2026 in rail transport

January • 4 January – The Northstar Line ends service. • 5 January – Tallinn–Tapa railway is electrified. • 7 January – Line T3 of the Marseille Tramway Network extends to the north to from - le silo. • 10 January – Line T3 of the Marseille Tramway Network extends to the south to La Gaye from . • 12 January • – New interregional train is launched between Ganja and Qabala. • – A direct train is launched between Tartu and Riga. • – The Mascouche line of Exo commuter rail reroutes to Côte-de-Liesse from Central Station. • – American Freedom Train locomotive No. 1 is exhibited at the B&O Railroad Museum after a cosmetic restoration. • 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. • 16 January – Line 6 of the Ningbo Rail Transit opens between Gulin and Honglian. • 18 January • – Line Z4 of the Tianjin Metro opens between Zhaishang and Beitang. • – A high-speed train derails and crashes into another high-speed train in southern Spain, killing 46 people. • 20 January – A retaining wall collapses on a Rodalies de Catalunya train near Gelida, killing a trainee driver and injuring 37 people. • 21 January – The station opens on Line T3 of the Saint-Étienne tramway. • 22 January – Kamakhya–Howrah Vande Bharat Sleeper Express is launched. • 23 January – Malpensa Aeroporto Terminal 2-Gallarate opens. • 26 January – Glenelg tram line in Adelaide reopens between Glenelg and South Terrace following completion of grade separation work. • 28 January • – Guangzhou–Qingyuan intercity railway extends from Huadu to Guangzhou Baiyun. • – opens on the Rangkasbitung Line. • 29 January – sale of Freightliner's intermodal container business to CMA CGM completed, residual heavy haul business rebranded as Heavy Haul Rail. • 31 January – Great Western Railway introduces Britain's first battery-powered train on the Greenford branch line. February • 1 February • – SNTF launches passenger trains between Béchar and Tindouf. • – Hermann-Hesse-Bahn opens between Calw and Weil der Stadt. • – Line 8 of the Belgrade tram network opens from Banjica to Omladinski stadion. • 2 February – El Insurgente extends to Observatorio from Santa Fe. • 4 February – The new station opens on Line 3 of the Montpellier tramway network, and the old one is renamed to Soriech. • 8 February – Line 5 Eglinton of the Toronto subway opens between Mount Dennis and Kennedy. • 9 February • – Belo Horizonte Metro Line 1 extended from Eldorado to Novo Eldorado. • – Fortaleza Metro line 5 opens between and Aeroporto. • 10 February – Line 4 of the Chongqing Rail Transit extends to Shimahelijiao from Min'an Ave. • 14 February • – Jinhua–Jiande high-speed railway opens between Jiande railway station and . • – Line B of the Brest Tramway Network opens between Brest station and . • – Line T6 of the Lyon Tramway Network extends to La Doua-Gaston Berger from Hopitaux Est. • 21 February – GRU Airport People Mover opens in São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport. • 22 February • – Delhi–Meerut RRTS extends from New Ashok Nagar to Sarai Kale Khan. • – Meerut Metro opens between Meerut South and Modipuram. • 24 February – Line 2 of the Santo Domingo Metro extends to Pablo Adón Guzmán from María Montez. • 28 February – Line 14 of Munich Tramway opens between Munich-Pasing and Ammerseestraße. March • 1 March • – WESTbahn starts passenger operations between Wien Hauptbahnhof and Villach alongside the introduction of new Stadler SMILE trainsets. • – Leo Express extends Prague-Kraków service to Warsaw. • 8 March • – Pink Line of Delhi Metro extends to Maujpur - Babarpur from Majlis Park, making a complete loop. • – Magenta Line of Delhi Metro opens between Deepali Chowk and Majlis Park. • 12 March • – Passenger services resume between Beijing and Pyongyang. • 14 March – The Chennai MRTS extends to St. Thomas Mount from Velachery. • 16 March – The first track of the Portal North Bridge opens. • 19 March – GoVolta starts passenger operations between Amsterdam and Berlin, and Amsterdam and Hamburg the following day • 26 March – European Sleeper begins a night train service between Paris, Brussels, and