2013 in rail transport

none January 2020 Rail transport 2013 2012 2013 2014 2010 Events January NetherlandsBelgium 18 January – Brand new V250-high speed EMU's taken out of Fyra-service definitely due to poor quality.October 2020 USA 28 January – New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Loyola Avenue Streetcar Line opened.http://www.norta.com/about/Capital_Projects/index.html Capital Projects New Orleans Regional Transit Authority 6 December 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20170429183618/http://www.norta.com/about/Capital_Projects/index.html 29 April 2017 dead February Italy 10 February – opening of Milan Metro Line 5.October 2020 United Kingdom 11 February – Manchester Metrolink light rail system East Manchester Line opened to Droylsden.Kirby Dean Opening of Metrolink tram service to Droylsden delayed until February 2013 http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/transport/public_transport/s/1595302_opening-of-metrolink-tram-service-to-droylsden-delayed-until-february-2013 7 December 2012 Manchester Evening News Chadderton, England 4 December 2012 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20121207190859/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/transport/public_transport/s/1595302_opening-of-metrolink-tram-service-to-droylsden-delayed-until-february-2013 7 December 2012 Japan 24 February – The platforms at Togoshi-kōen Station, on the Tokyu Oimachi Line in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, are extended from three car lengths to five. http://railf.jp/news/2013/02/25/171500.html ja:東急大井町線戸越公園駅でのドアカット解消 Selective door-opening eliminated at Togoshi-kōen Station on Tokyu Oimachi Line 25 February 2013 Japan Railfan Magazine Online Koyusha Co., Ltd. Japan Japanese 25 February 2013 March Japan 16 March – Shibuya Station of the Tokyu Toyoko Line move to an underground station from ground station, with direct commuter express trains beginning at Motomachi-Chūkagai of Yokohama heading to Hanno of the Seibu Ikebukuro Line or Kawagoeshi of the Tobu Tojo Line, via the Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line.安井功 15 March 2013 さよなら東横線渋谷駅…大改造計画が始動 Goodbye Tōyoko Line Shibuya Station ... Major remodeling plan started http://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFK1504O_V10C13A3000000/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220407050652/https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXNASFK1504O_V10C13A3000000/ 7 April 2022 17 March 2013 MSN Sankei News Tokyu Toyoko Line ends serving Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line trains. However, Hibiya Line trains are still able to run more than 80 km for one trip during through-train services.16 March 2013 東急東横線・東京メトロ日比谷線の相互直通運転が終了 Through operation between the Tokyu Tōyoko Line and Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line ends https://railf.jp/news/2013/03/16/134800.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20210512020419/https://railf.jp/news/2013/03/16/134800.html 12 May 2021 25 July 2022 Japan Railfan Magazine Online Koyusha Co., Ltd. ja Japan France 23 March – Paris Métro Line 4 is extended from Porte d'Orléans to Mairie de Montrouge.à 04h10 Par Le 23 mars 2013 2013-03-23 La ligne 4 du métro arrive à Montrouge https://www.leparisien.fr/hauts-de-seine-92/bagneux-92220/la-ligne-4-du-metro-arrive-a-montrouge-23-03-2013-2663599.php 2024-01-11 leparisien.fr fr-FR April 14 April United States – Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail Green Line extends service west from downtown Salt Lake City to the Salt Lake City International Airport.http://www.letsrideuta.com/2012/10/24/airport-trax-line-to-open/ Airport TRAX Line to Open April 14 14 December 2012 Utah Transit Authority 16 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131016072548/http://www.letsrideuta.com/2012/10/24/airport-trax-line-to-open/ dead Japan – Final service of the 200 series Shinkansen.15 April 2013 ja:「さよなら200系号」運転 "Sayonara 200 series" run http://railf.jp/news/2013/04/15/110000.html 15 April 2013 Japan Railfan Magazine Online Koyusha Co., Ltd. ja Japan 26 April South Korea – The Yongin Everline driverless metro opens for service in southern Seoul.April 29, 2013 YONGIN EVERLINE LRT: 5TH FULLY AUTOMATED METRO LINE IN SOUTH KOREA http://metroautomation.org/yongin-everline-lrt-5th-fully-automated-metro-line-in-south-korea/ UITP United States – RTD's W-Line light rail corridor extends service west from Denver Union Station to Golden. This is the first FasTracks corridor to be completed.RTD celebrates the successful grand opening of the West Rail Line http://www3.rtd-denver.com/content/RTDNewsRelease/RTD%20W%20Line%20Successful%20Opening%20NR%202013.pdf RTD Denver 9 April 2013 23 September 2013 13 October 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131013165140/http://www3.rtd-denver.com/content/RTDNewsRelease/RTD%20W%20Line%20Successful%20Opening%20NR%202013.pdf dead May US 10 May – Norfolk Southern announces the appointment of James A. Squires to become the railroad's new president effective 1 June.http://www.nscorp.com/content/nscorp/en/news/norfolk-southern-names-six-to-senior-management-positions.html Norfolk Southern Names Six to Senior Management Positions Norfolk Southern Corporation 10 May 2013 4 March 2014 UK 26 May – National