2018 in rail transport

Years in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2018. Please be aware that the actual dates that these events occur on may differ substantially from what is shown here.

Events

January events

January 4 – 2018 Kroonstad train crash.
January 13 – Opening of Phase 1 (South Florida) portion of Brightline higher-speed rail in Florida.^[1]
January 25 – Pioltello train derailment: At least three people are killed and over 100 injured in a train derailment near Milan, Italy.^[2]^[3]^[4]
January 31 – 2018 Crozet, Virginia train crash.
January 31 – The first Class 331 EMU for Arriva Rail North in England is unveiled at the CAF factory in Zaragoza.^[5]

February events

February 4 – An Amtrak passenger train collides with a freight train at Cayce, South Carolina and is derailed; two people are killed.^[6]
February 23 – China Railway Corporation reports that 12.2 million passenger trips were taken on the company's trains on Thursday, February 22, 2018, setting a new record for services following the Spring Festival holiday. Known as 'Chunyun,' the travel rush around the holiday is the busiest time for rail travel on the network every year.^[7]

March events

March 13 – Citing infrastructure age and maintenance, Broadmoor, the operator of the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, announces that the railway would remain closed for 2018, and could possibly not reopen.^[8]^[9]
March 16 – Opening of the Lynx Blue Line Extension in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[10]

April events

April 4 – Introduction of through Eurostar services between London St Pancras International and Amsterdam Centraal.^[11]

May events

May 1 – Opening of KTM's Skypark Link.
May 9 – Re-opening of London Bridge station^[12] which officially concludes the Thameslink Programme, separating the Brighton Main Line from the Southeastern Main Line.
May 26 – Opening of Bay Area Rapid Transit's eBART line.^[13]

June events

June 16 – Opening of the Hartford Line, a commuter rail line between New Haven, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts via Hartford, Connecticut.^[14]
June 24 – London North Eastern Railway takes over InterCity East Coast franchise from Virgin Trains East Coast.^[15]

July events

July 8 – Çorlu train derailment; 24 killed.
July 21 – Amsterdam Metro Route 52 (Noord/Zuidlijn) begins operation.
July 30 – Opening of SunRail Phase 2 South extension to Poinciana, Florida.^[16]

August events

August 1 –
- – Palembang Light Rail Transit, the first operational light rail system in Indonesia, opens.
- – Russian Railways publicly adopts local (rather than Moscow) time.
August 25 – Opening of Aarhus Letbane extension south to Odder.

October events

October 14 – Transport for Wales takes over Wales & Borders franchise from Arriva Trains Wales.^[17]

November events

November 2 – Expected opening of Milwaukee Streetcar.^[18]

December events

December 14 – Expected opening of the Oklahoma City Streetcar in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.^[19]
December 26 – Scheduled opening of the Central Subway in San Francisco,^[20] though delays are possible.^[21]
December 31 – Expected opening of TEXRail.^[22]
– Ion rapid transit LRT scheduled to open.^[23]
– Opening of Taipei Metro Circular Line (First Section).

Unknown date events

– Approximate expected completion of the first new railway in Croatia in 50 years, from Gradec to Sveti Ivan Žabno.^[24]
– Expected opening of Line 3 in the Guadalajara light rail system.^[25]
– Expected opening of the Delmar Loop Trolley in St. Louis and University City, Missouri.^[26]
– Expected opening of the FasTracks commuter rail G Line in Denver, Colorado.^[27]

Deaths

March 4 – Sir William McAlpine, 6th Baronet, British businessman and railway enthusiast (born 1936).

