2026 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2026. Please be aware that the actual dates on which these events occur may differ substantially from what is shown here.
Events
January
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4 January – The Northstar Line ends service.[1]
5 January – Tallinn–Tapa railway is electrified.[2]
7 January – Line T3 of the Marseille Tramway Network extends to the north to Capitaine Gèze from Arenc - le silo.[3]- 10 January – Line T3 of the Marseille Tramway Network extends to the south to La Gaye from Castellane.[3]
11 January – Yellow Line of Ahmedabad Metro extends to Mahatma Mandir from Sachivalaya.[4]- 12 January
– New interregional train is launched between Ganja and Qabala.[5]-
– A direct train is launched between Tartu and Riga.[6] 
– The Mascouche line of Exo commuter rail reroutes to Côte-de-Liesse from Central Station.[7]- – American Freedom Train locomotive No. 1 is exhibited at the B&O Railroad Museum after a cosmetic restoration.[8][9]
14 January – A crane collapses onto a passenger train in Sikhio district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, killing at least 32 and injuring at least 67 others.[10]
16 January – Line 6 of the Ningbo Rail Transit opens between Gulin and Honglian.[11]- 18 January
- – Line Z4 of the Tianjin Metro opens between Zhaishang and Beitang.[12][13]
– A high-speed train derails and crashes into another high-speed train in southern Spain, killing 46 people.[14][15]
- 20 January – A retaining wall collapses on a Rodalies de Catalunya train near Gelida, killing a trainee driver and injuring 37 people.[16]
- 21 January – The Outre-Furan station opens on Line T3 of the Saint-Étienne tramway.[17]
- 22 January – Kamakhya–Howrah Vande Bharat Sleeper Express is launched.[18]
23 January – Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2-Gallarate opens.[19]
26 January – Glenelg tram line in Adelaide reopens between Glenelg and South Terrace following completion of grade separation work.[20]- 28 January
- – Guangzhou–Qingyuan intercity railway extends from Huadu to Guangzhou Baiyun.[21]
– Jatake Station opens on the Rangkasbitung Line.[22]
29 January – sale of Freightliner's intermodal container business to CMA CGM completed, residual heavy haul business rebranded as Heavy Haul Rail.[23][24]- 31 January – Great Western Railway introduces Britain's first battery-powered train on the Greenford branch line.[25]
February
- 1 February
– SNTF launches passenger trains between Béchar and Tindouf.[26]
– Hermann-Hesse-Bahn opens between Calw and Weil der Stadt.[27]
– Line 8 of the Belgrade tram network opens from Banjica to Omladinski stadion.[28]
2 February – El Insurgente extends to Observatorio from Santa Fe.[29]- 4 February – The new Boirargues station opens on Line 3 of the Montpellier tramway network, and the old one is renamed to Soriech.[30]
- 8 February – Line 5 Eglinton of the Toronto subway opens between Mount Dennis and Kennedy.[31]
- 9 February
– Belo Horizonte Metro Line 1 extended from Eldorado to Novo Eldorado.[32]- – Fortaleza Metro line 5 opens between Expedicionários and Aeroporto.[33]
- 10 February – Line 4 of the Chongqing Rail Transit extends to Shimahelijiao from Min'an Ave.[34]
- 14 February
- – Jinhua–Jiande high-speed railway opens between Jiande railway station and Lanxi East railway station.[35]
- – Line B of the Brest Tramway Network opens between Brest station and Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche.[36]
- – Line T6 of the Lyon Tramway Network extends to La Doua-Gaston Berger from Hopitaux Est.[37]
- 21 February – GRU Airport People Mover opens in São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport.[38]
- 22 February
- – Delhi–Meerut RRTS extends from New Ashok Nagar to Sarai Kale Khan.[39]
- – Meerut Metro opens between Meerut South and Modipuram.[40]
