UrbanRail.Net - News 2004

Robert Schwandl's new book:
Metros in Scandinavia

Latest additions to UrbanRail.Net

Robert Schwandl's

BERLIN S-BAHN ALBUM

29 Oct - Australia section discontinued

15 Sept - Den Haag (The Hague) added

31 Aug - Linz (Austria) added

27 July - Belgrade light metro project added

24 Jan 2004 - Name Change from metroPlanet to UrbanRail.Net

Metros now operating

 

Berlin U-Bahn Album

Robert Schwandl's

BERLIN U-BAHN ALBUM

Evoution of NYC Subways

Gene Sansone, Clifton Hood:
Evolution of New York City Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, 1867-1997

Tokyo Subway Guide

Boye De Mente, Atsushi Umeda:
The Pocket Tokyo Subway Guide

Metros in Spain

Robert Schwandl's
Metros in Spain

17 Jan -- Cairo -- Line 2 Giza Suburbs - Moneib

8 Jan -- Bilbao -- Line 2 Urbinaga - Sestao and Bolueta - Extebarri

8 Jan -- Copenhagen -- S-tog Ringline Flintholm - Danshøj - Ny Ellebjerg

28 Dec -- Shenzhen -- Line 1 & Line 4 (except Huanggang station)

28 Dec -- Shanghai -- Line 1 Shanghai Railway Station - Gong Fu Xin Cun

22 Dec -- Santiago -- Line 2 Lo Ovalle - La Cisterna (2.3km)

21 Dec -- Hong Kong -- Ma On Shan Rail (MOS) Tai Wai - Wu Kai Sha (11.4 km)

19 Dec -- Delhi -- Line 2 Vishwa Vidyalaya (Delhi University) - Kashmere Gate

18 Dec -- Washington -- Blue Line Addison Rd - Largo Town Center (5km)

12 Dec -- Milan -- Passante Dateo - Porta Vittoria

04 Dec -- Nürnberg -- U1 Stadthalle - Klinikum

01 Dec -- Tokyo -- Tokyo Monorail Haneda Airport - Terminal 2

26 Nov -- Kyoto -- Tozai Line Daigo - Rokujizo

20 Nov -- Washington -- Red Line New York Avenue station

31 Oct -- Munich -- U1 Georg-Brauchle-Ring - OEZ

29 Oct -- Manila -- Purple Line (2) Legarda - Recto

24 Oct -- Hong Kong -- KCRC East Rail Hung Hom - Tsim Sha Tsui

14 Oct -- Kyiv -- Line 3 Dorohozhychi - Syrets'

06 Oct -- Nagoya -- Meijo Line Nagoya Daigaku - Aratama-Bashi (5.1km)

29 Sept -- Taipei -- Xindian Line - branch Qizhang - Xiaobitan

28 Sept -- Wuhan -- Line 1

22 Sept -- Valencia -- Line 5 Torrent - Torrent Avinguda (2.3km)

8 Sept -- Santiago -- Line 2 Cal y Canto - Cerro Blanco

21 Aug -- Kharkiv -- Oleksiivs'ka Naukova - 23 Serpnia

9 Aug -- Athens -- Line 2 Sepolia - Aghios Antonios

6 Aug -- Athens -- Line 1 Neratziotissa station added

28 July -- Athens -- Line 3 Ethinki Amyna - Doukissis Plakentias

15 July -- Las Vegas -- Monorail MGM Grand - Sahara

3 July -- Bangkok -- Blue Line Bang Sue - Hua Lampong

26 June -- Prague -- Line C Nadrazi Holesovice - Ladvi (4km)

26 June -- St. Petersburg -- Line 1 Lesnaya - Pl. Muzhestva reopening

7 June -- Porto -- Blue Line Trindade - Estádio do Dragăo (5 underground stations)

5 June -- Athens -- Line 2 Dafni - Alexandros Panagoulis

19 May -- Brasília -- Concessionárias station

15 May -- Lisbon -- Blue Line Pontinha - Amadora Este

28 April -- Gwangju -- Line 1 Sangmu - Nokdong (11km)

5 April -- Manila -- LRT 2 - Cubao - Legarda (4.2km)

31 March -- Santiago -- Line 5 Santa Ana - Quinta Normal (2km)

31 March -- Delhi -- Line 1 Inder Lok - Rithala (8.9km)

27 March -- Lisbon -- Yellow Line Campo Grande - Odivelas (5km)

1 Feb -- Yokohama -- Minatomirai Line (4.1km)

26 Jan -- Chennai -- Tirumailai - Thiruvanmiyur (7km)

24 Jan -- Copenhagen -- Flintholm station finished (incl. S-Tog)

