2014 in rail transport

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

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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