July 1 – High-speed trains on the Shanghai–Nanjing line begin running, cutting journey times between the two cities by more than an hour, to just 73 minutes [4]
July 20 – Larsen & Toubro are announced as the preferred bidder for construction of the Hyderabad Metro, costing a proposed Rs122 billion and with an expected finish date of 2014.[5]
August 9 - First day of operation for the Light rail Rhônexpress service linking Lyon city centre and the Airport.[6]
August 11 - The European Commission approves the €1.9bn acquisition of Arriva by German rail company Deutsche Bahn AG. Arriva's transport operations in Germany are subject to sale to another operator.[7]
September 13 - Refurbishment of Newport railway station, which includes a building consisting mostly of ETFE is completed, in preparation of Newport's hosting of the Ryder Cup Golf tournament. Car parking facilities have yet to be finished.[12]
October 4 - New restrooms, a larger waiting area, and the re-installation of air conditioning fans first removed in the 1960s are announced as part of Amtrak's Capital funding project for Chicago's Union Station[14][15]
October 7 - Eurostar places a £700m order for 10 new high-speed trains with Siemens, as well as a refurbishment of its current set of trains.[16] The new trains, dubbed as 'e-320' will also be inter-operable, allowing them to run on much of Europe's high-speed network.[17]
November 1 - Construction of phase 2 in building the Seoul–Busan high-speed line is completed, allowing passengers to travel between the two cities in under 2½ hours. The project cost an estimated ₩7 945 billion, with an extra 35,000 passengers per day projected to use this service.[23][24]
December 12 – International high-speed service between Helsinki and Saint-Petersburg opens.
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– Opening of Omaha Streetcar Phase 1
– Train travel in Britain during 2010 attained its highest peacetime level since the 1920s, according to the Association of Train Operating Companies. The number of train journeys reached 1.3bn, a figure not seen since 1928. The proportion of people using the train has decreased substantially since then, while the amount of usable rail track has more than halved.[30]
May 28 – The Gyaneshwari Express derailment in the West Midnapore district of West Bengal, India. It is disputed as to whether sabotage or a bomb caused damage to the track, which in turn leads to a train derailment before an oncoming goods train hit the loose carriages killing at least 141 passengers.