2024 in rail transport

Events

January

• January 1
• – Line 3 of the Cairo Metro extends from Kit-Kat to Rod El-Farag Corridor.
• – Campeche–Palenque section of Tren Maya opens to traffic.
• – Circular light rail of the Kaohsiung Metro extends from to and completes the loop line.
• – Taiwan Railway Corporation takes over operations of Taiwan Railway from the Taiwan Railways Administration.
• – BNSF Railway takes over operations of Montana Rail Link.
• January 7 – Bangkok MRT Pink Line opens between Nonthaburi Civic Center and Min Buri.
• January 8 – Line 18 and Line 50 of the Krakow tramway network extend from Papierni Prądnickich to Górka Narodowa.
• January 13 – Tri-Rail introduces shuttle service between Metrorail Transfer station and MiamiCentral.
• January 15 – Jiangnao Railway starts operations between Jiangjunmiao and Baishihu South Station.
• January 20
• – Metro Line of Edmonton Light Rail Transit extends from the temporary NAIT station to NAIT/Blatchford Market.
• – Rete Ferroviaria Italiana introduces through service between Cirié and Alba and Cirié and Fossano via Line 4 and Line 7 of the Turin Metropolitan Railway Service.
• January 24 – Hubei Xincheng Express Line, a suburban train using the existing Wuhan-Huangzhou Intercity Railway, was put into operation.
• January 25 – Line 3 and Line 5 of the Daugavpils tramway network extend from Butlerova iela to Stropu ezers.
• January 27
• – of Tram Ä°zmir opens between Çevre Yolu and Kâtip Çelebi Üniversitesi.
• – Phoenix Valley Metro Rail extends from 19th Avenue/Dunlap to Metro Parkway via Northwest Extension Phase II.
• January 29 – Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kağıthane to Gayrettepe.
• January 31 – Line S1 of the Wuxi Metro opens between Jiangyin Bund and Nanfangquan via through service on Line 1.

February

• February 3 – Zhuhai-Zhuhai Airport Intercity Railway second phase opens between Zhuhai Changlong to Zhuhai Airport.
• February 17 – Yekaturinburg Tramway Network Line 9 extends to Luchistaya Ulitsa from Ulitsa Musorskogo.
• February 24
• – Line 1 of the Rio de Janeiro Light Rail extends from Rodoviária to Terminal Intermodal Gentileza.
• – Line M1 of the Ä°zmir Metro extends from Fahrettin Altay to Şehitlik.
• February 26 – Line T6 of Istanbul Tram opens between Sirkeci and Kazlıçeşme.
• February 29 – Tren Maya extends from Cancún Airport to Playa del Carmen.

March

• March 4 – Line M1 of the Ä°zmir Metro extends from Şehitlik to Kaymakamlık.
• March 5 – Warsaw tramway network extends from Reduta Wolska to Szpital Wolski.
• March 6
• – Yellow Line of the Agra Metro opens between Mankameshwar Mandir and Taj East Gate.
• – Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System extends from Duhai Depot to Modinagar North.
• – Line 1 of the Kochi Metro extends from SN Junction to Thrippunithura Terminal.
• – Kolkata Metro: Green Line extends via disconnected branch from Howrah Maidan to Esplanade, Purple Line extends from Taratala to Majerhat, and Orange Line opens between Kavi Subhash and Hemanta Mukhopadhyay.
• – Aqua Line of the Pune Metro extends from Ruby Hall Clinic to Ramwadi.
• March 10 – Line M3 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kirazlı to Bakırköy Sahil.
• March 11 – Circle Line of the Tashkent Metro extends from Quruvchilar to Qipchoq.
• March 16
• – Line 4 of the Tehran Metro extends from Allameh Jafari to Ayatollah Kashani.
• – Hokuriku: Hokuriku Shinkansen extends from Kanazawa to Tsuruga, IR Ishikawa Railway takes over operations of the Hokuriku Main Line between Kanazawa and Daishōji, and Hapi-Line Fukui takes over operations of the Hokuriku Main Line between Daishōji and Tsuruga.
• – E8 Series Shinkansen trains enter service.
• – Line M5 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Çekmeköy to Samandıra Merkez.
• March 17 – Akçaray extends from Kanalyolu to Şehir Hastanesi.
• March 18 – Line M9 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Bahariye to Ataköy.
• March 19 – Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Kargo Terminali to Arnavutköy.
• March 23 – Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway extends from Senri-Chūō to Minō-Kayano.
• March 23 – European Sleeper extends to Prague from Berlin.
• March 27 – PNR Metro Commuter Line ends service.
• March 28
• – Line 6 of Changchun Rail Transit opens between Shuangfeng and Changchun Movie Wonderland.
• – Line M1 of Bursaray extends from Emek to Geçit-Balat.
• March 29 – New line of the Dnipro City Express opens between Dnipro and Synelnykove.
• March 30 – Line A of the Great Train eXpress opens between Suseo and Dongtan.
• March 31 – Line 5 of the Nanjing Metro opens between Jiyindadao and Wenjinglu.

