Chronopin: upcoming release dates, events and other important dates

The 30 km Blue Line adds 14 stations across Dubai Silicon Oasis, Academic City, International City, Dubai Creek Harbour, Mirdif and Al Warqa, with 15.5 km of underground track and 14.5 km elevated. The RTA awarded the construction contract to a consortium of MAPA, LIMAK and CRRC in December 2024 and expects 28 trains to carry 200,000 riders a day by 2030, rising to 320,000 by 2040.

Canada's fixed-date law puts the next general election on the third Monday of October 2029, which is October 15. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi had the Liberal Party at 60%, the Conservative Party at 38% and the NDP at 3.5%; a lost confidence vote would bring the date forward.

Metro Vancouver is spending CAD $6BN extending the SkyTrain Expo Line 16km from Surrey to Langley, after scrapping a cheaper light-rail plan that would already have opened.

A leading naval architect recently gave some predictions for the future of 3D printing in the yacht manufacturing industry. The technology stands to hugely improve efficiency in the manufacturing process, an industrial-grade printer should be ready by the end of this year, and 3D printing entire yachts will be possible by 2030

Blizzard confirmed its next StarCraft game abandons the RTS format for an open-world shooter, with development leads calling 2030 a "solid" release target meant to keep the team honest and focused.

A purpose-built capital 45 km east of Cairo, home to Africa's tallest tower and intended for six million residents. Estimated date.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 06:27:55 UT on 2030-06-01, and the annular phase lasts up to 5 minutes 21 seconds along a path 249.6 km wide crossing Algeria, Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Russia, n. China and Japan. A partial eclipse is visible from Europe, northern Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the Arctic and Alaska.

Saudi Arabia hosts the World Expo for the first time, on a purpose-built site north of Riyadh. Estimated date.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 06:50:19 UT on 2030-11-25, and the total phase lasts up to 3 minutes 44 seconds along a path 169.3 km wide crossing Botswana, S. Africa and Australia. A partial eclipse is visible from southern Africa, southern Indian Oc., the East Indies, Australia and Antarctica.

A European-gauge high-speed line finally connecting Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to the rest of the EU rail network. Estimated date.

The first 2.4 km of a proposed 170 km linear city of mirrored walls, scaled back sharply from original announcements. Estimated date.

New York's plan to rebuild the crumbling triple-cantilever section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway now targets a 2030 construction start after yet another mayoral reset.

A €23M EBRD-backed grant funds a seven-year project to relocate radioactive uranium tailings from Mailuu-Suu's most dangerous dam, away from the Fergana Valley's water supply.

Greatest eclipse falls at 07:14:46 UT on 2031-05-21, on a path 152.2 km wide; the annular phase lasts up to 5 minutes 26 seconds, its greatest duration reached further east along the track. The path of annularity crosses Angola, Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, s. India, Malaysia and Indonesia, and a partial eclipse is visible from Africa, southern Asia, the East Indies and Australia.

ESA's mission to Ganymede, Callisto and Europa, ending as the first spacecraft to orbit a moon of another planet. Scheduled date.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 21:06:12 UT on 2031-11-14, and the hybrid phase lasts up to 1 minute 8 seconds along a path 38.3 km wide crossing the Pacific and Panama. A partial eclipse is visible from the Pacific, southern the United States, Central America and northwestern South America.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 13:25:23 UT on 2032-05-09, and the annular phase lasts up to 0 minutes 22 seconds along a path 43.7 km wide crossing the South Atlantic. A partial eclipse is visible from southern South America and southern Africa.

At 55 km, with the Innsbruck bypass it forms the world's longest underground rail link, boring beneath the Alps between Austria and Italy. Estimated date.

Australia's third Olympics after Melbourne 1956 and Sydney 2000. Estimated date.

The 2032 Summer Paralympics, also known as the Brisbane 2032 Summer Paralympic Games, and branded as Brisbane 2032, will be the 19th edition of the Summer Paralympic Games, an international multi-sport parasports event governed by the International Paralympic Committee. The Games are scheduled to be held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, from 24 August to 5 September 2032. The article's infobox gives the stadium as Brisbane Olympic Stadium, the new 63,000-seat ground at Victoria Park, where this pin sits; Lang Park is assigned only rugby sevens and the football final at the 2032 Olympics.

A proposed 3.3 km single-span suspension bridge linking Sicily to the Italian mainland, which would be by far the longest span ever built. Estimated date.

The first phase of Dubai's US$35BN Al Maktoum International Airport expansion, ultimately sized to handle more than 260 million passengers a year and become the world's largest airport.

Poland's planned Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) airport and high-speed rail hub, 25 miles west of Warsaw, is now targeted to open in 2032.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 18:01:16 UT on 2033-03-30, and the total phase lasts up to 2 minutes 37 seconds along a path 781.0 km wide crossing eastern Russia and Alaska. A partial eclipse is visible from North America.

Norway's Rogfast, a 27km twin-bore tunnel reaching 392m below the Boknafjord, will become the world's longest and deepest undersea road tunnel, replacing a ferry crossing on the E39 highway.

At 57.5 km, the Mont Cenis Base Tunnel will be the world's longest rail tunnel, carrying the new Lyon–Turin railway under the Alps between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France, and Susa, Italy.

TELT, the joint French-Italian agency building the Mont d'Ambin base tunnel under the Alps, is now aiming to finish the roughly 57km bore by the end of 2033.

The 2034 Winter Olympics, officially the XXVII Olympic Winter Games, and branded as Utah 2034, is a future international multi-sport event scheduled to take place in the U.S. state of Utah from February 10 to 26, 2034. The pin sits at Rice–Eccles Stadium.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 10:17:25 UT on 2034-03-20, and the total phase lasts up to 4 minutes 9 seconds along a path 159.1 km wide crossing Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, Sudan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and China. A partial eclipse is visible from Africa, Europe and western Asia.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 16:18:07 UT on 2034-09-12, and the annular phase lasts up to 2 minutes 58 seconds along a path 102.1 km wide crossing Chile, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. A partial eclipse is visible from Central America and South America.

Greatest eclipse falls at 23:04:32 UT on 2035-03-09, where the annular phase lasts 48 seconds on a path 31.5 km wide; annularity is longest at the sunrise end of the track, where it runs 1 minute 26 seconds. The path of annularity crosses New Zealand and the Pacific, and a partial eclipse is visible from Australia, New Zealand, the South Pacific, Mexico and Antarctica.

New rail tunnels under the Hudson plus rehabilitation of the 1910 North River Tunnels, the most critical bottleneck on the US Northeast Corridor. Estimated date.

The Moon's shadow touches down at 01:55:25 UT on 2035-09-02, and the total phase lasts up to 2 minutes 54 seconds along a path 116.3 km wide crossing China, Korea, Japan and the Pacific. A partial eclipse is visible from eastern Asia and the Pacific.