Express' Essex Thameside franchise, c2c expires; extended through 2014.October 2020 US 27 May – CapeFLYER summer weekend service from Boston, Massachusetts to Cape Cod begun.Weekend passenger rail service to run seasonally between Cape and Boston http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121213/NEWS05/212130357/-1/NEWS10 Patrick Cassidy The Standard-Times New Bedford, Massachusetts 13 December 2012 13 December 2012 6 October 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006114516/http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121213/NEWS05/212130357/-1/NEWS10 dead July China 1 July – Opening of Hangzhou–Ningbo High-Speed Railway and Nanjing–Hangzhou Passenger Railway.New high-speed railways open to promote intercity development Xinhua 1 July 2013 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-07/01/c_132502158.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20131126211203/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2013-07/01/c_132502158.htm dead 26 November 2013 2 July 2013 Canada 6 July – Lac-Mégantic derailment: 47 people are killed in explosions and fire after an unattended train carrying Bakken formation crude oil runs away and derails in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. It becomes the deadliest rail accident in Canadian history since 1864.October 2020 Spain 24 July – Santiago de Compostela derailment: 79 people are killed when an Alvia train derails at excessive speed on a curve in Galicia (Spain).October 2020 August United States 18 August – Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail Blue Line extends service further south from Sandy to Draper.http://www.deseretnews.com/article/685426/Bus-routes-will-change-when-TRAX-arrives.html?pg=all https://web.archive.org/web/20141006135739/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/685426/Bus-routes-will-change-when-TRAX-arrives.html?pg=all dead 6 October 2014 Bus routes will change when TRAX arrives Van Eyck Zack 14 March 1999 Deseret News Deseret Digital Media Salt Lake City 5 April 2013 September China 15 September – Xi'an Metro Line 1 opened.http://www.chinanews.com/sh/2013/09-14/5285818.shtml 西安地铁一号线15日正式通车试运营 14 September 2013 16 September 2013 China 26 September – Harbin Metro Line 1 opened. October Japan 15 October – The Kyushu Railway Company (Japan Railways Group) launches the 'Seven Stars in Kyushu' luxury sleeping car excursion train from Hakata Station with dedicated diesel locomotive haulage.ななつ星in九州"用編成 "Seven Stars in Kyushu" trainset Japan Railfan Magazine 53 631 44–45 Koyusha Japan ja November 2013 Turkey 29 October – Completion of Marmaray suburban rail project in Istanbul with official opening of its Marmaray Tunnel under the Bosphorus, the first standard gauge rail connection between Europe and Asia.http://www.bbc.com/turkce/haberler/2013/10/131029_marmaray_acildi Marmaray tüneli resmen açıldı Marmary Tunnel officially opened tr bbc.com/turkce 2013-10-29 2017-12-01 November Switzerland 3 November – Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern funicular opens.https://www.standseilbahnen.ch/linthal-tierfehd-limmern.html 8783.03 Standseilbahn Kraftwerk Linth-Limmern Tierfehd - Maschinenkaverne Seilbahndatenbank de 2023-05-27 2023-04-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20230408085157/https://www.standseilbahnen.ch/linthal-tierfehd-limmern.html live December United States 8 December – Utah Transit Authority's S Line (formerly known as Sugar House Streetcar) opens with service from South Salt Lake to the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City.http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865585869/New-streetcar-S-line-set-to-open-Dec-8-in-Sugar-House.html?pg=all https://archive.today/20130917150343/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865585869/New-streetcar-S-line-set-to-open-Dec-8-in-Sugar-House.html?pg=all dead 17 September 2013 New streetcar S-line set to open Dec. 8 in Sugar House Vo-Duc Viviane Deseret News Deseret Digital Media Salt Lake City 5 September 2013 17 September 2013 Singapore 22 December – Downtown MRT line Phase 1 scheduled to open.October 2020 China 28 December – Opening of high speed Xiamen–Shenzhen Railway in southern China, fully completing the Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen High-Speed Railway.Xiamen-Shenzhen HSR expected to open to traffic by end of 2013 30 May 2012 What's on Xiamen http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news25430.html 29 October 2012 8 November 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181108191714/http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news25430.html dead China 28 December – Wuhan Metro Line 4 and Suzhou Metro Line 2, including Zhengzhou Metro has been opened.October 2020 China 29 December – Shanghai Metro Lines 12 and 16 opened.October 2020 Deaths 28 May – Isabel Benham, American railroad financial expert, dies (b. 1909). 23 August – Richard J. Corman, founder and owner of R.J. Corman Railroad Group, dies (b. 1955). Industry awards Japan Awards presented by the Japan Railfan Club 2013 Blue Ribbon Award: Tokyo Metro 1000 series EMUDecember 2013 ja:東京地下鉄1000系「ブルーリボン賞」受賞記念式典開催 "Blue Ribbon Award" presentation ceremony held for Tokyo Metro 1000 series Tetsudō Daiya Jōhō Magazine Kōtsū Shimbun Japan 60 ja 42 356 References