2025 in rail transport explained

Events

January

• January 6  - The 99-year lease on Moffat Tunnel in Colorado is set to expire.^[1]
•  - Tampere light rail extension to Lentävänniemi.^[2]
•  - Planned completion of Los Angeles Metro Rail Foothill Extension to Pomona, California.^{[3] [4] [5]}
• – Line T1 of the Luxembourg tramway will be extended to Luxembourg Airport-Findel.^[6]
• – Planned opening of the Osaka Metro Chūō Line extension to Yumeshima.^[7]
•  - Planned opening of Buffalo Metro Rail DL&W station across South Park from the KeyBank Center.^[8]

March

•  - Latest planned opening of Patna Metro.^[9]

April

•  - Delhi–Alwar Regional Rapid Transit System to be completed, allowing speeds up to .^[10]

May

•  - Estimated start of South Shore Line service along the West Lake Corridor in Northwest Indiana.^[11]
•  - M10 of Istanbul Metro extension from Fevzi Çakmak to Pendik Merkez.^[12]

August

• – Earliest expected MRT Orange Line opening.^{[13] [14]}
•  - The OC Streetcar is projected to open.^[15]

December

• December 30  - The LAX Automated People Mover is projected to open.^[16]
•  - Expected completion of Stuttgart 21 railway.^[17]
•  - Expected completion of Stuttgart–Wendlingen high-speed railway.
•  - Expected completion of East Kilbride Electrificaton.

Unknown date

•  - Transperth's Armadale and Thornlie lines reopen after an 18-month closure for the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project.^[18] At the same time, the Thornlie - Cockburn Link and the extension of the Armadale line to Byford will open.
•  - Metro Tunnel is planned to open, connecting north and south railway lines in Melbourne.^[19]
•  - Shanghai Metro is claimed to exceed length.^[20]
•  - Greater Copenhagen Light Rail opening.^[21]
•  - Opening of the southern section of Paris Métro Line 15, between Pont de Sèvres and Noisy–Champs.^[22]
•  - Paris Métro Line 13 automation start (end in 2027).
•  - Line 1 of the Bremen tram network is planned to be extended from Roland-Center to Brüsseler Straße in Mittelshuchting.^[23]
•  - Delhi Metro network to exceed .^{[24] [25]}
• - Indian Railways plans on launching the Vande Bharat, a new Vande Bharat Express trainset, in 2024.^{[26] [27]}
•  - Opening of Hiroshima Electric Railway Ekimae Ohashi Line.
•  - Projected opening of the Auckland City Rail Link.^[28]
•  - Circle MRT line final extension to make closed full loop.^[29]
•  - Extension of in Taipei to opens.^[30]
•  - Sanying line opening.
•  - Wanda–Zhonghe–Shulin line opening.^[31]
•  - West Midlands Metro Eastside extension is planned to be put into operation, providing connections to Birmingham Airport and High Speed 2.^[32]
• – Latest expected date of the Oxford–Bedford railway reopening.^[33]
• – Planned completion of the MBTA South Coast Rail Phase I to New Bedford and Fall River, Massachusetts.^[34]
• – Amtrak is expected to begin operating the Gulf Coast between New Orleans and Mobile.^[35]
•  - Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority D Line Extension Section 1 expected to open.^[36]
•  - Earliest expected date that Monterey County Rail Extension service in California will link Salinas to San Francisco.^{[37] [38]}
•  - Phoenix Valley Metro Rail South Central Extension/Downtown Hub project is expected to open to passenger operations as the second light rail line in the metro area.^[39]
•  - Planned extension of Honolulu's Skyline to Middle Street.^[40]
• – The final section of the 2 Line of the Link light rail system in Seattle is expected to begin service, connecting the city to the suburbs of Bellevue and Redmond.^[41]
•  - Dallas Silver Line commuter rail expected to open.^[42]
•  - Planned opening of Dreamstar Lines' night train between Los Angeles Union Station and San Francisco 4th and King Street station.^[43]
•  - Planned opening of 3-mile SMART service extension from Sonoma County Airport to Windsor California.
•  - Planned opening of Iowa City's commuter rail system.^[44]
•  - Planned opening of the Kansas City Streetcar's Riverfront and Main Street extensions^[45]
•  - Planned opening of the Downtown Extension in San Francisco, extending Caltrain and later California High Speed Rail from the former terminus at King Street.

