Events
January
- January 1
– Elron takes over all domestic passenger train services in Estonia from Edelaraudtee.
– Carl Ice assumes position as CEO of BNSF Railway, replacing the former CEO Matt Rose, who assumed position as Chief Operating Officer.[citation needed]
- January 2 – Canadian Pacific Railway announces the sale of 660 miles (1,060 km) 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.[1][2]
March
- March 23 – A Chicago 'L' train overruns the bumper at O'Hare
, injuring 34.[3][4][5] See: O'Hare station train crash 
March 27 – Opening of the Dulwich Hill extension of Sydney's Inner West Light Rail.[6]
April
April 1 – Formal closure of the Iwaizumi Line in Iwate Prefecture, which had been non-operational since 2010 after a landslide caused a derailment.[7]
April 5 – Opening of the Panama Metro in Panama City, Panama.[citation needed]- April 21 – An L0 Series maglev train sets the worldwide passenger railway speed record by reaching 603 km/h (375 mph) along the Yamanashi Test Track.[8]
April 28 – Auckland's first electric trains, the AM class, entered service on the Onehunga Branch. (See Auckland railway electrification.)[citation needed]
April 29 – Changsha Metro Line 2 opens.[9]
May
- May 1
- – SunRail's commuter service in Greater Orlando, Florida, started service.[10]
– Opening of KLIA Ekspres KLIA2 extension line in Sepang.[11]
- 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[12]
- May 11 – The section of the Esashi Line between Kikonai and Esashi in Hokkaido Prefecture closes permanently due to ailing patronage.[13]
- May 28 – The Wuhan Metro Line 1 Hankou North extension opens.[14]
June
June 8 – Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro in India opens on the Versova–Ghatkopar west–east corridor.[15]- June 14 – Opening of the Green Line light rail service in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota.[16][17]
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.[citation needed]
August
August 13 – A train of the Manila MRT Line 3 gets derailed at Taft Avenue station and overshot to the streets. The incident was caused by human error.[18]- August 16 – Lhasa–Xigazê Railway opens to Xigazê Railway Station (Shigatse) in the Tibet Autonomous Region.[19]
September
- September 17 – Zhuyehai Station on Wuhan Metro's Line 1 opened.[20]
- September 21 – Transperth's Joondalup line is extended from Clarkson to Butler.[21][22][23][24]
- September 23 – Harbin Metro Line 1 opened one infill station serving Museum of Heilongjiang Province.
November
- November 10 – The Fulton Center New York City Subway interchange opened.[citation needed]
- November 22 – The Bay Area Rapid Transit Coliseum–Oakland International Airport line automated people mover begins service.[25][non-primary source needed]
November 23 – North South MRT Line 1 km extension opened, of which it is Marina South Pier MRT station.[26][27]
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.[citation needed]
December 28 – West Island line opened.[citation needed]