24 February – Line 2 of the Santo Domingo Metro extends to Pablo Adón Guzmán from María Montez.[41]- 28 February – Line 14 of Munich Tramway opens between Munich-Pasing and Ammerseestraße.[42]
March
- 1 March
– WESTbahn starts passenger operations between Wien Hauptbahnhof and Villach alongside the introduction of new Stadler SMILE trainsets.[43]
– Leo Express extends Prague-Kraków service to Warsaw.[44]
- 8 March
- – Pink Line of Delhi Metro extends to Maujpur - Babarpur from Majlis Park, making a complete loop.[45]
- – Magenta Line of Delhi Metro opens between Deepali Chowk and Majlis Park.[46]
- 12 March
- 14 March – The Chennai MRTS extends to St. Thomas Mount from Velachery.[48]
- 16 March – The first track of the Portal North Bridge opens.[49]
19 March – GoVolta starts passenger operations between Amsterdam and Berlin, and Amsterdam and Hamburg the following day[50][51][52]-
26 March – European Sleeper begins a night train service between Paris, Brussels, and Berlin.[53] 
27 March – Uzbek Railways launches Afrosiyob train from Tashkent to Shahrisabz.[54]- 28 March – 2 Line of Link light rail extends to Lynnwood City Center from South Bellevue.[55]
- 31 March
- – Line 17 of the São Paulo Metro opens between São Paulo–Morumbi, Aeroporto de Congonhas and Washington Luís.[56][57]
- – DC Streetcar ends service.[58]
- – Monon Corridor of the South Shore Line opens between Hammond Gateway and Munster/Dyer.[59]
April
1 April – Rumoi Main Line between Ishikari-Numata and Fukagawa closes.[60]- 5 April – The Birmingham Eastside extension of the West Midlands Metro opens between Bull Street/Corporation Street and Millenium Point.[61]
- 7 April – Local passenger service resumes on Birmingham's Camp Hill line after it was discontinued in 1946.[62]
- 8 April – Mumbai Metro: Line 2B opens between Diamond Garden and Mandale; Line 9 opens between Kashigaon and Dahisar East.[63]
9 April – Line T2 of Moscow tramway network opens between Chertanovskaya metro station and Novogireevo railway station, thus lines 3 and 37 end operations.[64]
13 April – The Swedish Government halves long-distance train traffic in Norrbotten and Lapland, and discontinues night train service between Boden and Narvik.[65]
18 April – Lines 20 and 21 of the Prague tramway network rerouted to Dvorecký Bridge.[66]- 21 April – The Rockies to the Red Rocks, which was previously Rocky Mountaineer's Denver–Moab route, transitioned to a new operator, Canyon Spirit, under the same parent company, which extended the line to Salt Lake City on the same day.[67][68]
- 22 April – Line S2 of the Nanjing Metro opens between Xishanqiao and Taibai.[69]
- 26 April
- – Jinyidong line of the Jinhua Rail Transit extends from Liyung to Yiwu High-Speed Railway Station.[70]
- – Tren Suburbano extends to AIFA-Clara Krause from Lechería.[71]
- 27 April
- – Electric train is launched between Kokand and Margilan.[72]
- – Two trains collide in Bekasi, killing 16 people and injuring 91 more.[73]
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30 April – Leo Express is launched between Prague and Bratislava.[74][75]
May
- 1 May
- – Line 12 of Wuhan Metro opens between Moshuihu Park and Gangduhuayuan.[76]
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– A direct Railjet train is introduced between Prague, Berlin, Hamburg, and Copenhagen, using ComfortJet trainsets.[77]
- 3 May
- – Uzbek Railways launches high-speed trains between Tashkent and Khiva.[78]
- – First Rail London succeeds Arriva Rail London as operator of the London Overground.[79]
- 4 May – A direct daytime Snälltåget train is introduced between Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Hamburg.[80]
6 May – East Nile Line of the Cairo Monorail opens between Moushir Tantawi station and Justice City.[81]
Predicted and scheduled events
May
- 8 May – D Line of Los Angeles Metro Rail extends to Wilshire/La Cienega from Wilshire/Western.[82]
- 18 May
