2021 in rail transport

Events

January

• January 31 – Milan Metro line M4 opening.
• – Bangkok's Red Line Mass Transit System Project's opening.
• - Possible opening of the Center City Corridor expansion of LYNX streetcar service in Charlotte, North Carolina.

  March

• – Blackpool Tramway extension to Blackpool North railway station expected to be completed.
• – Honolulu Rail Transit is expected to begin limited passenger operations.

  April

• April 1 – The Washington Metro Silver Line is projected to be extended to Ashburn station via Washington Dulles International Airport.
• – Greater Jakarta LRT opening.

  June

• – Planned opening of the Central Subway in San Francisco, after repeated delays.

  July

• – Planned opening of MRT Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line phase 1.

  August

• August 9 – Tampere light rail opening.

  November

• – Serbia's Stara Pazova–Novi Sad railway to start high-speed operation.

  December

• – Planned opening of Green Line Extension to Somerville and Medford, Massachusetts.
• – Planned opening of Vientiane–Boten railway, 160 km/h service.

  Unknown date

• – The third line of Minsk Metro, with automated Stadler trains, is expected to open.
• – Several São Paulo Metro lines opening.
• – The first phase of the Réseau express métropolitain in Montreal is scheduled to open.
• – Yonge–University–Spadina Line is expected to introduce ATC at the full length of line.
• – Expected completion of Edmonton's Valley Line.
• – Due to rapid expansion and lack of commuter train services, the length of Beijing Subway is expected to reach 998,5 km.
• – Odense Letbane opening.
• – upgrading of Ringsted - Fehrman line will speed up services to Germany.
• – Indonesia's Jakarta–Bandung high-speed rail operation start.
• – Expected opening of Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail.
• – Amsterdam metro to introduce 24-hour operation during weekends.
• – Riyadh Metro to reach its peak length of 176 km.
• – Moscow Central Circle is claimed to start driverless operation.
• – Grand Central's Euston to Blackpool service scheduled to commence.
• – Northern line extension to Battersea.
• – Barking Riverside railway station and approach to it to be completed.
• – Las Vegas Monorail is expected to extend service to a station at Mandalay Bay Casino.
• – Seattle's Northgate Link extension is scheduled to open.
• – OC Streetcar is expected to begin service in Orange County, California.
• – The Mid-Coast Trolley extension is expected to begin service in San Diego, California.
• – Caltrain service in California is expected to be extended to Salinas.
• Summer – Avelia Liberty trains are expected to be introduced, replacing Acela Express trains along the Northeast Corridor.
• – Earliest year stated in which commuter rail service is to be restored along the Lackawanna Cut-Off in New Jersey.
• - Expected opening of the Tempe Streetcar in the Phoenix, Arizona area.
• – Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Crenshaw/LAX Line expected to open after several delays.
• - Tri-Rail Downtown Miami Link is expected to open.