2010 in rail transport

none March 2011 Rail transport articles in need of updating Rail transport 2010 2009 2010 2011 2010 Events By month February events South KoreaFebruary 18 – In Seoul, Line 3 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is extended from Suseo to Ogeum (3 km mi on).개요 및 연혁 Overview and History http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/kr/page.do?menuIdx=512 live https://web.archive.org/web/20240205120552/http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/kr/page.do?menuIdx=512 5 February 2024 12 July 2024 seoulmetro.co.kr ko March events Philippines March 22 – Operations of the Manila Line 1 is extended from Monumento to Balintawak marking the first station to open on the new North Extension of the line. April events Singapore April 17 – The Circle MRT line Stage 1 and 2 were to be ready for service using the 3 car Alstom train. May events India May 2 – Indian Railways phases out WCG-2 electric locomotives. United Kingdom May 23 – The newly extended East London Line begins full service between West Croydon, Crystal Palace and Dalston Junction, following a preview service from April 27 as far south as New Cross and New Cross Gate.http://www.infrasite.nl/news/news_article.php?ID_nieuwsberichten=5578&language=en TfL awards contract to build new East London Railway 2006-10-23 Infrasite.net 2006-11-07 2018-01-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042623/http://www.infrasite.nl/news/news_article.php?ID_nieuwsberichten=5578&language=en deadJ. E. Connor East London Line Reopens London Railway Record 64 102–8 July 2010 India May 28 – Jnaneswari Express train derailment: A train derailment and collision in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India, causes the deaths of at least 141 passengers. June events Germany June – First Vectron locomotives completed by Siemens Mobility. South Africa June 8 – The first section of the Gautrain is complete, where trains run between Sandton and OR Tambo International Airport, just in time for the FIFA World Cup being held in the country.RailStaff (August 2, 2005), Johannesburg’s 80 KM Airport Link to be ready for Football World Cup. Retrieved August 4, 2005. Norway June 22 – Bergen Light Rail is opened. United States June 25 – The Brown M, V, and W of the New York City Subway make their last rides. July events China July 1 – High-speed trains on the Shanghai–Nanjing line begin running, cutting journey times between the two cities by more than an hour, to just 73 minuteshttp://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/shanghai-nanjing-high-speed-line-opens.html Railway Gazette International Shanghai - Nanjing high speed line opens 2010-07-07 2010-07-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100710062543/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/shanghai-nanjing-high-speed-line-opens.html 10 July 2010 live Japan July 17 – Keisei Narita Airport Line begins operations, along with new Skyliner services between Keisei-Ueno and Narita Airport Station using brand new medium-speed AE series express trains, making it the second Japanese mainline to be operated at 160 km/h speed (the first was the Hokuhoku Line).28 May 2010 京成電鉄「成田スカイアクセス」開業にともない7月17日にダイヤ改正を実施 Timetable Revisions to take place on Keisei Railway on 17 July for Opening of the Narita Airport Line https://railf.jp/news/2010/05/28/185000.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230203010840/https://railf.jp/news/2010/05/28/185000.html 3 February 2023 31 January 2024 Japan Railfan Magazine Online ja India July 20 – Larsen & Toubro are announced as the preferred bidder for construction of the Hyderabad Metro, costing a proposed Rs122 billion and with an expected finish date of 2014.http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/hyderabad-metro-bids-announced.html Railway Gazette International Hyderabad metro bids announced 2010-07-20 2010-07-21August 2026 InternetArchiveBot China July 29 – Phase 2 of Wuhan Metro Line 1 connecting Dijiao Station to Huangpulu Station and connecting Zongguan Station to Dongwudadao Station opens. August events FRA August 9 - First day of operation for the Light rail Rhônexpress service linking Lyon city centre and the Airport.http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/urban-rail-news-in-brief-september-2010-1.html Urban rail news in brief September 2010 Railway Gazette International 2010-09-08 2010-09-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20100911093333/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/urban-rail-news-in-brief-september-2010-1.html 11 September 2010 live EU August 11 - The European Commission approves the €1.9bn acquisition of Arriva by German rail company Deutsche Bahn. Arriva's transport operations in Germany are subject to sale to another operator.http://www.railjournal.com/newsflash/ec-approves-arriva-takeover.html EC approves Arriva takeover Rail Journal 2010-08-11 2010-08-11 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110613195754/http://www.railjournal.com/newsflash/ec-approves-arriva-takeover.html 2011-06-13 Malaysia August 12 - Malaysia introduces electrified intercity trains with the opening of KTM Electric Train System from Ipoh to Seremban.http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/793840 怡隆电动火车开跑．