References

↑ Brightline begins passenger operations International Railway Journal January 15, 2018
↑ Italy train crash: Three killed in derailment near Mulan BBC News January 25, 2013
↑ Milan train-crash: at least three people killed after derailment The Guardian January, 25 2013
↑ Reuters.
↑ Clinnick, Richard (January 31, 2018). "Northern unveils its first new CAF-built train". Rail (magazine).
↑ Mosbergen, Dominique (2018-02-04). "Amtrak Train Derails After Collision In South Carolina; Fatalities Reported". HuffPost. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
↑ "China's railway trips hit record high as holiday ends". Xinhua. February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2018.
↑ Morrison, Holly (March 13, 2018). "Pikes Peak Cog Railway to remain closed for remainder of 2018". News 13. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
↑ Falcone, Bob (March 16, 2018). "Cog Railway closure could impact recreation on Pikes Peak". Colorado Springs Independent. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
↑ "Charlotte announces opening date for light rail expansion". The News & Observer. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
↑ Barrow, Keith (2016-10-12). "Eurostar Amsterdam timetable emerges". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 2017-01-14.
↑ "The Duke of Cambridge to open London Bridge Station".
↑ "East Contra Costa BART Extension (eBART)". BART. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
↑ "CTrail Hartford Line Rail Service Scheduled to Launch June 16; Commemorative Inaugural Event to be Held Friday, June 15" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
↑ East Coast Main Line returns to public ownership-after total failure of Virgin Trains franchise The Independent June 24, 2018
↑ Spear, Kevin (30 July 2018). "First SunRail trains from Osceola County please commuters". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
↑ Wales' rail and metro franchise to be run by KeolisAmey BBC News May, 23 2018
↑ "Report: Milwaukee's streetcar 'The Hop' will begin service on November 2". WTMJ. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.
↑ Crum, William (1 October 2018). "OK: Weekend-Long Celebration to Mark Oklahoma City Streetcar Debut". McClatchy. Mass Transit Magazine. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
↑ "Central Subway Project" (PDF). SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
↑ Rodriguez, Joe Fitzgerald (10 July 2017). "Central Subway project faces up to 10-month delay". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
↑ Dickson, Gordon (22 May 2018). "TEXRail is test-running trains in Colleyville, North Richland Hills". Star Telegram. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
↑ Weidner, Johanna (April 13, 2018). "No LRT service until December". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
↑ "What to do, Where to go in 2018". Today's Railways Europe (265). January 2018.
↑ "Tuneladora ve la luz en avenida Revolución" [Tunneling to the light in Revolución Avenue]. El Informador en Facebook (in Spanish). Guadalajara, Jalisco. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
↑ Schlinkmann, Mark (November 13, 2017). "Mid-winter opening now predicted for Loop Trolley". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2017-11-18.
↑ Paul, Jesse (2016-11-18). "RTD will not open G-Line or R-Line before end of year as planned". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2016-11-20.

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[1] Brightline begins passenger operations International Railway Journal January 15, 2018

[2] Italy train crash: Three killed in derailment near Mulan BBC News January 25, 2013

[3] Milan train-crash: at least three people killed after derailment The Guardian January, 25 2013

[4] Reuters.

[5] Clinnick, Richard (January 31, 2018). "Northern unveils its first new CAF-built train". Rail (magazine).

[6] Mosbergen, Dominique (2018-02-04). "Amtrak Train Derails After Collision In South Carolina; Fatalities Reported". HuffPost. Retrieved 2018-02-04.

[7] "China's railway trips hit record high as holiday ends". Xinhua. February 23, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2018.

[8] Morrison, Holly (March 13, 2018). "Pikes Peak Cog Railway to remain closed for remainder of 2018". News 13. Retrieved March 18, 2018.

[9] Falcone, Bob (March 16, 2018). "Cog Railway closure could impact recreation on Pikes Peak". Colorado Springs Independent. Retrieved March 18, 2018.

[March16-10] "Charlotte announces opening date for light rail expansion". The News & Observer. 9 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.

[11] Barrow, Keith (2016-10-12). "Eurostar Amsterdam timetable emerges". International Railway Journal. Retrieved 2017-01-14.

[12] "The Duke of Cambridge to open London Bridge Station".

[13] "East Contra Costa BART Extension (eBART)". BART. Retrieved 25 April 2018.

[opening-14] "CTrail Hartford Line Rail Service Scheduled to Launch June 16; Commemorative Inaugural Event to be Held Friday, June 15" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.

[15] East Coast Main Line returns to public ownership-after total failure of Virgin Trains franchise The Independent June 24, 2018

[Phase2Open-16] Spear, Kevin (30 July 2018). "First SunRail trains from Osceola County please commuters". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 30 July 2018.

[17] Wales' rail and metro franchise to be run by KeolisAmey BBC News May, 23 2018

[Nov2-18] "Report: Milwaukee's streetcar 'The Hop' will begin service on November 2". WTMJ. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 28 September 2018.

[December14-19] Crum, William (1 October 2018). "OK: Weekend-Long Celebration to Mark Oklahoma City Streetcar Debut". McClatchy. Mass Transit Magazine. Retrieved 2 October 2018.

[SFCTA-20] "Central Subway Project" (PDF). SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-10-12. Retrieved 29 October 2016.

[21] Rodriguez, Joe Fitzgerald (10 July 2017). "Central Subway project faces up to 10-month delay". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 18 July 2017.

[22] Dickson, Gordon (22 May 2018). "TEXRail is test-running trains in Colleyville, North Richland Hills". Star Telegram. Retrieved 23 May 2018.

[December_delay-23] Weidner, Johanna (April 13, 2018). "No LRT service until December". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[TREJan-24] "What to do, Where to go in 2018". Today's Railways Europe (265). January 2018.

[25] "Tuneladora ve la luz en avenida Revolución" [Tunneling to the light in Revolución Avenue]. El Informador en Facebook (in Spanish). Guadalajara, Jalisco. 22 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.

[PD-2017nov13-26] Schlinkmann, Mark (November 13, 2017). "Mid-winter opening now predicted for Loop Trolley". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 2017-11-18.

[delay-27] Paul, Jesse (2016-11-18). "RTD will not open G-Line or R-Line before end of year as planned". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2016-11-20.