2012 in rail transport
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Template:Short description Template:Multiple issues Template:Use dmy dates Template:Sidebar This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 2012.
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Events
January
- Template:Flagicon 9 January – Shenyang Metro Line 2 opened.
- Template:Flagicon 14 January – The Marina Bay Extension of the Circle MRT line in Singapore opens for service.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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February
- Template:Flagicon 4 February – National Express East Anglia's passenger service franchise expires; from the following day services are taken over by Abellio Greater Anglia.
- Template:Flagicon 22 February – Buenos Aires rail disaster: A buffer stop collision at Once railway station kills 51.
March
- Template:Flagicon 3 March – Szczekociny rail crash: A head-on collision in Poland kills 16.
- Template:Flagicon 25 March – The North Shore Connector extension of the Pittsburgh Light Rail system opens.
April
- 1 April
- Template:Flagicon The Towada Kankō Electric Railway Line is abolished, ending 89 years of service between Misawa and Towadashi Stations in Aomori Prefecture.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon The Yashiro Line on the Nagano Electric Railway is abolished in Nagano Prefecture after 89 years of operation.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon 13 April – The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (San Francisco Bay Area) grants the Downtown San Francisco Extension top priority for federal funding. This would extend the Caltrain line Template:Convert from the current terminus at 4th & King (close to AT&T Park) to Downtown San Francisco's Transbay Transit Center and be used by California High-Speed Rail as its terminal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Template:As of the extension does not have a planned completion.
- Template:Flagicon 23 April – Boston's MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line extension to Wickford Junction (MBTA station) opens.
- 28 April
- Template:Flagicon – Open-access operator Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori begins operation of its .italo high-speed trains.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon – The first phase of Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Expo Line opens for service. The line runs from downtown LA to Culver City. The next phase of the project will extend the line to Santa Monica.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
- Template:Flagicon – Suzhou Metro opens.
- Template:Flagicon 30 April – Oakton-Skokie station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Yellow Line opens.
May
- Template:FlagiconTemplate:Flagicon 27 May – GoRail starts operating on Tallinn–Saint Petersburg line after a four-year hiatus.<ref name=gorail>Template:Cite news</ref>
June
- Template:Flagicon 13 June – The Manchester Metrolink light rail system opens the first phase of its Oldham & Rochdale Line over the former Oldham Loop Line to a temporary terminus at Oldham Mumps.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon 15 June – The SacRT light rail Green Line Phase 1 to River District opens. A future extension is planned to extend this line to the Sacramento International Airport but is not expected to be completed until sometime during the 2020s.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon 28 June – Kunming Metro opens.
July
- Template:Flagicon 1 July – Tianjin Metro Line 2 opens.
- Template:Flagicon 28 July – Construction was completed and service commencing on the AirportLink line of the Miami Metrorail, extending service to Miami International Airport via the Miami Intermodal Center<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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August
- Template:Flagicon 27 August – Construction is completed on the north east extension of Calgary Alberta's light rail transit system, the C-Train. The extension has added 2 new stations in northeast Calgary at Martindale and Saddletowne, adding several kilometers of track to the system.
- Template:Flagicon 31 August – Sofia Metro Line 2 begins service.
September
- Template:Flagicon 16 September – Chengdu Metro Line 2 opens.
- Template:Flagicon 22 September – The 2001-opened Portland Streetcar system, in Portland, Oregon, inaugurates service on a second line, the "Central Loop" (or CL Line), serving the central east side.<ref name="track town">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon 28 September – Phase 1 of Chongqing Rail Transit's Line 6, connecting Wulidian to Kangzhuang, opens.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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October
- 1 October
- Template:Flagicon Tianjin Metro Line 3 opens.
- Template:Flagicon The Nikšić–Podgorica railway reopens to passengers after reconstruction and electrification.
- Template:Flagicon 3 October – The UK Department for Transport announces cancellation and rerunning of the InterCity West Coast passenger service franchise bidding process after discovering significant technical flaws in its assessment, reversing an August decision to award it to FirstGroup and following challenges by incumbent operator Virgin Trains.<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref>
- Template:Flagicon 8 October – Seattle's Sounder commuter rail south line extension to South Tacoma and Lakewood opens.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon27 October – In Seoul, Line 7 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is extended from Onsu to Bupyeong-gu Office (Template:Convert).<ref name=":0222">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon 29 October – Dar es Salaam commuter rail service commences.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
November
- Template:Flagicon 24 November – Hangzhou Metro Line 3 opens.
December
- Template:Flagicon 1 December – The Harbin–Dalian High-Speed Railway opens for service.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon 3 December – Dallas Area Rapid Transit opens extensions on two lines: the Orange Line carrying passengers to Belt Line,<ref name="dallasnews.com">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- 10 December
- Template:Flagicon – Opening of West Line of the Calgary C-Train, the system's first new line in 25 years.
- Template:Flagicon – Utah Transit Authority's FrontRunner extends service south from Salt Lake City to Provo.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon 15 December – Automation of Paris Métro Line 1 reaches 100%. This is the second automated line after Line 14.
- Template:Flagicon 16 December – The Manchester Metrolink light rail system extends its Oldham & Rochdale Line to Shaw & Crompton.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- Template:Flagicon 18 December – Paris Métro Line 12 is extended from Porte de la Chapelle to Front Populaire.
- Template:Flagicon 21 December – Inauguration of the reopened Nigerian Railway Corporation's Lagos–Kano railway line in Nigeria, rebuilt by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and Costain West Africa.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Template:Flagicon 26 December – The Beijing-Zhengzhou section of the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway is scheduled to open, completing the HSR connection from Beijing to Guangzhou and Shenzhen.<ref name=xinxi20121121>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=scmp1226>Template:Cite news</ref>
Deaths
- 18 March – Alan Pegler, British railway preservationist, dies (b. 1920).
- 22 July – Ding Guangen, Minister of Railways for China 1985–1988, dies (b. 1929).
- 5 August – Benjamin W. Heineman, president of Chicago and North Western Railway 1956–1972, dies (b. 1914).
- 4 October – Bernard Holden, president of Bluebell Railway, dies (b. 1908).
Industry awards
Japan
- Awards presented by the Japan Railfan Club
- 2012 Blue Ribbon Award: JR East E5 Series Shinkansen EMU
- 2012 Laurel Prize: JR Freight Class HD300-900 hybrid locomotive