The following are events related to rail transportation in the United States that happened in 2018.
Events
editJanuary
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January 13 – Opening of Phase 1 (South Florida) portion of Brightline higher-speed rail in Florida.[1]
January 19 – The first train of Bay Area Rapid Transit's Fleet of the Future enters revenue service.[2]
February
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February 5 - Romeoville station opens on the Metra Heritage Corridor line. [3]
March
edit- March 13 – Citing infrastructure age and maintenance, Broadmoor, the operator of the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, announces that the railway would remain closed for 2018; it is subsequently expected to reopen in 2021 after reconstruction.[4][5]
March 16– Opening of the Lynx Blue Line Extension in Charlotte, North Carolina.[6]- March 21– Florida-based Kirby Family Farm purchases some railroad cars from the now-defunct Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Corporation.
May
edit- May 14 – Burbank Airport–North station opened in Burbank, California, providing additional Metrolink connections to the Hollywood Burbank Airport.
- May 21– GE announces the sale of its railroad manufacturing division GE Transportation to Wabtec.
- May 26 – Opening of Bay Area Rapid Transit's eBART line.[7]
June
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June 16 – Opening of the Hartford Line, a commuter rail line between New Haven, Connecticut and Springfield, Massachusetts via Hartford, Connecticut.[8]
July
edit- July 30 – Opening of SunRail Phase 2 South extension to Poinciana, Florida.[9]
November
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November 2 – Opening of The Hop (Milwaukee Streetcar).[10]
November 9 – Opening of the El Paso Streetcar.[11]- November 16
Opening of the Delmar Loop Trolley in St. Louis and University City, Missouri.[12]- Brightline announced it would be rebranding as Virgin Trains USA, with the Virgin Group taking a minority shareholding.[13][14]
December
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December 14 – Opening of the Oklahoma City Streetcar in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.[15]- December 31 – TEXRail carries officials and partners for its maiden preview service.[16]
References
edit- ↑ Brightline begins passenger operations International Railway Journal January 15, 2018
- ↑ Hollyfield, Amy (2018-01-19). "BART's Fleet of the Future put into service today". ABC7 San Francisco. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
- ↑ "Romeoville Metra station opens – Bugle Newspapers". buglenewspapers.com. Retrieved 2018-02-24.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ Morrison, Holly (March 13, 2018). "Pikes Peak Cog Railway to remain closed for remainder of 2018". News 13. Archived from the original on June 12, 2019. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- ↑ Falcone, Bob (March 16, 2018). "Cog Railway closure could impact recreation on Pikes Peak". Colorado Springs Independent. Archived from the original on June 28, 2018. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Charlotte announces opening date for light rail expansion". The News & Observer. 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 10 January 2018. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ↑ "East Contra Costa BART Extension (eBART)". BART. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
- ↑ "CTrail Hartford Line Rail Service Scheduled to Launch June 16; Commemorative Inaugural Event to be Held Friday, June 15" (Press release). Connecticut Department of Transportation. April 17, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
- ↑ Spear, Kevin (30 July 2018). "First SunRail trains from Osceola County please commuters". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 30 July 2018.
- ↑ Nelson, James B. (November 13, 2018). "Grand opening of The Hop, the new Milwaukee streetcar, attracted 16,409 riders". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
- ↑ "El Paso streetcars make their return after 45-year absence". El Paso Times. November 9, 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
- ↑ "Loop Trolley opens to public, is unable to operate in Delmar Loop". KMOV. November 16, 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-17.
- ↑ Branson, Richard (16 November 2018). "Introducing Virgin Trains USA". Virgin. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
- ↑ Virgin Trains USA formed by Virgin Group and Brightline Archived 2018-11-16 at the Wayback Machine Railway Gazette International November 16, 2018
- ↑ Crum, William (1 October 2018). "OK: Weekend-Long Celebration to Mark Oklahoma City Streetcar Debut". McClatchy. Mass Transit Magazine. Archived from the original on 3 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ Leszcynski, Ray (31 December 2018). "Tarrant County's TEXRail makes maiden voyage to DFW Airport". Dallas News. Retrieved 4 January 2019.