2010 in rail transport

Events

By month

January events

June events

* - The newly extended East London Railway is expected to begin service between West Croydon, Crystal Palace and Dalston Junction. [cite news|url=http://www.infrasite.nl/news/news_article.php?ID_nieuwsberichten=5578&language=en|title=TfL awards contract to build new East London Railway| date=2006-10-23|publisher=Infrasite.net|accessdate=2006-11-07]

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* - Opening of Docklands Light Railway extension from Canning Town to the new Stratford International station, taking over the North London Line infrastructure (which closed on December 9 2006) and linking the Docklands area with domestic and international high-speed services on High Speed 1 and with the 2012 Olympic Games site. [cite web|url=http://developments.dlr.co.uk/extensions/stratford/details.asp?id=38|title=DLR on track for Stratford International as £67m contract awarded] [cite web|author=Docklands Light Railway|url=http://developments.dlr.co.uk/extensions/stratford/details.asp?id=28|title=Stratford International extension approved|accessdate=2006-10-25] [cite web|url=http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/press-centre/press-releases/press-releases-content.asp?prID=1038|title=Major contract award signals start of work on DLR Stratford International Extension]
* - The English Electric DM class EMUs of Tranz Metro will be replaced by the new FM class EMUs made in South Korea.
* - The government of Gauteng Province, South Africa, expects to complete a new rail connection between Johannesburg, Tschwane and Johannesburg International Airport before the opening of the Football World Cup series. [RailStaff (August 2 2005), " [http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/johannesburg-s-80-km-airport-link-to-be-ready-for-football-world-cup-656.html Johannesburg’s 80 KM Airport Link to be ready for Football World Cup] ". Retrieved August 4 2005.]
* - The Korea Train Express route is expected to shift to a dedicated high speed train right-of-way, which will reduce travel time between Seoul and Busan from 160 minutes to 116 minutes.
* - Work is expected to be completed on the Iron Silk Road high speed railway line connecting China to mainland Europe. [Page, Jeremy; The Australian (December 6 2005), " [http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17470636%255E2703,00.html Beijing backs plan for silk railroad link to Europe] ". Retrieved December 5 2005.]
* - The extension of the Tōhoku Shinkansen in Japan from Hachinohe to Shin-Aomori is expected to open.
* - New high speed rail service between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv is scheduled to begin operations. [Lefkovits, Etgar; Jerusalem Post (February 8 2006), " [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1138622574969&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Jerusalem-TA high-speed railway to be online in 2010] ". Retrieved February 8 2006.]
* - The first line of the Jerusalem Light Rail is expected to open. It will run from Pisgat Ze'ev in the northeast, south along Road 60 to Jaffa Road (Rehov Yaffo). From there, it will run along Jaffa Road westward to the Jerusalem Central Bus Station, and continue to the southwest, crossing the Chords Bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava, along Herzl Boulevard to Beit HaKerem and terminate near Mount Herzl.

* - The second maglev train route in China is expected to open between Shanghai and Hangzhou. [Xinhua (March 6 2006), " [http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-03/06/content_4263586.htm Maglev railway to link Hangzhou, Shanghai] ". Retrieved March 6 2006.]
* - Bremen S-Bahn is expected to be operational by 2010.
* - The Circle MRT Line Stage 1 and 2 will be ready for service using the 3 car Alstom Train.
* - The railway tunnel, Marmaray under Turkey's Bosphorus strait is expected to open for service.
* - Work on converting Paris Métro Line 1 to fully driverless automated operations is expected to be completed. [cite news| url=http://www.infrasite.nl/news/news_article.php?ID_nieuwsberichten=7579&language=en| title=New section of Metro Line 14 opened| publisher=InfraSite.net| date=2007-07-02| accessdate=2007-07-06| ]

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