April

• April 1 – Branch of Line 1 of the Shaoxing Metro opens between Huangjiu Town and Daqingsi.
• April 3 – Hellenic Railways reintroduces service between Athens and Thessaloniki.
• April 5 – Line T3b of the Île-de-France tramways extends from Marguerite Long to .
• April 8 – Lusail Tram Pink Line opens between Legtaifiya and Seef Lusail-North.
• April 24 – Slovenian Railways start passenger services between Villa Opicina and Rijeka.
• April 26 – Line 6 of the Qingdao Metro opens between Lingshan Bay and Hengyunshan Road.
• April 27 – 2 Line of Link light rail opens between South Bellevue and Redmond Technology.
• April 29 – Mesopotamian Express launches between Ankara and Diyarbakır.
• April 30 – Slovenian Railways: New services connect Ljubljana with Pragersko, Maribor, Graz and Villach.

May

• May 1 – Line 4 of the Hefei Metro extends via branch from Beiyanhu to Shaomaigang.
• May 6 – RER E of the Réseau Express Régional extends from to .
• May 10 – Translink (Northern Ireland) closes Belfast Great Victoria Street railway station.
• May 15 – Line 3 of the Cairo Metro extends from Kit-Kat to Cairo University.
• May 20 – Services restart between Oslo and Trondheim after reopening of the mainline.
• May 21 – Amtrak introduces Borealis daily service between Chicago and St. Paul by extending one Hiawatha round-trip.
• May 21 – Talgo AVRIL trains enter service on the AVE network.
• May 26 – Pearl River Delta: Foshan–Dongguan intercity railway opens and the southern ring section of the Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway opens.
• May 29 – ScotRail reopens Leven-Edinburgh service.

June

• June 3 – Pakenham line of the Melbourne rail network extends from Pakenham to East Pakenham.
• June 9 – DB Regio Franconia-Thuringia Express expands to Nuremberg.
• June 13 – Line 11 of the Paris Métro extends from to .
• June 14 – Rail service on the Baku –Agstafa route was significantly enhanced in June 2024 with the introduction of new, modern Stadler trains.
• June 14 – Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway opens for passenger service between Dar es Salaam and Morogoro.
• June 16 – Blackpool Tramway extends to Blackpool North railway station.
• June 19 – Line T1 of MetroCentro extends from San Bernardo to Eduardo Dato.
• June 22 – M4 of the Copenhagen Metro extends from Copenhagen Central to Copenhagen South.
• June 23 – Thomson–East Coast Line of Mass Rapid Transit extends from Gardens by the Bay to Bayshore.
• June 24 – Line 14 of the Paris Métro extends from Mairie de Saint-Ouen to Saint-Denis–Pleyel and from Olympiades to Aéroport d'Orly.
• June 28
• – Line 1 of the Changsha Metro extends from Kaifu District Government to Jinpenqiu.
• – Line 5 of Ningbo Rail Transit extends from Xingzhuang Road to Luotuo Bridge.
• – Line D of the Porto Metro extends from Santo Ovídio to Vila d'Este.

• June 29 – Line 6 of Suzhou Metro opens between Suzhou Xinqu Railway Station and Sangtiandao.
• June 30 – Red Line of the Kaohsiung Metro extends from Kaohsiung Medical University Gangshan Hospital to Gangshan.

July

• July 1
• – Line 1 of the Tianjin Metro is extended from Donggulu to Shuangqiaohe.
• – Tri-Rail introduces express service between West Palm Beach and MiamiCentral.
• July 7 – Line T1 of the Luxembourg tramway extends from Lycée Bouneweg to Stadion.
• July 14 – Yanchep line of Transperth extends from Butler to Yanchep.
• July 17 – Line 6 of the Naples Metro reopens between Mostra and Mergellina and extends from Mergellina to Municipio.
• July 21
• – Amsterdam tramway network line 25 extends to Uithoorn Centrum from Amstelveen Westwijk.
• – Service between Bangkok and Vientiane starts operation.
• July 22 – Catania Metro extends from Nesima to Monte Po.

