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Second Gotthard Road Tunnel Due to Complete
SCHEDULED76% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsA mid-2025 setback added cost and rework but the project team says it is still on schedule. Given as scheduled, per the source[1]: "It is due to be completed in 2030."Switzerland's second bore under the Gotthard Pass, approved by referendum in 2016 to let the original 1980 tunnel close for renovation without cutting off the A2, is on track to finish by 2030.$2.7B0.64Jurong Region Line Stage 1 Opens in Singapore's West
DELAYED6 months late40% CONFIDENCEin 1.8 yearsLTA's[1] March 2026 rail factsheet says "Stage 1 of the JRL will open around mid-2028, instead of the initial end-2027 timeline", so the day here stands for mid-2028.The first stage of Singapore's fully elevated, driverless Jurong Region Line opens, serving Tengah and the western estates around Choa Chu Kang. LTA pushed the opening back by about six months after viaduct construction over the Pan-Island Expressway could only be carried out during overnight road closures, and will run interim shuttle buses from end-2027 until the line opens.0.62TAKRAF Commissions the First F60 Overburden Conveyor Bridge at Welzow
ESTIMATED65% CONFIDENCE54.7 years agoWikipedia's[2] Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60 article dates the first unit's construction to 1969-1972 and entry into service at the Welzow open-pit mine to 1972, without a specific day.VEB TAKRAF completed the first F60 lignite overburden conveyor bridge at the Welzow open-pit mine, creating what is still recognized as the largest mobile land machine ever built.0.62São Paulo's Line 17-Gold Monorail Opens to Congonhas Airport
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE176 days agoThe report states that "the initial 6.7 km section of monorail Line 17-Gold in São Paulo was inaugurated on March 31, no less than 12 years behind its original planned opening date".[1]The 6.7 km first section links Congonhas Airport with Morumbi on suburban rail Line 9 through seven stations, twelve years behind the 2014 World Cup deadline it was first built for. Trains initially run only between 10.00 and 15.00 at headways of seven to fourteen minutes, with full service expected from October 2026.R$6B0.61Noida International Airport Starts Commercial Flights at Jewar
DELAYED3.5 years late40% CONFIDENCE100 days agoThe article states "The airport commenced flight operations on 15 June 2026, with an IndiGo flight landing from Lucknow."[1]An IndiGo flight from Lucknow landed on the first day of scheduled service at the National Capital Region's second airport, whose first phase has one 3,900 m runway and a 101,590 sq m terminal for 12 million passengers a year, designed by Grimshaw with Nordic, Haptic and STUP. Zurich Airport International holds the 40-year concession, and the DGCA granted the aerodrome licence on 6 March 2026.₹45.9B0.61Denver's East Colfax BRT Opens Its First Center Bus Lanes
East Colfax Avenue between Broadway and Colorado Boulevard, Denver, CORegional Transportation District
SCHEDULED77% CONFIDENCEin 4 daysRTD's service-change notice says "the initial service on East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) will begin along Colfax Avenue starting Sept. 27."[1]Routes 15 and 15L move into new center-running bus-only lanes on East Colfax Avenue between Broadway and Colorado Boulevard, with passengers boarding at new island stations sheltered by steel arches. It is the first stretch of RTD's 8.5-mile bus rapid transit corridor from downtown Denver to I-225 in Aurora to carry buses, with full BRT service planned for late 2027 or early 2028.0.61Le Commandant Charcot Becomes First LNG-Powered Ship to Reach the North Pole
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE5.0 years agoConfirmed by Cruise Industry News[4] and Seatrade Cruise[2], which both report Le Commandant Charcot reached the Geographic North Pole on 6 September 2021.Ponant's hybrid-electric icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot reached the Geographic North Pole on 6 September 2021, the first French vessel and the first LNG-propelled ship ever to do so.0.61Australia High Speed Rail Reaches Sydney
ESTIMATED68% 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.A$659.6M0.61Paris Métro Opens Its First Line
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE126.2 years agoRATP's[3] own history page and EarthSky's[2] science-history article both give 19 July 1900 as the inauguration date of the first métro line.The Paris Métro's first line opened to the public on 19 July 1900, running between Porte Maillot and Château de Vincennes.0.61TBM Wanda Completes Drilling of the Albvorland Tunnel
CONFIRMED75% CONFIDENCE6.9 years agoImplenia's[4] own project news release dates the southern tube breakthrough to 29 October 2019.Tunnel boring machine Wanda finished excavating the southern tube of the Albvorland Tunnel, the last major breakthrough on Deutsche Bahn's Stuttgart-Ulm high-speed line. The 8-kilometer twin-tube tunnel near Wendlingen am Neckar was built by Implenia and cuts travel time between Stuttgart and Ulm to roughly 30 minutes.0.61Grand Paris Express Line 15 South Opens
ESTIMATED58% CONFIDENCEin 8 daysGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…omated orbital metro ring around Paris. Estimated date.…"The first stretch of Europe's largest transport project: a 33 km automated orbital metro ring around Paris. Estimated date.€42B0.61Delhi 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.0.61