- – Montreal REM: Anse-à-l'Orme branch opens between Anse-à-l'Orme and Bois-Franc.[83][84][85]
- – KC Streetcar extends to Berkeley Riverfront from River Market North.[86]
19 May – Istanbul Metro M5 extends to Sultanbeyli from Samandıra Merkez.[87]- – Line 3 of the Pune Metro opens between Megapolis Circle and Civil Court.[88]
- – Pink Line of the Namma Metro opens from Tavarekere to Kalena Agrahara.[89]
- – Line 1 of the Naples Metro extends to Tribunale from Centro Direzionale.[90]
- – Rīgas Satiksme extends route 7 of Riga tram from Shopping Center "Dole" to Višķu iela.[91]
June
- 6 June – Cologne–Oostende ICE high speed service commences.[92]
- 14 June – The ICE L enters service on the route between Berlin, Hamburg and Westerland (Sylt).[93]
- 15 June – Snälltåget launches a direct train service between Malmö and Oslo.[94]
- 25 June – Leo Express launches a direct train from Frankfurt am Main to Prague and Przemyśl.[95]
- – Xi'an–Chongqing High Speed Railway opens between Chongqing West and Ankang.[96]
– Passenger services resume between Tornio and Haparanda.[97]- – Metrorrey: Line 4 opens between Hospital Gine and Pablo G. Garza; Line 6 opens between Hospital Gine and Apodaca.[98]
July
- 1 July
- – Avelia Horizon enters service as nouveau TGV INOUI with SNCF Voyageurs.[99][100]
- – Discontinuation of the Akita Port Line (Ou Main Line freight branch), including Akita port Station.[101]
- 6 July – Kitchener line of GO Transit extends to Stratford from Kitchener.[102]
August
- 31 August – SJ ends its EuroNight service between Stockholm and Berlin.[103] RDC Deutschland, which was operating the train on behalf of SJ, takes over the service.[104]
- – Battipaglia – Romagnano section of the Salerno – Reggio Calabria high speed line opens.[105]
September
- 9 September
- – Line 7 of the Changchun Rail Transit opens between Qiche Gongyuan and East Ring Road.[108]
- – West Nile Line of the Cairo Monorail opens between New October and Nile Valley.[109][110]
– Line 17 of the Geneva Tramway Network extends to Perrier from Annemasse.[111]
October
- – Line 18 of the Paris Metro opens between Massy-Palaiseau and Christ de Saclay.[112]
– Wirye Line opens in Seoul, becoming the first tram line in South Korea since 1968.[113]
November
- – Yangsan Line of the Busan Metro opens between Nopo and Bukjeong.
- – Line 2 of the Busan Metro extends to Yangsan Central from Yangsan.
- – Amtrak Colorado Mountain Rail opens between Denver and Granby.[114]
December
- 13 December
- – Leo Express launches night trains from Ostend to Bratislava.[115]
- – Bane NOR opens the new double track on the Vestfold Line between Nykirke and Barkåker, enabling up to four trains per hour between Tønsberg and Oslo.[116]
– Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System of the Singapore MRT opens between Woodlands North MRT station in Singapore and Bukit Chagar RTS Station in Johor Bahru.[117]- – Purple Line of the Baku Metro extends to B-4 from 8 Noyabr.[118]
- – Line S5 of the Chengdu Metro opens between Honglian and Meishan East Railway Station.[119]
- – Line 15 of the Chongqing Rail Transit opens between Zengjia and Liangjiang Movie City.[120]
- – Line S1 of the Hefei Metro opens between Shushan Chanyeyuan and Wulidun.[121]
- – RegioJet launches a direct train service between Prague, Havlíčkův Brod, Brno and Jihlava.[122]
- – Line T9 of the Lyon Tramway Network opens between Vaulx-en-Velin - La Soie and Charpennes - Charles Hernu.[123]
- – Line U4 of the Hamburg U-Bahn branches off to Horner Geest from Horner Rennbahn.[124]
- – Passenger services resume between Bad Bentheim and Coevorden.[125]
- – The Rastatt Tunnel opens.[126]
- – Line 6 of the Mumbai Metro opens between Swami Samarth Nagar and Vikhroli EEH.[127]
- – Line 1 of the Naples Metro extends to Capodichino from Centro Direzionale.[128]
- – Brescia To Verona Section of the Milan–Venice High Speed Railway opens between Brescia and Padua.[129]
