2023 in rail transport

This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2023. Please be aware that the actual dates on which these events occur may differ substantially from what is shown here.

Years in rail transport

Timeline of railway history

Events

January

– Planned opening of MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line phase 2.[1]

March

– Utsunomiya LRT opening (after delays).[2]

April

April 30 – São Paulo Metro Line 17 expected to start operation.[3]
– Planned opening of the Thessaloniki Metro.[4]

May

– Expected opening of the Mostytska and Prospekt Pravdy stations on the Syretsko–Pecherska line of the Kyiv Metro as part of the extension to Vynohradar.[5]

July

July 31 – Estimated opening of the Milan Metro Line 4 extension to San Cristoforo.[6]
– Estimated opening of the Red Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail.[7]
– MRTA Yellow Line opening.[8]

August

August 7 – Tampere light rail Phase 2A will commence operations to Santalahti.[9]

November

– Planned completion of the MBTA South Coast Rail Phase I to New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts.[10][11]

December

– Scheduled start of Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor operation, though delays to as late as October 2028 are likely.[12]
– Extension of Tamsui–Xinyi line in Taipei to Guangci–Fengtian Temple opens.[13]

Unknown date

– Parramatta Light Rail opening.
– Koralm Railway opening.
– Scheduled completion of the Basque Y.[14]
– Expected opening of the Line 6 Finch West.
– O-Train Trillium Line Stage 2 expected opening date.[15]
– Expected completion of Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown light rail project.[16]
– Expected opening of Santiago Metro Line 2 extension to Hospital El Pino.
– Expected opening of Santiago Metro Line 3 extension to Plaza de Quilicura.
– Expected opening of the Line D (Prague Metro).[17]
– Expected first 200 km/h service.
– Start of test operation of Rail Baltica.
– Helsinki Metro's extension West Metro Phase 2 opening (Phase 1 opened in 2017).
– Opening of Bhoj Metro.
– claimed Milan–Verona high-speed railway completion.
– Tortona–Genoa high-speed railway expected completion.[18]
– Expected opening of Milan Metro Line 1 extension to Monza.[19]
– Possible completion of Kyushu Shinkansen extension. Likely to be delayed until 2025.
– Umeda Freight Line will start passenger operations in Osaka.[20]
– Scheduled withdrawn of 201 series from Osaka urban trains managed by JR-West.
– Extension of the Kita-Osaka Kyuko Railway to Minō-Semba-Handaimae station and Minō-Kayano station.[21]
– Possible completion of the rail line to Riga Airport (part of Rail Baltica). Due to construction delays, it will be uncertain.
– Electrification of Daugavpils–Krustpils, Rēzekne–Krustpils and Krustpils–Riga lines.
– Expected opening of Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail.[22]
–Earliest claimed compltion of Tren Maya intercity railway.
– Scheduled rolling stock replacement of all commuter trains departing from Moscow Leningradsky railway station.
– Expected introduction of Control cars. [23]
– Claimed Gulf Railway completion.
– claimed Budapest–Belgrade railway upgrades completion.
– claimed Belgrade-Niš upgrades completion.
– Busan streetcar opening, the first tram in South Korea after 1968 demolishing.
– Limmattal light rail line phase 2 opening.
– Thailand's Northeastern HSR Phase 1 operation start.
– claimed Grey Line (Bangkok) opening.
– Turkish high-speed network to reach 3,500 km length instead of previously claimed 11,700 km.
– Podilsko–Vyhurivska line opening.
– Edinburgh Trams extension.
– South Wales Metro opening.
– Tri-mode trainsets to be introduced in the Wales.
– Oxford – Bedford railway reopening.
– Great British Railways to take over as owner of the UK rail network from Network Rail[24]
– West Midlands Metro Line 2 is expected to start operations to Brierley Hill.[25][26]
– Avelia Liberty trains are expected to be introduced, replacing Acela Express trains along the Northeast Corridor.[27]
– Latest expected date the San Joaquin and Altamont Corridor Express are to be extended to Natomas.[28]
– Altamont Corridor Express service is expected to be extended to Ceres.[29]

– Los Angeles International Airport people mover is expected to begin operation.[30][31]
– Line 2 of Seattle's Link light rail system is expected to begin service, connecting Downtown Seattle to Bellevue and Redmond. The train line will be the second service in the light rail system and first ever to cross a floating bridge.[32]
– Uinta Basin Rail expected to commence operations. [33]
– OC Streetcar is expected to begin service in Orange County, California.[34][35][36]
– Brightline service to Orlando International Airport is expected to begin.[37][38]
– The Link light rail Line T is expected to be extended to the Hilltop neighborhood of Tacoma, Washington.[39]

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