Events January January 2 – Great Belt Bridge train accident: A DSB passenger train hits a semi-trailer from a freight train in a storm on the Great Belt Fixed Link, killing 8. January 8 – Mountain View train collision: Two passenger trains collide at Mountain View station in Pretoria, killing at least 4 and injuring at least 620. January 10 – TEXRail commences regular revenue service. A January 4 opening was suspended due to signal issues identified during an inspection less than 12 hours before service was scheduled to begin. January 26 – Los Angeles Metro Rail Blue Line Improvements Project begins, which upgrades signalling and infrastructure on large sections of the line with closures of up to eight months. The line resumes normal operation on November 2, but rechristened as the A Line. February February 11 – After a 15 year hiatus, the BART SFO–Millbrae line restarts weekday operations, reestablishing a one-seat ride between Caltrain and San Francisco International Airport. February 15 – Vande Bharat Express is inaugurated for public service. February 17 – Newcastle Light Rail in Newcastle, New South Wales, is opened. February 25 – Wabtec and GE Transportation are formally merged to become a global leader in railroad manufacturing and specializing in railroad-related services. February 27 – Ramses Station rail disaster: An Egyptian National Railways train buffer stop collision and subsequent fire kills at least 25 people at Ramses Station in Cairo. March March 2 – All Amtrak California Pacific Surfliner EMD F59PHI units leave from service to Metra in Chicago March 8 – Nagpur Metro's orange line began service. March 24 – Opening of Jakarta MRT Phase 1, the first rapid transit system in Indonesia. March 29 – JR East phases out 183 series. April April 20 – Light rail in Canberra starts operations; it is the second new light railway to be opened in Australia in 2019 (after the Newcastle Light Rail). April 22 – Ceremony to mark work on reinstating the rail link across the Cambodian–Thai border between Aranyaprathet and Poipet. April 25 – Panama Metro Line 2 begins service in Panama City. April 26 – Opening of the FasTracks commuter rail G Line in Denver, Colorado, originally estimated to open in late 2016. May May 1 – Union Pacific 4014 moves under its own steam for the first time in more than 59 years, at Cheyenne, Wyoming. – Manila MRT Line 3