公众可提前60天买票 2010-08-12 星洲网 2018-01-06 2018-01-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20180106120042/http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/793840 dead Thailand August 23 - The Suvarnabhumi Airport rail link opens after a four-year delay, connecting Suvarnabhumi Airport with the City Centre.http://www.bangkokpost.com/lite/topstories/192521/airport-rail-link-begins-full-commercial-operations Airport rail link begins full commercial operations Bangkok Post 2010-08-23 2010-10-04 USA August 26 - Construction began on the 23 mi km on long East Corridor in Denver, connecting the International Airport with Union Station. Construction is scheduled to end sometime in 2015.http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2010/08/Denver-RTD-breaks-ground-on-commuter-rail-line-project.aspx Denver RTD breaks ground on commuter rail project Metro Magazine 2010-08-26 2010-09-12 September events IRE September 3 - Irish Rail trains began serving the town of Dunboyne after a gap of 43 years. Until the M3 Parkway station is built, all services on the Dublin–Navan railway line will terminate here.http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/commuter-trains-return-to-dunboyne.html Commuter trains return to Dunboyne Railway Gazette International 2010-09-03 2010-09-08 2011-06-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20110615124914/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/commuter-trains-return-to-dunboyne.html dead United Kingdom September 13 - Refurbishment of Newport railway station, which includes a building consisting mostly of ETFE is completed, in preparation of Newport's hosting of the Ryder Cup Golf tournament. Car parking facilities have yet to be finished.http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/Press-Releases/NEWPORT-S-NEW-STATION-A-NEW-GATEWAY-TO-WALES-1560/SearchCategoryID-7.aspx Newport's New Station: A New Gateway to Wales Network Rail 2010-09-13 2010-09-13 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120229183116/http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/Press-Releases/NEWPORT-S-NEW-STATION-A-NEW-GATEWAY-TO-WALES-1560/SearchCategoryID-7.aspx 2012-02-29 UK September 20 - A new Manchester Metrolink station serving the MediaCityUK complex opens, with trams being served via a small spur off the main Eccles Line.http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/transport/public_transport/s/1328314_metrolink_trams_pull_in_to_mediacityuk_station_for_first_time Manchester Evening News Metrolink trams pull in to MediaCityUK station for first time 2010-09-20 2010-09-28 https://web.archive.org/web/20100923105728/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/transport/public_transport/s/1328314_metrolink_trams_pull_in_to_mediacityuk_station_for_first_time 23 September 2010 live China September 25 – Guangzhou Metro's Line 4 extension connecting Chebeinan to Huangcun opens. October events USA October 4 - New restrooms, a larger waiting area, and the re-installation of air conditioning fans first removed in the 1960s are announced as part of Amtrak's Capital funding project for Chicago Union Stationhttp://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=8915 Governor Quinn Highlights Amtrak's $40 Million Capital Investment in Chicago's Union Station Illinois.gov 2010-10-04 2010-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20101006153828/http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=8915 6 October 2010 dead dmy-allhttp://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/2773154,CST-NWS-station05.article Air conditioning for Union Station Chicago Sun Times 2010-10-05 2010-10-07August 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes EU October 7 - Eurostar places a £700m order for 10 new high-speed trains with Siemens, as well as a refurbishment of its current set of trains.http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE69630F20101007?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews https://archive.today/20120716130013/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE69630F20101007?