2023 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2023. Please be aware that the actual dates on which these events occur may differ substantially from what is shown here.

Events[]

January[]

– Planned opening of MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line phase 2.^[1]

March[]

– Dallas Silver Line commuter rail expected to open.^[2]^[3]^[4]

April[]

April 30 – São Paulo Metro Line 17 expected to start operation.^[5]
– Planned opening of the Thessaloniki Metro.^[6]

July[]

July 31 – Estimated opening of the Milan Metro Line 4 extension to San Cristoforo.^[7]
– Estimated opening of the Red Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail.^[8]
– MRTA Yellow Line opening.^[9]

November[]

– Planned completion of the MBTA South Coast Rail Phase I to New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts.^[10]^[11]

December[]

– Scheduled start of Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor operation, though delays to as late as October 2028 are likely.^[12]

Unknown date[]

– Parramatta Light Rail opening.^{[citation needed]}
– Koralm Railway opening.^{[citation needed]}
– Scheduled completion of the Basque Y.^[13]
– Expected opening of the Line 6 Finch West.^{[citation needed]}
– Expected opening of Santiago Metro Line 2 extension to Hospital El Pino.^{[citation needed]}
– Expected opening of Santiago Metro Line 3 extension to Plaza de Quilicura.^{[citation needed]}
– Expected opening of the Line D (Prague Metro).^[14]
– Expected first 200 km/h service.^{[citation needed]}
– Start of test operation of Rail Baltica.^{[citation needed]}
– Helsinki Metro's extension West Metro Phase 2 opening (Phase 1 opened in 2017).^{[citation needed]}
– Opening of Bhoj Metro.^{[citation needed]}
– claimed Milan–Verona high-speed railway completion.^{[citation needed]}
– Tortona–Genoa high-speed railway expected completion.^[15]
– Expected opening of Milan Metro Line 1 extension to Monza.^[16]
– Possible completion of Kyushu Shinkansen extension. Likely to be delayed until 2025.^{[citation needed]}
– Umeda Freight Line will start passenger operations in Osaka.^[17]
– Scheduled withdrawn of 201 series from Osaka urban trains managed by JR-West.
– Possible completion of the rail line to Riga Airport (part of Rail Baltica). Due to construction delays, it will be uncertain.^{[citation needed]}
– Electrification of Daugavpils–Krustpils, Rēzekne–Krustpils and Krustpils–Riga lines.^{[citation needed]}
– Expected opening of Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail.^[18]
– Scheduled rolling stock replacement of all commuter trains departing from Moscow Leningradsky railway station.^{[citation needed]}
– Expected introduction of Control cars. ^[19]
– Claimed Gulf Railway completion.^{[citation needed]}
– claimed Budapest–Belgrade railway upgrades completion.^{[citation needed]}
– claimed Belgrade-Niš upgrades completion.
– Busan streetcar opening, the first tram in South Korea after 1968 demolishing.
– Limmattal light rail line phase 2 opening.
– Thailand's Northeastern HSR Phase 1 operation start.^{[citation needed]}
– claimed Grey Line (Bangkok) opening.^{[citation needed]}
– Turkish high-speed network to reach 3,500 km length instead of previously claimed 11,700 km.^{[citation needed]}
– Podilsko–Vyhurivska line opening.^{[citation needed]}
– Edinburgh Trams extension.^{[citation needed]}
– South Wales Metro opening.^{[citation needed]}
– Tri-mode trainsets to be introduced in the Wales.^{[citation needed]}
– Oxford – Bedford railway reopening.^{[citation needed]}
– Great British Railways to take over as owner of the UK rail network from Network Rail^[20]
– West Midlands Metro Line 2 is expected to start operations to Brierley Hill.^[21]^[22]
– TEXRail extension to Sycamore School Road.^{[citation needed]}
– Latest expected date the San Joaquin and Altamont Corridor Express are to be extended to Natomas.^[23]
– Altamont Corridor Express service is expected to be extended to Ceres.^[24]
– Los Angeles Metro Rail Purple Line Extension Phase I is scheduled to open.^[25]
– Los Angeles International Airport people mover is expected to begin operation.^[26]^[27]
– Line 2 of Seattle's Link light rail system is expected to begin service, connecting Downtown Seattle to Bellevue and Redmond. The train line will be the second service in the light rail system and first ever to cross a floating bridge.^[28]
– Planned opening of the Southwest LRT extension of the Minneapolis Metro light rail system,^[29] though this is likely to be delayed.^[30]
– Uinta Basin Rail expected to commence operations. ^[31]
– OC Streetcar is expected to begin service in Orange County, California.^[32]^[33]^[34]