March 22 – Operations of the
Manila Line 1 is extended from
Monumento to
Balintawak marking the first station to open on the new North Extension of the line.
April events
April 17 – The
Circle MRT line Stage 1 and 2 were to be ready for service using the 3 car Alstom train.
July 1 –
High-speed trains on the
Shanghai–Nanjing line begin running, cutting journey times between the two cities by more than an hour, to just 73 minutes[5]
July 17 – Keisei Narita Airport Line begins operations, along with new
Skyliner services between
Keisei-Ueno and
Narita Airport Station using brand new medium-speed
AE series express trains, making it the second Japanese mainline to be operated at 160 km/h speed (the first was the
Hokuhoku Line).[6]
July 20 – Larsen & Toubro are announced as the preferred bidder for construction of the
Hyderabad Metro, costing a proposed
Rs122 billion and with an expected finish date of 2014.[7]
August 9 - First day of operation for the Light rail
Rhônexpress service linking
Lyon city centre and the
Airport.[8]
August 11 - The
European Commission approves the
€1.9bn acquisition of
Arriva by German rail company
Deutsche Bahn. Arriva's transport operations in Germany are subject to sale to another operator.[9]
September 13 - Refurbishment of
Newport railway station, which includes a building consisting mostly of
ETFE is completed, in preparation of
Newport's hosting of the
Ryder Cup Golf tournament. Car parking facilities have yet to be finished.[14]
October 4 - New restrooms, a larger waiting area, and the re-installation of air conditioning fans first removed in the 1960s are announced as part of
Amtrak's Capital funding project for
Chicago Union Station[16][17]
October 7 -
Eurostar places a £700m order for 10 new high-speed trains with
Siemens, as well as a refurbishment of its current set of trains.[18] The new trains, dubbed as 'e-320' will also be inter-operable, allowing them to run on much of Europe's
high-speed network.[19]
November 1 - Construction of phase 2 in building the Seoul–Busan high-speed line is completed, allowing passengers to travel between the two cities in under 2½ hours. The project cost an estimated
₩7 945 billion, with an extra 35,000 passengers per day projected to use this service.[25][26]
– Train travel in Britain during 2010 attained its highest peacetime level since the 1920s, according to the
Association of Train Operating Companies. The number of train journeys reached 1.3bn, a figure not seen since 1928. The proportion of people using the train has decreased substantially since then, while the amount of usable rail track has more than halved.[32]
April 12 – The
Merano train derailment happens when a train derails between
Latsch and
Kastelbell, near
Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28.
May 28 – The
Gyaneshwari Express derailment in the
West Midnapore district of
West Bengal, India. It is disputed as to whether sabotage or a bomb caused damage to the track, which in turn leads to a train derailment before an oncoming goods train hit the loose carriages killing at least 141 passengers.
^"京成電鉄「成田スカイアクセス」開業にともない7月17日にダイヤ改正を実施" [Timetable Revisions to take place on Keisei Railway on 17 July for Opening of the Narita Airport Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 28 May 2010. Archived from
the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
March 22 – Operations of the
Manila Line 1 is extended from
Monumento to
Balintawak marking the first station to open on the new North Extension of the line.
April events
April 17 – The
Circle MRT line Stage 1 and 2 were to be ready for service using the 3 car Alstom train.
July 1 –
High-speed trains on the
Shanghai–Nanjing line begin running, cutting journey times between the two cities by more than an hour, to just 73 minutes[5]
July 17 – Keisei Narita Airport Line begins operations, along with new
Skyliner services between
Keisei-Ueno and
Narita Airport Station using brand new medium-speed
AE series express trains, making it the second Japanese mainline to be operated at 160 km/h speed (the first was the
Hokuhoku Line).[6]
July 20 – Larsen & Toubro are announced as the preferred bidder for construction of the
Hyderabad Metro, costing a proposed
Rs122 billion and with an expected finish date of 2014.[7]
August 9 - First day of operation for the Light rail
Rhônexpress service linking
Lyon city centre and the
Airport.[8]
August 11 - The
European Commission approves the
€1.9bn acquisition of
Arriva by German rail company
Deutsche Bahn. Arriva's transport operations in Germany are subject to sale to another operator.[9]
September 13 - Refurbishment of
Newport railway station, which includes a building consisting mostly of
ETFE is completed, in preparation of
Newport's hosting of the
Ryder Cup Golf tournament. Car parking facilities have yet to be finished.[14]
October 4 - New restrooms, a larger waiting area, and the re-installation of air conditioning fans first removed in the 1960s are announced as part of
Amtrak's Capital funding project for
Chicago Union Station[16][17]
October 7 -
Eurostar places a £700m order for 10 new high-speed trains with
Siemens, as well as a refurbishment of its current set of trains.[18] The new trains, dubbed as 'e-320' will also be inter-operable, allowing them to run on much of Europe's
high-speed network.[19]
November 1 - Construction of phase 2 in building the Seoul–Busan high-speed line is completed, allowing passengers to travel between the two cities in under 2½ hours. The project cost an estimated
₩7 945 billion, with an extra 35,000 passengers per day projected to use this service.[25][26]
– Train travel in Britain during 2010 attained its highest peacetime level since the 1920s, according to the
Association of Train Operating Companies. The number of train journeys reached 1.3bn, a figure not seen since 1928. The proportion of people using the train has decreased substantially since then, while the amount of usable rail track has more than halved.[32]
April 12 – The
Merano train derailment happens when a train derails between
Latsch and
Kastelbell, near
Merano, Italy, after running into a landslide, causing nine deaths and injuring 28.
May 28 – The
Gyaneshwari Express derailment in the
West Midnapore district of
West Bengal, India. It is disputed as to whether sabotage or a bomb caused damage to the track, which in turn leads to a train derailment before an oncoming goods train hit the loose carriages killing at least 141 passengers.
^"京成電鉄「成田スカイアクセス」開業にともない7月17日にダイヤ改正を実施" [Timetable Revisions to take place on Keisei Railway on 17 July for Opening of the Narita Airport Line]. Japan Railfan Magazine Online (in Japanese). 28 May 2010. Archived from
the original on 3 February 2023. Retrieved 31 January 2024.