By month 2014 in rail transport

1 month

1.1 january events
1.2 february events
1.3 march events
1.4 april events
1.5 may events
1.6 june events
1.7 july events
1.8 august events
1.9 september events
1.10 november events
1.11 december events

by month
january events

january 1 – carl ice assumes position ceo of bnsf railway, replacing former ceo matt rose, assumed position chief operating officer.
january 2 – canadian pacific railway announces sale of 660 miles (1,060 km) of dakota, minnesota , eastern subsidiary genesee & wyoming, operate rapid city, pierre , eastern railroad. sale, expected close in mid-2014, includes mainline tracy, minnesota rapid city, south dakota plus branch lines.

february events
march events

march 23 – chicago l train overruns bumper @ o hare subway station, injuring 32. see: o hare cta station train crash
march 27 – opening of dulwich hill extension of sydney s inner west light rail.

april events

april 5 - opening of panama metro in panama city, panama.
april 28 - auckland s first electric trains, class, entered service on onehunga branch. (see auckland railway electrification.)
april 29 – changsha metro line 2 opens.

may events

may 1 – sunrail s commuter service in greater orlando, florida, started service.
may 7 – reopening of saint paul union depot in minnesota regularly scheduled train traffic. depot last saw trains on 30 april 1971, day before amtrak began operation.
may 9 – united states department of labor commemorates contributions of chinese railroad workers helped build railroad adding them labor hall of honor
may 28 – wuhan metro line 1 hankou north extension opens.

june events

june 8 – line 1 of mumbai metro in india opens on versova–ghatkopar west–east corridor.
june 14 – opening of green line light rail service in minneapolis–saint paul, minnesota.

july events

july 26 - new wmata silver line opens passenger service in washington d.c. area. construction of metro s 6th new rapid transit route included 11.8 miles of new trackway , 5 stations @ mclean, tysons corner, greensboro, spring hill , wiehle – reston east. silver line trains operate between reston, va , largo town center station on blue line.

august events

august 16 – lhasa–xigazê railway opens xigazê railway station (shigatse) in tibet autonomous region.

september events

september 17 – zhuyehai station on wuhan metro s line 1 opens.

november events

november 10 – fulton center new york city subway interchange opens.
november 22 – north south mrt line 1 km extension scheduled open, of marina south pier mrt station.

december events

december 25 – indian railways inaugurates sushasan express, connecting gwalior , gonda, uttar pradesh, in commemoration of former prime minister atal bihari vajpayee s 91st birthday.
december 28 - west island line opened.




^ canadian pacific sell west end of dakota, minnesota & eastern line genesee & wyoming (press release). canadian pacific railway. 2014-01-02. retrieved 7 january 2014. 
^ canadian pacific reaches deal sell western part of dm&e rail line . globe , mail. canadian press. 2014-01-02. retrieved 7 january 2014. 
^ nickeas, peter; bowean, lolly; wronski, richard; geiger, kim. focus in cta crash falls on operator fatigue, braking system . chicago tribune. retrieved 24 march 2014. 
^ esposito, stefano. automatic stop kicked in before cta train crashed @ o hare . chicago sun times. retrieved 24 march 2014. 
^ goudie, chuck. train operator identified in blue line crash . retrieved 1 april 2014. 
^ http://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/inner-west-light-rail-extension-opens-next-week
^ changsha metro opens . railway gazette. 2014-04-29. retrieved 2014-05-04. 
^ free sunrail rides start thursday . orlandosentinel.com. orlando sentinel. retrieved 2 may 2014. 
^ http://www.voanews.com/content/chinese-railway-workers-inducted-in-labor-departments-hall-of-honor/1912478.html
^ 武汉地铁1号线汉口北延长线明日开通 [hankou of wuhan metro line 1 north extension cord opened tomorrow]. ycwb.com. may 27, 2014. 
^ maharashtra cm prithivraj chavan flags off mumbai metro . times of india. 8 june 2014. retrieved 8 june 2014. 
^ metro system - metro transit . retrieved 16 august 2014. 
^ june14, 2014: grand opening metro green line (press release). metropolitan council. 22 january 2014. retrieved 22 january 2014. 
^ tibet railway opens xigaze . railway gazette. 2014-08-15. retrieved 2017-03-10. 
^ 竹叶海站宜家联廊桥投入使用 [zhuyehai station opened]. archived original on 6 november 2014. 
^ cos 2012: land transport updates . ministry of transpore. 7 mar 2012. 
^ http://www.straitstimes.com/breakingnews/singapore/story/stistory_774849