2009 in rail transport
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Template:Sidebar This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2009.
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Events
January events
- Template:Flagicon January 1 – Oscar Grant III is shot by BART Police Officer Johannes Mehserle on a busy Bay Area Rapid Transit platform. See: Shooting of Oscar Grant
- Template:Flagicon January 12 – official opening of Docklands Light Railway London City Airport branch extension under the River Thames to Woolwich Arsenal.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon January 23 – Canadian National Railway closes on purchase of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite press release</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
February events
- Template:Flagicon February 2 – opening of WES Commuter Rail line from Wilsonville, Oregon, to Beaverton; see https://trimet.org for more information.
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon February 17 – The international connection between Perpignan, Roussillon, France, and Figueres, Catalonia, Spain, through the Perthus Tunnel on the Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed rail line is officially opened.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon February 28 – opening of East–West MRT line extension of additional two stations from Boon Lay. Trains by this date no longer terminate at Boon Lay Station.
March events
- Template:Flagicon March – first section of Istanbul-Ankara High Speed Rail Line, between Ankara and Eskişehir (Template:Convert), opens.
- Template:Flagicon Template:Flagicon – the First Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge is officially opened to rail traffic.<ref name=inaguration>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>
- Template:Flagicon March 16 – reopening of New York City's South Ferry Station after four years of renovation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon March 20 – Hanshin Namba Line, Amagasaki-Namba route to open, with Hanshin Sannomiya-Kintetsu Nara direct commuter express train starting.
- Template:Flagicon March 31 – the deadline for securing financing for the Amman-Zarqa Light Rail System by the Kuwaiti-led consortium passed, effectively voiding the projects after more than 10 years in planning. The deadline had already been extended twice before.<ref>Amman – Zarqa light rail project derailed: Global Financial Crisis Failed project reveals challenges of public-private partnerships for urban rail development Template:Webarchive, Metro Report International, June 2009, pp. 34–36.</ref>
April events
May events
- Template:Flagicon May – Russian Railways introduces hybrid DT1 multiple unit into service out of Baltiysky railway station in Saint Petersburg.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon May 1 – Pan Am Southern, a joint venture between Pan Am Railways and Norfolk Southern Railway, begins operation.
- Template:Flagicon May 28 – Singapore Circle MRT line Stage 3 ready for service using three-car Alstom trains.
June events
July events
- Template:Flagicon July 18 – Sound Transit Central Link light rail line in Seattle, Washington opens, utilizing the Downtown Seattle Transit Tunnel.
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon – link between Kerman and Zahedan joins Europe and the Middle East subcontinent for the first time, albeit with break-of-gauge.
August events
- Template:Flagicon August 16 – Kowloon Southern Link, an extension of the KCRC West Rail Line in Hong Kong, completed and opened.<ref>KCRC New Projects, KCRC New Projects – Kowloon Southern Link Template:Webarchive. Retrieved March 20, 2006.</ref>
- Template:Flagicon August 17 – opening of Canada Line rapid transit line in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Template:Flagicon August 30 – new Portland Transit Mall light-rail alignment opens for service, initially (until September 12) used only by the MAX Yellow Line.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
September events
- Template:Flagicon September 9 – partial opening of Dubai Metro.
- Template:Flagicon September 12 – MAX Green Line light rail line in Portland, Oregon, opens, transporting riders from Portland State University to Clackamas Town Center Transit Center.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon September 20 – the Powerhouse Museum's 3265 is recommissioned with a ceremony at Central station and shuttle rides with the locomotive to Bankstown.
October events
November events
- Template:Flagicon November 13 – as announced on July 1, the British InterCity East Coast Main Line passenger rail franchise is transferred at 23:59 from National Express East Coast to the Department for Transport-owned company Directly Operated Railways Ltd for operation by its subsidiary East Coast Main Line Company Ltd, trading as East Coast, prior to retendering from late 2010.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon November 16 – the section from Stavanger to Sandnes on the Sørland Line opens with double track.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon November 27 – 2009 Nevsky Express bombing: A terrorist bomb explodes under a high-speed train on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway, derailing it, killing 28 passengers and injuring more than 90 others.
- Template:Flagicon November 30 – Metro Trains Melbourne (subsidiary of MTR Corporation of Hong Kong) takes over operation of suburban rail network in Melbourne, Australia, from Connex.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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December events
- Template:Flagicon December – construction to restore the mainline of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad from Gold Hill to Carson City, Nevada completed.<ref>Anderson, Tim; Reno Gazette-Journal (January 4, 2006), V&T Railroad project marks milestone Template:Dead linkTemplate:Cbignore. Retrieved January 6, 2006.</ref>
- Template:Flagicon December 1 – Tasmanian government-owned Tasmanian Railway Company takes over operations on the island from Pacific National.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon December 9 – services on the London Underground Circle line cease to run continuous complete circuits, for the first time since 1884.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon December 13 – The first Thalys train goes into commercial operation on the HSL-Zuid, marking the first time a high-speed train runs through the Netherlands on full speed at 300 km/h.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon December 13 – start of domestic services on High Speed 1, the UK's first high speed services run by Southeastern, from Dover Priory to London St Pancras, via Ashford International. The British Rail Class 395 trains are part of the "Javelin" service provided during the London 2012 Olympics
- Template:Flagicon December 18 – Sapsan, a high-speed railroad service in Russia, a first officially regular operation service start from Passazhirskaya of Moscow to Sankt Petersburg route.Template:Citation needed
- Template:Flagicon December 26 – Wuguang Passenger Railway high speed line between Wuhan and Guangzhou, China, opens.
- Template:Flagicon December 28 – Guangzhou Metro's Line 4 extension connecting Wanshengwei to Chebeinan opens.
- Template:Flagicon December 30 – The Green Line of the Baku Metro is extended from Nasimi to Azadliq prospekti.
- Template:Flagicon December 31 – Chicago Transit Authority's Brown Line capacity expansion project completed.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
Unknown date events
- Template:Flagicon – Construction begins in the Republic of the Congo on a planned Template:Convert of new railway lines connecting Brazzaville to Ouésso and Djambala to Pointe-Noire.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Accidents
- Template:Flagicon June 22 – Washington Metro accident occurs when two afternoon southbound Metrorail trains on the Red Line are in a rear-end collision between the Takoma and Fort Totten stations in Northeast Washington, D.C., United States, killing eight passengers and the operator of the rear train, trapping several occupants, and injuring up to 100 more. The most serious accident in the Metro's history.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon August 21 – span of Iarnród Éireann's Broadmeadow viaduct, carrying the main line to Belfast about 13 km north of Dublin and just north of Malahide, collapses due to scour.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon November 16 - Unit 29026 was derailed near Wicklow when it collided with a landslip blocking the line.
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Industry awards
Japan
- Awards presented by the Japan Railfan Club
- 2009 Blue Ribbon Award: Odakyu Electric Railway 60000 series MSE EMU
- 2009 Laurel Prize: Toyohashi Railroad T1000 series tramcar and Keihan Electric Railway 3000 series "Comfort Saloon" EMU
North America
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- Awards presented by Railway Age magazine
- 2009 Railroader of the Year:
- 2009 Regional Railroad of the Year: Wisconsin and Southern Railroad<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
- 2009 Short Line Railroad of the Year:
United Kingdom
- 2009:
Deaths
- January 10 – Jean Pelletier, chairman of VIA Rail 2001–2004, dies (b. 1935).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- February 20 – James I. C. Boyd, British railway historian, dies (b. 1921).