2003

27 Dec -- Beijing -- Line 1 Batong Line extension Sihuidong - Tuqiao

27 Dec -- Moscow -- Butovo Light Metro

20 Dec -- Hong Kong -- KCR West Rail Nam Cheong - Tuen Mun

20 Dec -- Warsaw -- Line 1 Ratusz - Dworzec Gdanski

20 Dec -- Toulouse -- Line A Jolimont - Balma Gramont

16 Dec -- Paris -- Line 14 Madeleine – St-Lazare

16 Dec -- Hong Kong -- Tung Chung Line Nam Cheong added

14 Dec -- Barcelona -- L11 Light Metro Trinitat Nova - Can Cuiàs

13 Dec -- Nagoya -- Line 4 Sunadabashi - Nagoya Daigaku

8 Dec -- Milan -- M3 Zara - Maciachini

25 Nov -- Shanghai -- Line 5 (Xinmin Line) starts trial operation

23 Nov -- New York -- PATH service fully restored to World Trade Center

21 Nov -- Vancouver -- Lake City Way station added

18 Oct -- Munich -- U1 Westfriedhof - Georg-Brauchle-Ring

12 Oct -- Copenhagen -- Frederiksberg - Vanløse

3 Oct -- Delhi -- Line 1 Tis Hazari - Trinagar (4.5km)

15 Sept -- Brussels -- Line 1B Bizet - Erasme

3 Sept -- Seoul -- K2 Bundang Line Suseo - Seonneung (6.6km)

31 Aug -- Kuala Lumpur -- Monorail Titiwangsa - Tun Sambanthan

20 Aug -- Oslo -- Ullevål Stadion- Storo (Ring Line)

10 Aug -- Naha -- Yui Rail Monorail Line

9 Aug -- Buenos Aires -- Line B Federico Lacroze - Los Incas

7 Aug -- Genoa -- Principe - San Giorgio

4 Aug -- Barcelona -- El Maresme|Fòrum station added on L4

26 July -- Los Angeles -- Gold Line Union Station - Pasadena

5 July -- Naples -- Line 1 Materdei station added

28 June -- Guangzhou -- Line 2 Xiaogang--Pazhou

23 June -- Saint Louis -- College - Shiloh-Scott

23 June -- Rome -- Line B Quintiliani station added

22 June -- San Francisco - BART to SF Airport and Millbrae

20 June -- Singapore -- North East Line and Sengkang LRT

Totally new line, fully underground and fully automatic!

11 June -- Monterrey - Line 1 San Bernabé - Talleres

30 May -- Miami -- Okeechobee - Palmetto

29 May -- Copenhagen -- Nørreport - Frederiksberg

24 May -- Kyiv -- Sviatoshyn - Akademmistechko

Western extension of Kyiv's first metro line, 3.2km, 2 stations

6 May -- Moscow -- Line 3 Kievskaya - Park Pobedy

30 April -- Valencia -- Line 5 Alameda - Ayora

22 April -- Athens -- Line 3 Syntagma - Monastiraki

20 April -- Sofia -- Line 1 Slivnitsa - Obelya

11 April -- Madrid -- L-10 Col. Jardín - Pta del Sur and L-12 Metrosur

The 41 km underground ring line with 28 stations + the 8 km extension of L-10 represent the completion of this year's most ambitious metro project around the world.

5 April -- Manila -- LRT2 Santolan - Cubao (4.3km)

19 March -- Tokyo -- Hanzomon Line Suitengumae - Oshiage

28 Jan -- Beijing -- Line 13 (City Rail) eastern section Huoying - Dongzhimen

20 Jan -- Singapore -- SengKang LRT - East Loop

18 Jan -- Lima -- Line 1 commercial service start

30 Dec -- Yekaterinburg -- Ploshchad' 1905 goda - Geologicheskaya

29 Dec -- Guangzhou -- Line 2 Sanyuanli -- Xiaogang

27 Dec -- Samara -- Gagarinskaya - Moskovskaya

26 Dec -- Recife -- Rodoviária - Camaragibe

26 Dec -- Moscow -- Annino - Bul'var Dmitriya Donskogo on Serpukhovo-Timiryazevskaya (Line 9)

25 Dec -- Delhi -- Line 1 Shahdara - Tis-Hazari

First 8.3km section of the world's youngest metro system

For more metro lines or sections opened in 2002 click here!

 

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