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  Sydney Metro West Opens

  Sydney MetroParramatta, New South Wales

  Starts 12/31/2032DELAYED4 years late63% CONFIDENCEin 6.3 yearsSydney Metro’s^[2] own project overview targets "an opening date of 2032", a year rather than a day, so it sits at the end of that year.

  A driverless metro doubling rail capacity between Parramatta and the Sydney CBD. Estimated date.

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  Sydney Western Harbour Tunnel Set to Open

  Warringah Freeway, Cammeray, Sydney, NSW, Australia

  

  Starts 12/31/2028SCHEDULED80% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "Western Harbour Tunnel remaining on track to open to traffic in 2028".

  Sydney's Western Harbour Tunnel, redesigned mid-build from a cut-and-cover crossing to twin bored tunnels, is on track to open beneath the harbour in 2028.

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  Star Brisbane Opens at Queen's Wharf

  Queens Wharf Road, Brisbane City, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  

  Starts 08/29/2024CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE2.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Star Grand Hotel, the new Star Brisbane casino... opened on 29 August 2024".

  The first phase of Queen's Wharf Brisbane, the AUD $3.6BN riverside district built around the historic Queen's Wharf site, opened to the public as Star Brisbane.

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  Hong Kong Opens the Sha Tin to Central Link's Cross-Harbour Extension

  Exhibition Centre Station, Wan Chai North, Hong KongMTR Corporation

  

  Starts 05/15/2022CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: the cross-harbour section was set to "fully open on May 15," reported days ahead of the 2022 launch.

  Hong Kong's MTR opened the cross-harbour section of the Sha Tin to Central Link, an immersed-tube rail tunnel under Victoria Harbour that gave Hong Kong Island a fourth rail link to Kowloon.

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• Architecture09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  New Sydney Fish Market Opens at Blackwattle Bay

  Blackwattle Bay, Glebe, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaSydney Fish Market

  

  Starts 01/19/2026CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE247 days agoInfrastructure NSW^[1] states that "the new Sydney Fish Market officially opened on Monday 19 January 2026".

  The 35,000-square-metre market at the head of Blackwattle Bay opened its doors at 7am, replacing the 1966 shed two kilometres away in Pyrmont and roughly doubling retail space across more than 40 food and seafood operators. Designed by Danish architects 3XN/GXN with BVN and Aspect Studios and built by Multiplex, it adds over 6,000 square metres of public open space on the harbour foreshore.

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  Crown Sydney Opens at Barangaroo

  Crown Sydney, Wulugul Walk, Barangaroo, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaCrown Resorts

  

  Starts 12/28/2020CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE5.7 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "select Crown Sydney venues were open to the public for the first time from December 28" 2020.

  Crown Sydney, the AUD $2.2BN, 71-storey tower at Barangaroo designed by Wilkinson Eyre, opened its hotel and restaurants after a construction run through the Covid-19 pandemic.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Western Sydney Airport Opens to Passengers

  Western Sydney International Airport, Greendale, New South Wales, AustraliaWestern Sydney Airport

  

  Starts 10/25/2026SCHEDULED79% CONFIDENCEin 32 daysGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "Western Sydney to open to passengers on 25 October" 2026.

  Western Sydney International Airport, a AU$5.3BN project decades in the making, opens to passenger flights to relieve an overwhelmed Sydney Airport as the city's population grows toward 7 million.

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  Powerhouse Parramatta Opens as Western Sydney's First State Museum

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  Starts 11/07/2026SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEin 45 daysThe NSW^[1] Government release says Powerhouse Parramatta "will swing open its doors to the public on Saturday 7 November 2026".

  The $915 million museum on the bank of the Parramatta River opens with five exhibitions and more than 3,000 objects, and is the largest museum in New South Wales. Most of its exhibitions are free, and all are free for visitors under 16.

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  Australia High Speed Rail Reaches Sydney

  Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaHigh Speed Rail Authority

  

  Starts 12/31/2039ESTIMATED68% CONFIDENCEin 13.3 yearsA target, per the source^[1]: the project is expected to be "shovel-ready by 2028 and welcoming passengers by 2039", pending the development phase's outcome.

  Australia has funded a two-year development phase for its first high-speed rail line, a 1,800km network starting with Newcastle to Sydney that has been promised since 2013.

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  Melbourne's Suburban Rail Loop East Targets 2035 Opening

  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  

  Starts 12/31/2035ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEin 9.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: Stage One "will cost an estimated $33BN and will be finished by 2035," a target that depends on continued state funding for a multi-decade build.

  Victoria's Suburban Rail Loop, a 90km orbital line built to connect Melbourne's suburbs without funnelling every trip through downtown, is aiming to open its first 26km stage in 2035. The state costs its first two stages at AUD $31-58BN; Victoria's Parliamentary Budget Office put the build at $125BN.

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  Mumbai's Sewri-Worli Elevated Connector Opens to Traffic

  Sewri, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaMumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority

  

  Starts 02/28/2027DELAYED5 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.

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  Dubai Metro's Blue Line Opens on the Metro's 20th Anniversary

  Dubai Silicon Oasis, Dubai, United Arab EmiratesRoads and Transport Authority

  

  Starts 09/09/2029SCHEDULED75% 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.

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