Английская Википедия:2020 in rail transport

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Passenger rail ridership plummeted worldwide amid the COVID-19 pandemic; many services were reduced in frequency or discontinued outright. Шаблон:TOC right

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Workers disinfect a Tehran Metro carriage against COVID-19, February 2020

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Social distancing on the New York City Subway, May 2020

Events

January

• Шаблон:Flagicon January 5 – The Carlingford Line in Sydney was permanently closed after 132 years of service for conversion to light rail.
• January 10
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – The chords connecting Changsha–Zhuzhou–Xiangtan intercity railway and Shimen–Changsha railway opened.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Metro Express (Mauritius) is commercially opened, being the first tram system in the island state of Indian Ocean.
• Шаблон:Flagicon January 20 – Northern section of Shijiazhuang Metro Line 3 opened.
• Шаблон:Flagicon January 26 – SEPTA temporarily discontinues the Girard Avenue Trolley in Philadelphia for a period of at least 18 months due to rolling stock maintenance issues as well as track repairs and highway expansion.
• Шаблон:Flagicon January 28 – Nagpur Metro's Aqua Line began service.
• Шаблон:Flagicon January 29 – NZR V class steam locomotive no. 127 (built in Manchester, England, 1885) is recovered from the Ōreti River in New Zealand by the Lumsden Heritage Trust.
• January 31
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Thomson–East Coast MRT Line Stage 1 opened.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Opening of Taipei Metro Circular Line (First Section).

February

• Шаблон:Flagicon February 6 – Livraga derailment: A Frecciarossa train derails at speed at Ospedaletto Lodigiano on the Milan–Bologna line, killing two drivers and injuring 31 passengers.
• Шаблон:Flagicon February 14 – Tuen Ma Line Phase 1 opened.
• Шаблон:Flagicon February 20 – Wallan derailment: An XPT derailed while passing a turnout near Wallan, Victoria. There were 2 fatalities and 39 injuries, 3 of which were serious injuries.
• Шаблон:Flagicon February 29 – Luxembourg introduces free travel on internal public transport, including 2nd class on Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Luxembourgeois rail services.

March

• March 1
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – 700 Series Shinkansen retired from the Tokaido Shinkansen.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Northern Trains, a publicly owned operator of last resort, takes over the Northern passenger train operating franchise in England from Arriva Rail North.
• Шаблон:Flagicon March 5 – 2020 Ingenheim derailment.
• Шаблон:Flagicon March 13 – last day of operations for Super View Odoriko services. JR East phasing out the 251 series.Шаблон:Citation needed
• March 14
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Takanawa Gateway Station in Tokyo commences operation on the Yamanote and Keihin Tohoku Lines.Шаблон:Citation needed
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – JR East begins Saphir Odoriko limited express services between Tokyo or Shinjuku and Izukyū Shimoda Station, using the new E261 series.Шаблон:Citation needed
• Шаблон:Flagicon March 22 – Manchester Metrolink Trafford Park Line opened.
• March 27
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – the northern section of the Nekrasovskaya line of the Moscow Metro opened, with 6 new stations.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – 2020 New York City Subway fire.
• Шаблон:Flagicon March 30 – Train T179 from Ji'nan to Guangzhou derailed in Chenzhou, Hunan after hitting a landslide rubble, causing 1 person dead and 127 persons injured.

April

• Шаблон:Flagicon April 3 – CBD and South East Light Rail Kingsford branch opened.
• Шаблон:Flagicon April 23 – Hangzhou Metro Line 16 and two extensions of Line 5 (Jinxing to Liangmulu, Shanxian to Guniangqiao) opened.
• Шаблон:Flagicon April 29 – First phase of Shenyang Metro Line 10 opened.

May

• Шаблон:Flagicon May 8 – Aurangabad railway accident.
• Шаблон:Flagicon May 22 – Hooghalen train crash.
• Шаблон:Flagicon – Agreement to operate steam locomotives from Wolsztyn expires – it was the final mainline passenger steam locomotive service left in the world.

June

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Masked dignitaries cut a ribbon to officially open the BART Berryessa/North San José station in San Jose, California, June 12, 2020.

