Events
January January 2 – Line M7 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Mecidiyeköy to Yıldız. January 6 – Line M8 of the Istanbul Metro opens between Bostancı and Parseller. January 7 – Line T Third Street of the San Francisco Muni Metro rerouted via the Central Subway to Chinatown station. January 18 – Beijing Subway introduces through service between Line 9 and the Fangshan Line. – Chongqing Rail Transit: Line 9 extends from Xingke Ave to Huashigou and Line 10 extends from Liyuchi to Houbao. January 19 – Mumbai Metro: Line 2 extends from Dahanukarwadi to Andheri West and Line 7 extends from Aarey to Gundavali. January 22 – Line M11 of the Istanbul Metro opens between Kağıthane and Kargo Terminali. January 23 – Metro Express: Service extends from Port Louis Victoria to Place d'Armes and Rèduit branch opens. January 25 – MTA Long Island Rail Road opens shuttle service between Jamaica and Grand Central Madison via the East Side Access.
February February 4 – Changping Line of the Beijing Subway extends from Qinghe railway station to . February 8 – Line 2 of the Shiraz Metro opens between Qahramanan and Imam Hossein. February 10 – Ankeng light rail of the New Taipei Metro opens between Shuangcheng and Shisizhang. February 18 – Mostaganem tramway: Line 1 opens between La Salamandre and Karouba and Line 2 opens between Gare de Mostaganem SNTF and Nouvelle Gare Routière. February 27 – Line 5 of Chongqing Rail Transit extends from to . – Line 2 of the Karaj Metro opens between Golshahr 45-metre and Ayatollah Taleghani. – MTA Long Island Rail Road begins full service to Grand Central Madison via the East Side Access.
March March 1 – Bolshaya Koltsevaya Line of the Moscow Metro extends from Kashirskaya to Nizhegorodskaya and from Elektrozavodskaya to Savyolovskaya. March 10 – Luton DART opens between Luton Airport and Luton Airport Parkway. – R211A cars enter passenger service on the A line of the MTA New York City Subway. March 16 – MRT Putrajaya Line extends from Kampung Batu to Putrajaya Sentral. – Line 2 of the Panama Metro extends via a branch from Corredor Sur to Aeropuerto. March 17 – Line 5 of the Dalian Metro opens between Hutan Xinqu and Houguan. March 18 – Baku-Gabala train route in Azerbaijan was launched. – Tehran Metro: extends from Tarbiat Modares University to Imam Hossein and extends from Meydan-e San'at to Shahid Dadman. – Eastern Kanagawa Rail Link: Tōkyū Shin-Yokohama Line opens between Shin-yokohama and Hiyoshi and Sōtetsu Shin-Yokohama Line extends from Hazawa Yokohama-Kokudai to Shin-yokohama. – switches to a new underground alignment to serve an expanded Ōsaka Station. March 26 – Purple Line of the Namma Metro extends via a disconnected branch from Krishnarajapura to Whitefield (Kadugodi). March 27 – Nanakuma Line of the Fukuoka City Subway extends from Tenjin-Minami to Hakata. – Málaga Metro: Line 1 extends from El Perchel to Atarazanas and Line 2 extends from El Perchel to Guadalmedina. March 31 – Line B of the Rotterdam Metro extends from Hoek van Holland Haven to Hoek van Holland Strand.
April April 1 – Rumoi Main Line closes between Ishikari-Numata and Rumoi. April 7 – Jinyidong Line of the Jinhua Rail Transit extends from Sports Center to Ming & Qing Dynasty Palaces. April 8 – Line M3 of the Istanbul Metro extends from Başakşehir MetroKent to Kayaşehir Merkez. April 11 – Vitoria-Gasteiz tram network extends from Florida to Salburua. April 12 – Line M4 of the Ankara Metro extends from Atatürk Kültür Merkezi to Kızılay. April 13 – Cross-border passenger service begins between Kunming and Vientiane via the Kunming-Yuxi, Yuxi-Mohan, and Boten-Vientiane rail corridors. April 14 – Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern merge to form CPKC.CPKC: April 14 Combo Railway Age March 17, 2023 April 20 – Akçaray tram extends from Plajyolu to Kuruçeşme. April 25 – Circle Line of the Tashkent Metro extends from Qoʻyliq to Kuruvchilar. April 26 – Ankara–Sivas high speed railway opens for commercial operation. April 29 – Line A of the Bordeaux tram network extends via a branch from Quatre Chemins to Aéroport de Bordeaux-Mérignac.