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews dead July 16, 2012 French angered by Eurostar train deal with Siemens Reuters 2010-10-07 2010-10-07 The new trains, dubbed as 'e-320' will also be inter-operable, allowing them to run on much of Europe's high-speed network.http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/eurostar_announces_fleet_investment.jsp Eurostar announces £700 million investment in its fleet Eurostar 2010-10-07 2010-10-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20101011092749/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/eurostar_announces_fleet_investment.jsp 2010-10-11 dead USA October 7 - Construction of the planned Mass Transit Tunnel running under the Hudson River and leading into Penn Station is cancelled after a thirty-day risk review by New Jersey Transit and Federal Transit Administration officials revealed costs could exceed as much as double its $8.7bn budget.http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2632 Governor Announcement regarding ARC Tunnel Project NJ Transit 2010-10-08 2010-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20101011093412/http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2632 11 October 2010 live Switzerland October 15 - 'Breakthrough' is completed in the construction of the Gotthard Base Tunnel (57 km mi on) after fourteen years of tunnelling.Swiss near breakthrough on world's longest tunnel https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11548845 BBC News October 15, 2010 2010-10-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20101016045257/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11548845 16 October 2010 live Canada October 22 - The Société de transport de Montréal along with Bombardier and Alstom sign a deal worth $1.2bn meaning that 468 metro cars will replace the MR-63 stock on the Montreal Metro. Design and construction will take place at both Bombardier's and Alstom's factories in Quebec.http://www.stm.info/English/info/comm-10/a-co101022.htm Contract signing for the procurement of Montréal's métro cars. New cars introduced into service starting in 2014 Société de transport de Montréal 2010-10-22 2010-10-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20101113174025/http://www.stm.info/english/info/comm-10/a-co101022.htm 13 November 2010 livehttp://www.bombardier.com/en/transportation/media-centre/press-releases/details?docID=0901260d8013a8bc The Bombardier-Alstom Consortium Signs a Contract to Build 468 New Metro Cars for Montréal Bombardier 2010-10-22 2010-10-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20101027072306/http://bombardier.com/en/transportation/media-centre/press-releases/details?docID=0901260d8013a8bc 27 October 2010 live Philippines October 22 – Operations of the Manila Line 1 is extended again from Balintawak Station to Roosevelt Station marking the last station to open on the new three station North Extension of the line with the North Avenue Grand Central Station being put on hold for 8 years. USA October 29 - SEPTA's Silverliner V cars in service.http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20101030_SEPTA_s_new_railcar_model_makes_inaugural_trip.html Paul Nussbaum SEPTA's new railcar model makes inaugural trip The Philadelphia Inquirer 30 October 2010 2011-10-31 November Events South Korea November 1 - Construction of phase 2 in building the Seoul–Busan high-speed line is completed, allowing passengers to travel between the two cities in under 2½ hours. The project cost an estimated ₩7 945 billion, with an extra 35,000 passengers per day projected to use this service.http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/daegu-busan-high-speed-line-opens.html Daegu - Busan high speed line opens Railway Gazette International 2010-11-01 2010-11-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20101106185655/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/daegu-busan-high-speed-line-opens.html 6 November 2010 livehttp://www.koreaherald.com/business/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101006000826 High-speed track completed for Seoul-Busan KTX The Korea Herald 2010-10-06 2010-11-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20101104050649/http://www.koreaherald.com/business/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101006000826 4 November 2010 live Italy mid-November - Arenaways, the first open-access railway operator in Italy, begins non-stop passenger operations between Milan and Turin, competing with national monopoly operator Trenitalia using TRAXX locomotives leased from Alpha Trains.http://www.libero-news.it/articolo.jsp?id=530606 2010-11-19 Ferrovie: Catricala', al momento nessuna notifica da Arenaways Libero-News.it June 2017 InternetArchiveBot yes http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/2010/11/15/97002-20101115FILWWW00507-arenaways-1ere-liaison-turin-milan.php 2010-11-19 Le Figaro Flash Eco : Arenaways: 1ère liaison Turin- Milan 15 November 2010 http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/11/16/1461s605294.