2027 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2027. Please be aware that the actual dates on which these events occur may differ substantially from what is shown here.
Events
January
- January 1 – Port Klang To Kota Bharu Section of the Keretapi Tanah Melayu Network, is upgraded to 160 km/h (99 mph) .[1]
- – Chelyabinsk Metro opens between Komsomolskaya Ploshchad and Prospekt Pobedy.[2]
March
- March 28 – CDG Express opens between Gare de l'Est and Aéroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV.[3]
- – Line 1 of the Patna Metro opens between Malahi Pakri and New ISBT.[4]
- – Oxygène trainsets are due to enter service.[5][6]
June
- June 13 – Trenitalia launches passenger trains from Milan to Berlin.[7]
- – Blue Line of the Namma Metro extends to KIAL Terminals from Krishnarajapura.[8]
August
- August 31 – Line 5 of the Monterrey Metrorrey opens between Hospital Gene and La Estanzuela.[9]
October
- – Metro-North Railroad: New Canaan Line, Danbury Line, Waterbury Line and New Haven Line services are diverted to Penn Station instead of Grand Central.[10]
December
- December 12 – Trenitalia launches passenger trains from Naples to Munich.[11]
- – Surat Metro opens between Sartha and Dream City.[12]
- – Dongtan Metro: Line 1 opens between Soyosan and Sinchang; Line 2 opens between Humen and Dongtan.[13]
- – Blue Line of the Stockholm Metro extends to Barkarby from Akalla.[14]
- – MD West Line of the Metra Commuter Network extends to Rockford from Elgin.[15]
- – Valley Metro Rail extends to Arizona State Capitol from Van Buren/1st Ave.[16]
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- – Inland Railway opens between Port Augusta and Brisbane.[17]
- – Line 5 of the Charleroi Tramway Network opens between Neuville and Les Viviers.[18]
- – Line 5 of the Charleroi Tramway Network branches off to Châtelet from Waterloo.[19]
- – Line 2 of the São Paulo Metro opens between Vila Prudente and Vila Formosa.[20]
- – Line 6 of the São Paulo Metro opens between Bandeirantes and Sao Carlos.[21]
- – Ottawa O-Train: Line 1 extends to Algonquin from Tunney's Pasture; Line 3 opens between Trim and Moodie.[22]
- – Airport Branch of the Montreal REM opens between Airport and Gare Centrale.[23]
- – Millennium Line of the SkyTrain extends to Arbutus from VCC–Clark.[24]
- – Line 6 of the Santiago Metro extends to Lo Errazuriz from Cerrillos.[25]
- – Line 9 of the Changchun Rail Transit opens between Zhaojiagang East and Jiutai South Railway Station.[26]
- – Line S11 of the Chengdu Metro opens between Deyang North and Weijianian.[27]
- – Jiangtiao Line of the Chongqing Rail Transit extends to Shengquansi from Dingshan.[28]
- – Line 27 of the Chongqing Rail Transit opens from Huimin from Bishan.[29][30]
- – Line 2 of the Dongguan Rail Transit extends to Jiaoyiwan from Humen Railway Statiom.[31]
- – Line 12 of the Ningbo Rail Transit opens between Xiaoyangjiang and Damu Bay.[32]
- – Line 2 of the Urumqi Metro opens between Yan'an Road and Huashan Street.[33]
- – Ain Sokhna To Marsa Matrouh High Speed Railway opens between Ain Sokhna and Marsa Matrouh.[34]
- – Tapa-Narva Line of the Estonian Railways is electrified between Tapa and Narva.[35]
- – Line 18 of the Paris Metro opens between Massy-Palaiseau and Aéroport d'Orly.[36]
- – Line F of the Strasbourg Tramway Network extends to Place D'Islande from Elsau.[37]
- – Line U5 of the Frankfurt U-Bahn extends to Europaviertel from Frankfurt Hauptbanhhopf.[38]
- – Westtangente Line of the Munich Tramway Network opens between Neuhausen and Solln.[39]
- – Nox sets night train srvices.[40]
- – Line 1 of the Thessaloniki Metro branches off from Dimokratias and extends to Papageorgiou Hospital.[41]
- – Pink Line of the Namma Metro opens between Kalena Agrahara and Tavarekere.[42]
- – Yellow Line of the Namma Metro opens between Bommasandra-Hosa Road and Bommasandra.[43]
