2010 in rail transport

• {{Flagicon|South Korea}}February 18 – In Seoul, Line 3 of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is extended from Suseo to Ogeum ({{Convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}}).{{Cite web |title=개요 및 연혁 |trans-title=Overview and History |url=http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/kr/page.do?menuIdx=512 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240205120552/http://www.seoulmetro.co.kr/kr/page.do?menuIdx=512 |archive-date=5 February 2024 |access-date=12 July 2024 |website=seoulmetro.co.kr |language=ko}}

• {{flagicon|Philippines}} March 22 – Operations of the Manila Line 1 is extended from Monumento to Balintawak marking the first station to open on the new North Extension of the line.

• {{flagicon|Singapore}} April 17 – The Circle MRT line Stage 1 and 2 were to be ready for service using the 3 car Alstom train.

• {{flagicon|India}} May 2 – Indian Railways phases out WCG-2 electric locomotives.
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} May 23 – The newly extended East London Line begins full service between West Croydon, Crystal Palace and Dalston Junction, following a preview service from April 27 as far south as New Cross and New Cross Gate.{{cite news|url=http://www.infrasite.nl/news/news_article.php?ID_nieuwsberichten=5578&language=en|title=TfL awards contract to build new East London Railway|date=2006-10-23|publisher=Infrasite.net|accessdate=2006-11-07|archive-date=2018-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180112042623/http://www.infrasite.nl/news/news_article.php?ID_nieuwsberichten=5578&language=en|url-status=dead}}{{cite journal|first=J. E.|last=Connor|title=East London Line Reopens|journal=London Railway Record|number=64|pages=102–8|date=July 2010}}
• {{flagicon|India}} May 28 – Jnaneswari Express train derailment: A train derailment and collision in the Paschim Medinipur district of West Bengal, India, causes the deaths of at least 141 passengers.

• {{flagicon|Germany}} June – First Vectron locomotives completed by Siemens Mobility.
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} June 8 – The first section of the Gautrain is complete, where trains run between Sandton and OR Tambo International Airport, just in time for the FIFA World Cup being held in the country.RailStaff (August 2, 2005), [http://www.railwaypeople.com/rail-news-articles/johannesburg-s-80-km-airport-link-to-be-ready-for-football-world-cup-656.html Johannesburg’s 80 KM Airport Link to be ready for Football World Cup]. Retrieved August 4, 2005.
• {{flagicon|Norway}} June 22 – Bergen Light Rail is opened.
• {{flagicon|United States}} June 25 – The Brown M, V, and W of the New York City Subway make their last rides.

• {{flagicon|China}} July 1 – High-speed trains on the Shanghai–Nanjing line begin running, cutting journey times between the two cities by more than an hour, to just 73 minutes{{cite press release|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/shanghai-nanjing-high-speed-line-opens.html|publisher=Railway Gazette International|title=Shanghai - Nanjing high speed line opens|date=2010-07-07|accessdate=2010-07-08| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100710062543/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/shanghai-nanjing-high-speed-line-opens.html| archivedate= 10 July 2010 | url-status= live}}
• {{flagicon|Japan}} July 17 – Keisei Narita Airport Line begins operations, along with new Skyliner services between Keisei-Ueno and Narita Airport Station using brand new medium-speed AE series express trains, making it the second Japanese mainline to be operated at 160 km/h speed (the first was the Hokuhoku Line).{{Cite web |date=28 May 2010 |title=京成電鉄「成田スカイアクセス」開業にともない7月17日にダイヤ改正を実施 |trans-title=Timetable Revisions to take place on Keisei Railway on 17 July for Opening of the Narita Airport Line |url=https://railf.jp/news/2010/05/28/185000.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203010840/https://railf.jp/news/2010/05/28/185000.html |archive-date=3 February 2023 |access-date=31 January 2024 |website=Japan Railfan Magazine Online |language=ja}}
• {{flagicon|India}} July 20 – Larsen & Toubro are announced as the preferred bidder for construction of the Hyderabad Metro, costing a proposed Rs122 billion and with an expected finish date of 2014.{{cite press release|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/hyderabad-metro-bids-announced.html|publisher=Railway Gazette International|title=Hyderabad metro bids announced|date=2010-07-20|accessdate=2010-07-21}}
• {{flagicon|China}} July 29 – Phase 2 of Wuhan Metro Line 1 connecting Dijiao Station to Huangpulu Station and connecting Zongguan Station to Dongwudadao Station opens.