Berlin. • 27 March – Uzbek Railways launches Afrosiyob train from Tashkent to Shahrisabz. • 28 March – 2 Line of Link light rail extends to Lynnwood City Center from South Bellevue. • 31 March • – Line 17 of the São Paulo Metro opens between São Paulo–Morumbi, Aeroporto de Congonhas and Washington Luís. • – DC Streetcar ends service. • – Monon Corridor of the South Shore Line opens between Hammond Gateway and Munster/Dyer. April • 1 April – Rumoi Main Line between Ishikari-Numata and Fukagawa closes. • 5 April – The Birmingham Eastside extension of the West Midlands Metro opens between Bull Street/Corporation Street and Millenium Point. • 7 April – Local passenger service resumes on Birmingham's Camp Hill line after it was discontinued in 1946. • 8 April – Mumbai Metro: Line 2B opens between Diamond Garden and Mandale; Line 9 opens between Kashigaon and Dahisar East. • 9 April – Line T2 of Moscow tramway network opens between Chertanovskaya metro station and Novogireevo railway station, thus lines 3 and 37 end operations. • 13 April – The Swedish Government halves long-distance train traffic in Norrbotten and Lapland, and discontinues night train service between Boden and Narvik. • 18 April – Lines 20 and 21 of the Prague tramway network rerouted to . • 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. • 22 April – Line S2 of the Nanjing Metro opens between and . • 26 April • – Jinyidong line of the Jinhua Rail Transit extends from to . • – Tren Suburbano extends to AIFA-Clara Krause from Lechería. • 27 April • – Electric train is launched between Kokand and Margilan. • – Two trains collide in Bekasi, killing 16 people and injuring 91 more. • 30 April – Leo Express is launched between Prague and Bratislava. May • 1 May • – Line 12 of Wuhan Metro opens between Moshuihu Park and Gangduhuayuan. • – A direct Railjet train is introduced between Prague, Berlin, Hamburg, and Copenhagen, using ComfortJet trainsets. • 3 May • – Uzbek Railways launches high-speed trains between Tashkent and Khiva. • – First Rail London succeeds Arriva Rail London as operator of the London Overground. • 4 May – A direct daytime Snälltåget train is introduced between Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Hamburg. • 6 May – East Nile Line of the Cairo Monorail opens between Moushir Tantawi station and Justice City. ==Predicted and scheduled events==

May • 8 May – D Line of Los Angeles Metro Rail extends to Wilshire/La Cienega from Wilshire/Western. • 18 May • – Montreal REM: Anse-à-l'Orme branch opens between Anse-à-l'Orme and Bois-Franc. • – KC Streetcar extends to from . • 19 May – Istanbul Metro M5 extends to Sultanbeyli from Samandıra Merkez. • – Line 3 of the Pune Metro opens between Megapolis Circle and Civil Court. • – Pink Line of the Namma Metro opens from Tavarekere to Kalena Agrahara. • – Line 1 of the Naples Metro extends to Tribunale from Centro Direzionale. • – Rīgas Satiksme extends route 7 of Riga tram from Shopping Center "Dole" to . June • 6 June – Cologne–Oostende ICE high speed service commences. • 14 June – The ICE L enters service on the route between Berlin, Hamburg and Westerland (Sylt). • 15 June – Snälltåget launches a direct train service between Malmö and Oslo. • 25 June – Leo Express launches a direct train from Frankfurt am Main to Prague and Przemyśl. • – Xi'an–Chongqing High Speed Railway opens between Chongqing West and Ankang. • – Passenger services resume between Tornio and Haparanda. • – Metrorrey: Line 4 opens between and ; Line 6 opens between and . July • 1 July • – Avelia Horizon enters service as nouveau TGV INOUI with SNCF Voyageurs. • – Discontinuation of the Akita Port Line (Ou Main Line freight branch), including Akita port Station. • 6 July – Kitchener line of GO Transit extends to Stratford from Kitchener. August • 31 August – SJ ends its EuroNight service between Stockholm and Berlin. RDC Deutschland, which was operating the train on behalf of SJ, takes over the service. • – Battipaglia – Romagnano section of the Salerno – Reggio Calabria high speed line opens. September • 9 September • – European Sleeper begins a night train service between Brussels and Milan. • – Cologne-Antwerp ICE high speed service commences. • – Line 7 of the Changchun Rail Transit opens between Qiche Gongyuan and East Ring Road. • – West Nile Line of the Cairo Monorail opens between New October and Nile Valley. • – Line 17 of the Geneva Tramway Network extends to Perrier from Annemasse. October • – Line 18 of the Paris Metro opens between Massy-Palaiseau and Christ de Saclay. • – Wirye Line opens in Seoul, becoming the first tram line in South Korea since 1968. 