Events January events January 15 – The Harbour Island People Mover ends service between Downtown Tampa and Harbour Island in Tampa, Florida, United States. January 25 – The New York City Transit Authority installs the first MetroCard Vending Machines at two subway stations in the city. March events March 15 – In the Bourbonnais train accident, the southbound Amtrak train 59, City of New Orleans, strikes a loaded semi-truck on a grade crossing in Bourbonnais, Illinois; all but three of the passenger cars derail, killing 11 of the train's passengers. The NTSB attributes the cause to the truck driver trying to beat the train at the crossing. April events April – Final trains operate between Asunción and Ypacarai, the last regular passenger service in Paraguay and, arguably, the world's last commuter service worked wholly by steam locomotives. April 12 – A train on the Wuppertal Schwebebahn is derailed, plunging into the Wupper and killing five. April 15 – First freight train operated under concession by Ferrovias Guatemala (subsidiary of Railroad Development Corporation) to rehabilitate the national rail network, disused since 1996. May events May 14 – The first section of the London Underground Jubilee Line Extension opens between Stratford and North Greenwich in east London. May 30 – The Midland Metro connecting Birmingham and Wolverhampton is opened in the West Midlands of England. June events June 1 - The LRT Putra Line expands from to . The stretch also includes Malaysia's first subway line. June 1 – The end of Conrail, which is officially split up on this date, all operations being transferred to CSX and Norfolk Southern. June 12 – The rebuilding of Fremont-Centerville is completed. June 28 – The Guangzhou Metro Line One is fully completed and operational. July events July 1 – The Illinois Central Railroad is taken over by Canadian National and ceases to exist after 148 years. July 16 – Indian Railways' Grand Trunk Express on its way to Delhi collides with derailed freight cars near Mathura, India; 17 people die and 200 more are injured in the accident. August events August 1 – Gauhati rail disaster: two trains carrying 2,500 people collide at the remote station of Gaisal, 310 miles from the city of Gauhati in West Bengal, India, killing more than 285 people. August 22 – NSB Gardermobanen opens Romerike Tunnel () in Norway, the longest railway tunnel in Europe north of the