• {{flagicon|FRA}} August 9 - First day of operation for the Light rail Rhônexpress service linking Lyon city centre and the Airport.{{cite news| url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/urban-rail-news-in-brief-september-2010-1.html|title=Urban rail news in brief September 2010|publisher=Railway Gazette International|date=2010-09-08|accessdate=2010-09-08| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100911093333/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/urban-rail-news-in-brief-september-2010-1.html| archivedate= 11 September 2010 | url-status= live}}
• {{flagicon|EU}} August 11 - The European Commission approves the €1.9bn acquisition of Arriva by German rail company Deutsche Bahn. Arriva's transport operations in Germany are subject to sale to another operator.{{cite news|url=http://www.railjournal.com/newsflash/ec-approves-arriva-takeover.html |title=EC approves Arriva takeover |publisher=Rail Journal |date=2010-08-11 |accessdate=2010-08-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613195754/http://www.railjournal.com/newsflash/ec-approves-arriva-takeover.html |archivedate=2011-06-13 }}
• {{flagicon|Malaysia}} August 12 - Malaysia introduces electrified intercity trains with the opening of KTM Electric Train System from {{rws|Ipoh}} to {{stn|Seremban}}.{{cite news|url=http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/793840|title=怡隆电动火车开跑．公众可提前60天买票|date=2010-08-12|publisher=星洲网|access-date=2018-01-06|archive-date=2018-01-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106120042/http://www.sinchew.com.my/node/793840|url-status=dead}}
• {{flagicon|Thailand}} August 23 - The Suvarnabhumi Airport rail link opens after a four-year delay, connecting Suvarnabhumi Airport with the City Centre.{{cite news|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/lite/topstories/192521/airport-rail-link-begins-full-commercial-operations|title=Airport rail link begins full commercial operations|work=Bangkok Post|date=2010-08-23|accessdate=2010-10-04}}
• {{flagicon|USA}} August 26 - Construction began on the {{convert|23|mi|km|adj=on}} long East Corridor in Denver, connecting the International Airport with Union Station. Construction is scheduled to end sometime in 2015.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2010/08/Denver-RTD-breaks-ground-on-commuter-rail-line-project.aspx|title=Denver RTD breaks ground on commuter rail project|magazine=Metro Magazine|date=2010-08-26|accessdate=2010-09-12}}

• {{flagicon|IRE}} September 3 - Irish Rail trains began serving the town of Dunboyne after a gap of 43 years. Until the M3 Parkway station is built, all services on the Dublin–Navan railway line will terminate here.{{cite journal|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/commuter-trains-return-to-dunboyne.html|title=Commuter trains return to Dunboyne|journal=Railway Gazette International|date=2010-09-03|accessdate=2010-09-08}}
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} September 13 - Refurbishment of Newport railway station, which includes a building consisting mostly of ETFE is completed, in preparation of Newport's hosting of the Ryder Cup Golf tournament. Car parking facilities have yet to be finished.{{cite press release|url=http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/Press-Releases/NEWPORT-S-NEW-STATION-A-NEW-GATEWAY-TO-WALES-1560/SearchCategoryID-7.aspx |title=Newport's New Station: A New Gateway to Wales |publisher=Network Rail |date=2010-09-13 |accessdate=2010-09-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229183116/http://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/Press-Releases/NEWPORT-S-NEW-STATION-A-NEW-GATEWAY-TO-WALES-1560/SearchCategoryID-7.aspx |archivedate=2012-02-29 }}
• {{flagicon|UK}} September 20 - A new Manchester Metrolink station serving the MediaCityUK complex opens, with trams being served via a small spur off the main Eccles Line.{{cite news|url=http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/transport/public_transport/s/1328314_metrolink_trams_pull_in_to_mediacityuk_station_for_first_time|newspaper=Manchester Evening News|title=Metrolink trams pull in to MediaCityUK station for first time|date=2010-09-20|accessdate=2010-09-28| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100923105728/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/transport/public_transport/s/1328314_metrolink_trams_pull_in_to_mediacityuk_station_for_first_time| archivedate= 23 September 2010 | url-status= live}}
• {{flagicon|China}} September 25 – Guangzhou Metro's Line 4 extension connecting Chebeinan to Huangcun opens.

