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2022 in rail transport
Events
January
January 1
– opens.
January 1
– First phase of the
Lusail Tram
opens.
January 8
âÂÂ
HangzhouâÂÂTaizhou high-speed railway
opens.
January 11
– Trial opening of the Jinyi section of
Jinhua Rail Transit
's
Jinyidong line
.
January 13
–
Line 4
of the
Paris Métro
is extended from
Mairie de Montrouge
to
BagneuxâÂÂLucie Aubrac
.
January 15
– The
Jiaxing Tram
is extended from Fanggong Road Binhe Road to
Jiaxing Railway Station
.
January 25
– The first phase of
Line 9
of the
Chongqing Rail Transit
opens between
Gaotanyan
and
Xingke Avenue
.
February
February 16
– Opening of Line 2 extension of the
RabatâÂÂSalé tramway
.
February 21
– The first phases of Lines
3
and
10
of the
Hangzhou Metro
open, and
Line 4
is extended from
Pengbu
to
Chihua Street
.
March
March 6
– The
Pune Metro
starts operations between
PCMC Bhavan
and
Phugewadi
on the
Purple Line
, and between
Vanaz
and
Garware College
on the
Aqua Line
.
March 19
–
Line 4
of the
Seoul Metropolitan Subway
is extended from
Danggogae
to
Jinjeop
.
– The 75 kilometer 'Beno' rail line between
Belgrade
and
Novi Sad
in
Serbia
is reopened as a high speed line as part of the
BudapestâÂÂBelgrade railway
.
March 21
– The Union Square Branch of the
MBTA subway
's
Green Line Extension
opens in
Somerville
.
March 22
–
Line 3
of the
Manila Metro Rail Transit System
completes an upgrading and rehabilitation project.
March 25
– Construction of the
MoscowâÂÂSaint Petersburg high-speed railway
is suspended.
– The
Bilbao tram
is extended from
Atxuri
to
Bolueta
using the former
Euskotren Trena
alignment between
Kukullaga
and Atxuri.
March 28
–
Allegro
international high-speed service ends operations.
March 29
–
Punjabi Bagh West station
on the
Delhi Metro
becomes an interchange between the
Pink Line
and the
Green Line
.
March 30
âÂÂ
Guiyang railway loop line
opens.
March 31
– The first phase of
Line 22
of the
Guangzhou Metro
opens from
Panyu Square
to
Chentougang
.
– The Krasnodar tramway is extended from Solnechnaya to Ulitsa Petra Metalnikova.
April
April 1
–
Line 7
of the
Hangzhou Metro
is extended from
Citizen Center
to
Wushan Square
, and
Line 9
is extended from
Coach Center
to
Guanyintang
.
–
ScotRail
takes over from
Abellio ScotRail
as
operator of last resort
of the ScotRail franchise.
April 2
– The first phases of Lines
2
and
7
of the
Mumbai Metro
open.
April 9
– Line 5 of the
Prague tram network
is extended from SÃÂdlià ¡tàBarrandov to HolynÃÂ.
April 23
– Line 10 of the
Poznaà  tram network
is extended from Lechicka/Naramowicka to Bà Âaà ¼eja.
April 25
– Line 2 of the
Darmstadt tram network
is extended from Hochschulstadion to TU-Lichtwiese.
April 29
–
Line 1
of the
Shaoxing Metro
is extended from
China Textile City
to
Fangquan
.
–
Line 5
of the
Fuzhou Metro
opens.
May
May 1
–
Line 7
of the
Guangzhou Metro
is extended from
Guangzhou South Railway Station
to
Meidi Dadao
.
– Opening of the first phase of the
Fenghuang Maglev
.
May 6
– The
MTR
retires
Metro-Cammell EMUs
after 40 years of service.
May 15
– The MTR
East Rail line
is extended across
Victoria Harbour
to
Hong Kong Island
.
May 17
–
Line 10
of
Metrovalencia
opens.
