2015 in rail transport

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This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2015.

Events

January events

• January 2 – Reopening of Sri Lanka's Northern Line all the way to its terminus at Kankesanthurai.

February events

• February 3 – The Valhalla train crash, in which a train on Metro-North Railroad's Harlem Line struck a vehicle at a level crossing in Valhalla, New York, killed six people and injured 15.^[1][2]
• February 8 – Opening of the South West Rail Link in Sydney^[3]
• China to Spain cargo train: Successful first 16,156-mile round trip on world's longest railway^[4]
• February 24 – A Metrolink train on the Ventura County Line strikes a pickup truck at a level crossing in Oxnard, California, injuring 30.^[5]

March events

• March 14 – The Hokuriku Shinkansen high-speed route opens from Nagano to Kanazawa.
• March 14 – The Ueno-Tokyo Line route opens between Ueno and Tokyo Station.
• March 21 – 2015 Uttar Pradesh train accident: The Indian Railways Janata Express heading towards Varanasi overshoots a signal and derails near Bachhrawan in Uttar Pradesh, northern India, resulting in at least fifty-eight deaths and 150 injuries.

April events

• April 5 - Reopening of Tri-Rail's Miami Airport Station in Miami^[6]

June events

• June 6 – Opening of the Union Pearson Express, an airport rail link in Toronto

July events

• July 1 - Opening of the Ring Rail Line in Vantaa, Finland

September events

• September 12 – Opening of the MAX Orange Line in Portland, Oregon, United States.^[7]
• September 17 - Opening of the Ashkelon-Be'er Sheva railway.
• September 20 – Opening of one line of the Addis Ababa Light Rail in capital-city of Ethiopia: the first light-rail system to be built in sub-saharan Africa.^[8][9]
• September 26 – Ningbo Rail Transit Line 2 opens connecting Lishe International Airport Station to Qingshuipu Station.

November events

• November 17 – The Jaffar Express passenger train traveling from Quetta to Rawalpindi, Pakistan, derails killing 20 and injuring almost a hundred others.^[10][11][12]

December events

• December 11 – The first phase of the Nanning–Kunming High-Speed Railway, connecting Nanning to Baise, China, opens.^[13]
• December 30 – Construction begins on the Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway in China.^[14]

Unknown date events

• – Expected opening of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Hong Kong express rail link.^[15]
• – South Island Line (East) expected to be opened.
• – The double track high-speed section from Holm to Nykirke on the Vestfold Line is expected to open.^[16]
• - Conclusion of joint project between Turkey, Iran and Pakistan to build 5,000 km freight link.^[17] Break-of-gauge arrangements to be confirmed.
• - Taoyuan International Airport MRT expected to be finished.
• - Kaohsiung Circular Line (First Section) scheduled to be completed.
• - Taiwan High Speed Rail Nangang Station will be opened in January, 2015.

References

1. Trott, Bill; Heavey, Susan (4 February 2015). "Cuomo says death toll in commuter train accident revised to six". Reuters. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
2. Santora, Marc; Flegenheimer, Matt (February 4, 2015). "Investigation Underway in Metro-North Train Crash". New York Times. Retrieved February 4, 2015.
3. "South West Rail Link". Transport for NSW. New South Wales Government. 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
4. "China to Spain cargo train: Successful first 16,156-mile round trip on world's longest railway brings promise of increased trade". The Independent (UK). February 2015.
5. KABC-TV (February 24, 2015). "Photos: Metrolink Commuter Train Derails in Oxnard". ABC News.
6. http://www.tri-rail.com/miami-airport-station
7. Njus, Elliot (September 12, 2015). "The wait's over: TriMet's Orange Line, Tilikum Crossing up and running". The Oregonian. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
8. "Sub-Saharan Africa gets its first metro". The Economist. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
9. "Ethiopia: Addis Light Rail Eases Transportation Problem". AllAfrica. 22 September 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
10. AFP; Syed Ali Shah (November 18, 2015). "Death toll from Jaffar Express accident climbs to 19". Dawn. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
11. "Two killed as train derails in Pakistan". Daiji World. November 17, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
12. "20 die as train derails in Pakistan". New Kerala. November 17, 2015. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
13. "南昆客专南百段开通 南宁-百色动车二等票82.5元". 广西新闻网. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
14. "宁波-奉化城际铁路开工 对接轨道交通3号线" [Ningbo–Fenghua Intercity Railway begins construction and is scheduled to open in June 2019] (in Chinese). CNNB. December 30, 2015. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
15. "Background brief on the implementation of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link project" (PDF). HK SAR Highways Department. 2011-05-20. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
16. "Vestfoldbanen" (in Norwegian). Norwegian National Rail Administration. Archived from the original on 14 December 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
17. "Pakistan and Turkey Agree to Build Freight Rail Link". Railway-technology.com. 2010-01-26. Retrieved 2010-07-11.