• {{flagicon|USA}} October 4 - New restrooms, a larger waiting area, and the re-installation of air conditioning fans first removed in the 1960s are announced as part of Amtrak's Capital funding project for Chicago Union Station{{cite press release |url=http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=8915 |title=Governor Quinn Highlights Amtrak's $40 Million Capital Investment in Chicago's Union Station |publisher=Illinois.gov |date=2010-10-04 |accessdate=2010-10-07 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006153828/http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=3&RecNum=8915 |archivedate=6 October 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|url=http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/2773154,CST-NWS-station05.article|title=Air conditioning for Union Station|work=Chicago Sun Times|date=2010-10-05|accessdate=2010-10-07}}{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• {{flagicon|EU}} October 7 - Eurostar places a £700m order for 10 new high-speed trains with Siemens, as well as a refurbishment of its current set of trains.{{cite press release|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE69630F20101007?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716130013/http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE69630F20101007?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 16, 2012|title=French angered by Eurostar train deal with Siemens|publisher=Reuters|date=2010-10-07|accessdate=2010-10-07}} The new trains, dubbed as 'e-320' will also be inter-operable, allowing them to run on much of Europe's high-speed network.{{cite press release|url=http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/eurostar_announces_fleet_investment.jsp|title=Eurostar announces £700 million investment in its fleet|publisher=Eurostar|date=2010-10-07|accessdate=2010-10-07|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101011092749/http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/about_eurostar/press_release/eurostar_announces_fleet_investment.jsp|archivedate=2010-10-11|url-status=dead}}
• {{flagicon|USA}} October 7 - Construction of the planned Mass Transit Tunnel running under the Hudson River and leading into Penn Station is cancelled after a thirty-day risk review by New Jersey Transit and Federal Transit Administration officials revealed costs could exceed as much as double its $8.7bn budget.{{cite press release|url=http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2632|title=Governor Announcement regarding ARC Tunnel Project|publisher=NJ Transit|date=2010-10-08|accessdate=2010-10-16| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101011093412/http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2632| archivedate= 11 October 2010 | url-status= live}}
• {{flagicon|Switzerland}} October 15 - 'Breakthrough' is completed in the construction of the Gotthard Base Tunnel ({{convert|57|km|mi|abbr=on}}) after fourteen years of tunnelling.{{cite web|title=Swiss near breakthrough on world's longest tunnel|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11548845|work=BBC News|date=October 15, 2010|accessdate=2010-10-15| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101016045257/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11548845| archivedate= 16 October 2010 | url-status= live}}
• {{flagicon|Canada}} October 22 - The Société de transport de Montréal along with Bombardier and Alstom sign a deal worth $1.2bn meaning that 468 metro cars will replace the MR-63 stock on the Montreal Metro. Design and construction will take place at both Bombardier's and Alstom's factories in Quebec.{{cite press release|url=http://www.stm.info/English/info/comm-10/a-co101022.htm|title=Contract signing for the procurement of Montréal's métro cars. New cars introduced into service starting in 2014|publisher=Société de transport de Montréal|date=2010-10-22|accessdate=2010-10-23| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101113174025/http://www.stm.info/english/info/comm-10/a-co101022.htm| archivedate= 13 November 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite press release|url=http://www.bombardier.com/en/transportation/media-centre/press-releases/details?docID=0901260d8013a8bc|title=The Bombardier-Alstom Consortium Signs a Contract to Build 468 New Metro Cars for Montréal|publisher=Bombardier|date=2010-10-22|accessdate=2010-10-23| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101027072306/http://bombardier.com/en/transportation/media-centre/press-releases/details?docID=0901260d8013a8bc| archivedate= 27 October 2010 | url-status= live}}
• {{flagicon|Philippines}} October 22 – Operations of the Manila Line 1 is extended again from Balintawak Station to Roosevelt Station marking the last station to open on the new three station North Extension of the line with the North Avenue Grand Central Station being put on hold for 8 years.
• {{flagicon|USA}} October 29 - SEPTA's Silverliner V cars in service.{{cite web|url=http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20101030_SEPTA_s_new_railcar_model_makes_inaugural_trip.html|first=Paul|last=Nussbaum|title=SEPTA's new railcar model makes inaugural trip|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=30 October 2010|accessdate=2011-10-31}}

