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Mexico's AIFA-Pachuca Passenger Train Starts Running
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 100 daysThe federal project page gives the AIFA-Pachuca section an "Execution period and start of operations: 2 years (2025-2027)", a year rather than a fixed day.[1]The third stage of the Mexico-Pachuca "Felipe Angeles" train runs 65 km of electrified double track from the AIFA airport terminal in the State of Mexico to Pachuca in Hidalgo, with stations at AIFA, Xaltocan II, Tizayuca-Temascalapa, Jaguey de Tellez and Pachuca plus four intermediate stops, and is meant to carry over 100,000 passengers a day in 1 hour 15 minutes end to end. The Felipe Angeles Engineers Corps of the defence ministry began construction in March 2025 and reported 37.06 per cent overall progress in June 2026.MX$44B0.64Torre Reforma Becomes Mexico City's Tallest Building
Torre Reforma, Avenida Paseo de la Reforma 483, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Mexico
ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCE10.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "Upon completion in 2016 it became the tallest skyscraper in Mexico City".A 57-storey concrete-and-glass tower on Paseo de la Reforma, engineered to ride out centuries of predicted earthquakes, topped out as Mexico City's tallest building.0.63Mexico Inaugurates the First Section of the Tren Maya
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE2.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: Tren Maya's director promised in October 2023 to inaugurate the line "in December 2023," and reporting confirms a partial inauguration went ahead on December 15, 2023.Mexico inaugurated the first operating section of the Tren Maya, a roughly $10BN, 1,500km railway looping the Yucatan Peninsula that had drawn years of backlash from environmentalists and indigenous communities.$10B0.61Extremely Large Telescope First Light
ESTIMATED56% CONFIDENCEin 2.4 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…and construction in July 2023, with the expected completion and first light set for March 2029.[13][…"A 39-metre segmented mirror in Chile's Atacama, collecting more light than all existing 8-10 metre telescopes combined. Estimated date.€1.1B0.60The Extremely Large Telescope Reaches First Light
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CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE12.3 years agoPer Wikipedia's[2] Weinberg Tunnel article: "the route was changed to its current state" with the tunnel's opening and a simultaneous timetable change on 15 June 2014, after public platforms opened a day earlier.Swiss Federal Railways brought the new four-track Löwenstrasse station into service 16 metres beneath Zürich's main station, the first stage of the Durchmesserlinie cross-city link.0.60Mexico City Metro Line 1 Fully Reopens After Its Rebuild
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ESTIMATED90% CONFIDENCE235 days agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as January 2026, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.[1]Emiliano and Kristal Marentes, owners of the acclaimed Elemi, open a strip-mall taquería in El Paso.0.58Cablebús Line 4 Finished Between Tlalpan and Coyoacán
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsThe presidency's release says "se espera que en diciembre de 2027 esté concluida" (it is expected to be finished in December 2027), a month rather than a fixed day.[1]The 11.4-kilometre cable car will run nine stations from Pedregal de San Nicolás in the Ajusco down to Metro Universidad, carrying an investment the presidency puts at "más de 4 mil 700 millones de pesos" (more than 4.7 billion pesos). Construction stood at 20 per cent when President Sheinbaum inspected the works in August 2026.MX$4.7B0.57Rheinmetall Delivers Its First Survivor R to Saxony's Special Operations Command
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