May May 1 – Line 4 of the Tehran Metro extends from Eram-e Sabz to Allameh Ja'fari. May 2 – Line 1 of the Quito Metro opens for partial commercial operation between El Labrador and Quitumbe. May 9 – opens between Shantang and Guanyingang. May 11 – Line 1 of the Quito Metro ends service a week after opening. May 28 – DfT Operator's TransPennine Express takes over the TransPennine contract from FirstGroup.Transpennine Express to be brought into operator of last resort Department for Transport May 11, 2023
June June 1 – TEDA Modern Guided Rail Tram ends service. – Zhangjiang Tram ends service. June 6 – Line 4 of the Changchun Rail Transit extends from Tiangong Road to Tianxin Road. June 7 – Edinburgh Trams extends from St Andrew Square, Edinburgh to Newhaven. June 8 – Lastochka train starts operating passenger services to Abkhazia, linking Sochi and Gagra June 11 – Commercial service opens between Montreux and Interlaken Ost. June 16 – Los Angeles Metro Rail: A Line extends from 7th Street/Metro Center to APU/Citrus College via the Regional Connector, E Line extends from 7th Street/Metro Center to Atlantic via the Regional Connector, and L Line ends service. June 19 – MRT Yellow Line opens between Lat Phrao and Samrong. June 24 – Line 11 of the Suzhou Metro opens between Weiting and Huaqiao. – Line 10 of the Île-de-France tram network opens between La Croix de Berny and Jardin Parisien. June 27 – Xi'an Metro: Line 2 extends from Xi'an Beizhan to Caotan and from Weiqunan to Changninggong and Line 16 opens between Qinchuangyuanzhongxin and Shijingli. June 28 – Xihuan Line, a southern extension of Line 3 of the Changsha Metro, opens between Shantang and Xiangtan North railway station. – Line S4 of the Nanjing Metro opens between Chahe and Chuzhou Railway Station. June 29 – Line 2 of the Lanzhou Metro opens between Yanbai Bridge and Dongfanghong Square. June 30 – Honolulu Skyline opens on the island of Oʻahu between Kualakaʻi and Hālawa.
July July 1 – Seohae Line of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway extends from Sosa to Daegok. – Line 1 of the Hefei Metro extends from Hefei Railway Station to Zhangwa. July 4 – Line 4 of the Milan Metro extends from Dateo to San Babila. July 8 – Angers tramway: Line B opens between Belle-Beille Campus and Monplaisir and Line C opens between Belle-Beille Campus and Angers Roseraie. July 20 – LRTA 13000 class cars enter passenger service on Line 1 of the Manila Light Rail Transit System. July 24 – Line 3 Scarborough of the Toronto Subway ends service. July 26 – Line 2 of the Shaoxing Metro opens from Jinghu Hospital to Tandu. July 31 – First phase of the Réseau express métropolitain opens in Greater Montreal between Brossard and Central Station. – Airport MRT Line of the Taoyuan Metro extends from Huanbei to Laojie River.
August
August 1 – Pune Metro: Purple Line extends from Phugewadi to Civil Court and Aqua Line extends from Garware College to Ruby Hall Clinic. August 7 – Line 3 of the Tampere light rail network extends from Pyynikintori to Santalahti. August 17 – Line D3 of the Moscow Central Diameters opens from Zelenograd-Kryukovo to Ippodrom. August 18 – Red Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail opens between HaKomemiyut and Kiryat Arye and between HaKomemiyut and Petah Tikva. August 26 – Line S2 of Wenzhou Rail Transit opens between Dongshan and Qingdong Road. – Utsunomiya Light Rail opens between Utsunomiya Station East and Haga Takanezawa Industrial Park. August 27 – Fuzhou Metro: Line 4 opens between Fenghuangchi and Difengjiang and Line 5 extends from Ancient Luozhou Town and Fuzhou South Railway Station. August 28 – Jabodebek LRT: Cibubur Line opens between Harjamukti and Dukuh Atas BNI and Bekasi Line opens between Jati Mulya and Dukuh Atas BNI.Jakarta opens 44.5km Jabodebek LRT Tramways & Urban Transit issue 1030 October 2023 page 372 August 30 – Line T5 of the Istanbul Tram extends from Cibali to Eminönü.