• {{flagicon|South Korea}} November 1 - Construction of phase 2 in building the Seoul–Busan high-speed line is completed, allowing passengers to travel between the two cities in under 2½ hours. The project cost an estimated ₩7 945 billion, with an extra 35,000 passengers per day projected to use this service.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/daegu-busan-high-speed-line-opens.html|title=Daegu - Busan high speed line opens|magazine=Railway Gazette International|date=2010-11-01|accessdate=2010-11-02| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101106185655/http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/daegu-busan-high-speed-line-opens.html| archivedate= 6 November 2010 | url-status= live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.koreaherald.com/business/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101006000826| title=High-speed track completed for Seoul-Busan KTX|newspaper=The Korea Herald|date=2010-10-06|accessdate=2010-11-02| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101104050649/http://www.koreaherald.com/business/Detail.jsp?newsMLId=20101006000826| archivedate= 4 November 2010 | url-status= live}}
• {{flagicon|Italy}} mid-November - Arenaways, the first open-access railway operator in Italy, begins non-stop passenger operations between Milan and Turin, competing with national monopoly operator Trenitalia using TRAXX locomotives leased from Alpha Trains.{{cite web|url=http://www.libero-news.it/articolo.jsp?id=530606 |accessdate=2010-11-19 |title=Ferrovie: Catricala', al momento nessuna notifica da Arenaways |work=Libero-News.it }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-eco/2010/11/15/97002-20101115FILWWW00507-arenaways-1ere-liaison-turin-milan.php|accessdate=2010-11-19|work=Le Figaro|title=Flash Eco : Arenaways: 1ère liaison Turin- Milan|date=15 November 2010 }}{{cite web|url=http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/11/16/1461s605294.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020043603/http://english.cri.cn/6966/2010/11/16/1461s605294.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2012|accessdate=2010-11-19|title=First Private Train Debuts in Northern Italy}}{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/nc/news/single-view/view/italian-open-access-passenger-operator-starts-services.html|accessdate=2010-11-19|work=Railway Gazette|title=Italian open access passenger operator launches}}

• {{flagicon|Japan}} December 4 – The extension of the Tōhoku Shinkansen in Japan from Hachinohe to Shin-Aomori opens.{{cite web|title=東北新幹線 新青森開業等について (Opening of Tōhoku Shinkansen to Shin-Aomori)|publisher=JR East|date=11 May 2010|url=http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2010/20100505.pdf|language=Japanese|accessdate=2010-05-11|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100601062122/http://www.jreast.co.jp/press/2010/20100505.pdf|archivedate=1 June 2010|url-status=live}}
• {{flagicon|China}} December 28 – Phase 1 of Shenzhen Metro Line 2 opens connecting Chiwan to Window of the World.
• {{flagicon|Finland}}{{flagicon|Russia}} December 12 – International high-speed service between Helsinki and Saint-Petersburg opens.

