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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2015.
Events
editJanuary
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January 2 – Reopening of Sri Lanka's Northern Line all the way to its terminus at Kankesanthurai.[1]
January 6 – Groundbreaking of the California High-Speed Rail system, indicating sustained construction activity.[2]
February
edit- February 3 – The Valhalla train crash, in which a train on Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line strikes a vehicle at a level crossing in Valhalla, New York, killing six people and injuring 15.[3][4]
February 8 – Opening of the South West Rail Link in Sydney.[5]
February 14 – Rebuilt Benguela railway reopened throughout.[6]- February 24
- – A Metrolink train on the Ventura County Line strikes a pickup truck at a level crossing in Oxnard, California, injuring 30.[7]
– The first successful 16,156-mile round trip is completed on the world's longest railway line, the Yixin'ou cargo line, which connects Yiwu, China to Madrid, Spain.[8]
March
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March 1 – Virgin Trains East Coast takes over InterCity East Coast franchise from East Coast[9]- March 7 – The Cathedrals Express return charter train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southend East, operated by West Coast Railways, overruns a signal passed at danger at Wootton Bassett Junction on the Great Western Main Line where it has a near miss with a First Great Western service from Swansea to London Paddington.[10]
- March 14
– The Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed route opens from Nagano to Kanazawa, with the corresponding withdrawal of the 160 km/h express service on the Hokuhoku Line.[11]- – The Ueno–Tokyo Line route opens between Ueno and Tokyo Station.[12]
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
edit- April 1 – Abellio ScotRail takes over the ScotRail franchise from First ScotRail, while the Caledonian Sleeper service is taken over by Serco[13][14]
- April 3 – Network Rail suspends West Coast Railways' train operating license following the SPAD incident at Wootton Bassett Junction on March 7.[10]
- April 5 – Reopening of Tri-Rail's Miami Intermodal Center in Miami.[15]
June
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June 2 – Opening of BRT Sunway Line operated by RapidKL in Subang Jaya.[citation needed]
June 6 – Opening of the Union Pearson Express, an airport rail link in Toronto.[16]
June 27 – SNCF TGV La Poste commits the last ride, making all high-speed freight services ended after more than 30 years operating.[citation needed]
July
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July 1 – Opening of the Ring Rail Line in Vantaa, Finland.[17]
August
edit- August 22 – Phoenix Valley Metro Rail extends from Sycamore/Main Street to Mesa Drive/Main Street via the Central Mesa Extension.[18]
September
edit- September 6 – Opening of the Borders Railway along the old Waverley Route.[19]
- September 11 – Opening of KTM Komuter Northern Sector in Penang, Kedah, Perlis and Northern Perak.[20]
- September 12 – Opening of the MAX Orange Line in Portland, Oregon, United States.[21]
- September 13 – New York City Subway 34th Street–Hudson Yards opens to public, after a series of delays.[citation needed]
September 17 – Opening of the Ashkelon–Beersheba railway.[citation needed]
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.[22][23]- September 26 – Ningbo Rail Transit Line 2 opens connecting Lishe International Airport Station to Qingshuipu Station.[citation needed]
October
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October 16 – Completion of the first phase of Rail Baltica connecting Tallinn, Riga, Kaunas and Warsaw.[24]- October 31 - The Sri Petaling Line LRT expands from Sri Petaling to Kinrara, the line's first expansion since 1998.
November
edit- November 14 – Eckwersheim derailment: A TGV train derails in Alsace while performing commissioning trials on a section of the LGV Est high-speed rail line killing 11.[25][26]
November 17 – Aab-e-Gum derailment: The Jaffar Express passenger train traveling from Quetta to Rawalpindi, Pakistan, derails killing 20 and injuring almost a hundred others.[27][28][29]
December
edit- December 11 – The first phase of the Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway, connecting Nanning to Baise, China, opens.[30]
- December 13 – Apperley Bridge railway station reopens, fifty years after the original station was closed.[31]
December 27 – Downtown MRT line Stage 2 opens.[32]- December 30 – Construction begins on the Ningbo Rail Transit Line 3 (Yinfeng Line) in China.[33]
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– Conclusion of joint project between Turkey, Iran and Pakistan to build 5,000 km freight link.[34] Break-of-gauge arrangements to be confirmed.
References
edit- ^ "Jaffna-KKS railway track roars again". Daily FT. January 3, 2015. Archived from the original on January 4, 2015.
