2023 in rail transport



Events

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 – Parramatta Light Rail opening. 
 – Koralm Railway opening. 
 – Scheduled completion of the Basque Y.
 – Expected opening of the Line 6 Finch West. 
 – Trillium Line (Stage 2) opening. 
 – Expected opening of the Line D (Prague Metro). 
 – Expected first 200 km/h service. 
 – Start of test operation of Rail Baltica. 
 – Helsinki Metro's extension West Metro Phase 2 opening (Phase 1 opened in 2017). 
 – Opening of Bhopal Metro. 
 – Mumbai–Ahmedabad high-speed rail corridor operation start after year of claimed delay. 
 – claimed Milan–Verona high-speed railway completion. 
 – claimed Budapest–Belgrade railway upgrades completion. 
 – Possible completion of Kyushu Shinkansen extension.  Likely to be delayed until 2025. 
 – Possible completion of the rail line to Riga Airport (part of Rail Baltica).  Due to construction delays, it will be uncertain. 
 – Electrification of Daugavpils–Krustpils, Rēzekne–Krustpils and Krustpils–Riga lines. 
 – Scheduled rolling stock replacement of all commuter trains departing from Moscow Leningradsky railway station. 
 – Claimed Gulf Railway completion. 
 – Turkish high-speed network to reach 3,500 km length instead of previously claimed 11,700 km. 
 – Podilsko–Vyhurivska line opening. 
 – Edinburgh Trams extension. 
 – South Wales Metro opening. 
 – Tri-mode trainsets to be introduced in the Wales. 
 – Oxford – Bedford railway reopening. 
 – TEXRail extension. 
 – Altamont Corridor Express service is expected to be extended to Ceres. 
 – Los Angeles Metro Rail Purple Line Extension Phase I is scheduled to open. 
 – Los Angeles International Airport people mover is expected to begin operation. 
 – The East Link Extension of Seattle's Link light rail system is expected to begin service, connecting Downtown Seattle to Bellevue and Redmond.  The train line will be the first to cross a floating bridge. 
 – Expected opening of the Southwest LRT extension of the Minneapolis Metro light rail system. 
  – Thailand's Northeastern HSR Phase 1 operation start. 
 – MRT Orange Line opening. 
 – claimed Grey Line (Bangkok) opening. 

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