2028 in rail transport explained

Events

July

• – Brightline West expected to begin service. It will be the United States' first true high-speed rail line.^[1]

December

• – Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor to fully start operations.^[2] It will be India's first high-speed rail line.^[3]

Unknown date

• – Gatineau LRT is planned to begin operation.^{[4] [5]}
• – SkyTrain Expo Line extansion to Langley planned to begin operation.^[6]
• – Beijing-Bangkok train starts service.^[7]
• – Santiago Metro Line 7 opening.^[8]
• – The Bogotá Metro is expected to start operation.^[9]
• – Abidjan Metro to start operations between Anyama Centre and Aérocité.^[10]
•  - Vestfyn High Speed Line opens between Odense and Middlefart.^[11]
•  - Vantaa light rail expected to open.^[12]
•  - Toulouse Aerospace Express of the Toulouse Metro opening.^[13]
• – Expected completion of the Fehmarn Sound Tunnel.^[14]
• – Bali Subway starts operations between Kuta and Seminyak.^[15]
• – Bali Subway Phase 2 starts operations between Airport to Nusa Dua.
• – DART: services from Dublin city center to extend to Hazelhatch and Celbridge .^[16]
• – Stage 2 of the Jurong Region MRT line is expected to open.^[17]
• – Ulaanbaatar Metro to start operations between Tolgoit and Amgalan.^[18]
• – Planned completion of Nambunaeryuk Line.
• – The Los Angeles Metro Rail Southeast Gateway Line is expected to begin operations under an accelerated timeline for completion.^[19]
• – The Los Angeles Metro Rail Sepulveda Transit Corridor is expected to begin operations under an accelerated timeline for completion.^[20]
• – Valley Link plans to begin rail service between the Tri-Valley and northern San Joaquin Valley in California.^[21]
•  - Anticipated opening of the Glassboro–Camden Line light rail in New Jersey.^[22]
•  - Luxembourg tramway network extension "K2A" to 'Laangfur' in Kirchberg is expected to open.^[23]
•  - First section of the new Luxembourg-Belvaux rapid tram line to Leudelange is expected to open.^[24]
•  - Opening of Paris Métro Line 16 from Clichy–Montfermeil to .^[25]
•  - Opening of Paris Métro Line 17 from Le Bourget Aéroport to .^[26]
•  - Toulouse Metro Line C starts operations between Colomiers and Labège.^[27]
•  - Moscow-Saint Petersburg High-Speed Rail to start operations^[28]
•  - Belgrade Metro Line 1 starts operations between Zelesnik and Mirijevo.^[29]
•  - Taoyuan Airport MRT extends to Zhongli railway station.^[30]
•  - Sanying line Phase 2 opens, extending the line from Yingtao Fude to Danan.
•  - Taoyuan Metro Green line branch to Hengshan opens.
•  - Wanda–Zhonghe–Shulin line extends to Huilong.