May 20
– The
Tempe Streetcar
opens in
Tempe, Arizona
.
May 24
– The central section of
Crossrail
opens, and Crossrail and
TfL Rail
are officially branded the "
Elizabeth line
".
May 28
– The
Odense Letbane
opens.
– The
Shinbundang Line
of the
Seoul Metropolitan Subway
is extended from
Gangnam
to
Sinsa
, and the
Sillim Line
opens.
May 30
–
Line 1
of the
Almaty Metro
is extended from
Moskva
to
Bauyrzhan Momyshuly
.
May 31
–
Line 12
of the
Paris Metro
is extended from
Front Populaire
to
Mairie d'Aubervilliers
.
June
June 3
–
Garmisch-Partenkirchen train derailment
: A double-decker
Regionalbahn
passenger train derails near Burgrain in Bavaria, killing four people and injuring many more.
June 10
–
Line 3
of the
Hangzhou Metro
is extended from
Chaowang Road
to
West Wenyi Road
, and the branch from
South Xixi Wetland
to
Shima
opens.
June 12
– The
Gawler railway line
reopens after an 18-month closure due to the electrification of the line.
June 16
– Opening of the
HotanâÂÂRuoqiang railway
, completing a 2,712-km loop line around the
Taklamakan Desert
.
– Partial opening of MRT
Putrajaya line
, Malaysia's fifth metro line, from
Sungai Buloh
/
Kwasa Damansara
to
Kampong Batu
.
June 17
– A passenger train is introduced between
Yerevan
and
Shoghakat
.
June 18
–
Line 4
of the
Chongqing Rail Transit
is extended from
Tangjiatuo
to
Huangling
.
June 20
– The
Chengjiao line
of the
Zhengzhou Metro
is extended from
Xinzheng International Airport
to
Zhengzhou Hangkonggang Railway Station
.
– Passenger train is relaunched between
Tashkent
and
Dushanbe
.
June 24
–
Line 10
of the
Hangzhou Metro
is extended from
Cuibai Road
to
Xueyuan Road
.
June 25
– The
Jiaxing Tram
is extended from
Jiaxing Railway Station
to East Zhongshan Road/Anle Road.
June 26
– Reopening of the
PNR South Main Line
stretch from
San Pablo
to
Lucena
after a period of suspension starting October 2013, as part of the
PNR South Long Haul
.
June 28
–
Line 6
of the
Changsha Metro
opens.
June 29
–
Line 5
of the
Kunming Metro
opens.
June 30
–
Line M2
of the
Warsaw Metro
is extended west from
KsiÃÂcia Janusza
to
Bemowo
.
July
July 1
– Connection between
Madrid Atocha
and
Madrid ChamartÃÂn
opens.
July 2
– Line T2 of the
Bursa tramway
opens.
July 3
– Opening of the initial route of the
Cairo Light Rail Transit
.
July 6
–
ÃÂle-de-France tramway Line 13
opens.
July 14
–
Green Line
of the
Kolkata Metro
is extended from
Phoolbagan
to
Sealdah
.
July 17
– Line 1 of the
West Midlands Metro
is extended from
Birmingham Library
to
Edgbaston
.
July 18
–
London Overground
extension to
Barking Riverside
opens.
July 22
– Opening of the initial section of the
DaliâÂÂRuili railway
.
July 29
–
Amtrak
extends the
Ethan Allen Express
to
Union Station
in
Burlington, Vermont
.
July 30
– Four infill stations open on
Line 19
of the
Beijing Subway
.
August
August 6
– The
Chongqing Rail Transit
Jiangtiao line
opens between
Tiaodeng
and
Shengquansi
.
August 21
– The
SEPTA Regional Rail
Media/Elwyn Line is extended from
Elwyn
to
Wawa
, and the line is renamed the
Media/Wawa Line
.
August 28
–
Line 6
of the
Fuzhou Metro
opens.
August 29
– Line T3 of the
Caen tramway
is extended from Collège Hawking to
Fleury-sur-Orne
.