Notes and References

1. News: Williams . David O. . Oil-train opponents look to railroad's expiring Moffat Tunnel lease for bargaining power . 26 September 2023 . Colorado Newsline . 28 July 2023.
2. Web site: Kriikku . Kati . Tampereen Ratikan liikennöinti Santalahteen alkaa maanantaina 7. elokuuta – Ratikalla tehty kahdessa vuodessa yli 23 miljoonaa matkaa . Tampereen Ratikka . fi . 6 August 2023.
3. News: Major Construction Begins on Foothill Gold Line Extension Project . 18 August 2020 . NBC Los Angeles . 10 July 2020.
4. News: Felschundneff . Steven . State rejects funding light rail extension to Claremont . 3 February 2023 . Claremont Courier . 2 February 2023.
5. News: Foothill Gold Line celebrates completion of major trackwork for Glendora to Pomona light-rail project . 29 June 2023 . Mass Transit . 26 June 2023.
6. Web site: 2024-01-05 . Every 7 minutes: Tram extension to Findel could open as early as January 2025 . 2024-02-17 . RTL Today . en.
7. News: 「夢洲駅」延伸開業を2025年1月末に前倒し 大阪メトロ、2024年度のグループ事業計画を発表 . 28 June 2024 . Tetsudo.com . Asahi Interactive . 14 May 2024 . ja.
8. Web site: Work continues on the Buffalo DL&W Terminal's restoration . 13 April 2023.
9. News: 30% of metro rail priority corridor works completed in Patna. The Times of India . 18 January 2023.
10. Stateholders' Workshop for Delhi-Gurgaon-Rewar-Alwar RRTS Corridor. 2017-09-20. https://archive.today/20170920082500/http://ncrtc.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Presentation_for%20Stakeholder%20Workshop_final%20ppt.pdf. 20 September 2017. dead.
11. News: Mills . Wes . Progress continues on Double Track, West Lake Corridor. 27 August 2023 . Lakeshore Public Media . Lakeshore Public Media. 7 July 2023.
12. Web site: İmamoğlu . Ekrem . Metro yapımına hız kesmeden devam ediyoruz. . . 28 April 2024.
13. News: BEM wins bid for Orange Line project. Bangkok Post . 9 September 2022.
14. News: MRT Orange Line summary of factual information. MRTA Website . 18 March 2023.
15. OC Streetcar Project Quarterly Update . 12 October 2023 . 5 . 31 October 2023.
16. Web site: Automated People Mover Project - Monthly Report for March 2024 . Electronic Municipal Market Access . LAX Integrated Express Solutions . April 26, 2024.
17. News: Projektstatus. 7 January 2024. Bahnprojekt Stuttgart-Ulm. de.
18. Web site: Hastie . Hamish . Look at the cars: Coldplay concerts delay Armadale line shutdown . WAtoday . 22 May 2023 . 22 May 2023 . 22 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230522033309/https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/look-at-the-cars-coldplay-concerts-delay-armadale-line-shutdown-20230522-p5da8x.html . live.
19. Web site: Frequently asked questions . Metro Tunnel . Victorian Government . 13 June 2020.
20. Web site: http://sh.house.ifeng.com/detail/2016_02_22/50699861_0.shtml. zh:上海未来10年9条轨交新线公示 全线站点解密 ——凤凰房产上海 . zh . sh.house.ifeng.com. 19 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20170914041153/http://sh.house.ifeng.com/detail/2016_02_22/50699861_0.shtml. 14 September 2017. live.
21. Web site: Siden blev ikke fundet. dead. 2018-08-21. 2018-08-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20180821160451/https://www.dinletbane.dk/in-english/stations-and-trains/.
22. Web site: Projet Métro ligne 15 Nouvelle ligne Pont de Sèvres > Noisy-Champs. Île-deFrance Mobilités. 5 October 2023. 2 August 2023.
23. Web site: Der Bauablauf im Überblick . Linie 1 und 8 . . 21 August 2024 . de.