Notes and References

1. News: Haas. Greg. High-speed train project chugs ahead as $3B funding gets OK. 1 October 2024. News Nation. 28 September 2024.
2. News: Krishna . S. Rama . Bullet train boost to three southern metros . 19 October 2020 . The Sunday Guardian . 19 September 2020.
3. Web site: JICA presents draft report on bullet train project to joint committee. https://web.archive.org/web/20150716162627/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-06-23/news/63746148_1_feasibility-study-jica-bullet-train-project. dead. July 16, 2015. timesofindia-economictimes.
4. News: . STO confirms Gatineau will get light rail . . January 31, 2020 . May 19, 2020 .
5. News: Gatineau reveals $2.1B LRT plan, eyes 2028 launch . 20 December 2018 . CBC News . 20 June 2018.
6. Web site: 16-km-long Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension receives full provincial and federal approval . Chan . Kenneth . Daily Hive . July 14, 2022 . July 20, 2022.
7. Web site: Diamantopoulos . George . 2024-08-29 . Bangkok-Beijing rail link nears completion with new Thai-Lao railway . 2024-11-18 . TravelDailyNews Asia & Pacific . en.
8. Web site: 2020-03-09 : Pág. 7. 2021-02-16. El Mercurio.
9. News: ¿Cómo va el metro en Bogotá? - En septiembre se entregarán los resultados de los estudios de ingeniería avanzada. Después se abrirá licitación para la construcción. . Semana . Spanish . How goes the subway in Bogotá? - In September the results of the advanced engineering studies would be given, and construction bidding would open. . March 26, 2014 . 2014-07-26.
10. Web site: 2024-08-13 . Africanews Ivory Coast launches construction of metro project . 2024-11-19 . Africanews . en.
11. Web site: Vestfyn Line (High-Speed Rail Line) The Vestfyn Line is a planned high-speed rail line on the Danish island of Funen, to be built between Odense and Middelfart. The Copenhagen–Ringsted Line, Denmark's first high-speed rail line, opened in 2019. As part of - www.Rail-Pass.com . 2024-12-04 . www.rail-pass.com.
12. Web site: Vantaan ratikka. Vantaan kaupunki. 20 June 2019.
13. Web site: Toulouse : la troisième ligne de métro repoussée de 2025 à 2028. 2021-02-16. ladepeche.fr. fr.
14. Web site: Entscheidung zur neuen Fehmarnsundquerung . Deutsche Bahn . 2020-03-03 . 2020-03-07 . 2020-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200303205619/https://www.deutschebahn.com/pr-hamburg-de/aktuell/presseinformationen/Entscheidung-zur-neuen-Fehmarnsundquerung-4984662 . dead .
15. Web site: 2024-09-07 . Bali Light Rail Transit (LRT): the proposed subway system of Bali . 2024-11-18 . futuresoutheastasia.com . en-US.
16. Web site: DART+ DART+ South West . 2024-12-04 . www.dartplus.ie.
17. 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 .
18. Web site: Rogers . David . 2023-11-27 . Mongolia to start Ulaanbaatar metro next year . 2024-11-19 . Global Construction Review . en-GB.
19. Web site: Board Report . 7 May 2020.
20. News: Rail concepts released for Sepulveda Transit Corridor project. Metro.
21. Funds reallocated to Valley Link Project . 4 January 2021 . Tri-Valley–San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority . Mass Transit . 29 September 2020.
22. News: Walsh . Jim . Proposed Glassboro-Camden light-rail line is one step closer to reality . 7 November 2022 . Cherry Hill Courier-Post . 31 October 2022.
23. Web site: 2024-02-03 . Tram network: Chamber of Deputies approves €135 million extensions in Kirchberg and Hollerich . 2024-02-17 . RTL Today . en.
24. Web site: 2023-09-13 . High-speed tram, bike path, carpool lane: Government announces monumental €3 billion transport project in southern Luxembourg . 2024-02-17 . RTL Today . en.
25. Web site: 2021-07-15. La Société du Grand Paris réactualise le calendrier du Grand Paris Express. 2021-08-04. Société du Grand Paris. fr.
26. Web site: La nouvelle feuille de route du Grand Paris Express. Societedugrandparis.fr. 22 February 2018 . 23 February 2018. .
27. Web site: 3,151 milliards d'€ : pourquoi la troisième ligne de métro à Toulouse est de plus en plus chère . 2024-11-13 . ladepeche.fr . fr.
28. Web site: 2021-08-17 . For the first time Russia will construct the Moscow – Saint Petersburg High Speed Railway integrated into Moscow transport system . 2024-11-18 . Railway International . en-GB.
29. Web site: srbija.gov.rs . Construction of Belgrade Metro to begin on 22 November . 2024-11-18 . www.srbija.gov.rs . en.
30. Web site: 機場捷運延伸線計畫 . zh . Taoyuan Airport MRT Extension Project . 24 October 2019 . . 28 June 2020.