- ^ "High-Speed Rail Authority Hosts Official Groundbreaking Ceremony" (PDF). hsr.ca.gov (Press release). CHSRA. January 6, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 22, 2015.
- ^ Trott, Bill; Heavey, Susan (4 February 2015). "Cuomo says death toll in commuter train accident revised to six". Reuters. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
- ^ Santora, Marc; Flegenheimer, Matt (February 4, 2015). "Investigation Underway in Metro-North Train Crash". New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
- ^ "South West Rail Link". Transport for NSW. New South Wales Government. 2012-11-13. Archived from the original on 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
- ^ "Three presidents inaugurate rebuilt Benguela Railway". Railway Gazette International. February 16, 2015.
- ^ KABC-TV (February 24, 2015). "Photos: Metrolink Commuter Train Derails in Oxnard". ABC News.
- ^ Dawber, Alistair (February 24, 2015). "China to Spain cargo train: Successful first 16,156-mile round trip on world's longest railway brings promise of increased trade". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01.
- ^ Stagecoach/Virgin bid wins East Coast franchise The Railway Magazine issue 1366 January 2015 page 6
- ^ a b "West Coast Railways track access suspended". Rail. April 2, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Hokuriku Shinkansen Line opens for service, linking Tokyo and Kanazawa". The Japan Times. Kyodo. March 14, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ^ "Cross-Tokyo link inaugurated". Railway Gazette International. March 16, 2015. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
- ^ Abellio awarded ScotRail franchise Railway Gazette International 8 October 2014
- ^ Serco awarded contract to run the famous Caledonian Sleeper railway line The Independent 28 May 2014
- ^ "New Tri-Rail Miami International Airport Station Opens April 5". tri-rail.com. SFRTA. April 3, 2015. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015.
- ^ "Union Pearson Express to Launch June 6". news.ontario.ca. Government of Ontario. April 22, 2015. Retrieved May 23, 2020.
- ^ "Ring Rail Line opening day festivities on Wednesday 1 July". hsl.fi. HSL. June 26, 2015. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Mitchell, Garrett (August 22, 2015). "Mesa light rail expansion debuts to thousands of riders". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
- ^ Clinnick, Richard (16–29 September 2015). "The long wait is finally over as £296m Borders Railway opens". Rail. No. 783. pp. 6–7.
- ^ "Northern folks to enjoy new mode of transportation". The Star. 11 September 2015. Archived from the original on 27 August 2017. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
- ^ Njus, Elliot (September 12, 2015). "The wait's over: TriMet's Orange Line, Tilikum Crossing up and running". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ^ "Sub-Saharan Africa gets its first metro". The Economist. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
- ^ "Ethiopia: Addis Light Rail Eases Transportation Problem". AllAfrica. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ "Latvia to Begin Constructing Rail Baltica". RZD-Partner Portal. 18 April 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-09-09. Retrieved 2018-01-06.
- ^ "French TGV high-speed train derails near Strasbourg". BBC News. 2015-11-14. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ^ Bach, Christian; Poivret, Aurélien (2015-11-14). "Accident de la rame d'essai de TGV: 10 morts, douze blessés dans un état grave, cinq personnes recherchées, numéro vert mis en place". Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace.
- ^ AFP; Syed Ali Shah (November 18, 2015). "Death toll from Jaffar Express accident climbs to 19". Dawn. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ^ "Two killed as train derails in Pakistan". Daiji World. November 17, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ^ "20 die as train derails in Pakistan". New Kerala. November 17, 2015. Archived from the original on November 19, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ^ "南昆客专南百段开通 南宁-百色动车二等票82.5元" [Nankun Passenger Train South Section opened Nanning-Baise EMU second-class ticket 82.5 yuan]. gxnews.com.cn (in Chinese). Guangxi News Network. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017.
- ^ "Apperley Bridge's new railway station opens". BBC News. December 13, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
- ^ hermesauto (2015-12-27). "Downtown Line 2 draws crowds and curious commuters on opening day". The Straits Times. Retrieved 2019-04-04.
- ^ "宁波-奉化城际铁路开工 对接轨道交通3号线" [Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway begins construction and is scheduled to open in June 2019] (in Chinese). CNNB. December 30, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ^ "Pakistan and Turkey Agree to Build Freight Rail Link". Railway-technology.com. 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2010-07-11.