24. Web site: Delhi Metro Phase-4 gets government nod . . 19 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170709052038/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/delhi-metro-phase-4-gets-government-nod/articleshow/56379166.cms . 9 July 2017 . 6 January 2017.
25. Web site: Will not let funding row derail Phase-IV: Government . The Economic Times . 19 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170707054713/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/railways/will-not-let-funding-row-derail-phase-iv-government/articleshow/59435629.cms . 7 July 2017 . 4 July 2017.
26. Web site: 2024-02-04 . Faster than Rajdhani, Vande Bharat sleeper trains to be rolled out by 2025 . 2024-02-05 . Hindustan Times . en.
27. News: 2024-02-02 . MCF to roll out sleeper coaches for Vande Bharat . 2024-02-05 . The Times of India . 0971-8257.
28. Web site: 15 March 2023 . Auckland's City Rail Link cost climbs by $1 billion . 17 May 2023 . RNZ . en-nz . 17 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230517062830/https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/485996/auckland-s-city-rail-link-cost-climbs-by-1-billion . live.
29. Web site: Three new stations to close loop on Circle Line . 2024-08-22 . TODAY . en.
30. Web site: Liu Yanyi (劉彥宜) . 史上最困難捷運工程！信義線東延段力拚2025年底前完工 政治 CTWANT . www.ctwant.com . CTWant . 9 December 2023 . zh-Hant-TW . 9 December 2023.
31. News: Abraham. Gerber. MRT line to take 8 years: DORTS. 19 October 2014. Taipei Times. 9 November 2014.
32. News: Jones . Tamlyn . Work to start on next phase of West Midlands Metro extension . 28 May 2021 . Business Live . 25 May 2021.
33. Web site: May 2022 . EWR2 Project Newsletter Spring 2022 . East West Rail Alliance . Mark . Cuzner. (Winslow Station progress update)
34. News: Farrar . Molly . 16 June 2024 . South Coast commuter rail extension start delayed again to spring 2025 . 17 June 2024 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240617030556/https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2024/06/16/south-coast-commuter-rail-extension-start-delayed-again-to-spring-2025/ . 17 June 2024 . Boston.com.
35. Web site: Herald . Sun . 2024-08-06 . Amtrak train from NOLA to Mobile finally gets approved. What's next and when will it roll? . 2024-08-12 . NOLA.com . en.
36. Web site: @numble . October 2023 status report for LA Metro’s D Line Extension Section 1. 88.66% as of 10/27/23, +0.6% since 9/29/23. Contractor’s forecast completion date is 6/17/23, 25 days later than last forecast. . 2023-12-18.
37. https://www.tamcmonterey.org/files/b19d25afa/TAMC-MCRE.pdf
38. News: Schmalz . David . A long-stalled commuter rail extension project from Gilroy to Salinas is making critical progress, and finally has an estimated arrival time. . 12 October 2021 . Monterey County Weekly . 12 October 2021.
39. Web site: South Central Extension/Downtown Hub . 22 November 2019 . Valley Metro . 28 February 2020.
40. News: . 'A 21st-century system': To fanfare, city announces official opening date of rail's first phase. 9 May 2023. Hawaii News Now. 19 June 2023.
41. Web site: Downtown Redmond Link Extension Project map and summary Sound Transit . 2024-08-22 . www.soundtransit.org.
42. Web site: Silver Line Project . 2023-06-22 . dart.org . en.
43. Web site: Worrell . Carolina . March 27, 2024 . Report: Dreamstar Lines Signs MOU With UP for Coast Line Track Access . March 31, 2024 . Railway Age.
44. Web site: Hansen . Ryan . Battery-operated passenger train from Iowa City to North Liberty possible as soon as 2025 . 2024-08-22 . USA TODAY . en-US.
45. Web site: KC Streetcar Main Street Extension . 2024-08-22 . en.