Lysaker and Sandvika on Norway's Asker Line is taken into use. 31 August – Opening of Docklands Light Railway extension from Canning Town to the new Stratford International station, taking over the North London Line infrastructure (which closed on 9 December 2006) and linking the Docklands area with domestic and international high-speed services on High Speed 1 and with the 2012 Olympic Games site. September events 27 September – Brookhaven Rail Terminal opened on Long Island, New York, a 28-acre facility for bulk commodities October events 8 October – The Circle MRT Line becomes fully operational. – Banihal-Qazigund railway tunnel (Pir Panjal Railway Tunnel) a part of its Udhampur – Srinagar – Baramulla rail link project, opened in October 2011, India's longest and Asia's second longest railway tunnel and reduced the distance between Quazigund and Banihal to only 11 km. The 10.96 km long railway tunnel, passes through the Pir Panjal Range of middle Himalayas in Jammu and Kashmir. November events 7 November – A new segment of the Vestfold Line with double track between Barkåker and Tønsberg, including the Jarlsberg Tunnel, is taken into use. 8 November - The new 5000-Series rail cars (5001-5706), built by Bombardier Transportation of Plattsburgh, New York are placed in revenue service on the Chicago Transit Authority elevated-subway rail system. These new rail cars (the first since the 1992-94 built Morrison-Knudsen 3200-Series) represent the next generation of high-tech transport on the Chicago 'L'-Subway. They feature smooth stainless steel car bodies with fluted sidewalls, sculptured face ends, color-coded digital LED destination signs, ADA accessibility with longitudinal seating arrangements and two wheelchair locations. The 5000-Series cars are also equipped with AC traction motors. December events 11 December – SNCF opens LGV Rhin-Rhône. 11 December – Sassenheim railway station opens in the Netherlands. 28 December – Hangzhou Metro opens in China. Unknown date events – The aging Hitachi trains in Melbourne are completely phased out. – China high-speed Rail faces with crisis after train crash. Several executions happen in governments, train speeds are reduced from 350 km/h to 300 km/h and from 250 km/h to 200 km/h. Expansion of high-speed corridors became uncertain, but will see the second boom in next few years. – JR East phases out 113 series. Industry awards Japan Awards presented by the Japan Railfan Club 2011 Blue Ribbon Award: Keisei Electric Railway AE series Skyliner EMU 2011 Laurel Prize: Tokyo Metro 16000