2026 In Rail Transport

Events

January

* – Purple Line of the Baku Metro extends to B-4 from 8 Noyabr.
* – LAX Automated People Mover of the Los Angeles Metro opens between LAX and the LAX/Metro Transit Center.

February

* – Line B of the Brest Tramway Network opens between Porte de Plouzané and Porte de Guipavas.

March

* March 1 – WESTbahn starts passenger operations between Vienna and Villach alongside with the introduction of new Stadler SMILE trainsets.
* – Tortona–Genoa High Speed Railway opens between Tortona and Genoa.
* – Seohae Line of the Seoul Subway extends to Seohwaseongnamyang from Wonsi.
* – OC Streetcar opens between Santa Ana Regional Transportation Center and Harbor Transit Center.

June

* June 30 – Gebze Metro opens between Darıca and Gebze.
* – Line 17 of the São Paulo Metro opens between São Paulo–Morumbi and Jabaquara.
* – Xi'an–Chongqing High Speed Railway opens between Chongqing West and Ankang.
* – Blue Line of the Namma Metro opens between Central Silk Board and Krishnarajapura.
* – Pink Line of the Namma Metro extends to Nagawara from Tavarekere.
* – Metrorrey: Line 4 opens between Hospital Gine and Pablo G. Garza; Line 6 opens between Hospital Gine and Apodaca.

July

* – Line 2 of the Busan Metro extends to Yangsan Central from Yangsan.
* – Dongbuk Line of the Seoul Subway opens between Wangsimni and Sanggye.

August

* – Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Railway opens between Surat and Bilimora.
* – Mersin Metro opens between Viranşehir and Üçocak Kent Meydanı.
* – Silver Line of the Dallas DART opens between Shiloh Road and DFW Airport Terminal B.

September

* – Line 7 of the Changchun Rail Transit opens between Qiche Gongyuan and East Ring Road.

December

* December 13 – Trenitalia launches passenger trains from Rome and Milan to Munich.
* December 31 – Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System of the Singapore MRT opens between Woodlands North MRT station in Singapore and Bukit Chagar RTS Station in Johor Bahru.
* – Line 1 of the Dhaka Metro opens between Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and Kamalapur Railway Station.
* – Line 1 of the Dhaka Metro branches off to Purbachal from Notun Bazaar.
* – Line S5 of the Chengdu Metro opens between Honglian and Meishan East Railway Station.
* – Line 15 of the Chongqing Rail Transit opens between Zengjia and Liangjiang Movie City.
* – Line S1 of the Hefei Metro opens between Shushan Chanyeyuan and Wulidun.
* – Line T9 of the Lyon Tramway Network opens between Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie and Charpennes–Charles Hernu.
* – Line E of the Paris RER extends to from .
* – Line U4 of the Hamburg U-Bahn branches off to Horner Geest from Horner Rennbahn.
* – Passenger services resume between Bad Bentheim and Coevorden.
* – Munich-Paris High Speed Railway opens between Munich and Paris.
* – Line 6 of the Mumbai Metro opens between Swami Samarth Nagar and Vikhroli EEH.
* – Line 1 of the Naples Metro extends to Capodichino from Centro Direzionale.
* – Brescia To Verona Section of the Milan–Venice High Speed Railway opens between Brescia and Padua.
* – Line 17 of the Moscow Metro opens between Bulvar Generala Karbysheva and Shelepikha.
* – Line 7 of the Seoul Subway extends to Goeup from Jangam.
* – Seoul to Suseo Section of the GTX-A opens.
* – Sinansan Line of the Seoul Subway opens between Hanyang University and Yeouido.
* – West Link Section of the West Coast Line opens between Centralen and Haga.
* – M7 of the Istanbul Metro extends to Hospital from Mahmutbey.
* – Grand Central starts operating passenger services to Cleethorpes and Grimsby.
* – Grand Central starts operating passenger services between Newcastle upon Tyne and Brighton.

