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Kaohsiung Metro opened two extension sections of the LRT line “Kaohsiung Light Rail” on January 12, 2021 (Tuesday), so they started commercial operation in the southern half of the planned ring route.
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BTS Group Holdings opened 2 their routes at the same time 13:00 on December 16, 2020 (Wednesday), which are the northern extension section of the “BTS Skytrain Sukhumvit Line” and the newly constructed “Gold Line”.
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RATP began the service of extension section between “Saint-Lazare Station” and “Mairie de Saint-Ouen” on Metro Line 14 on December 14, 2020 (Monday).
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Incheon Traisit Corp. started the service of the 0.9km section on Incheon Subway Line 1 between “International Business District Station” and the new station “Songdo Moonlight Festival Park Station” from the first train on December 12, 2020 (Saturday).
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Takamatsu Kotohira Electric Railroad (Kotoden) opened a new station “Fuseishi Station” (Takamatsu City, Kagawa) on November 28 (Saturday), 2020, which was established between Sanjo Station and Ota Station on the Kotohira Line.
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JR Kyushu has announced the official names of the new stations, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2022, on the Kyushu Shinkansen (九州新幹線) West Kyushu Route (between Takeo-Onsen and Nagasaki) and the Omura Line (大村線). The new stations on the Kyushu Shinkansen, which have been tentatively named so far, have been decided to be “Ureshino-Onsen Station” (嬉野温泉, Ureshino City, Saga) and “Shin-Omura Station” (新大村, Omura City, Nagasaki). Shin-Omura Station will also be installed on the conventional Omura Line (between Takematsu Station and Suwa Station), and passengers can transfer trains. The station names of “Takeo-Onsen Station” (武雄温泉), “Isahaya Station” (諫早), and “Nagasaki Station” (長崎) that connect to existing…
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The new metropolitan railway the “SRT Red Line” will finally open, which is under construction along the existing line of the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).
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Taichung Mass Rapid Transit Corporation newly opened the Taichung Metro Green Line (台中捷運緑線) on Monday, November 16, 2020, which is the first urban railway in central Taiwan.
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New Taipei Metro Corporation opened the Danhai LRT Lanhai Line (淡海輕軌藍海線) on Sunday, November 15, 2020, which has been under construction in the Tamsui district of New Taipei City in northern Taiwan.
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Oigawa Railway (大井川鐵道) opened “Kadode Station” (門出, Shizuoka) on Thursday, November 12, 2020, which has been established between Goka Station (五和) and Kamio Station (神尾) on the Oigawa Line (大井川本線). At the new station adjacent to the experience-based food park “KADODE OOIGAWA” that opened on the same day, a tourist information center and SL Square are set up, and it is expected to play a role as an exchange base for Shimada City. A black “SL soft cream” with a steam locomotive motif is also on sale and is likely to become a hot topic. The new station is also a short distance from the Shimada-Kanaya Interchange on the Shin-Meishin…
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