2007 in rail transport
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This article lists events related to rail transport that are currently scheduled to occur in 2007. Please be aware that the actual dates that these events occur on may differ substantially from what is shown here.
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- Image:Flag of the United States.svg - Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority Expo Line to the Santa Monica pier.
- Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg - Scheduled completion of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link (UK).
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg - The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad expects to complete construction on the railroad's expansion into Wyoming's Powder River Basin.
- Image:Flag of Russia (bordered).svg - High speed train service, using newly built ICE trainsets from Siemens, is expected to open between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia.
- Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg - Rail service through the Lötschberg Base Tunnel in the Swiss Alps is expected to begin.<ref>Trains News Wire (April 29 2005). Swiss complete digging Alpine tunnel. Retrieved on May 4, 2005.</ref>
- Image:Flag of France.svg - SNCF is expected to open new high speed train service between Paris and Frankfurt; annual ridership estimates at the time of the service announcement in 2005 are as high as 1.5 million per year.<ref>Trains News Wire (May 24 2005). New high-speed line to link France and Germany. Retrieved on May 25, 2005.</ref>
- Image:Flag of France.svg - SNCF is expected to launch a new TGV Est service from Paris through Luxembourg, southwest Germany and Switzerland using new TGV Duplex (double-decker) equipment built by Alstom.<ref>Alstom (July 26 2005). ALSTOM to supply 28 TGV trainsets and 8 TGV power cars to SNCF worth 550 million euros. Retrieved on July 27, 2005.</ref><ref>Trains NewsWire (July 26 2005). Alstom to supply TGV trainsets and power cars to SNCF. Retrieved on July 27, 2005.</ref>
- Image:Flag of Spain.svg - The Vossloh locomotive plant in Valencia, Spain, is expected to begin assembly of the new EMD Euro 4000 model locomotive designed by Electro-Motive Diesels for sales to European railroads.<ref>Electro-Motive Diesel. Euro 4000. Retrieved on December 1, 2005.</ref>
- Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg - Grand Central Railway, a new rail operator in England, plans to inaugurate passenger services from London to Sunderland and Bradford.
- Image:Flag of India.svg Image:Flag of Bhutan.svg - Construction is expected to begin on a new rail link between India and Bhutan.<ref>Kolkata Newsline (March 6 2006). India, Bhutan to start work for railway linkage by 2007. Retrieved on March 7, 2006.</ref>
- Image:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg - The Lok Ma Chau Spur Line of the KCRC East Rail Line in Hong Kong to connect the existing KCRC East Rail to the Lok Ma Chau border crossing between Hong Kong and China is expected to be completed and opened in 2007.<ref>KCRC. KCRC New Projects. Retrieved on March 20, 2006.</ref>
- Image:Flag of Ireland (bordered).svg - The Spencer Dock station in Dublin City Centre is due to be completed after work commenced 9 March 2006. It will allow an extra 5 million rail journeys per year and relieve congestion at Connolly Station.
- Image:Flag of Spain.svg - High-speed train service is expected to be extended from the current Madrid-Lleida route to Barcelona.
- Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg - Optimistic opinions on the Donetsk Metro construction estimate the first line of the system will open.
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