• Шаблон:Flagicon June 13 – The Berryessa segment of the Silicon Valley BART extension is opened to the public.
• June 28
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Hefei – Hangzhou segment of the Shangqiu–Hangzhou high-speed railway opened to passenger services.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Line 3 and Line 5 of Changsha Metro opened to the public.
• June 30
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Tongmi line service and the western extension of Sub-Central line service of Beijing Suburban Railway began operation.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Chifeng–Harqin Zuoyi high-speed railway and the Golmud–Korla railway Qinghai section began operation.

July

• July 1
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Shanghai–Suzhou–Nantong railway began passenger and freight services.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – N700S trains began operation on the Tokaido and Sanyo Shinkansen lines.Шаблон:Citation needed

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N700S Shinkansen trainset at Musashi-Kosugi Station, July 2020

• Шаблон:Flagicon July 7 – Three new stations open on the Athens Metro.
• Шаблон:Flagicon July 8 – Anshun–Liupanshui intercity railway opened to passenger services.
• Шаблон:Flagicon July 7, July 15 – 2 train crashes with fatalities in one week.
• Шаблон:Flagicon July 31 – Soure train crash.

August

• Шаблон:FlagiconШаблон:Flagicon August 12 – Stonehaven derailment.
• August 18
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Line 6 and Line 10 of the Shenzhen Metro opened.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Phase 1 of Zhuji intercity railway (Шаблон:Stl to Шаблон:Stl section) opened.
• Шаблон:Flagicon August 19 – Carnate derailment.
• August 26
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Line 2 of the Shijiazhuang Metro opened.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Line 3 of the Sofia Metro opened.
  • Шаблон:FlagiconШаблон:Flagicon – Llangennech derailment.
• Шаблон:Flagicon August 29 – Two new stations of the Tashkent Metro open.
• Шаблон:Flagicon August 30 – The first section of the Circle line of the Tashkent Metro officially opens.

September

• Шаблон:Flagicon September 4 – Official opening of Ceneri Base Tunnel; further testing and certifications continue before full operations start in December.
• Шаблон:Flagicon September 12 – Line 3 in the Guadalajara light rail system opened.
• Шаблон:Flagicon September 15 – Line M5 of the Bucharest Metro opened.
• Шаблон:Flagicon September 16 – Two stations of Federal District Metro open, 106 Sul Cine Brasília and 110 Sul.
• September 22
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – N Line commuter rail in Denver, Colorado opened.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Transport Secretary, Grant Shapps, announces that DfT is abolishing Passenger Rail Franchising.
• Шаблон:Flagicon September 23 – Line 4 and Line 6 (Phase 2) of the Kunming Metro opened.
• September 27
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Line 18 of Chengdu Metro (Шаблон:Stl to Шаблон:Stl section) opened.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – The remaining section of Line 3 (Yinfeng line) of Ningbo Rail Transit opened.

October

• Шаблон:Flagicon October 1 – Line 2 of the Hohhot Metro opened.
• Шаблон:Flagicon October 5 – Amtrak begins reducing frequencies on most long-distance routes from daily to tri-weekly.
• Шаблон:Flagicon October 25 – The first line of the Lahore Metro, the Orange Line, opened for revenue service. It is the first metro system in the country.
• Шаблон:Flagicon October 26 – Berlin Brandenburg Airport railway station opens to passengers.
• Шаблон:Flagicon October 27 – The Madrid–Galicia high-speed rail line is opened to passengers between Zamora and Pedralba de la Pradería (110 km).
• October 28
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – The Shenzhen Metro opens the east extension of Line 2, the southern extension of Line 3, the northern extension of Line 4 and the Phase 1 of Line 8.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – The Wuxi Metro opens the Line 3 (Sumiao–Shuofang Airport segment).
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Opening of the Istanbul Metro Line M7.

November

• Шаблон:Flagicon November 2 – De Akkers metro station crash: an empty metro train on the Rotterdam Metro crashed through the buffer stop at De Akkers metro station in the city of Spijkenisse, the Netherlands. The lead car of the train came to rest partially on the sculpture of a whale's tale erected in front of the station, preventing the train from falling to the street below.
• Шаблон:Flagicon November 7 – The Zelenaluzhskaya line of the Minsk Metro opens, with automated Stadler trains.
• Шаблон:Flagicon November 15 – Danhai light rail extension to Tamsui Fisherman's Wharf.