August

• August 1 – Tanzania Standard Gauge Railway extends passenger rail service from Morogoro to Dodoma.
• August 8 – Line 3 of the Hanoi Metro opens between Nhon and Cau Giay.
• August 10 – Line 8 of the Seoul Subway extends from Amsa to Byeollae.
• August 11 – Caltrain soft launches electrification along the San Francisco Peninsula.
• August 12
• – opens between Yuhuazhai and Hengye Dadao.
• – Line 13 of the Helsinki tramway network opens between Pasila and Nihti.
• – SunRail extends from DeBary to DeLand.
• August 18 – Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System extends from Modinagar North to Meerut South.
• August 19 – Metro North West & Bankstown Line of the Sydney Metro extends from Chatswood to Sydenham.
• August 20 – Passenger service between Annaba and Tunis restarts after 30 years of suspension.
• August 22 – Amtrak truncates Northeast Regional service from Newport News to Newport News Transportation Center.
• August 23 – Line 3 of the Foshan Metro extends from Zhen'an to Zhongshan Park and extends via disconnected branch from Lianhe to Foshan University.
• August 24 – Line D of the Grenoble tramway network extends from Les-Taillées-Universités to Gares.
• August 25 – Port Dock line of the Adelaide Metro opens between Adelaide and Port Dock.
• August 28 – Red Line of MAX Light Rail extends from Beaverton Transit Center to Hillsboro Airport/Fairgrounds.
• August 29 – Western Railway launches passenger service between Mumbai and Goa.
• August 30
• – 1 Line of Link light rail extends from Northgate to Lynnwood City Center via the Lynnwood Link extension.
• Mimar Sinan station of the M9 Line is opened.
• August 31 – El Insurgente commuter rail extends from Lerma to Santa Fe.

September

• September 2 – Services restart between Lugano and Zurich after the reopening of the Gotthard Base Tunnel.
• September 5 – Sokolnicheskaya Line of the Moscow Metro extends from Novomoskovskaya to Potapovo.
• September 6 – Hangzhou-Wenzhou high speed line is officially inaugurated for service between Hangzhou and Wenzhou.
• September 7 – Troitskaya Line of the Moscow Metro opens between Novatorskaya and Tyutchevskaya.
• September 10 – Nightjet begins service between Vienna and Rome.
• September 10 – Line 8 of Suzhou Metro opens between Xijinqiao and Chefang.
• September 11 – Zabok-Krapina railway is modernised.
• September 13 – Line FA of Tren Interoceánico opens between Palenque and Coatzacoalcos.
• September 14
• – Meizhouxi to Longchuanxi section of the Longyan-Longchuan high speed railway opens.
• – Great Western Railway restores service between Oxford and Bristol.
• September 15 – Frecciarossa launches service between Naples and Gorizia.
• September 16 – Red Line of the Ahmedabad Metro extends from Motera Stadium to Sector-1 and via branch to GIFT City.
• September 19 – North Central Railway launches passenger service between Prayagraj and Katra.
• September 20 – Tren Maya extends from Playa del Carmen to Felipe Carrillo Puerto.
• September 21 – Caltrain begins full electric service between San Francisco and San Jose.
• September 23
• – Line 10 of the Brussels tramway network opens between Military Hospital and Churchill.
• – Line 2 of the Moscow tramway network opens between 3rd Vladimirskaya Street and Kursky.
• September 24
• – Tequila Express resumes operations between Guadalajara and Tequila.
• – Casablanca Tramway: Line T3 opens between Gare de Casa-Port and Hay El Wahda and Line T4 opens between Parc de la Ligue Arabe and Mohammed Erradi.
• September 26 – Xi'an Metro: Line 5 extends from Matengkong to Yanminghu, Line 6 extends from Xi'anguojiyixuezhongxin to Xi'annanzhan, and Line 10 opens between Jingshangcun and Zhaohuiguangchang.
• September 28
• – Tianjin Metro: Line 5 extends from Liqizhuangnan to Jinghuadongdao and Jinjing line opens between Jinghuadongdao and Tuanboyixueyuan.
• – L Taraval of the Muni Metro resumes service between Wawona and 46th Avenue and Embarcadero.
• September 29
• – Line S3 of the Chengdu Metro opens between Futian and Ziyang Bei.
• – Chongqing-Kunming high-speed railway opens between Chongqing West and Yibin East.
• – Purple Line of the Pune Metro extends from Civil Court to Swargate.
• – Copper Line of the San Diego Trolley opens between Santee and El Cajon Transit Center.