- – Arriva introduces passenger services on Brodnica–Rypin and Wierzchucin–Laskowice routes.[130]
- – Line 17 of the Moscow Metro opens between Bulvar Generala Karbysheva and Shelepikha.[131]
- – Line 7 of the Seoul Subway extends to Goeup from Jangam.[132]
- – The northern portion of West Link in Gothenburg opens, with trains initially turning around at Centralen.[133]
- – Giubiasco–Locarno railway: A second track opens between Contone and the bridge over the Ticino. The project, "AS25, Contone-Ponte Ticino: double track extension", includes the doubling of the track and the construction of the new "Monda" road underpass.[134]
- – Double-tracking of the S7 line of the Zurich S-Bahn between Opfikon and Kloten.[135]
- – Line M12 of the Istanbul Metro opens between Kadıköy, Ataşehir and Ümraniye.[136]
- – Gebze Metro opens between Darıca and Gebze.[137]
- – Grand Central starts operating passenger services to Cleethorpes and Grimsby.[138]
- – Grand Central starts operating passenger services between Newcastle upon Tyne and Brighton.[139]
- – Coventry Very Light Rail opens between Coventry railway station and Coventry University.[140]
Unknown date
– First possible date of reopening of Gyumri-Kars railway after 1993.[141]- – Sydney Metro: Metro North West & Bankstown Line extends from Sydenham to Bankstown along a route converted from Sydney Trains, after a closure of more than a year.[142]
- – Line 18 of Trams in Vienna extends to Stadion from Schlachthausgasse.[143]
- – New Stadler KISS double-deck trains of Railjet launched between Vienna and Salzburg.[144]
- – Strutture Trasporto Alto Adige introduces Alstom Coradia trainsets on Ferrovia della Val Venosta.[145]
- – ZSSK extends Humenné-Bratislava night train service to Vienna.[146]
- – Passenger trains start operation between Baku and Khankendi after construction of railway station in Khankendi.[147]
- – Completion of Horadiz–Ağbənd railway.[148]
- – Passenger trains start operation between Baku and Nazran after modernisation of railway station in Sunzha.[149]
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– The Astara (Iran)–Astara (Azerbaijan) railway line is scheduled to open.[150]
- – A suburban rail in Arapiraca opens.[151]
- – Northlander reopens between Cochrane and Toronto.[152]
- – Line 1 of the Ottawa O-Train extends to Trim from Blair.[153]
- – Chomutov-Kadaň railway is modernised.[154]
- – Line 2 of the Changsha Metro extends to Changsha West railway station from West Meixi Lake.[155]
- – Line 10 of the Ningbo Rail Transit opens between Kongpu and Cixi Railway Station.[156][157]
- – Line 13 of the Shenzhen Metro extends to Dongjiaotou from Shenzhen Bay Checkpoint.[158]
- – Suzhou Metro: Line 2 extends to Aigehaolu from Qihe; Line 4 extends to Guantanglu from Longdaobang; Line 7 extends to Chunqiulu from Changlou.[159]
- – Xiong'an Rail Transit: Line R1 opens between Daxing Airport and Xiong'an Terminal.[160]
- – A direct train is launched between Copenhagen and Oslo.[161]
- – The Santiago de los Caballeros Monorail opens between Cienfuegos and Terminal Central.[162]
- – Line T1 of the Aubagne Tramway Network extends to La Bouilladisse from Aubagne station.[163]
- – Line T10 of the Lyon Tramway Network opens between Gare de Vénissieux and Halle Tony Garnier.[164]
- – Line S15 of the Berlin S-Bahn opens between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Wedding.[165]
- – Line 1 of the Bremen Tramway Network extends to Brüsseler Straße from Roland-Center.[166]
- – Line 1 of the Bremen Tramway Network branches off to Willakedamm from Roland-Center.[167]
- – Munich S-Bahn: Line S1 is rerouted between Laim and Leuchtenbergring; Line S6 is rerouted between Laim and Leuchtenbergring.[168]
– Budapest–Belgrade railway, part of Budapest–Belgrade–Skopje–Athens railway, opens.[169]- – Yellow Line of the Agra Metro extends to Sikandra from Mankameshwar.[170]