September
September 4 – Blue Line of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit opens for limited commercial operation between Mile 2 and Marina. September 6 – Solntsevskaya Line of the Moscow Metro extends from Rasskazovka to Aeroport Vnukovo. September 7 – Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line of the Moscow Metro extends from Seligerskaya to Fiztekh. September 8 – Line 3 of the Zhengzhou Metro extends between Yinggang and Binhe Xincheng Nan. September 9 – Line D4 of the Moscow Central Diameters opens from Zheleznodorozhnaya to Aprelevka. September 15 – El Insurgente commuter rail opens from Zinacantepec to Lerma. September 16 – T Line of the Link light rail system extends from Theater District to St. Joseph. September 17 – Airport Express Line of the Delhi Metro extends from Dwarka Sector 21 to Yashobhoomi Dwarka Sector 25. – Line 1 of the West Midlands Metro extends from The Royal to Wolverhampton. September 18 – Line Z and Line K of the Tren Interoceánico resume freight service. September 21 – Line 1 of the Xi'an Metro extends from Fenghesenlingongyuan to Xianyangxizhan. September 22 – Brightline extends from West Palm Beach to Orlando International Airport. September 25 – Line 3 of the Santiago Metro extends from Los Libertadores to Plaza de Quilicura. September 26 – Guangzhou–Shanwei high-speed railway opens. – Optics Valley Suspended Monorail opens between Jiufengshan and Longquanshan. September 28 – Fuzhou–Xiamen high-speed railway opens. – Shanghai–Nanjing Riverside high-speed railway opens. – Line 10 of the Zhengzhou Metro opens between Zhengzhou railway station and Zhengzhou West railway station. September 29 – Line 3 of the Harbin Metro extends from Taipingqiao to Chinese-baroque Block. – Shenyang Metro: Line 2 extends from Quanyunlu to Taoxianjichang and Line 4 opens between Zhengxinlu and Chuangxinlu.
October October 2 – Jakarta–Bandung high-speed railway opens. October 4 – West Midlands to Manchester section of the High Speed 2 railway cancelled. October 5 – Northern Line of Merseyrail extends from Kirkby to Headbolt Lane. October 9 – Purple Line of the Namma Metro extends from Kengeri to Challaghatta and connects Krishnarajapuram with Baiyappanahalli. October 10 – Tehran Metro: extends from Shahid Sattari to Koushar and extends from Shahid Dadman to Meydan-e Katab. October 13 – Lines 4 and 5 of the Prague tram network extend from Holyně to Slivenec. October 20 – Line B of the Lyon Metro extends from to . October 21 – Jokeri light rail opens between Itäkeskus and Keilaniemi. – Delhi–Meerut Regional Rapid Transit System opens initial section between Sahibabad and Duhai. October 26 – Line 13 of the Qingdao Metro extends from Jinggangshan Road to Jialingjiang West Road. October 28 – Line T4 of the Kayseray opens between Cumhuriyet Meydanı and İzzet Bayraktar Cami. October 29 – Boughezoul–Laghouat railway opens. – L-Line of Milwaukee's The Hop opens for limited commercial operation between Wisconsin Ave and Lakefront.
November
November 4 – Valley Line of Edmonton LRT opens between 102 Street and Mill Woods. November 5 – Line 6 of the Dhaka Metro Rail extends from Agargaon to Motijheel. November 10 – Eastern Line of Thai Railways extends to Sattahip port with two new stations U Taphao and Chuk Samet. November 15 – Line M2 of the Bucharest Metro extends from Berceni to Tudor Arghezi. November 17 – Line 1 of the Navi Mumbai Metro opens from CBD Belapur to Pendhar. November 20 – Transperth's Armadale and Thornlie lines close for the Victoria Park-Canning Level Crossing Removal Project. November 21 – MRT Pink Line opens for limited commercial operation between Nonthaburi Civic Center and Min Buri. November 27 – Line 2 of the Santiago Metro extends from La Cisterna to Hospital El Pino.