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Elizabeth Line's Tottenham Court Road Station Opens
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE4.3 years agoConfirmed against contemporary reporting on the central section's opening. Happened as dated, per the source[1]: "The Elizabeth line opened on Tuesday 24 May 2022".London's £18.9BN Elizabeth Line opens through central London, bringing its new Tottenham Court Road station into service after years of Crossrail tunnelling and delay.£18.9B0.74Metropolitan Railway Opens the World's First Underground Line
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Wilshire/La Cienega station, Wilshire Blvd at La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE138 days agoMetro's[1] own project page says of Section 1, "This Opened on May 8, 2026."LA Metro opened Section 1 of the D Line subway extension, carrying the Wilshire Boulevard subway 3.9 miles west of Wilshire/Western to new stations at La Brea, Fairfax and La Cienega. It is the line's first extension since 1996 and the first of three sections Metro wants running before the 2028 Olympics.0.69London's Docklands Light Railway Opens
Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom
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CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the first Elizabeth line services arrived at the station at 05.47" on Monday, 24th October.London's Bond Street station opened to Elizabeth Line services, closing out the last and most delayed piece of the Crossrail project.£19B0.69Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT (Line 5) finally opens
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125th Street and Second Avenue, East Harlem, New York, NY 10035Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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