May 16 – The 43.5 kilometres (27.0 mi) stretch of railway between
Murska Sobota, Slovenia, and
Zalalövő, Hungary, is opened, in part following the route originally opened in 1907 and dismantled in 1968.
May 26 –
SNCF sets a new speed record in France when
TGV train number 531 travels the 1,067.2 km (663.1 mi) between
Calais and
Marseilles in 3 hours and 29 minutes at an average speed of 317.46 km/h (197.26 mph).
July 1 –
Elipsos – a
joint-venture company established by the Spanish and French rail companies
SNCF and
Renfe to run night-time passenger connections from Spain to France, Switzerland, and Italy – begins operations.
August 31 – 66% interest in
Eesti Raudtee, the state railway of
Estonia, is sold to a private holding company with international investors "Baltic Rail Services".[7]
August 19 – The Udarata Menike express passenger service from
Kurunegala to
Alawwa, Sri Lanka, derails on newly installed track, killing 15 passengers in what has come to be known as the
Kurunegala train crash.
October 31 – A broken rail on the
SNCF in France derails a
TGV train travelling at 130 km/h (80.8 mph), but only six minor injuries result.
December 23 – An incorrect brake application on a
CSX local train that had stopped to perform switching at
Kodak Park (
Charlotte, New York) causes the train to run away and derail five miles (8 km) later, destroying homes and businesses in the area.
^"企業情報" [Company Information]. twr.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from
the original on November 30, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
^Terada, Hirokazu (January 19, 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 56.
ISBN978-4-7770-1336-4.
^"累積赤字1千億円超、地下鉄海岸線 開業20年、一度も黒字なし 神戸の下町、活性化遠く" [Cumulative Deficit of the Kaigan Line reaches 100 Billion Yen 20 Years Since Opening]. Kobe Shimbun Online (in Japanese). July 27, 2021. Archived from
the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
May 16 – The 43.5 kilometres (27.0 mi) stretch of railway between
Murska Sobota, Slovenia, and
Zalalövő, Hungary, is opened, in part following the route originally opened in 1907 and dismantled in 1968.
May 26 –
SNCF sets a new speed record in France when
TGV train number 531 travels the 1,067.2 km (663.1 mi) between
Calais and
Marseilles in 3 hours and 29 minutes at an average speed of 317.46 km/h (197.26 mph).
July 1 –
Elipsos – a
joint-venture company established by the Spanish and French rail companies
SNCF and
Renfe to run night-time passenger connections from Spain to France, Switzerland, and Italy – begins operations.
August 31 – 66% interest in
Eesti Raudtee, the state railway of
Estonia, is sold to a private holding company with international investors "Baltic Rail Services".[7]
August 19 – The Udarata Menike express passenger service from
Kurunegala to
Alawwa, Sri Lanka, derails on newly installed track, killing 15 passengers in what has come to be known as the
Kurunegala train crash.
October 31 – A broken rail on the
SNCF in France derails a
TGV train travelling at 130 km/h (80.8 mph), but only six minor injuries result.
December 23 – An incorrect brake application on a
CSX local train that had stopped to perform switching at
Kodak Park (
Charlotte, New York) causes the train to run away and derail five miles (8 km) later, destroying homes and businesses in the area.
^"企業情報" [Company Information]. twr.co.jp (in Japanese). Archived from
the original on November 30, 2023. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
^Terada, Hirokazu (January 19, 2013). データブック日本の私鉄 [Databook: Japan's Private Railways]. Japan: Neko Publishing. p. 56.
ISBN978-4-7770-1336-4.
^"累積赤字1千億円超、地下鉄海岸線 開業20年、一度も黒字なし 神戸の下町、活性化遠く" [Cumulative Deficit of the Kaigan Line reaches 100 Billion Yen 20 Years Since Opening]. Kobe Shimbun Online (in Japanese). July 27, 2021. Archived from
the original on July 28, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2022.