2008 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2008. Please be aware that the actual dates that these events occur on may differ substantially from what is shown here.
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[edit] Events
[edit] By month
[edit] January events
[edit] February events
- Image:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg - opening of Santo Domingo Metro.
- Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg - National Express Group changes the name of English railway operating company one to National Express East Anglia as part of a company-wide rebranding exercise.[1]
[edit] March events
- Image:Flag of Japan.svg March 15 - The Osaka Higashi Line is scheduled to open in Osaka, Japan; the opening was originally scheduled for 2006, but it was delayed due to problems acquiring land.
- Image:Flag of England.svg March 27 - Heathrow Terminal 5 station opens in London.
- Image:Flag of India.svg - Kolkata Metro is extended from Tollygunge station to Pranabnagar station.
[edit] April events
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg – FrontRunner, a new commuter rail service, begins running in Utah.
[edit] May events
[edit] September events
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg – Washington County Commuter Rail begins service in Oregon.
[edit] October events
[edit] November events
[edit] December events
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg December - The first section of a new light rail system, part of Valley Metro in Phoenix, Arizona, is scheduled to open.[2][3]
[edit] By season
[edit] Spring events
- Image:Flag of Wales 2.svgImage:Flag of England.svg – Wrexham & Shropshire to begin to run passenger services between London, the West Midlands, Shropshire and east Wales, serving one of the only counties in England without a long-distance rail service.[4]
[edit] Summer events
- Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg - The project to rebuild and upgrade Guiyang Southern Station to more than double its capacity is expected to be completed.[5]
[edit] Unknown date events
- Image:Flag of India.svg - Indian Railways expects to complete the conversion of its electrified section in Mumbai from a 1,500 volt DC system to 25,000 volts AC; this will make the Mumbai section's electrification consistent with the rest of Indian Railways' network.
- Image:Flag of Vietnam.svg - Vietnam expects to complete construction on the Hanoi-Lao Cai railway line upgrade.[6]
- Image:Flag of Israel.svg - The first line of Jerusalem's light rail system is scheduled to begin operations.[7]
- Image:Flag of Russia.svg - The city of St. Petersburg, Russia, will begin construction of a new intercity light railway beginning with a 26.5 km (16 mi) section between Baltiyskaya Zhemchuzhina and the Obukhovo metro station.[8]
- Image:Flag of Afghanistan.svg Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg - Pakistan will begin construction of a major railway line in Afghanistan. An initial 10.5 km stretch of track will be laid from Pakistan border town of Chaman to Spin Boldak in Afghanistan at cost of USD 11.5m. A second phase envisages extending line to Kandahar for eventual connection via the western city of Herat to Khushka in Turkmenistan. The final phase would link 1676mm gauge with Central Asian 1524mm gauge. It is not clear where the break of gauge station(s) will be.[9]
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg – Canadian Pacific Railway expects to close on the purchase of Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad.[10][11][12]
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg – Canadian National Railway expects to close on the purchase of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway.[13][14]
[edit] References
- ^ 'one' Railway to vanish as National Express begins major rebranding exercise Page 9. Railway Herald (2007-11-17). Retrieved on 2007-11-17.
- ^ Associated Press (reprinted by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, February 16 2005), Phoenix begins work on light rail. Retrieved February 16 2005.
- ^ Valley Metro. Construction schedule. Retrieved on 2006-09-20.
- ^ (May 2007) "Setback for new Wrexham service". Railway Magazine 153 (1273): 12.
- ^ CRI Online (December 28 2005), Building of Railway Hub in SW China Started. Retrieved December 29 2005.
- ^ Xinhua (September 25 2005), France to fund Vietnam in upgrading busiest railway route. Retrieved September 27 2005.
- ^ Lefkovits, Etgar; Jerusalem Post (February 8 2006), Jerusalem-TA high-speed railway to be online in 2010. Retrieved February 8 2006.
- ^ "Construction of intercity light railway to begin in St Pete in 2008", ITAR-TASS, 2007-03-06. Retrieved on 2007-03-06.
- ^ Govt considers railway links with central Asia.
- ^ Goldfarb, Jeffrey; Reuters. "CP Rail to Buy DM&E For At Least $1.5 Billion", nytimes.com, 2007-09-05. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
- ^ Investor Fact Sheet (PDF). CP Rail (2007-09-04). Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
- ^ CP Rail (2007-09-04). "Canadian Pacific announces agreement to acquire DM&E Railroad". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
- ^ "CN Railway to buy EJ&E line for $300 million", Reuters, 2007-09-26. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
- ^ Canadian National Railway (2007-09-26). "CN to acquire key operations of Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway for US$300 million". Press release. Retrieved on 2007-09-26.
