Istanbul (Turkey's largest metropolis) to Ankara (capital of Turkey) began. April 23 – Construction begins on the Second Avenue Subway in New York City between 63rd and 105th streets, a resumption of a decades-long project with existing segments elsewhere. April 28 – The Orange Line of Montreal Metro is extended 5.2 km to Montmorency in Laval. May events May 17 – Official reinauguration of rail services between Dorasan (South Korea) and Kaesong Industrial Region (North Korea). June events June 8 – Last Orient Express through overnight service from Paris to Vienna runs. June 10 – The first section of LGV Est, a high-speed rail line, opens in France. This coincides with improvements to the German rail network to cut travel times from Paris to Eastern France and Germany. June 15 – Revenue freight traffic starts to use the Lötschberg Base Tunnel in the Swiss Alps. June 28 – Guangzhou Metro's Line 4 extension connecting Huangge to Jinzhou opens. June – $20m allocated for planning and land acquisition for the proposed Australian Inland Railway. July events July 1 – Kampac Oil of Dubai, as consortium leader, is awarded a construction and operation contract for a new railway line in Ghana connecting Takoradi to Hamile. The contract, valued at US$1.6 billion, also includes the rehabilitation of a line between Takoradi and Kumasi as part of the Ghanaian government's plans to connect to northern Ghana. July 1 – The first timetabled run of N700 Series Shinkansen high-speed train. July 18 – Metronet, holder of the maintenance contract for a majority of the London Underground lines, seeks authority of the Mayor of London to go into administration following a dispute about responsibility for cost overruns on its contract. August events August 30 – Trubnaya station opened on Moscow Metro. September events September – Tunneling for East Side Access in New York begins. October events October 1 – Ferrovías Guatemala (subsidiary of Railroad Development Corporation) suspends all operations. October 31 – MBTA Commuter Rail Greenbush Line opens in Massachusetts. – Last publication of the monthly OAG Rail Guide, successor to the ABC Rail Guide timetable of 1853. November events November 7 – Minsk Metro Maskoŭskaja line gets extended to Uruchye. November 11 – West Midlands train operating company franchise is taken over from Silverlink and Central Trains by London Midland (a Govia company) and the East Midlands franchise from Midland Mainline and Central Trains by