transit system, the C-Train. The extension has added 2 new stations in northeast Calgary at Martindale and Saddletowne, adding several kilometers of track to the system. 31 August – Sofia Metro Line 2 begins service. September 16 September – Chengdu Metro Line 2 opens. 22 September – The 2001-opened Portland Streetcar system, in Portland, Oregon, inaugurates service on a second line, the "Central Loop" (or CL Line), serving the central east side. 28 September – Phase 1 of Chongqing Rail Transit's Line 6, connecting Wulidian to Kangzhuang, opens. October 1 October Tianjin Metro Line 3 opens. The Nikšić–Podgorica railway reopens to passengers after reconstruction and electrification. 3 October – The UK Department for Transport announces cancellation and rerunning of the InterCity West Coast passenger service franchise bidding process after discovering significant technical flaws in its assessment, reversing an August decision to award it to FirstGroup and following challenges by incumbent operator Virgin Trains. 8 October – Seattle's Sounder commuter rail south line extension to South Tacoma and Lakewood opens. 29 October – Dar es Salaam commuter rail service commences. November 24 November – Hangzhou Metro Line 3 opens. December 1 December – The Harbin–Dalian High-Speed Railway opens for service. 3 December – Dallas Area Rapid Transit opens extensions on two lines: the Orange Line carrying passengers to Belt Line, and the Blue Line extension to the Downtown Rowlett Station. 10 December – Opening of West Line of the Calgary C-Train, the system's first new line in 25 years. – Utah Transit Authority's FrontRunner extends service south from Salt Lake City to Provo. 15 December – Automation of Paris Métro Line 1 reaches 100%. This is the second automated line after Line 14. 16 December – The Manchester Metrolink light rail system extends its Oldham & Rochdale Line to Shaw & Crompton. 21 December – Inauguration of the reopened Nigerian Railway Corporation's Lagos–Kano railway line in Nigeria, rebuilt by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation and Costain West Africa. 26 December – The Beijing-Zhengzhou section of the Beijing–Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong High-Speed Railway is scheduled to open, completing the HSR connection from Beijing to Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Deaths 18 March – Alan Pegler, British railway preservationist, dies (b. 1920). 22 July – Ding Guangen, Minister of Railways for China 1985–1988, dies (b. 1929). 5 August – Benjamin W. Heineman, president of Chicago and North Western Railway 1956–1972, dies (b. 1914). 4 October – Bernard