2023 In Rail Transport

Events

January

* – Planned opening of MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line phase 2.
* – Phase I of the Klang Valley Double Tracking is due completion (Rawang to Simpang, Kuala Lumpur to Simpang Bangsar, Simpang Batu to Kuala Lumpur, Sentul to Simpang Batu and Simpang Bangsar to Salak Selatan)

March

* – opening (after delays).

April

* April 30 – São Paulo Metro Line 17 expected to start operation.
* – Planned opening of the Thessaloniki Metro.

May

* – Expected opening of the Mostytska and Prospekt Pravdy stations on the Syretsko–Pecherska line of the Kyiv Metro as part of the extension to Vynohradar.Metro to Vynohradar does not have time to be built before 2023
Ekonomichna Pravda (6 September 2021)

June

* June 30 – Milan Metro Line 4 extension to San Babila.
* – Indonesia's Jakarta–Bandung high-speed rail operation start.
* – Greater Jakarta LRT opening.

July

* July 31 – Estimated opening of the Milan Metro Line 4 extension to San Cristoforo.
* – Estimated opening of the Red Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail.
* – The North Triangle Common Station is scheduled to be partially opened, after various delays in its construction due to disputes in its location.
* – MRTA Yellow Line opening.
* – Delivery of 27 additional train sets for the LRT Kelana Jaya Line is scheduled to start

August

* August 7 – Tampere light rail Phase 2A will commence operations to Santalahti.

November

* – Planned completion of the MBTA South Coast Rail Phase I to New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts.

December

* – Extension of in Taipei to opens.

Unknown date

* – Parramatta Light Rail opening.
* – The first phase of the Réseau express métropolitain in Montreal is scheduled to open in the second quarter.
* – O-Train Trillium Line Stage 2 expected to open in the second quarter.
* – Expected completion of Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown light rail project.
* – Expected opening of the Line 6 Finch West.
* – Expected opening of Santiago Metro Line 2 extension to Hospital El Pino.
* – Expected opening of Santiago Metro Line 3 extension to Plaza de Quilicura.
* – Expected opening of the Line D (Prague Metro).
* – Expected first 200 km/h service.
* – Helsinki Metro's extension West Metro Phase 2 opening (Phase 1 opened in 2017).
* – RER E extension to Nanterre-La Folie..
* – Opening of Bhoj Metro.
* – claimed Milan–Verona high-speed railway completion.
* – Tortona–Genoa high-speed railway expected completion.
* – Expected opening of Milan Metro Line 1 extension to Monza.
* – Umeda Freight Line will start passenger operations in Osaka.
* – Scheduled withdrawn of 201 series from Osaka urban trains managed by JR-West.
* – Extension of the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway to Minō-Semba-Handaimae station and Minō-Kayano station.
* – Possible completion of the rail line to Riga Airport (part of Rail Baltica). Due to construction delays, it will be uncertain.
* – Scheduled completion of the Gemas-Johor Bahru Electrification Double Tracking Project
* – Expected opening of Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail.
* – Earliest claimed completion of Tren Maya intercity railway.
* – The Philippine Department of Transportation expects partial operations of the North–South Commuter Railway by the third quarter of this year.
* – Scheduled rolling stock replacement of all commuter trains departing from Moscow Leningradsky railway station.
* – Expected introduction of Control cars.
* - Riyadh Metro will be opened in 2023.
* – claimed Belgrade- Niš upgrades completion.
* – Busan streetcar opening, the first tram in South Korea after 1968 demolishing.
* – Limmattal light rail line phase 2 opening.
* – Turkish high-speed network to reach 3,500 km length instead of previously claimed 11,700 km.
* – Edinburgh Trams extension.
* – South Wales Metro opening.
* – Tri-mode trainsets to be introduced in the Wales.
* – Oxford–Bedford railway reopening.
* – Great British Railways to take over as owner of the UK rail network from Network Rail
* – West Midlands Metro Line 2 is expected to start operations to Brierley Hill.
* – Avelia Liberty trains are expected to be introduced, replacing Acela Express trains along the Northeast Corridor.
* – Latest expected date the '' San Joaquin'' and Altamont Corridor Express are to be extended to Natomas.
* – Los Angeles International Airport people mover is expected to begin operation.
* – Uinta Basin Rail expected to commence operations.
* – OC Streetcar is expected to begin service in Orange County, California.
* – Brightline service to Orlando International Airport is expected to begin.
* – Tri-Rail Downtown Miami Link is expected to open.
* – The Link light rail T Line is expected to be extended to the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington.
* – Honolulu Rail Transit is expected to open between East Kapolei and Aloha Stadium.
* – Expected start of passenger service through the Regional Connector in Los Angeles.

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