2027 in rail transport explained

Events

October

•  - Planned completion of the Penn Station Access project, designed to divert Metro-North Railroad trains to a new terminus at Penn Station in New York City.^[1]

Unknown date

• – Calgary Green Line opening.^[2]
• – Estimated completion of the Metrolinx Ontario Line in Toronto.^[3]
•  - Amtrak Wolverine is planned to expand service to Windsor, Ontario, providing a cross-border connection between Amtrak and Via Rail.^[4]
• – Expected opening of Haifa–Nazareth railway.^[5]
• – quadruple-track upgrading of Gyeongbu HSR Line, claimed maximum speed increase to 400 km/h.
• – Chuncheon–Sokcho Line 250 km/h operation starts.
• – Estimated Suseo–Gwangju high-speed branch opening.
• – Donghae Line 250 km/h operation starts.
• – Honam Line 250 km/h operation starts.
• – Gyeonggang Line 250 km/h operation starts.
• – Planned completion of the Yangon Urban Mass Rapid Transit system.^[6]
• – Stage 1 of the Jurong Region MRT line is expected to open.^[7]
•  - Lausanne Metro Line M2 New Lausanne-Gare extension.^[8]
• – Lausanne Metro Line M3 opening.^[9]
• – Estimated opening of the Chiang Mai light rail transit system.^[10]
• – Bangkok Purple Line Southern Extension opening.^[11]
• – Los Angeles Metro Rail D Line Extension Section 3 is planned to open, extending the D Line to .
• – Earliest estimated opening of the New York City Subway Second Avenue Subway Phase 2.^[12]
• – The Atlanta Streetcar is planned to be extended to Ponce City Market along the BeltLine.^[13]
• – Expected opening of the Southwest LRT extension of the Minneapolis Metro light rail system.^[14]
•  - Planned completion of Brightline West between Las Vegas, Nevada and Victor Valley, California.^{[15] [16]}
•  - Planned opening of Maryland's Purple Line light rail after being delayed from 2022 and 2026.^{[17] [18] [19]} The initial prolonged delay was due to the public–private partnership's dissolution in 2020.^[20]
•  - Phoenix Valley Metro Rail Capitol Extension is planned to open near the Arizona State Capitol.
•  - Metra plans to begin passenger service between Chicago and Rockford, Illinois.^[21]
•  - Planned completion of the Interborough Express from Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to Jackson Heights, Queens.^[22]
•  - Tentative scheduling for the start of Amtrak's New Orleans–Baton Rouge passenger rail.^[23]
•  - Earliest expected start of Northeast Corridor Rapid Transit Project service in Florida between MiamiCentral and .^[24]
•  - New Bettembourg-Luxembourg double-track railway line is expected to progressively enter service, reaching full service in 2028.^[25]
•  - Luxembourg tramway network extension "HOA" to 'Nei Hollerich' and Hollerich station is expected to open.^[26]
•  - Expected completion of the New Portal North Bridge on the Northeast Corridor.
•  - Opening of Paris Métro Line 18 from to .

