Английская Википедия:2013 in rail transport

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Events

January

• Шаблон:FlagiconШаблон:Flagicon 18 January – Brand new V250-high speed EMU's taken out of Fyra-service definitely due to poor quality.Шаблон:Cn
• Шаблон:Flagicon 28 January – New Orleans Regional Transit Authority Loyola Avenue Streetcar Line opened.

February

• Шаблон:Flagicon 10 February – opening of Milan Metro Line 5.Шаблон:Cn
• Шаблон:Flagicon 11 February – Manchester Metrolink light rail system East Manchester Line opened to Droylsden.
• Шаблон:Flagicon 24 February – The platforms at Togoshi-kōen Station, on the Tokyu Oimachi Line in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, are extended from three car lengths to five.

March

• Шаблон:Flagicon 16 March – Shibuya Station of Tokyu Toyoko Line move on underground station from ground station, with direct commuter express train start on Motomachi-Chūkagai of Yokohama to Hanno of Seibu Ikebukuro Line, Kawagoeshi of Tobu Tojo Line, via Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line. Tokyu Toyoko Line ends serving Tokyo Metro Hibiya Line trains. However, Hibiya Line trains are still able to run more than Шаблон:Convert for one trip during through-train services.Шаблон:Cn

April

• Шаблон:Flagicon 14 April – Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail Green Line extends service west from downtown Salt Lake City to the Salt Lake City International Airport.
• Шаблон:Flagicon 26 April – RTD's W-Line light rail corridor extends service west from Denver Union Station to Golden. This is the first FasTracks corridor to be completed.

May

• Шаблон:Flagicon 10 May – Norfolk Southern Railway announces the appointment of James A. Squires to become the railroad's new president effective 1 June.
• Шаблон:Flagicon 26 May – National Express' Essex Thameside franchise, c2c expires; extended through 2014.Шаблон:Cn
• Шаблон:Flagicon 27 May – CapeFLYER summer weekend service from Boston, Massachusetts to Cape Cod begun.

July

• Шаблон:Flagicon 1 July – Opening of Hangzhou–Ningbo High-Speed Railway and Nanjing–Hangzhou Passenger Railway.
• Шаблон:Flagicon 6 July – Lac-Mégantic derailment: 47 people are killed in explosions and fire after an unattended train carrying Bakken formation crude oil runs away and derails in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. It becomes the deadliest rail accident in Canadian history since 1864.Шаблон:Cn
• Шаблон:Flagicon 24 July – Santiago de Compostela derailment: 79 people are killed when an Alvia train derails at excessive speed on a curve in Galicia (Spain).Шаблон:Cn

August

• Шаблон:Flagicon 18 August – Utah Transit Authority's TRAX light rail Blue Line extends service further south from Sandy to Draper.

September

• Шаблон:Flagicon 15 September – Xi'an Metro Line 1 opened.
• Шаблон:Flagicon 26 September – Harbin Metro Line 1 opened.

October

• Шаблон:Flagicon 15 October – The Kyushu Railway Company (Japan Railways Group) launches the 'Seven Stars in Kyushu' luxury sleeping car excursion train from Hakata Station with dedicated diesel locomotive haulage.
• Шаблон:Flagicon 29 October – Completion of Marmaray suburban rail project in Istanbul with official opening of its Marmaray Tunnel under the Bosphorus, the first standard gauge rail connection between Europe and Asia.

November

• Шаблон:Flagicon 3 November – Standseilbahn Linth-Limmern funicular opens.

December

• Шаблон:Flagicon 8 December – Utah Transit Authority's S Line (formerly known as Sugar House Streetcar) opens with service from South Salt Lake to the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City.
• Шаблон:Flagicon 22 December – Downtown MRT Line Phase 1 scheduled to open.Шаблон:Cn
• Шаблон:Flagicon 28 December – Opening of high speed Xiamen–Shenzhen Railway in southern China, fully completing the Hangzhou–Fuzhou–Shenzhen High-Speed Railway.
• Шаблон:Flagicon 28 December – Wuhan Metro Line 4 and Suzhou Metro Line 2, including Zhengzhou Metro has been opened.Шаблон:Cn
• Шаблон:Flagicon 29 December – Shanghai Metro Lines 12 and 16 opened.Шаблон:Cn

Deaths

• 28 May – Isabel Benham, American railroad financial expert, dies (b. 1909).
• 23 August – Richard J. Corman, founder and owner of R.J. Corman Railroad Group, dies (b. 1955).

Industry awards

Japan

Awards presented by the Japan Railfan Club

• 2013 Blue Ribbon Award: Tokyo Metro 1000 series EMUШаблон:Cn