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. December • 13 December • – Leo Express launches night trains from Ostend to Bratislava. • – 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. • – 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. • – Purple Line of the Baku Metro extends to B-4 from 8 Noyabr. • – Line S5 of the Chengdu Metro opens between Honglian and Meishan East Railway Station. • – Line 15 of the Chongqing Rail Transit opens between Zengjia and Liangjiang Movie City. • – Line S1 of the Hefei Metro opens between Shushan Chanyeyuan and Wulidun. • – RegioJet launches a direct train service between Prague, Havlíčkův Brod, Brno and Jihlava. • – of the Lyon Tramway Network opens between and . • – Line U4 of the Hamburg U-Bahn branches off to Horner Geest from Horner Rennbahn. • – Passenger services resume between Bad Bentheim and Coevorden. • – The Rastatt Tunnel opens. • – Line 6 of the Mumbai Metro opens between Swami Samarth Nagar and Vikhroli EEH. • – Line 1 of the Naples Metro extends to Capodichino from Centro Direzionale. • – Brescia To Verona Section of the Milan–Venice High Speed Railway opens between Brescia and Padua. • – Arriva introduces passenger services on Brodnica–Rypin and Wierzchucin–Laskowice routes. • – Line 17 of the Moscow Metro opens between Bulvar Generala Karbysheva and Shelepikha. • – Line 7 of the Seoul Subway extends to Goeup from Jangam. • – The northern portion of West Link in Gothenburg opens, with trains initially turning around at Centralen. • – 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. • – Double-tracking of the S7 line of the Zurich S-Bahn between Opfikon and Kloten. • – Line M12 of the Istanbul Metro opens between Kadıköy, Ataşehir and Ümraniye. • – Gebze Metro opens between Darıca and Gebze. • – Grand Central starts operating passenger services to Cleethorpes and Grimsby. • – Grand Central starts operating passenger services between Newcastle upon Tyne and Brighton. • – Coventry Very Light Rail opens between Coventry railway station and Coventry University. Unknown date • – First possible date of reopening of Gyumri-Kars railway after 1993. • – 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. • – Line 18 of Trams in Vienna extends to Stadion from Schlachthausgasse. • – New Stadler KISS double-deck trains of Railjet launched between Vienna and Salzburg. • – introduces Alstom Coradia trainsets on Ferrovia della Val Venosta. • – ZSSK extends Humenné-Bratislava night train service to Vienna. • – Passenger trains start operation between Baku and Khankendi after construction of railway station in Khankendi. • – Passenger trains start operation between Baku and Nazran after modernisation of railway station in Sunzha. • – The Astara (Iran)–Astara (Azerbaijan) railway line is scheduled to open. • – A suburban rail in Arapiraca opens. • – Northlander reopens between Cochrane and Toronto. • – Line 1 of the Ottawa O-Train extends to Trim from Blair. • – Chomutov-Kadaň railway is modernised. • – Line 2 of the Changsha Metro extends to Changsha West railway station from West Meixi Lake. • – Line 10 of the Ningbo Rail Transit opens between Kongpu and Cixi Railway Station. • – Line 13 of the Shenzhen Metro extends to Dongjiaotou from Shenzhen Bay Checkpoint. • – Suzhou Metro: Line 2 extends to Aigehaolu from Qihe; Line 4 extends to Guantanglu from Longdaobang; Line 7 extends to Chunqiulu from Changlou. • – Xiong'an Rail Transit: Line R1 opens between Daxing Airport and Xiong'an Terminal. • – A direct train is launched between Copenhagen and Oslo. • – The opens between Cienfuegos and