2014 in rail transport

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.
 * 🇺🇸 January 2 – Canadian Pacific Railway announces the sale of 660 mi 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.

March

 * 🇦🇪 March 1 – In Dubai, the Green Line is extended from Dubai Healthcare City to Creek.
 * 🇺🇸 March 23 – A Chicago 'L' train overruns the bumper at O'Hare, injuring 34. See: O'Hare station train crash
 * 🇦🇺 March 27 – Opening of the Dulwich Hill extension of Sydney's Inner West Light Rail.

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.
 * 🇵🇦 April 5 – Opening of the Panama Metro in Panama City, Panama.
 * 🇯🇵 April 21 – An L0 Series maglev train sets the worldwide passenger railway speed record by reaching 603 km/h along the Yamanashi Test Track.
 * 🇳🇿 April 28 – Auckland's first electric trains, the AM class, entered service on the Onehunga Branch. (See Auckland railway electrification.)
 * 🇨🇳 April 29 – Changsha Metro Line 2 opens.

May

 * May 1
 * 🇺🇸 – SunRail's commuter service in Greater Orlando, Florida, started service.
 * 🇲🇾 – Opening of KLIA Ekspres KLIA2 extension line in Sepang.
 * 🇺🇸 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
 * 🇯🇵 May 11 – The section of the Esashi Line between Kikonai and Esashi in Hokkaido Prefecture closes permanently due to ailing patronage.
 * 🇨🇳 May 28 – The Wuhan Metro Line 1 Hankou North extension opens.

June

 * 🇮🇳 June 8 – Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro in India opens on the Versova–Ghatkopar west–east corridor.
 * 🇺🇸 June 14 – Opening of the Green Line light rail service in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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.

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.
 * 🇨🇳 August 16 – Lhasa–Xigazê Railway opens to Xigazê Railway Station (Shigatse) in the Tibet Autonomous Region.

September

 * 🇨🇳 September 17 – Zhuyehai Station on Wuhan Metro's Line 1 opened.
 * 🇦🇺 September 21 – Transperth's Joondalup line is extended from Clarkson to Butler.
 * 🇨🇳 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.
 * 🇺🇸 November 22 – The Bay Area Rapid Transit Coliseum–Oakland International Airport line automated people mover begins service.
 * 🇸🇬 November 23 – North South MRT line 1 km extension opened, of which it is Marina South Pier MRT station.

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.
 * 🇭🇰 December 28 – West Island line opened.