October

• October 1
• – Line 7 of the Wuhan Metro extends from Hengdian to Huangpi Square.
• – Huinong South to Yinchuan section of the Baoyin high-speed railway opens.
• October 6 – Tren Maya extends from Nicolás Bravo-Konhunlich to Chetumal.
• October 7
• – Line 3 of the Mumbai Metro opens between Aarey Colony and Income Tax Office.
• – Egyptian National Railways reintroduces service between Al Ismailia and Bir-al-Abd.
• October 11 – Xuancheng–Jixi high-speed railway starts operations between Xuancheng and Jixi County.
• October 12 – Line 4 of the Milan Metro extends from San Babila to San Cristoforo.
• October 13 – Translink opens Belfast Grand Central for railway services.
• October 15 – Lagos RMT Red Line starts operations between Oyingbo and Agbado.
• October 18 – Line U5 of the Stuttgart Stadtbahn extends from Leinfelden Bahnhof to Leinfelden Neuer Markt.
• October 21 – Tianjin–Weifang–Yantai high-speed railway starts operations between Weifang North and Yantai South.
• October 29
• – Adaray opens between Adapazarı and Arifiye.
• – Warsaw tramway network: Line 14 opens between Frodo Ave and Miasteczko Wilanów, Line 16 opens between Spacerowa and Miasteczko Wilanów.

November

• November 1
• 2 years after opening the first high-speed railway in Serbia, Novi Sad railway station canopy collapsed, killing 15 people. It had a strong impact on society, bringing Serbian prime minister to resign a few months later.
• – Guangzhou Metro Line 3 extends to Haibang from Panyu Square.
• – Macau LRT Seac Pai Van Line starts operations between Union Hospital and Seac Pai Van.
• – Belarusian Railway starts operations between Minsk and Mazyr.
• November 2 – Korail: The Seohae Line extends from Hongseong to Seohwaseong, and the Peotaik Line extends from Sukseong to Anjung.
• November 3 – Los Angeles Metro Rail: The C Line is rerouted to the new Aviation/Century station, and the southern section of the K Line between Aviation/Century station and Redondo Beach station opens.
• November 7
• – Bashteel railway station opens in Cairo, Egypt.
• – Bangalore Metro Green Line extends to Madavara from Nagasandra.
• November 10
• – The Trambesòs T4 line of the Barcelona Tram is extended from Glòries to Verdaguer in the first phase of its expansion along Avinguda Diagonal.
• – Amtrak temporarily combines the Capitol Limited and Silver Star trains into the Floridian train between Chicago and Miami.
• November 12 – line 1 of the Teresina Metro branches off from Boa Esperança to Colorado.
• November 16
• – LRT Line 1 extends from Baclaran to Dr. Santos as part of the first phase of the Cavite Extension.
• – Sanya to Ledong Tourist Railway opened from Sanya to Yazhou.
• November 18 – Line T1 of Seville's MetroCentro extends from Eduardo Dato to Luis de Morales.
• November 22 – Line 3 of Jinan Metro extends from Tantou to Jichangnan.
• November 26 – Line 3 of Harbin Metro extends from Sports Park to Beima Road, completing the loop.
• November 30
• – Line 17 of Shanghai Metro is extended from Oriental Land to Xicen.
• – Line 6 of Zhengzhou Metro is extended from Changzhuang to Qinghua Fuzhong.
• – Thessaloniki Metro starts operations between New Railway Station and Nea Elvetia.
• – Jungbunaeryuk Line extends to Mungyeong from Chungju.