- – Purple Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail opens between Tel Aviv–Savidor and Tel Aviv–HaHagana.[44]
- – possible date of opening of Haifa–Nazareth Light Rail between Haifa and Nazareth .[45]
- – Line 1 of the Milan Metro extends to Monza from Sesto Primo Maggio.[46]
- – Line 1 of the Naples Metro extends to Naples Airport from Garibaldi.[47]
- – Naples-Bari High Speed Railway opens between Naples and Bari.[48]
- – Naples–Foggia Railway of the Frecce Network is upgraded to 200 km/h (120 mph) between Naples and Foggia.[49]
- – Tokyo-Tohoku night train launched.[50]
- – Luxembourg-Bettembourg Line of the CFL Network opens between Luxembourg and Bettembourg.[51]
- – Line T1 of the Luxembourg Tramway Network extends to Nei Hollerich and Hollerich from HOA.[52]
- – Yangon Urban Mass Rapid Transit opens between Hlaingthaya Township and Parami.[53]
- – Line 7 of the Manila MRT opens between North EDSA and Sacred Heart.[54]
- – Line H of the Porto Metro opens between Casa da Música and Santo Ovídio.[55]
- – Blue Line of the Doha Metro opens between Hamad Airport and Misheireb.[56]
- – Krasnoyarsk Metro opens between Vysotnaya and Leninskaya.[57]
- – al-Ula tram opens.[58]
- – Line 2 of the Daejeon Metro opens between Seodaejeon and Yucheon.[59]
- – Chuncheon–Sokcho Line of the Korail Network is upgraded to 250 km/h (160 mph) between Chuncheon and Sokcho.[60]
- – Donghae Line of the Korail Network is upgraded to 250 km/h (160 mph) between Busanjin and BEXCO.[61]
- – Honam Line of the Korail Network is upgraded to 250 km/h (160 mph) between Daejeon and Mokpo.[62]
- – Gyeongbu High Speed Railway of the Korail Network is upgraded to 400 km/h (250 mph) between Seoul and Busan.[63]
- – Gyeonggang Line of the Korail Network is upgraded to 250 km/h (160 mph) between Seoul and Busan.[64]
- – Suseo–Gwangju High Speed Branch of the Korail Network opens between Suseo and Gwangju.[65]
- – Line 7 of the Seoul Subway extends to Cheongna Int'l Business Complex from Seongnam.[66]
- – Jurong Region Line of the Singapore MRT opens between Choa Chu Kang to Boon Lay and Tawas.[67]
- – Algeciras-Bobadilla Junction Line of the Renfe Network is electrified between Algeciras and Bobadilla Junction.[68]
- – Barcelona Metro: Line 9 and Line 10 extend to Guinardó - Hospital de Sant Pau from La Sagrera.[69]
- – Basque Y High Speed Railway opens between Vitoria and Hendaye.[70]
- – Zaragoza–Pamplona High Speed Railway opens between Castejon and Pamplona.[71]
- – Line 5 of the Bilbao Metro opens between Sarratu and Galdakao.[72]
- – M2 of the Lausanne Metro extends to Gare Lausanne from Grancy.[73]
- – Red Line of the Kaohsiung Metro extends to Dahu from Gangshan.[74]
- – Wanda–Shulin Line of the Taipei Metro opens between Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Juguang.[75]
- – Purple Line of the Bangkok MRT extends to Rat Burana from Tao Poon.[76]
- – Chiang Mai LRT opens between Nakornping Hospital and Big C Supercenter Hang Dong.[77]
- – KonyaRay opens between Konya railway station and 2. Sanayi.[78]
- – Lumo opens service between London and Manchester.[79]
- – West Midlands Metro extends to Birmingham Airport from Birmingham New Street.[80]
- – Amtrak New Orleans–Baton Rouge Passenger Rail opens between New Orleans and Baton Rouge.[81]
- – Amtrak Northeast Regional extends to New River Valley from Roanoke.[82]
- – Amtrak Quad Cities opens between Chicago and Moline.[83]
- – Amtrak Wolverine branches off to Windsor from Detroit.[84]
- – D Line of the Los Angeles Metro extends to Westwood/VA Hospital from Century City.[85]
- – Maryland Purple Line opens between Bethesda and New Carrolton.[86]
- – Green Line of the Minneapolis Metro Light Rail extends to Southwest from Target Field.[87]
- – New Portal North Bridge opens between Newark and New York City.[88]
- – Omaha Streetcar opens between CHI Health Center and 42nd St.[89]
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