2011 in rail transport
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Template:Short description Template:More citations neededTemplate:Use dmy dates Template:Sidebar This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2011.
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Events
By month
January events
- Template:Flagicon 10 January – Regular through passenger service from Wuhan to Wanzhou over the complete new Yiwan Railway in China starts. The line features Template:Convert of bridges on a total length of Template:Convert.<ref>"最难修铁路”宜万铁路通车" ("World's most difficult to build railway" opens for service) Template:In lang</ref>
February events
- Template:Flagicon 19 February – First public passenger train operates throughout between Caernarfon and Porthmadog Harbour over the restored Welsh Highland Railway.
- Template:Flagicon 23 February – Opening of the Airport Express Line in Delhi.<ref name="hindu open">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 28 February – Wabtec announces that it has acquired Brush Traction, the English-based locomotive builder and maintainer, for US$31 million.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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March events
- Template:Flagicon 12 March – Kyushu Shinkansen opens between Hakata of Fukuoka and Shin-Yatsushiro, with Osaka and Kagoshima direct bullet train starting.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon 27 March – The Sakuradori Line serving Nagoya is extended Template:Convert from Nonami to Tokushige.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon 30 March – In Busan, Line 4 of the Busan Metro opens for service connecting Minam and Anpyeong (Template:Convert).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
April events
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon March–April – Eurasian Land Bridge test run from Chongqing to Duisburg (DB) via Alashankou crossing, Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, and Poland, covering Template:Convert in 16 days.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon April 17 – A BNSF Railway coal train rear-ends a maintenance-of-way train near Red Oak, Iowa, both crew members of the coal train were killed. The cause was the crew being half asleep.
- Template:Flagicon 19 April – Zaragoza tram starts its commercial operation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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May events
- Template:Flagicon 1 May – Veendam railway station opens in the Netherlands.
- Template:Flagicon 1 May – Tide Light Rail begins service in Norfolk, Virginia.
- Template:Flagicon May 24 – a CSX Transportation intermodal train rear-ended a Union Pacific Railroad manifest train near Mineral Springs, North Carolina killing both CSX crew members. The cause was the crew of the CSX train passing a dark signal
June events
- Template:Flagicon 6 June – Munich–Augsburg railway is upgraded to four-track.
- Template:Flagicon 16 June – An NSB Class 73 burns up after catching fire in a burning show shed at Hallingskeid Station on Norway's Bergen Line.<ref name=mill>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon 20 June – A-Train commuter rail service begins in northern Texas.<ref name=opening>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon 22 June – Shenzhen Metro's Line 5 opens.
- Template:Flagicon 28 June – Phase 2 of Shenzhen Metro Line 2 connecting Window of the World Station to Xinxiu Station opens for trial runs.
- Template:Flagicon 29 June – The Green Line of the Baku Metro is extended from Azadliq prospekti to Darnagul.
- Template:Flagicon 30 June – Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway opens in China.
July events
- Template:Flagicon 23 July – Wenzhou train collision: At least 39 people are killed when a China Railway High-speed train collides in rear with a preceding stationary train halted by a lightning strike, throwing two coaches off a viaduct close to Wenzhou in Zhejiang province.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
August events
- Template:Flagicon 7 August – West Valley and Mid-Jordan extensions of TRAX open in the Salt Lake City, Utah, area.
- Template:Flagicon 15 August – The Gevingåsen Tunnel on Norway's Nordland Line opens.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon 19 August – The first line of the Jerusalem Light Rail opens to passengers.
- Template:Flagicon 26 August – The Bærum Tunnel and section of track between Lysaker and Sandvika on Norway's Asker Line is taken into use.<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>
- Template:Flagicon 31 August – Opening of Docklands Light Railway extension from Canning Town to the new Stratford International station, taking over the North London Line infrastructure (which closed on 9 December 2006) and linking the Docklands area with domestic and international high-speed services on High Speed 1 and with the 2012 Olympic Games site.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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September events
- 9 September
- Template:Flagicon – in Busan, the Busan–Gimhae Light Rail Transit Line opens for service.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon – In Dubai, the Green Line opens for service.<ref name="emirates247">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon 27 September – Brookhaven Rail Terminal opened on Long Island, New York, a 28-acre facility for bulk commodities
October events
- 8 October
- Template:Flagicon – The Circle MRT line becomes fully operational.
- Template:Flagicon – Paris Métro Line 8 is extended from Template:Stn to Template:Stn.
- Template:Flagicon – Banihal-Qazigund railway tunnel (Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel) a part of its Udhampur – Srinagar – Baramulla rail link project, opened in October 2011, India's longest and Asia's second longest railway tunnel and reduced the distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km. The 10.96 km long railway tunnel, passes through the Pir Panjal Range of middle Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name="TOI">Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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November events
- Template:Flagicon 7 November – A new Template:Convert segment of the Vestfold Line with double track between Barkåker and Tønsberg, including the Jarlsberg Tunnel, is taken into use.<ref name=open>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon 8 November - The new 5000-Series rail cars (5001-5706), built by Bombardier Transportation of Plattsburgh, New York are placed in revenue service on the Chicago Transit Authority elevated-subway rail system.
December events
- Template:Flagicon 11 December – SNCF opens LGV Rhin-Rhône.
- Template:Flagicon 11 December – Sassenheim railway station opens in the Netherlands.
- Template:Flagicon 28 December – Hangzhou Metro opens in China.
Unknown date events
- Template:Flagicon – The aging Hitachi trains in Melbourne are completely phased out.
- Template:Flagicon – China high-speed Rail faces with crisis after train crash. Several executions happen in governments, train speeds are reduced from 350 km/h to 300 km/h and from 250 km/h to 200 km/h. Expansion of high-speed corridors became uncertain, but will see the second boom in next few years.
- Template:Flagicon – JR East phases out 113 series.
Industry awards
Japan
- Awards presented by the Japan Railfan Club
- 2011 Blue Ribbon Award: Keisei Electric Railway AE series Skyliner EMU
- 2011 Laurel Prize: Tokyo Metro 16000 series EMU
North America
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- Awards presented by Railway Age magazine
- 2011 Railroader of the Year: Wick Moorman (NS)<ref name="Railway Age 2011">Template:Cite journal</ref>
- 2011 Regional Railroad of the Year:
- 2011 Short Line Railroad of the Year:
United Kingdom
- 2011: South West Trains<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Deaths
- 15 January – Francesco di Majo, designer of the Pendolino (born 1910).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 4 May – Richard Steinheimer, American railroad photographer, dies (b. 1929).
- 10 July – William D. Middleton, well-known American rail-transport writer (b. 1928).
- 29 July – Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh, chairman of British Rail 1971–1976, dies (b. 1928).
- 20 October – Roger Tallon, designer of the TGV (born 1929).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>