– Opening of the section between à Âagiewniki and Kurdwanów on the
Kraków tramway
.
August 30
– Full opening of the Jinyi section of
Jinhua Rail Transit
's
Jinyidong line
.
August 31
– Opening of the Yekaterinburg interurban tram Route 333, connecting
Yekaterinburg
to
Verkhnyaya Pyshma
.
September
September 1
– The
Kochi Metro
is extended from
Pettah
to
SN Junction
.
September 6
– Opening of the initial section of the
ChangdeâÂÂYiyangâÂÂChangsha high-speed railway
.
September 11
– Line T1 of the
Luxembourg tramway
is extended to
Lycée Bonnevoie
.
September 12
–
RATP
introduces automated trains on
Line 4
of the
Paris Metro
.
September 13
– Opening of the Red Line and the first phase of the Green Line of
Mi Tren
in
Cochabamba
.
September 20
– Line B of the
Rennes Metro
opens.
September 22
–
Hangzhou Metro
Line 3
is extended from
West Wenyi Road
to
Wushanqiancun
,
Line 10
is extended from
Xueyuan Road
to
Huanglong Sports Center
, and
Line 19
opens.
– Opening of the final section (HuzhouâÂÂHangzhou) of the
ShangqiuâÂÂHangzhou high-speed railway
.
September 23
– Opening of the initial section of the
Nishi Kyushu Shinkansen
.
September 24
–
Line 1 YongeâÂÂUniversity
of the
Toronto subway
introduces automatic train control across the full length of the line.
September 28
–
Line M2
of the
Warsaw Metro
is extended east from
Trocka
to
Bródno
.
September 30
–
Line S8
of the
Nanjing Metro
is extended south from
Taishanxincun
to
Changjiangdaqiaobei
.
–
Line 2
of the
Dalian Metro
is extended from
Xinzhaizi
to
Dalian North railway station
.
–
Line 6
of the
Zhengzhou Metro
opens from
Jiayu
to
Changzhuang
.
– All rail service between and , California was suspended due to
coastal erosion
under the track in
San Clemente
. Service along the
Surf Line
was restored the following April.
October
October 2
– The
East-West Corridor
of the
Ahmedabad Metro
begins service.
– Line
M4
of the
Istanbul Metro
is extended from
Tavà Âantepe
to
Sabiha Gökçen Airport
.
October 3
– The
Long Island Rail Road
's
Third Track Project
between
Floral Park
and
Hicksville
is completed.
October 5
– The
Kaohsiung Metro
's
Circular light rail
is extended from
TRA Museum of Fine Arts
to
Heart of Love River
.
October 6
– Opening of Phase 3-1 of
Cairo Metro
Line 3
, linking Attaba to Kit-Kat.
– The
North-South Corridor
of the
Ahmedabad Metro
begins service.
October 7
– The northern portion of the
Los Angeles Metro Rail
's
K Line
opens after several delays.
October 9
–
Transperth
's
Airport line
opens between
High Wycombe
and
Claremont
.
October 10
–
Line 3
of the
Athens Metro
is extended from
Nikaia
to
Dimotiko Theatro
.
– The
Metro Express
is extended from Phoenix to Curepipe Central.
October 17
– Line 9 of the
Helsinki tram network
is extended from Pasila to Ilmalantori.
October 24
–
Arrow
begins service in
Redlands, California
.
October 26
–
Cádiz Bay tram-train
begun operation.
October 28
–
Shenzhen Metro
Line 11
is extended from
Futian
to
Gangxia North
and
Line 14
opens.
âÂÂ
Line F4
of the
Istanbul Metro
network opens.
October 29
– The
Trans-Sulawesi Railway
opens between Barru and Pangkep on a limited basis.
November
November 1
– The
Olomouc tramway
is extended from Trnkova to U KapliÃÂky.
November 5
–
Gaziantep
's
Gaziray
starts operation.
