2013 in rail transport
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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "Sidebar". This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2013.
Events
January
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 18 January – Brand new V250-high speed EMU's taken out of Fyra-service definitely due to poor quality.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Template:Flagicon 28 January – New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Loyola Avenue Streetcar Line opened.[1]
February
- Template:Flagicon 10 February – opening of Milan Metro Line 5.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Template:Flagicon 11 February – Manchester Metrolink light rail system East Manchester Line opened to Droylsden.[2]
- Template:Flagicon 24 February – The platforms at Togoshi-kōen Station, on the Tokyu Oimachi Line in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, are extended from three car lengths to five.[3]
March
- Template:Flagicon 16 March – Shibuya Station of the Tokyu Toyoko Line move to an underground station from ground station, with direct commuter express trains beginning at Motomachi-Chūkagai of Yokohama heading to Hanno of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line or Kawagoeshi of the Tobu Tojo Line, via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.[4] Tokyu Toyoko Line ends serving Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line trains. However, Hibiya Line trains are still able to run more than Script error: No such module "convert". for one trip during through-train services.[5]
- Template:Flagicon 23 March – Paris Métro Line 4 is extended from Porte d'Orléans to Mairie de Montrouge.[6]
April
- Template:Flagicon 14 April – Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail Green Line extends service west from downtown Salt Lake City to the Salt Lake City International Airport.[7]
- 26 April
- Template:Flagicon – The Yongin Everline driverless metro opens for service in southern Seoul.[8]
- Template:Flagicon – RTD's W-Line light rail corridor extends service west from Denver Union Station to Golden. This is the first FasTracks corridor to be completed.[9]
May
- Template:Flagicon 10 May – Norfolk Southern Railway announces the appointment of James A. Squires to become the railroad's new president effective 1 June.[10]
- Template:Flagicon 26 May – National Express' Essex Thameside franchise, c2c expires; extended through 2014.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Template:Flagicon 27 May – CapeFLYER summer weekend service from Boston, Massachusetts to Cape Cod begun.[11]
July
- Template:Flagicon 1 July – Opening of Hangzhou–Ningbo High-Speed Railway and Nanjing–Hangzhou Passenger Railway.[12]
- Template:Flagicon 6 July – Lac-Mégantic derailment: 47 people are killed in explosions and fire after an unattended train carrying Bakken formation crude oil runs away and derails in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. It becomes the deadliest rail accident in Canadian history since 1864.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Template:Flagicon 24 July – Santiago de Compostela derailment: 79 people are killed when an Alvia train derails at excessive speed on a curve in Galicia (Spain).Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
August
- Template:Flagicon 18 August – Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail Blue Line extends service further south from Sandy to Draper.[13]
September
- Template:Flagicon 15 September – Xi'an Metro Line 1 opened.[14]
- Template:Flagicon 26 September – Harbin Metro Line 1 opened.
October
- Template:Flagicon 15 October – The Kyushu Railway Company (Japan Railways Group) launches the 'Seven Stars in Kyushu' luxury sleeping car excursion train from Hakata Station with dedicated diesel locomotive haulage.[15]
- Template:Flagicon 29 October – Completion of Marmaray suburban rail project in Istanbul with official opening of its Marmaray Tunnel under the Bosphorus, the first standard gauge rail connection between Europe and Asia.[16]
November
- Template:Flagicon 3 November – Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern funicular opens.[17]
December
- Template:Flagicon 8 December – Utah Transit Authority's S Line (formerly known as Sugar House Streetcar) opens with service from South Salt Lake to the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City.[18]
- Template:Flagicon 22 December – Downtown MRT line Phase 1 scheduled to open.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Template:Flagicon 28 December – Opening of high speed Xiamen–Shenzhen Railway in southern China, fully completing the Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen High-Speed Railway.[19]
- Template:Flagicon 28 December – Wuhan Metro Line 4 and Suzhou Metro Line 2, including Zhengzhou Metro has been opened.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Template:Flagicon 29 December – Shanghai Metro Lines 12 and 16 opened.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Deaths
- 28 May – Isabel Benham, American railroad financial expert, dies (b. 1909).
- 23 August – Richard J. Corman, founder and owner of R.J. Corman Railroad Group, dies (b. 1955).
Industry awards
Japan
- Awards presented by the Japan Railfan Club
- 2013 Blue Ribbon Award: Tokyo Metro 1000 series EMU[20]
References
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