Unknown date

* – Albanian railways will modernise Durrës–Tirana railway as well as construct a railway connection to Tirana International Airport.
* – First possible date of reopening of Gyumri-Kars railway after 1993.
* – Sydney Metro: Metro North West & Bankstown Line extends from Sydenham to Bankstown along a route converted from Sydney Trains, after a closure of up to 12 months.
* – Western Sydney Airport Line of the Sydney Metro opens between St Marys and Bradfield.
* – Line U5 of the Vienna U-Bahn extends to Frankhplatz from Town Hall.
* – introduces Alstom Coradia trainsets on .
* – Green Line of the Baku Metro will be completely separated from Red Line when the tunnel between Jafar Jabbarly and Nizami will be modernised.
* – Passnger trains start opeations between Baku and Nazran after modernisation of railway station in Sunzha.
* – MRT Line 6 of the Dhaka Metro Rail extends to Kamalapur from Motijheel.
* – Line 2 of the Sao Paulo Metro extends to Penha from Vila Prudente.
* – Northlander reopens between Cochrane and Toronto.
* – Line 10 of the Ningbo Rail Transit opens between Kongpu and Cixi Railway Station.
* – Line 13 of the Shenzhen Metro extends to Dongjiaotou from Shenzhen Bay Checkpoint.
* – Suzhou Metro: Line 2 extends to Aigehaolu from Qihe; Line 4 extends to Guantanglu from Longdaobang; Line 7 extends to Chunqiulu from Changlou.
* – Alexandria Metro opens between Abou Qir and Misr station.
* – Crown Bridges Line of the Helsinki Tramway Network opens between Kruunuvuorenranta and Hakaniemi.
* – Line T1 of the Aubagne Tramway Network extends to La Bouilladisse from Aubagne.
* – Line 15 of the Paris Metro opens between Pont de Sèvres and Noisy–Champs.
* – Line 16 of the Paris Metro opens between and Clichy–Montfermeil.
* – Line 17 of the Paris Metro opens between and Le Bourget Aéroport.
* – Line 18 of the Paris Metro opens between Massy-Palaiseau and Christ de Saclay.
* – Line T6 of the Lyon Tramway Network extends to La Doua-Gaston Berger from Hopitaux Est.
* – Line T10 of the Lyon Tramway Network opens between Gare de Vénissieux and Halle Tony Garnier.
* – Line 1 of the Bremen Tramway Network extends to Brüsseler Straße from Roland-Center.
* – Line 1 of the Bremen Tramway Network branches off to Willakedamm from Roland-Center.
* – Munich S-Bahn: Line S1 is rerouted between Laim and Leuchtenbergring; Line S6 is rerouted between Laim and Leuchtenbergring.
* – Line U6 of the Munich U-Bahn extends to Martinsried from Harras.
* – Yellow Line of the Agra Metro extends to Sikandra from Mankameshwar.
* – South Line of the Jakarta LRT extends to Manggarai from Velodrome.
* – Bologna Tramway Network: Line 1 opens between Borgo Panigale and Fiera/CAAB; Line 2 opens between Via dei Mille and Corticella.
* – Catania Metro extends to Paterno from Monte Po.
* – Projected opening of the Auckland City Rail Link.
* – Projected opening of the Line 3 of Panama Metro.
* – Partial opening of the MRT Line 7 across Quezon City.
* – Warsaw Metro M2 extends to Karolin from Bemowo.
* – Avtozavodskaya Line of Nizhny Novgorod Metro is extended from Gorkovskaya to Sennaya.
* – Circle Line of the Singapore MRT extends to Marina Bay from Harbour Front, making it a loop line.
* – Downtown Line of the Singapore MRT extends to Sungei Bedok from Expo.
* – Thomson-East Coast Line of the Singapore MRT extends to Sungei Bedok from Bayshore.
* – Yangsan Line of the Busan Metro opens between Nopo and Bukjeong.
* – Chungbuk Line is upgraded to between Jochiwon and Jecheon.
* – Janghang Line is upgraded to between Cheonan and Iksan.
* – Line 2 of the Gwangju Metro opens between City Hall and Virtue.
* – HSR link to Madrid–Barajas Airport opens.
* – North Bothnia Line opens between Umeå and Dåva.
* – Line 17 of the Geneva Tramway Network extends to Perrier from Annemasse.
* – Lausanne Tramway opens between Lausanne-Flon and Croix-Péage.
* – Brown Line of the Taoyuan Metro opens between Taoyuan Main Station and Huilong.
* – Green Line of the Taoyuan Metro opens between Bade and Hengshan.
* – Istanbul Metro M4 extends to Kaynarca Center from Sabiha Gokcen Airport.
* – Istanbul Metro M7 extends to Kabataş from Yıldız.
* – M10 of Istanbul Metro extension from Fevzi Çakmak to Pendik Merkez.
* – Istanbul Metro M14 opens between Altunizade and Bosna Bulvarı.
* – Bandırma-Bursa-Osmaneli and Bursa .
* – Başkentray extends to Yenikent from Sincan.
* – Etihad Rail launches passenger services betweenAbu Dhabi and Fujairah.
* – Lumo starts passenger services between London and Stirling.
* – Merthyr Line of the South Wales Metro extends to Hirwaun from Aberdare.
* – Vale of Glamorgan Line of the South Wales Metro is electrified between Bridgend and Cardiff Central.
* – 2 Line of the Link Light Rail extends to Lynnwood from South Bellevue.
* – Altamont Corridor Express branches off to Ceres from Lathrop/Manteca.
* – Amtrak Colorado Mountain Rail opens between Denver and Craig.
* – D Line of the Los Angeles Metro extends to Century City/Constellation from Wilshire/La Cienega.
* – 1 Line of the Link Light Rail extends to Federal Way from Angle Lake.
* – KC Streetcar extends to Berkeley Riverfront from River Market North.
* – NJ Transit opens the first stage of the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project, from Lake Hopatcong to Andover .
* – Amtrak San Joaquins and Altamont Corridor Express to be extended to Natomas.
* – Saint Louis Metrolink to be extended to MidAmerica Airport from Scott AFB.
* – S-Line streetcar is to be extended to from Fairmont.
* – TEXRail extends to Medical District from T&P Station.
* – Dreamstar Lines introduces nightly inter-city service between Los Angeles and San Francisco.
* – Portal North Bridge on the Northeast Corridor in Hudson County, New Jersey opens.
* – West Lake Corridor of the South Shore Line opens between Chicago and Dyer.
* – Uzbek Railways launches high-speed trains between Tashkent and Khiva.Uzbekistan to launch high-speed trains between Tashkent and Khiva in 2026
Kun.uz, May. 2, 2025

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