for service, initially (until September 12) used only by the MAX Yellow Line. September events September 9 – partial opening of Dubai Metro. September 12 – MAX Green Line light rail line in Portland, Oregon, opens, transporting riders from Portland State University to Clackamas Town Center Transit Center. September 20 – the Powerhouse Museum's 3265 is recommissioned with a ceremony at Central station and shuttle rides with the locomotive to Bankstown. October events November events November 13 – as announced on July 1, the British InterCity East Coast Main Line passenger rail franchise is transferred at 23:59 from National Express East Coast to the Department for Transport-owned company Directly Operated Railways Ltd for operation by its subsidiary East Coast Main Line Company Ltd, trading as East Coast, prior to retendering from late 2010. November 16 – the section from Stavanger to Sandnes on the Sørland Line opens with double track. November 27 – 2009 Nevsky Express bombing: A terrorist bomb explodes under a high-speed train on the Moscow–Saint Petersburg Railway, derailing it, killing 28 passengers and injuring more than 90 others. November 30 – Metro Trains Melbourne (subsidiary of MTR Corporation of Hong Kong) takes over operation of suburban rail network in Melbourne, Australia, from Connex. December events December – construction to restore the mainline of the Virginia and Truckee Railroad from Gold Hill to Carson City, Nevada completed. December 1 – Tasmanian government-owned Tasmanian Railway Company takes over operations on the island from Pacific National. December 9 – services on the London Underground Circle line cease to run continuous complete circuits, for the first time since 1884. December 13 – The first Thalys train goes into commercial operation on the HSL-Zuid, marking the first time a high-speed train runs through the Netherlands on full speed at 300km/h. December 13 – start of domestic services on High Speed 1, the UK's first high speed services run by Southeastern, from Dover Priory to London St Pancras, via Ashford International. The British Rail Class 395 trains are part of the "Javelin" service provided during the London 2012 Olympics December 18 – Sapsan, a high-speed railroad service in Russia, a first officially regular operation service start from Passazhirskaya of Moscow to Sankt Petersburg route. December 26 – Wuguang Passenger Railway high speed line between Wuhan and Guangzhou, China, opens. December 28 – Guangzhou Metro's Line 4 extension connecting Wanshengwei to Chebeinan opens. December