Terminal Central. • – Line T1 of the Aubagne Tramway Network extends to La Bouilladisse from Aubagne station. • – Line T10 of the Lyon Tramway Network opens between Gare de Vénissieux and Halle Tony Garnier. • – Line S15 of the Berlin S-Bahn opens between Berlin Hauptbahnhof and Wedding. • – Line 1 of the Bremen Tramway Network extends to Brüsseler Straße from Roland-Center. • – Line 1 of the Bremen Tramway Network branches off to Willakedamm from Roland-Center. • – Munich S-Bahn: Line S1 is rerouted between Laim and Leuchtenbergring; Line S6 is rerouted between Laim and Leuchtenbergring. • – Budapest–Belgrade railway, part of Budapest–Belgrade–Skopje–Athens railway, opens. • – Yellow Line of the Agra Metro extends to Sikandra from Mankameshwar. • – Yellow Line of the Indore Metro extends to Radisson Square from Veerangana Jhalkari Bai Station. • – South Line of the Jakarta LRT extends to Manggarai from Velodrome. • – First phase of the Green Line of the Jerusalem Light Rail enters operation. • – Naples-Bari High Speed Railway opens between Naples and Bari. • – Bologna Tramway Network: Line 1 opens between Borgo Panigale and Fiera/CAAB; Line 2 opens between Via dei Mille and Corticella. • – Catania Metro extends to Paterno from Monte Po. • – Line 1 of Almaty Metro extends to Qalqaman from Saryarqa. • – Astana Light Metro opens between Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport and Astana Nurly Zhol station. • – New Stadler FLIRT electric and battery-electric trains enter service. • – Projected opening of the Auckland City Rail Link. • – Projected opening of the Line 3 of Panama Metro. • – Warsaw Metro M2 extends to STP Karolin from Bemowo. • – Line G of the Porto Metro opens between Casa da Música and São Bento. • – Line H of the Porto Metro partially opens from Casa da Música to Campo Alegre and from Santo Ovídio to Arrábida. • – Train Express Régional Dakar extends to Blaise Diagne International Airport from Diamniadio. • – Circle Line of the Singapore MRT extends to Marina Bay from Harbour Front, making it a loop line. • – Downtown Line of the Singapore MRT extends to Sungei Bedok from Expo. • – Thomson–East Coast Line of the Singapore MRT extends to Sungei Bedok from Bayshore. • – The section of the GTX-A between Seoul and Suseo to open. • – Chungbuk Line is upgraded to between Jochiwon and Jecheon. • – Janghang Line is upgraded to between Cheonan and Iksan. • – Seohae Line of the Seoul Subway extends to Seohwaseongnamyang from Wonsi. • – HSR link to Madrid–Barajas Airport opens. • – FGC takes over operation of lines RL3 and RL4 of the Lleida commuter railway service with new Stadler FLIRT trainsets. • – New FGC-operated line enters operation between Sant Andreu and Barcelona Airport. • – North Bothnia Line opens between Umeå and Dåva. • – Lausanne Tramway opens between Lausanne-Flon and Croix-Péage. • – Green Line of the Taoyuan Metro opens between Bade and Hengshan. • – Sanying line of the New Taipei Metro opens between Dingpu and Danan. • – Tamsui-Xinyi Line of the Taipei Metro extends to Guangci–Fengtian Temple from Xiangshan. • – Western Trunk line to switch to underground tracks around Tainan as part of the . • – Bandırma-Bursa-Osmaneli High-speed rail opens between Bandırma and Bursa. • – M11 line of Istanbul Metro extends from Arnavutköy Hastane to Halkalı. • – Etihad Rail launches passenger services between Abu Dhabi and Fujairah. • – Lumo starts passenger services between London and Stirling. • – Merthyr Line of the South Wales Metro extends to Hirwaun from Aberdare. • – West Midlands Metro branches off to Dudley from Wednesbury. • – Vale of Glamorgan Line of the South Wales Metro is electrified between Bridgend and Cardiff Central. • – Saint Louis Metrolink to be extended to MidAmerica Airport from Scott AFB. • – The second track of the Portal North Bridge on the Northeast Corridor in Hudson County, New Jersey opens. • – SkyLink opens between the terminals of Los Angeles International Airport and its rental car center. • – New Airo trains introduced on Amtrak Cascades between Eugene, Oregon and Vancouver, British Columbia. ==References==