Events
- 14 January – The Marina Bay Extension of the Circle MRT Line opens for service.
- 4 February – National Express's East Anglia franchise expires
- 22 February – Rail accident in Buenos Aires's Once railway station. 51 people are killed.
- 3 March – Head-on collision in Poland. 16 people are killed.
- 25 March – The north shore connector extension of the Pittsburgh Light Rail system opens
- 23 April – Boston's MBTA Commuter Rail Providence/Stoughton Line extension to Wickford Junction (MBTA station) opens
- 28 April – The first phase of Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Expo Line opens for service. The line runs from downtown LA to Culver City. The next phase of the project will extend the line to Santa Monica.
- 30 April - Oakton-Skokie station on the Chicago Transit Authority's Yellow Line opens
- 27 May – GoRail starts operating on Tallinn–Saint Petersburg line after a four-year hiatus.
- 22 July – Construction is expected to be completed and service commencing on the AirportLink line of the Miami Metrorail, extending service to Miami International Airport via Miami Central Station
- – August 27 - Construction is completed on the north east extension of Calgary Alberta's light rail transit system, the C-Train. The extension has added 2 new stations in northeast Calgary at Martindale and Saddletowne, adding several kilometers of track to the system.
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