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Taichung Metro Green Line testing, September 2020

• Шаблон:Flagicon November 16 – Taichung Metro Green Line opens, though service is temporarily shut down on November 22 due to faulty couplers.
• Шаблон:Flagicon November 23 – The Nanning Metro opened extension segment of Line 2 and Line 4.
• Шаблон:Flagicon November 26 – Opening of the northern extension of Line 8 of Guangzhou Metro.
• Шаблон:Flagicon November 28 – The Xuzhou Metro opens Line 2.
• Шаблон:Flagicon November 30 – The Guangdong Intercity Railway opens Guangzhou–Qingyuan intercity railway (Huadu–Qingcheng segment) and Guangzhou–Foshan circular intercity railway (Huadu–Baiyun Airport North segment).
• Шаблон:Flagicon November – The Wales & Borders franchise introduces the Class 769 Flex multiple unit into passenger service, the first tri-mode to operate in the UK.

December

• Шаблон:Flagicon December 1 – The Yanqing Branch of Beijing–Zhangjiakou intercity railway begins operation, the Badaling–Yanqing segment of Beijing Suburban Railway Line S2 resumed its operation.
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 4 – U5 and U55 lines of Berlin U-Bahn merge with three new stations opening.
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 11 – The southern segment of Lianyungang–Zhenjiang high-speed railway begins operation.Шаблон:Citation needed
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 12 – The Taiyuan–Jiaozuo high-speed railway begins operation.Шаблон:Citation needed

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Two Lund tramway CAF Urbos 3 vehicles on the first day of traffic in Lund, 13 December 2020.

• Шаблон:Flagicon December 13 – Lund tramway opened.
• December 14
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – First segment of the Grand Paris Express opened, as Paris Métro Line 14 is extended to Saint-Ouen.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Open-access operators able to start passenger operations in Spain.
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 16 – Gold Line (Bangkok) opened.
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 18 – Chengdu Metro opens Line 6, Line 8, Line 9, Line 17 and the extension of Line 18.Шаблон:Citation needed
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 21 – E235 series trains enter service on the Sōbu Rapid and Yokosuka Lines.
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 22 – The Hefei–Anqing segment of Hefei–Jiujiang high-speed railway begins operation.Шаблон:Citation needed
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 23 – The Ningbo Rail Transit opens Line 4.Шаблон:Citation needed
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 24 – The Qingdao Metro opens Line 1 and Line 8.Шаблон:Citation needed
• December 26
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Shanghai Metro Line 10 (Phase 2) and the first section of Line 18, Taiyuan Metro Line 2, Nanchang Metro Line 3, Zhengzhou Metro Line 3 and Line 4, Hefei Metro Line 5 opens.Шаблон:Citation needed
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Wuzhong to Xi'an North segment of Yinchuan–Xi'an high-speed railway, Fuzhou–Pingtan railway and Wuhan–Xiantao intercity railway begins operation.
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 27 – The southern segment of Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway, and the southern extension of Fuzhou Metro Line 1 begin operation.Шаблон:Citation needed
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 28 – The Xi'an Metro opens Line 5, Line 6, Line 9; The extension of Guangzhou Huangpu Tram Line 1 began operation.Шаблон:Citation needed
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 29 - The Flinders line in South Australia begins operation, having been extended from Tonsley.Шаблон:Citation needed
• Шаблон:Flagicon December 30 – The Dali–Lincang railway begins operation, the Hangzhou Metro opened the Line 1 extension to Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, Line 6 and Line 7.
• December 31
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Elektrozavodskaya (Bolshaya Koltsevaya line) in Moscow opens as a one-station extension of Nekrasovskaya line.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – The Deux-Montagnes line closes to be converted from commuter rail to light metro as part of the Reseau express metropolitain network.
  • Шаблон:Flagicon – Deadline for mainline American railroads to implement positive train control systems on their networks.

Industry awards

Japan

Awards presented by Japan Railfan Club

• 2020 Blue Ribbon Award: Seibu Railway 001 series Laview
• 2020 Laurel Prize: JR Shikoku 2700 Series

North America

Awards presented by Railway Age magazine

• 2020 Railroader of the Year: Patrick J. Ottensmeyer (KCS)

Deaths

October

• October 18 – Alan S. Boyd, First United States Secretary of Transportation (1967–1969) and later President of Amtrak until 1982 (born 1922).