December

• December 1
• – Line 7 of the Suzhou Metro starts operations between Muli and Changlou.
• – Tallinn Tramway Network Line 2 extends to A-Terminal via the Old City Harbour route.
• – Riyadh Metro starts operations, with Line 1, Line 4 and Line 6 open for service.
• December 2 – Macau LRT Hengqin line opens between Lotus and Hengqin.
• December 3 – Line 3 of Xuzhou Metro extends from Gaoxinqu'nan to Yinshan in the south and from Xiadian to Zhenxingdadao in the north.
• December 8
• – Transperth Ellenbrook line opens between Bayswater and Ellenbrook.
• – Jingmen–Jingzhou high speed railway starts operations.
• – Ahmedabad Metro Blue Line extends to Thaltej Gam from Thaltej.
• December 10 – North East MRT line is extended to Punggol Coast.
• December 14
• – Deutsche Bahn reopens Frankfurt-Mannheim main line after five months closure.
• – Daegu Metro Daegyeong Line commences service between Gumi and Gyeongsan.
• – The Northumberland Line reopens between Newcastle and Ashington.
• December 15
• – Beijing Subway: Line 3 opens between Dongsi Shitiao and Dongbabei, Line 12 opens between Sijiqing Qiao and Dongbabei and Changping line opens between Xitucheng and Jimen Qiao.
• – RegioJet takes over Line S49 between Prague and Roztoky.
• – Line S4 of the Nuremberg S-Bahn is extended from Dombühl to Crailsheim.
• – The Nördlingen–Pleinfeld railway reopens between Gunzenhausen and Wassertrüdingen after service to Nördlingen was suspended in 1985.
• – Tren Maya extends from Escárcega to Chetumal.
• – Riyadh Metro: Line 2 opens between King Saud University and King Fahad Stadium, Line 5 opens between Ministry of Education and National Museum.
• – Bratislava-Kyiv route starts operations.
• – Barcelona-Malaga Iryo high speed service starts operations.
• – Saltsjöbanan resumes operations on Line 25 and Line 26.
• December 16 – Paris-Berlin ICE high speed service commences.
• December 18
• – The new Mons railway station enters service.
• – Line 2 of the Qingdao Metro extends from Taishan Road to Sichuan Road (Qingdao Ferry Terminal).
• – Vinkovci – Vukovar line is electrified between Vinkovci and Vukovar.
• December 19
• – Ouigo Train Classique conventional service between Brussels-South and Paris Nord enters operation.
• – Chengdu Metro: Line 27 opens between Shifo and Shuxin Road; Line 8 extends north to Guilong Road and south to Longgang.
• – Aurora train resumes passenger operations between Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
• December 20
• – Parramatta Light Rail starts operations between Westmead and Carlingford, reusing the Carlingford Railway Line.
• – Reşita tram reopens.
• – Line 1 of the Daegu Metro is extended from Ansim to Hayang.
• December 22 – Line 1 of the Ho Chi Minh City Metro starts operations between Bến Thành and Suối Tiên Terminal.
• December 26
• – Line 8 of the Hefei Metro starts operations from Beicheng Gaotiezhan to Yilijing.
• – Shanghai–Suzhou–Huzhou high-speed railway starts operations.
• – Line 8 of the Xi'an Metro starts operations between Shanmenkou and Shengtiyuguan as a loop line.
• December 27
• – Airport Link Line of Shanghai Suburban Railway starts operations between Hongqiao Airport Terminal 2 to Pudong Airport Terminal 1 & 2.
• – Line 11 of the Wuhan Metro is extended from Wuhandong Railway Station to Jiang'an Road.
• – Line 4 of the Saint Petersburg Metro extended from Spasskaya to Gorny Institut.
• December 28
• – Line 11 of the Guangzhou Metro starts operations between Longtan and Chisha as a loop line.
• – Line S1 of the Guiyang Metro starts operations between Zaojiaoba and Wangchengpo.
• – Line 7 of the Nanjing Metro opens its central section between Mufuxilu and Yingtiandajie.
• – Shenzhen Metro: Line 3 extends to Pingdi Liulian from Shuanglong; Line 7 extends to SZU Lihu Campus from Xili Lake; Line 11 extends to Hongling South from Gangxia North; Line 12 extends to Songgang from Waterlands Resort East; Line 13 opens between Hi-Tech Central and Shenzhen Bay Checkpoint.
• – Line 11 of the Tianjin Metro extended from Dongjiangdao to Shuishanggongyuanxilu.
• – Huaixing intercity railway opens from to Daxing Airport.
• – Guangqing intercity railway extended from Qingcheng to .
• – Troitskaya line of the Moscow Metro extended from Tyutchevskaya to Novomoskovskaya.
• – Line A of the Great Train eXpress opens between Seoul Station and Unjeong Center.
• December 29 – Zhengzhou Metro: Line 7 opens between Dongzhao and Nangangliu. Line 8 opens between Tianjianhu and Lumiao.
• December 30
• – Line 3 of the Minsk Metro extends from Kavaĺskaja Slabada to Slutski Hastsinets.
• – Line 3 of the Shenyang Metro starts operations between Nan Liguan and Lida.
• – Nanzhu high-speed railway starts operation between Nanning East and Yulin North.
• December 31 – Jidayuan high-speed railway opens between Ulanqab and Yuanping West.

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