2017 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2017.

Events[]

January[]

February[]

March[]

  • Taiwan March 2Taoyuan International Airport MRT opened.
  • United States March 25 – The Warm Springs station opens as part of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.[11]
  • Japan – Tokyo Metro (former Eidan Electric Railway) phases out 01 series. Some trains are preserved or sent to Kumamoto Electric Railway.

April[]

May[]

June[]

July[]

August[]

September[]

  • United Kingdom September 15Parsons Green bombing.
  • Spain September 21Granada Metro opens to passenger service.[27]
  • Denmark September 23 – The grand opening of the Aarhus Letbane is cancelled several hours prior to the event due to missing security clearances from the Danish Transport Authority.[28]
  • Taiwan September 26 – Kaohsiung Circular Line (First Section) completed.

October[]

  • Singapore October 21Downtown MRT Line Phase 3 opened.

November[]

December[]

Unknown date[]

Deaths[]

References[]

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  2. ^ "China to London rail freight service launched". Railway Gazette. 2017-01-04. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
  3. ^ "China-built railway linking Ethiopia and Djibouti officially opens for business". Shanghaiist. 2017-01-12.
  4. ^ "Ethiopia: Portion of Ethio-Djibouti Railway to Be Inaugurated Tomorrow". 2merkato.com. 2017-01-09.
  5. ^ Sridharan, Vasudevan (2017-01-11). "China-built rail network in African heartland inaugurated". International Business Times.
  6. ^ "National Express to sell c2c to Italian railways". Railnews. 2017-01-11. Retrieved 2017-01-11.
  7. ^ "Serbian train sparks escalation in tensions with Kosovo". BBC News. BBC. 2017-01-14. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  8. ^ "Full speed ahead as HS2 gets Royal Assent". GOV.UK. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  9. ^ "R Line from Aurora to Lone Tree to open in February". FOX 31 Denver. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  10. ^ "SAR launches Riyadh-Qassim railway line". Arab News. 2017-02-28. Retrieved 2017-06-08.
  11. ^ "All Aboard: Warm Springs BART Station Kicks Off Service". NBC Bay Area. 25 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e "What to do, Where to go in 2017". Today's Railways Europe (253): 42–3. January 2017.
  13. ^ Fleming, Leonard (March 9, 2017). "QLine to begin offering rides on May 12". Detroit News. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
  14. ^ "Brighton Commuter Rail Station Set To Open In May". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2017-03-22.
  15. ^ "Kenya opens Nairobi-Mombasa Madaraka Express railway". BBC News. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2017-05-31.
  16. ^ "Four New Stations on Tuas West Extension on Track for Completion by 2016". Factsheet. Singapore: Land Transport Authority. 2015-10-29. Retrieved 2016-05-15.
  17. ^ Prado, Mark (26 June 2017). "SMART offers free 'preview' service starting Thursday". Marin Independent Journal. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  18. ^ "Euroduplex Atlantique sets to serve Bordeaux". Railway Gazette. 2016-04-12. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  19. ^ "LGV Bretagne–Pays de la Loire. Calendrier tenu!". Le Télégramme. 2016-06-13. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  20. ^ "Stockholm City Line set for July 2017 opening". International Railway Journal. 2016-11-03. Retrieved 2017-01-04.
  21. ^ "Najib launches Phase 2 of Sungai Buloh-Kajang MRT line". The Star Online. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
  22. ^ "PM picks '17-7-2017' start date for MRT phase two". The Malay Mail. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
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  24. ^ "SouthWestern Franchise Agreement" (PDF). gov.uk. Government of The United Kingdom. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-02-04. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  25. ^ "First.MTR joint venture wins South Western franchise". Railway Gazette. 2017-03-27. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  26. ^ Metropolitan Transportation Commission (2017-08-22). "SMART ready to roll". Mass Transit. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  27. ^ "El metro de Granada entrará en funcionamiento en marzo de 2017 y costará menos de un euro | Vídeo". Granada Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2017-09-21.
  28. ^ "After embarrassing setback, Aarhus light rail gets new opening date… maybe". The Local. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  29. ^ "Monorail service in Melaka to resume after four-year break". www.thestar.com.my. 3 December 2017.
  30. ^ "France Millas train crash: Children killed as bus cut in two". BBC News. 2017-12-14. Retrieved 2017-12-14.
  31. ^ Willsher, Kim (2017-12-15). "World's steepest funicular rail line to open in Switzerland". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2017-12-16.
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