2014 in rail transport

Events

January

• January 1 – Carl Ice assumes position as CEO of BNSF Railway, replacing the former CEO Matt Rose, who assumed position as Chief Operating Officer.
• January 2 – Canadian Pacific Railway announces the sale of of their Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern subsidiary to Genesee & Wyoming, who will operate it as the Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad. The sale, expected to close in mid-2014, includes the mainline from Tracy, Minnesota to Rapid City, South Dakota plus some branch lines.

  March

• March 23 – A Chicago 'L' train overruns the bumper at, injuring 34. See: O'Hare station train crash
• March 27 – Opening of the Dulwich Hill extension of Sydney's Inner West Light Rail.

  April

• April 5 - Opening of the Panama Metro in Panama City, Panama.
• April 28 - Auckland's first electric trains, the AM class, entered service on the Onehunga Branch.
• April 29 - Changsha Metro Line 2 opens.

  May

• May 1
• * – SunRail's commuter service in Greater Orlando, Florida, started service.
• * – Opening of KLIA Ekspres KLIA2 extension line in Sepang.
• May 7 – Reopening of Saint Paul Union Depot in Minnesota to regularly scheduled train traffic. The depot last saw trains on 30 April 1971, the day before Amtrak began operation.
• May 9 – United States Department of Labor commemorates the contributions of Chinese railroad workers who helped build the railroad by adding them to the Labor Hall of Honor
• May 28 - The Wuhan Metro Line 1 Hankou North extension opens.

  June

• June 8 – Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro in India opens on the Versova-Ghatkopar west-east corridor.
• June 14 – Opening of the Green Line light rail service in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota.

  July

• July 26 – The new WMATA Silver Line opens for passenger service in the Washington D.C. area. Construction of the Metro's 6th new rapid transit route included 11.8 miles of new trackway and 5 stations at McLean, Tysons Corner, Greensboro, Spring Hill and Wiehle – Reston East. Silver Line trains operate between Reston, VA and Largo Town Center Station on the Blue Line.

  August

• August 16 - Lhasa–Xigazê Railway opens to Xigazê Railway Station in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

  September

• September 17 - Zhuyehai Station on Wuhan Metro's Line 1 opens.

  November

• November 10 – The Fulton Center New York City Subway interchange opened.
• November 23 – North South MRT Line 1 km extension opened, of which it is Marina South Pier MRT station.

  December

• December 25 - Indian Railways inaugurates the Sushasan Express, connecting Gwalior and Gonda, Uttar Pradesh, in commemoration of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's 91st birthday.
• December 28 – West Island Line opened.