November 6
–
Elizabeth line
direct service commenced between
Paddington
and
Shenfield
and between
Reading
and
Heathrow
to
Abbey Wood
.
November 10
– Opening of
Line 1
of the
Nantong Rail Transit
.
November 13
– Opening of Stage 3 of the
MRT
ThomsonâÂÂEast Coast line
.
November 15
– The
Washington Metro
Silver Line
is extended to
Ashburn
via
Dulles International Airport
.
November 18
–
Line 10
of the
Tianjin Metro
opens.
November 19
–
Central Subway
in
San Francisco
opens after repeated delays.
November 21
– Opening of the
Bergen Light Rail
Line 2 between Byparken and Fyllingsdalen.
November 26
– The first section of
Milan Metro
Line 4
opens between
Dateo
and
Linate Aeroporto
.
November 28
– Lines
6B
and
12
of the
Shenzhen Metro
open.
November 29
–
Nanhai Tram Line 1
extends from
Sanshanxinchengbei
to
Linyuedong
.
December
December 1
–
Line 2
of the
Ningbo Rail Transit
extends from
Congyuan Road
to
Honglian
.
December 3
– Line M1 of the
Helsinki Metro
extends from
Matinkylä
to
Kivenlahti
.
December 9
– Opening of
WendlingenâÂÂUlm high-speed railway
.
December 11
– Opening of the Osová-Nemocnice Bohunice tram line in
Brno
.
– The
Aqua Line
of the
Nagpur Metro
is extended from
Sitabuldi
to
Prajapati Nagar
, while the
Orange Line
is extended from
Kasturchand Park
to
Automative Square
.
– The
Follo Line
opened after delays.
– Opening of the
Limmattalerbahn
, a LRT line connecting the Limmatvalley with Zurich as Line 20 in the network.
December 12
– Opening of the Medford Branch of the
Green Line Extension
to
Somerville
and
Medford, Massachusetts
.
December 17
- Paju's
Uncheon Station
on the
Gyeongui-Jungang Line
opens.
December 19
– The
Silesian Interurbans
is extended from Zagórze BMC (formerly named Zagórze Petla) to Zagórze Rondo Jana Pawla II.
December 20
– The
PHX Sky Train
is extended from Terminal 3 to Rental Car Center.
December 21
–
Brightline
opens new infill stations at
Aventura
and
Boca Raton.
December 23
– The Purple Line of the
Baku Metro
is extended from
AvtovaÃÂzal
to
XocÃÂsÃÂn
.
December 26
–
Line 5
of the
Hefei Metro
is extended from Wanghuchengxi to Jiqiao Road.
– Opening of
Line 4
of the
Qingdao Metro
.
December 28
– The first phase of the
Dhaka Metro
from Utara to Agargaon opened.
– Opening of
Line S1
of the
Taizhou Rail Transit
.
– Opening of the Yidong section of the
Jinyidong line
of the
Jinhua Rail Transit
.
– Opening of the Huangshi Modern Tram.
– Opening of Line 1 of the Pingshan SkyShuttle.
– Opening of
Line 16
of the
Shenzhen Metro
.
–
Line 1
of the
Nanjing Metro
is extended from Baguazhoudaqiaonan to Maigaoqiao, while
Line 7
begins operation.
– Opening of
Line 3
of the
Foshan Metro
.
December 29
–
Line 6
of the
Xi'an Metro
is extended from Xibeigongyedaxue to
Fangzhicheng
.
December 30
–
Line 7
of the
Wuhan Metro
is extended from Garden Expo North to Hengdian,
Line 16
is extended from Zhoujiahe to Hannan General Airport.
– Opening of
Purple Line
of the
Kolkata Metro
.
December 31
–
Line 16
of the
Beijing Subway
is extended from to .
Industry awards
North America
Awards presented by
Railway Age
magazine
2022
Railroader of the Year
:
Keith Creel
(
CP
) and
Patrick J. Ottensmeyer
(
KCS
)
References