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• {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} – Train travel in Britain during 2010 attained its highest peacetime level since the 1920s, according to the Association of Train Operating Companies. The number of train journeys reached 1.3bn, a figure not seen since 1928. The proportion of people using the train has decreased substantially since then, while the amount of usable rail track has more than halved.{{cite web|title=Rail travel at highest peacetime level since 1928|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12320817|work=BBC News|date=2011-01-31|accessdate=2011-02-02| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110203040758/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12320817| archivedate= 3 February 2011 | url-status= live}}

• {{flagicon|Belgium}} February 15 – The Halle train collision in which a National Railway Company of Belgium local train collides with an inter-city service at Buizingen, killing 19, due to a signal passed at danger and absence of a transmission balise-locomotive system.{{cite journal|title=Eighteen killed in Belgian tragedy|journal=The Railway Magazine|location=London|volume=156|issue=1308|date=April 2020|page=8}}
• {{flagicon|Italy}} April 12 – The Merano train derailment happens when a train derails between Latsch and Kastelbell, near Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28.
• {{flagicon|South Africa}} April 21 – The Pretoria runaway in which a train of carriages runs away for {{convert|12|mi|km|spell=in}} from Centurion Station and derails at Pretoria, South Africa, killing three and seriously injuring seven.
• {{flagicon|China}} May 23 – The Jiangxi train derailment in which a train travelling from Shanghai to Guilin in Jiangxi, China derails, killing at least 19 people.
• {{flagicon|India}} May 28 – The Gyaneshwari Express derailment in the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India. It is disputed as to whether sabotage or a bomb caused damage to the track, which in turn leads to a train derailment before an oncoming goods train hit the loose carriages killing at least 141 passengers.
• {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} June 6 – The Falls of Cruachan derailment occurs on the West Highland Line in Scotland, when a passenger train travelling between Glasgow and Oban derails after a suspected landslide.
• {{flagicon|Republic of the Congo}} June 21 – The Yanga train derailment occurs when a train travelling between Brazzaville and Pointe Noire in the Republic of the Congo is derailed and plunges into a ravine. The death toll will have risen to 76 people and injuries to 745 by June 23.
• {{flagicon|Spain}} June 23 – Thirteen die in the Castelldefels train accident at a level crossing in Castelldefels near Barcelona.
• {{flagicon|Czech Republic}} June 28 – Ústí nad Labem derailment at Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic. The driver is killed and eleven passengers injured.

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; Awards presented by the Japan Railfan Club

• 2010 Blue Ribbon Award: JR East E259 series Narita Express EMU
• 2010 Laurel Prize: Kintetsu 22600 series Ace EMU

;2010 E. H. Harriman Awards

;Awards presented by Railway Age magazine

• 2010 Railroader of the Year: Matthew K. Rose (BNSF){{cite journal|url=http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/norfolk-southern-ceo-wick-moorman-named-railway-age-railroader-of-the-year.html |title=Norfolk Southern CEO Wick Moorman named Railway Age Railroader of the Year |date=December 9, 2010 |journal=Railway Age |accessdate=December 13, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211140902/http://www.railwayage.com/breaking-news/norfolk-southern-ceo-wick-moorman-named-railway-age-railroader-of-the-year.html |archivedate=December 11, 2010 }}
• 2010 Regional Railroad of the Year:
• 2010 Short Line Railroad of the Year:

;Train Operator of the Year:

• 2010: First Great Western

• March 7 – Mac Sebree, well-known American rail-transport writer and publisher (b. 1932).
• June 23 – Michael Cobb, British railway historian, dies (b. 1916).
• August 20 – Charles S. Roberts, American railroad historian, dies (b. 1930).

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