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20121020043603/http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/11/16/1461s605294.htm dead October 20, 2012 2010-11-19 First Private Train Debuts in Northern Italyhttp://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/italian-open-access-passenger-operator-starts-services.html 2010-11-19 Railway Gazette Italian open access passenger operator launches December events Japan December 4 – The extension of the Tōhoku Shinkansen in Japan from Hachinohe to Shin-Aomori opens.東北新幹線 新青森開業等について (Opening of Tōhoku Shinkansen to Shin-Aomori) JR East 11 May 2010 http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2010/20100505.pdf Japanese 2010-05-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20100601062122/http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2010/20100505.pdf 1 June 2010 live China December 28 – Phase 1 of Shenzhen Metro Line 2 opens connecting Chiwan to Window of the World. FinlandRussia December 12 – International high-speed service between Helsinki and Saint-Petersburg opens. Unknown date events yes October 2020 section October 2020 United Kingdom – Train travel in Britain during 2010 attained its highest peacetime level since the 1920s, according to the Association of Train Operating Companies. The number of train journeys reached 1.3bn, a figure not seen since 1928. The proportion of people using the train has decreased substantially since then, while the amount of usable rail track has more than halved.Rail travel at highest peacetime level since 1928 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12320817 BBC News 2011-01-31 2011-02-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20110203040758/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12320817 3 February 2011 live Accidents Belgium February 15 – The Halle train collision in which a National Railway Company of Belgium local train collides with an inter-city service at Buizingen, killing 19, due to a signal passed at danger and absence of a transmission balise-locomotive system.Eighteen killed in Belgian tragedy The Railway Magazine London 156 1308 April 2020 8 Italy April 12 – The Merano train derailment happens when a train derails between Latsch and Kastelbell, near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28. South Africa April 21 – The Pretoria runaway in which a train of carriages runs away for 12 mi km in from Centurion Station and derails at Pretoria, South Africa, killing three and seriously injuring seven. China May 23 – The Jiangxi train derailment in which a train travelling from Shanghai to Guilin in Jiangxi, China derails, killing at least 19 people. India May 28 – The Gyaneshwari Express derailment in the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India. It is disputed as to whether sabotage or a bomb caused damage to the track, which in turn leads to a train derailment before an oncoming goods train hit the loose carriages killing at least 141 passengers. United Kingdom June 6 – The Falls of Cruachan derailment occurs on the West Highland Line in Scotland, when a passenger train travelling between Glasgow and Oban derails after a suspected landslide. Republic of the Congo June 21 – The Yanga train derailment occurs when a train travelling between Brazzaville and Pointe Noire in the Republic of the Congo is derailed and plunges into a ravine. The death toll will have risen to 76 people and injuries to 745 by June 23. Spain June 23 – Thirteen die in the Castelldefels train accident at a level crossing in Castelldefels near Barcelona. Czech Republic June 28 – Ústí nad Labem derailment at Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. The driver is killed and eleven passengers injured. uncollapsed Industry awards Japan Awards presented by the Japan Railfan Club 2010 Blue Ribbon Award: JR East E259 series Narita Express EMU 2010 Laurel Prize: Kintetsu 22600 series Ace EMU North America 2010 E. H. Harriman Awards Group Gold medal Silver medal Bronze medal A     B     C     S&T     Awards presented by Railway Age magazine 2010 Railroader of the Year: Matthew K. Rose (BNSF)http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/norfolk-southern-ceo-wick-moorman-named-railway-age-railroader-of-the-year.html Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman named Railway Age Railroader of the Year December 9, 2010 Railway Age December 13, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101211140902/http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/norfolk-southern-ceo-wick-moorman-named-railway-age-railroader-of-the-year.html December 11, 2010 2010 Regional Railroad of the Year: 2010 Short Line Railroad of the Year: United Kingdom Train Operator of the Year 2010: First Great Western Deaths March 7 – Mac Sebree, well-known American rail-transport writer and publisher (b. 1932). June 23 – Michael Cobb, British railway historian, dies (b. 1916). August 20 – Charles S. Roberts, American railroad historian, dies (b. 1930). References