Events
January events
January 5 – The first public trains of Taiwan High Speed Rail operate between Taipei and Kaohsiung, a journey, in 1:36 hours. January 9 – Government of Estonia buys back majority share in Eesti Raudtee, the national rail operator, from private investors. January 12 – Railway Age Magazine selects Bill Wimmer, Vice President Engineering for Union Pacific Railroad to receive the 2007 award for Railroader of the Year. January 30 – The suburban rail network of Melbourne, Australia is thrown into chaos as much of the fleet of new Siemens Nexas Electric Multiple Unit trains is withdrawn from service after a number of incidents of brake failure.
February events
February 7 – At a meeting in Tbilisi, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sign an agreement authorizing construction of the new Kars-Tbilisi-Baku railway linking the three nations. February 9 – About 2,800 train crew employees of Canadian National (CN) wage a strike action against the railway; the striking workers are members of UTU Canada, the Canadian affiliate of the United Transportation Union. February 13 – During a test run a TGV train reaches 553 km/h (343.75 mph) under test conditions with a shortened train on the LGV Est near Passavant-en-Argonne (Marne), 190 km east of Paris. February 18 – 2007 Samjhauta Express bombings: Terrorist explosions on the international Samjhauta Express near the Indian city of Panipat kill 68. February 23 – Grayrigg derailment: A Virgin Trains West Coast services travelling from London Euston to Glasgow Central derails in Cumbria in North-West England due to an inadequate points maintenance regime by Network Rail; one elderly woman dies in hospital as a result of her injuries. February 26 – The United States Federal Railroad Administration delivers its decision to deny a US$2.3 billion loan request made by Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad (DME).
March events
March 25 – The rebuilt Takahatafudō Station, serving the Keiō Line and the Tama Toshi Monorail Line in Japan opens.
April events
April 3 – The French TGV sets a new train speed record. The train reached 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph). April 7 – Weekday service begins on T Third Street light-rail line in San Francisco, leading to massive delays in the San Francisco Municipal Railway. April 23 – Trial runs on 250 km long Eskişehir-Ankara part of 533 km long High-speed train line from 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.