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2015 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2015.

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January events

  • January 2 – Reopening of Sri Lanka's Northern Line all the way to its terminus at Kankesanthurai.

    • February events

  • February 3 – The Valhalla train crash, in which a train on Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line struck a vehicle at a level crossing in Valhalla, New York, killed six people and injured 15.
  • February 8 – Opening of the South West Rail Link in Sydney
  • China to Spain cargo train: Successful first 16,156-mile round trip on world's longest railway
  • February 24 – A Metrolink train on the Ventura County Line strikes a pickup truck at a level crossing in Oxnard, California, injuring 30.

    • March events

  • March 7 - The Cathedrals Express return charter train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southend East, operated by West Coast Railways, overran a signal passed at danger at Wootton Bassett Junction on the Great Western Main Line where it had a near miss with a First Great Western service from Swansea to London Paddington.
  • March 14 – The Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed route opens from Nagano to Kanazawa.
  • March 14 – The Ueno-Tokyo Line route opens between Ueno and Tokyo Station.
  • March 21 – 2015 Uttar Pradesh train accident: The Indian Railways Janata Express heading towards Varanasi overshoots a signal and derails near Bachhrawan in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, resulting in at least fifty-eight deaths and 150 injuries.

    • April events

  • April 3 - Network Rail suspended West Coast Railways' train operating license following a SPAD incident at Wootton Bassett Junction.
  • April 5 - Reopening of Tri-Rail's Miami Airport Station in Miami

    • June events

  • June 6 – Opening of the Union Pearson Express, an airport rail link in Toronto

    • July events

  • July 1 - Opening of the Ring Rail Line in Vantaa, Finland

    • September events

  • September 12 – Opening of the MAX Orange Line in Portland, Oregon, United States.
  • September 17 - Opening of the Ashkelon-Be'er Sheva railway.
  • September 20 – Opening of one line of the Addis Ababa Light Rail in capital-city of Ethiopia: the first light-rail system to be built in sub-saharan Africa.
  • September 26 – Ningbo Rail Transit Line 2 opens connecting Lishe International Airport Station to Qingshuipu Station.

    • November events

  • November 17 – The Jaffar Express passenger train traveling from Quetta to Rawalpindi, Pakistan, derails killing 20 and injuring almost a hundred others.

    • December events

  • December 11 – The first phase of the Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway, connecting Nanning to Baise, China, opens.
  • December 13 – Apperley Bridge railway station reopens, fifty years after the original station was closed.
  • December 30 – Construction begins on the Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway in China.

    • Unknown date events

  • – Expected opening of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Hong Kong express rail link.
  • – South Island Line (East) expected to be opened.
  • – The double track high-speed section from Holm to Nykirke on the Vestfold Line is expected to open.
  • - Conclusion of joint project between Turkey, Iran and Pakistan to build 5,000 km freight link. Break-of-gauge arrangements to be confirmed.
  • - Taoyuan International Airport MRT expected to be finished.
  • - Kaohsiung Circular Line (First Section) scheduled to be completed.
  • - Taiwan High Speed Rail Nangang Station will be opened in January, 2015.

    • References

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