailment.^[7]
•   April 5 – Opening of the Panama Metro in Panama City, Panama.^{[citation needed]}
•   April 21 – An L0 Series maglev train sets the worldwide passenger railway speed record by reaching 603 km/h (375 mph) along the Yamanashi Test Track.^[8]
•   April 28 – Auckland's first electric trains, the AM class, entered service on the Onehunga Branch. (See Auckland railway electrification.)^{[citation needed]}
•   April 29 – Changsha Metro Line 2 opens.^[9]

May

• May 1
  •   – SunRail's commuter service in Greater Orlando, Florida, started service.^[10]
  •   – Opening of KLIA Ekspres KLIA2 extension line in Sepang.^[11]
•   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^[12]
•   May 11 – The section of the Esashi Line between Kikonai and Esashi in Hokkaido Prefecture closes permanently due to ailing patronage.^[13]
•   May 28 – The Wuhan Metro Line 1 Hankou North extension opens.^[14]

June

•   June 8 – Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro in India opens on the Versova–Ghatkopar west–east corridor.^[15]
•   June 14 – Opening of the Green Line light rail service in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota.^[16][17]

July

•   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.^{[citation needed]}

August

•   August 13 – A train of the Manila MRT Line 3 gets derailed at Taft Avenue station and overshot to the streets. The incident was caused by human error.^[18]
•   August 16 – Lhasa–Xigazê Railway opens to Xigazê Railway Station (Shigatse) in the Tibet Autonomous Region.^[19]

September

•   September 17 – Zhuyehai Station on Wuhan Metro's Line 1 opened.^[20]
•   September 21 – Transperth's Joondalup line is extended from Clarkson to Butler.^{[21][22][23][24]}
•   September 23 – Harbin Metro Line 1 opened one infill station serving Museum of Heilongjiang Province.

November

•   November 10 – The Fulton Center New York City Subway interchange opened.^{[citation needed]}
•   November 22 – The Bay Area Rapid Transit Coliseum–Oakland International Airport line automated people mover begins service.^{[25][non-primary source needed]}
•   November 23 – North South MRT Line 1 km extension opened, of which it is Marina South Pier MRT station.^[26][27]

December

•   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.^{[citation needed]}
•   December 28 – West Island line opened.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. (Press release). Canadian Pacific Railway. 2 January 2014. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
2. "Canadian Pacific reaches deal to sell western part of DM&E rail line". The Globe and Mail. The Canadian Press. 2 January 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
3. Nickeas, Peter; Bowean, Lolly; Wronski, Richard; Geiger, Kim. "Focus in CTA crash falls on operator fatigue, braking system". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
4. Esposito, Stefano. "'Automatic stop' kicked in before CTA train crashed at O'Hare". Chicago Sun Times. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
5. Goudie, Chuck. . Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
6. . Archived from the original on 21 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
7. East Japan Railway Company, Morioka Branch (17 August 2010). (PDF) (in Japanese). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
8. "Japan's maglev train breaks world speed record with 600km/h test run". The Guardian. United Kingdom: Guardian News and Media Limited. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 21 April 2015.
9. "Changsha metro opens". Railway Gazette. 29 April 2014. Retrieved 4 May 2014.
10. "Free SunRail rides start Thursday". orlandosentinel.com. Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
11. . Archived from the original on 23 November 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2012.
12. "Chinese Railway Workers Inducted in US Labor Department's Hall of Honor".
13. 江差線木古内—江差間が廃止される [Esashi Line section between Kikonai and Esashi closes]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). Japan: Koyusha Co., Ltd. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
14. [Hankou of Wuhan Metro Line 1 North extension cord opened tomorrow]. ycwb.com. 27 May 2014. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
15. "Maharashtra CM Prithivraj Chavan flags off Mumbai Metro". The Times of India. 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
16. (Press release). Metropolitan Council. 22 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2014.
17. "METRO System - Metro Transit". Retrieved 16 August 2014.
18. Camus, Miguel R. (19 August 2014). "DOTC: Human error blamed for MRT-3 train accident; 4 train workers face raps". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
19. "Tibet railway opens to Xigaze". Railway Gazette. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
20. [Zhuyehai Station opened]. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014.
21. "Butler rail station opens September 21". Public Transport Authority. 18 August 2014. from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
22. "Barnett opens rail extension as first train leaves Butler station". WAtoday. 21 September 2014. from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
23. "Butler train station and rail extension opens". ABC News. 21 September 2014. from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
24. "Extended northern railway: Butler train station open today". PerthNow. 21 September 2014. from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
25. "New BART service to Oakland International Airport now open". Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART). 21 November 2014. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
26. "COS 2012: Land Transport Updates". Ministry of Transpore. 7 March 2012. Archived from the original on 25 December 2012.
27. http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_774849 ^{[dead link]}