- – Yellow Line of the Indore Metro extends to Radisson Square from Veerangana Jhalkari Bai Station.[171]
- – South Line of the Jakarta LRT extends to Manggarai from Velodrome.[172]
– First phase of the Green Line of the Jerusalem Light Rail enters operation.[173]- – Naples-Bari High Speed Railway opens between Naples and Bari.[174]
- – Bologna Tramway Network: Line 1 opens between Borgo Panigale and Fiera/CAAB; Line 2 opens between Via dei Mille and Corticella.[175]
- – Catania Metro extends to Paterno from Monte Po.[176]
– Line 1 of Almaty Metro extends to Qalqaman from Saryarqa.[177]- – Astana Light Metro opens between Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport and Astana Nurly Zhol station.[178]
– New Stadler FLIRT electric and battery-electric trains enter service.[179]
– Projected opening of the Auckland City Rail Link.[180]
– Projected opening of the Line 3 of Panama Metro.[181]- – Warsaw Metro M2 extends to STP Karolin from Bemowo.[182][183]
– Green Line of Lisbon Metro extends from Cais do Sodré to Rato, making it a circular route; Yellow line reroutes to Telheiras from Rato.[184][185][186]- – Line G of the Porto Metro opens between Casa da Música and São Bento.[187]
- – Line H of the Porto Metro partially opens from Casa da Música to Campo Alegre and from Santo Ovídio to Arrábida.[188]
– Train Express Régional Dakar extends to Blaise Diagne International Airport from Diamniadio.[189]- – Circle Line of the Singapore MRT extends to Marina Bay from Harbour Front, making it a loop line.[190]
- – Downtown Line of the Singapore MRT extends to Sungei Bedok from Expo.[191]
- – Thomson–East Coast Line of the Singapore MRT extends to Sungei Bedok from Bayshore.[192]
- – The section of the GTX-A between Seoul and Suseo to open.[193]
- – Chungbuk Line is upgraded to 230 km/h (140 mph) between Jochiwon and Jecheon.[194]
- – Janghang Line is upgraded to 250 km/h (160 mph) between Cheonan and Iksan.[195]
- – Seohae Line of the Seoul Subway extends to Seohwaseongnamyang from Wonsi.[196]
- – HSR link to Madrid–Barajas Airport opens.[197]
- – FGC takes over operation of lines RL3 and RL4 of the Lleida commuter railway service with new Stadler FLIRT trainsets.[198]
- – New FGC-operated line enters operation between Sant Andreu and Barcelona Airport.[199]
- – North Bothnia Line opens between Umeå and Dåva.[200]
- – Lausanne Tramway opens between Lausanne-Flon and Croix-Péage.[201]
– Green Line of the Taoyuan Metro opens between Bade and Hengshan.[202]- – Sanying line of the New Taipei Metro opens between Dingpu and Danan.[203]
- – Tamsui-Xinyi Line of the Taipei Metro extends to Guangci–Fengtian Temple from Xiangshan.[204]
- – Western Trunk line to switch to underground tracks around Tainan as part of the Tainan Urban District Railway Underground Project.[205][206]
- – Bandırma-Bursa-Osmaneli High-speed rail opens between Bandırma and Bursa.[207]
- – M11 line of Istanbul Metro extends from Arnavutköy Hastane to Halkalı.[208]
– Etihad Rail launches passenger services between Abu Dhabi and Fujairah.[209]- – Lumo starts passenger services between London and Stirling.[210]
- – Merthyr Line of the South Wales Metro extends to Hirwaun from Aberdare.[211]
- – West Midlands Metro branches off to Dudley from Wednesbury.[212]
- – Vale of Glamorgan Line of the South Wales Metro is electrified between Bridgend and Cardiff Central.[211]
- – NJ Transit opens the first stage of the Lackawanna Cut-Off Restoration Project, from Lake Hopatcong to Andover .[213][214]
- – Saint Louis Metrolink to be extended to MidAmerica Airport from Scott AFB.[215]
- – The second track of the Portal North Bridge on the Northeast Corridor in Hudson County, New Jersey opens.[216]
- – SkyLink opens between the terminals of Los Angeles International Airport and its rental car center.[217]
- – New Airo trains introduced on Amtrak Cascades between Eugene, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia.[218]
