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Delhi Metro's Golden Line Opens Its First Section, Tughlakabad to Sangam Vihar
DELAYED2 years late61% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysConstruction World[2], 16 September 2026, narrows the year to a month: DMRC is "targeting December 2026 for the opening of the first operational section of the Golden Line between Tughlaqabad and Sangam Vihar. The 8.4-km stretch is planned as the initial section". December is the last month of the year the pin already sat on, so the day stands at 31 December 2026 - now as the end of a named month rather than a bare year. The full Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridor follows later.The first 8.4 km section of the Phase 4 Golden Line, from Tughlakabad to Sangam Vihar, is targeted to open in December 2026; the rest of the 29.785 km Delhi Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridor, 19 stations with 12 of them underground, follows in phases. By April 2026 civil work was 78 per cent done with five tunnel boring machines still at work, and trainsets had begun arriving at the modified Sarita Vihar depot.0.67Mumbai's Sewri-Worli Elevated Connector Opens to Traffic
DELAYED5 months late40% CONFIDENCEin 158 daysThe report says "The project is now expected to be completed in January or February 2027", a span recorded here at its last day.[1]The 4.5 km four-lane elevated road ties the Mumbai Trans Harbour Link at Sewri to the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and the Coastal Road at Worli, crossing the Central and Western Railway lines near Prabhadevi on a double-decker structure whose lower deck replaces the 112-year-old Elphinstone road over bridge, closed to traffic in September 2025.0.66Mumbai Metro's Yellow Line Reaches Chembur on Line 2B
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE41 days agoThe English Wikipedia[1] line article's station table gives Chembur's opening date as "13 August 2026".Chembur station opened on the Line 2B branch of the Yellow Line, taking the operational section to six stations after the first 5.8 km from Diamond Garden to Mandale started carrying passengers in April 2026. The station sits roughly 200 metres from Chembur suburban railway station and about 100 metres from the monorail, making it a three-mode interchange; Line 2B as a whole is estimated to cost 10,986 crore rupees.0.64Versova-Bandra Sea Link Completes Mumbai's Western Coastal Route
DELAYED5.5 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsThe report says "The Fadnavis government is pushing for the project to be fully complete by 2028, a deadline that has already been revised several times", a year rather than a day, so the pin takes the last day of 2028.[1]The 17.17 km link, whose main span is a 9.8 km eight-lane bridge over the Arabian Sea with four connectors at Bandra, Carter Road, Juhu and Versova, carries the coastal road north from the Bandra-Worli Sea Link to Versova. About 30 per cent of the work was done by early 2026 and the cost has been revised twice, to 18,120.96 crore rupees in 2024.₹181.2B0.64Namo Bharat's Delhi-Meerut Corridor Opens End to End
DELAYED14 months late40% CONFIDENCE213 days agoThe article's timeline reads "February 2026: Entire stretch of the RRTS from Sarai Kale Khan to Modipuram becomes operational on 22 February 2026."[1]The 82.15 km semi-high-speed corridor from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Modipuram in Meerut, with 16 stations, two depots and Alstom trainsets running at 160 km/h, became fully operational, covering the distance in under an hour. Deutsche Bahn's Indian subsidiary runs it for the National Capital Region Transport Corporation.₹302.7B0.64Dubai Metro's Blue Line Opens on the Metro's 20th Anniversary
SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEin 3.0 yearsThe report states the line "is expected to start operations on 9-9-2029, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced", a fixed announced day chosen to echo the metro's own 9-9-2009 opening.[1]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.AED 20.5B0.64Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Opens
ESTIMATED62% CONFIDENCEin 1.9 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…i to Ahmedabad trip to about two hours. Estimated date.…"India's first high-speed line, 508 km of Japanese Shinkansen technology cutting the Mumbai to Ahmedabad trip to about two hours. Estimated date.₹1.6T0.62Mumbai Coastal Road Phase One Opens
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CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE2.5 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "inaugurated on 11 March 2024".Mumbai opened the first phase of its Coastal Road, an eight-lane highway built on reclaimed land and sea-facing tunnels along the Arabian Sea.$1.7B0.62Dublin MetroLink Finally Wins Planning Approval
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CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE356 days agoAn Coimisiun Pleanala's[4] own notice of decision for Railway Order Application ABP-314724-22 (Metrolink - Estuary to Charlemont via Dublin Airport) carries the decision date 02/10/2025, and RTE[5] reported that day that "An Coimisiun Pleanala published the Railway order this morning which gives construction for the MetroLink Project the green light". The pin's milestone - the grant of planning permission - therefore has an exact day, 2 October 2025; the old date stood for the separate 2027 target for enabling works.After two decades of false starts, Ireland's first metro line - linking Dublin city centre to the airport and Swords - was granted planning permission, with enabling works targeted to begin in 2027.0.62Jakarta Sets September 2026 Groundbreaking for Its Giant Sea Wall
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ESTIMATED70% CONFIDENCEin 7 daysEstimated: the January target was September 2026, but on 3 September 2026 CNN Indonesia[2] reported Governor Pramono is "menunggu arahan dari pemerintah pusat" (awaiting the central government's direction) rather than confirming it, and on 20 August he said "Ini kan pemerintah pusat. Kita menunggu saja" when asked if it would go ahead in September.Jakarta's government targeted September 2026 to break ground on its 19km stretch of a hybrid concrete-and-mangrove sea wall, part of a revised, roughly 500km national coastal defence plan that has replaced the earlier Garuda-shaped bird design.0.61São Paulo Metro's Line 2-Green Set to Reach Penha in 2028
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsThe report says the second phase from Vila Formosa to Penha has "service expected to begin in 2028", a year rather than a fixed day.[1]The 8.3 km eastern extension adds eight stations from Vila Prudente out to Penha and will make Line 2-Green the network's longest at 23 km. The first four stations, Orfanato, Santa Clara, Anália Franco and Vila Formosa, are due in 2027, and the São Paulo state government puts the whole extension at R$15 billion.0.60Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Opens as the World's Longest Sea Crossing
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CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE7.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "On 24 October 2018 the HZMB was opened to the public after its inauguration a day earlier."The 55km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opened to traffic on 24 October 2018, linking the three Pearl River Delta cities with cable-stayed bridges, artificial islands and an undersea tunnel.0.60