Notes and References

1. News: Luczak . Marybeth . Transit Briefs: Brightline, NYMTA, OCTA, SacRT, SCVTA . 2 February 2023 . Railway Age . 31 January 2023.
2. Web site: Green Line Stage One. Calgary Engage. June 23, 2020. en.
3. News: Doug Ford commits $11.2B for 4 major GTA transit projects, including new 'Ontario Line' . . Lauren . Pelley . Mike . Crawley . April 10, 2019 . April 10, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190410085128/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/doug-ford-toronto-subway-upload-gta-transit-plan-1.5090394 . April 10, 2019 . live.
4. News: Hindi . Rob . Dilkens believes Amtrak-VIA Rail link is an 'exciting opportunity' . 10 November 2023 . iHeartRadio . November 9, 2023.
5. Web site: Goldberg . Jeremaya . Bidders shortlisted for Haifa-Nazareth tram-train . International Railway Journal . 14 February 2022.
6. Web site: Mayangone residents oppose transit project. Myanmar Times. 14 January 2020. 14 January 2020. 14 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200114154221/https://www.mmtimes.com/news/mayangone-residents-oppose-transit-project.html. dead.
7. Web site: Jurong Region Line to open from 2026 in three phases . The New Paper . 12 May 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180512181804/https://www.tnp.sg/news/singapore/jurong-region-line-open-2026-three-phases . 12 May 2018 . live .
8. News: Lausanne:Le premier tronçon du métro m3 mis à l'enquête. French. Emmanuelle Birraux. 24 heures. 24 October 2019. 21 November 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191025202047/https://www.24heures.ch/vaud-regions/lausanne-region/premier-troncon-metro-m3-mis-enquete/story/13579545. 25 October 2019.
9. Web site: Etat de Vaud. Développement des métros automatiques m2-m3. www.vd.ch. June 2019. 2019-10-12.
10. News: Jotikasthira . Om . Cranking up the train plan . 29 July 2018 . Bangkok Post . 29 July 2018.
11. News: Theparat . Chatrudee . Tangled lines . 31 October 2020 . Bangkok Post . 30 October 2020.
12. News: New York City 2nd Ave Subway Phase 2 Profile. December 27, 2016. FTA. January 4, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170105000123/https://www.transit.dot.gov/sites/fta.dot.gov/files/docs/New_York_City_2nd_Ave_Subway_Phase_2_Profile.pdf. January 5, 2017. dead. mdy-all.
13. News: Ruch . John . MARTA aims to link Streetcar and BeltLine by 2027, seeks public input on route . June 15, 2021 . Saporta Report . May 28, 2021.
14. News: Moore . Janet . Southwest LRT now expected to cost up to $2.75B, open in 2027 . January 29, 2022 . Star Tribune . January 26, 2022.
15. News: Harden . Olivia . 2023-03-01 . Plan to bring bullet train from LA to Vegas is underway . 2023-03-01 . SFGATE . en-US.
16. News: Hawley . Tom . 2020-12-16 . VIDEO VAULT Las Vegas tries to get a high-speed train to California off the ground . 2020-12-17 . KSNV.
17. News: Shaver . Katherine . January 19, 2023 . Maryland's Purple Line construction faces another seven-month delay . . January 30, 2023.
18. News: Strupp. Julie. Barthel. Margaret. Purple Line Group Threatens To Quit If There’s No Deal With Maryland On Delays, Cost Overruns . 26 July 2020 . WAMU . 24 June 2020. The state says the eastern section, from New Carrollton to College Park, is now expected to open in late 2022 and the rest of the line, from College Park to Bethesda, will likely open in June 2023. However, PLTP has said the various delays will set the opening dates back at least another two and a half years..
19. News: Shaver . Katherine . Purple Line project delays, cost overruns reveal long-brewing problems . 26 July 2020 . Washington Post . 18 July 2020.
20. News: Shaver . Katherine . Purple Line construction workers will be packed up and ready to leave by mid-October, contractor says . 26 September 2020 . The Washington Post . 24 September 2020.
21. Web site: Ingalls . William . July 6, 2023 . Metra chosen as passenger rail service provider from Rockford/Belvidere to Chicago . 6 July 2023 . wrex.com.
22. Web site: 2023-08-24 . Interborough Express looks to bring trolley cars back to NYC streets with light rail connecting Brooklyn and Queens – CBS New York . 2023-09-02 . www.cbsnews.com . en-US.
23. Web site: Amtrak service connecting Baton Rouge to Nola opens 2027, officials project . www.wafb.com . WAFB . 3 November 2023 . en . 26 October 2023.
24. Web site: FACT SHEET . Miami-Dade County . 8 November 2023.
25. Web site: New line Bettembourg – Luxembourg . 2024-02-08 . CFL.
26. Web site: 2024-02-03 . Tram network: Chamber of Deputies approves €135 million extensions in Kirchberg and Hollerich . 2024-02-17 . RTL Today . en.