2015 in rail transport

January events

• January 2 – Reopening of Sri Lanka's Northern Line all the way to its terminus at Kankesanthurai.
• January 6 – Groundbreaking of the California High-Speed Rail system, indicating sustained construction activity

February events

• China to Spain cargo train: Successful first 16,156-mile round trip on world's longest railway^[1]
• 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.^[2][3]
• February 8 – Opening of the South West Rail Link in Sydney^[4]
• February 14 – Rebuilt Benguela railway reopened throughout.
• February 24 – A Metrolink train on the Ventura County Line strikes a pickup truck at a level crossing in Oxnard, California, injuring 30.^[5]

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^[6]

June events

• June 2 - Opening of BRT Sunway Line operated by RapidKL in Subang Jaya.
• 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 11 - Opening of KTM Komuter Northern Sector in Penang, Kedah, Perlis and Northern Perak.^[7]
• September 12 – Opening of the MAX Orange Line in Portland, Oregon, United States.^[8]
• September 13 - New York City Subway 34th Street -Hudson Yards opened to public, after a series of delay.
• 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.^[9][10]
• September 26 – Ningbo Rail Transit Line 2 opens connecting Lishe International Airport Station to Qingshuipu Station.

October events

• October 16 – Completion of the first phase of Rail Baltica connecting Tallinn, Riga, Kaunas and Warsaw.^[11]

November events

• November 17 – The Jaffar Express passenger train traveling from Quetta to Rawalpindi, Pakistan, derails killing 20 and injuring almost a hundred others.^[12][13][14]

December events

• December 11 – The first phase of the Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway, connecting Nanning to Baise, China, opens.^[15]

• December 13 – Apperley Bridge railway station reopens, fifty years after the original station was closed. ^[16]

• December 30 – Construction begins on the Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway in China.^[17]

Unknown date events

• - Conclusion of joint project between Turkey, Iran and Pakistan to build 5,000 km freight link.^[18] Break-of-gauge arrangements to be confirmed.