2026 in rail transport explained

Events

February

- Brest Line B to start operations between Porte de Plouzané and Porte de Guipavas.^[1]
- Scheduled MRT Orange Line Phase 2 Western Extension opening.^[2]

March

- Scheduled Shikibu Station on the Hapi-Line Fukui opening.^[3]

May

- Planned completion of the Stockton Diamond grade separation project.^[4]

June

- São Paulo Metro Line 17 expected to start operation.^[5]
- Metrorrey Lines 4 and 6 are expected to be opened on or before this time.^[6]

August.

- Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor starts operations between Surat and Bilimora.^[7]
- Planned completion of the Poprad-Vydrník section of the core Bratislava-Žilina-Košice railway being able to run trains up to 160km/h.^[8]

September

- São Paulo Metro Line 6 planned opening.^[9]

December

- Planned opening of the cross-border Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System.

Unknown date

- Cross River Rail starts operations between Boggo Road and Exhibition.^[10]
- Inland Rail completion.^[11]
- Sydney Metro Western Sydney Airport line expected to start operation.^[12]
- Dhaka MRT 1 starts operations between Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport and Kamalapur Railway Station.^[13]
- São Paulo Metro Line 2 extension to Penha station opening.
– SkyTrain (Vancouver) Extension of the Millennium Line to from .^[14]
- Crown Bridges opening.
- Opening of RER E from to .^[15]
- Opening of Paris Métro Line 16 from to Clichy–Montfermeil.^[16]
- Opening of Paris Métro Line 17 from to Le Bourget Aéroport.^[17]
- Opening of Paris Métro Line 18 from Massy-Palaiseau to Christ de Saclay.^[18]
- Lyon Tramway Line T6 extension to La Doua–Gaston Berger.^[19]
- Opening of Lyon Tramway Line T9 from Vaulx-en-Velin–La Soie to Charpennes–Charles Hernu.^[20]
- Opening of Lyon Tramway Line T10 from Gare de Vénissieux to Halle Tony Garnier.^[21]
- Opening of Brest Tramway Line B from Hôpital Cavale to Gare Gambetta.^[22]
- Line U4 of the Hamburg U-Bahn is planned to branch off from line U2 at Horner Rennbahn before running 1.9 km to the new Horner Geest station.^[23]
- Naples–Foggia railway to be upgraded to .
– Tortona–Genoa high-speed railway expected completion.^[24]
– Expected Bologna tramway opening.^[25]
- Expected opening of Milan Metro Line 1 extension to Monza.^[26]
- Opening of the Tel Aviv Light Rail Purple Line.^[27]
- MRL East Coast Rail Link opening, bringing service.
- Warsaw Metro M2 to extend to Karolin from Księcia Janusza.^[28]
- Chelyabinsk Metro to start operations between Komsomolskaya Ploshchad and Prospekt Pobedy.^[29]
- Krasnoyarsk Metro to start operations between Vysotnaya and Leninskaya.^[30]
– Stage 6 of the Circle MRT line is expected to open to make a closed loop.
- Janghang Line upgrading to 250 km/h.
- Chungbuk Line upgrading to 230 km/h.
- Slussenområdet intermodal terminal upgrading completion (started in 2016).
- Taoyuan Metro Green line opens.^[31]
- Mersin Metro to start operations between Viranşehir and Üçocak Kent Meydanı.^[32]
- Sections of the West Coast Main Line, Midland Main Line, and Anglia to be equipped with ERTMS Level 2 signalling.^[33]
- Planned opening (or 2030) of the Inglewood Transit Connector, intended to link the city's sports venues to the Los Angeles Metro Rail system.^[34]
- Estimated restoration of rail service along the Lackawanna Cut-Off, with New Jersey Transit starting commuter service to Andover Township.^[35] ^[36]
- The segment of the Capitol Corridor running through the East Bay is planned to be rerouted over the Coast Line.^[37]
– Expected date the San Joaquins and Altamont Corridor Express are to be extended to Natomas.^[38]
– Saint Louis Metrolink to be extended to MidAmerica Airport from Scott AFB.^[39]
– Expected date the S-Line streetcar is to be extended to Highland Drive.^[40]
– Expected date the Altamont Corridor Express is to be extended to Ceres as part of the Valley Rail project.^[38]
– The Federal Way Extension of the Link light rail system in Seattle is expected to begin service. It extends the 1 Line south from SeaTac to Federal Way with two intermediate stops.^[41]