London's Docklands Light Railway Opens

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  Elizabeth Line's Tottenham Court Road Station Opens

  Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth Line Station, London, UKTransport for London

  

  Starts 05/24/2022CONFIRMED90% 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.

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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Jubilee Line Platforms Open at Westminster Underground

  Westminster Underground Station, London, United Kingdom

  

  Starts 12/22/1999CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE26.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Jubilee line platforms were opened on 22 December 1999."

  The deep-level Jubilee line platforms at Westminster Underground opened, completing London's £3.5bn Jubilee Line Extension after engineers dug a 39-metre station box beside the Thames without disturbing Big Ben's foundations.

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  Metropolitan Railway Opens the World's First Underground Line

  Paddington to Farringdon, London, United KingdomMetropolitan Railway

  

  Starts 01/10/1863CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE163.7 years agoThe London Transport Museum and Britannica^[2] both date the Metropolitan Railway's opening between Paddington and Farringdon to January 10, 1863.

  The Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon on January 10, 1863, the world's first underground railway and the ancestor of every metro system shown in Moving Millions Every Day.

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  Bond Street's Elizabeth Line Station Finally Opens

  Bond Street Station, Mayfair, City of Westminster, London, UKTransport for London

  

  Starts 10/24/2022CONFIRMED90% 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.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Line 6 Finch West LRT Opens in Toronto

  Finch West station, Finch Avenue West at Keele Street, North York, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMetrolinx

  

  Starts 12/07/2025DELAYED12 years late40% CONFIDENCE290 days agoRailway-News^[1] reports that "Line 6 Finch West officially began service on 7 December" 2025, a fixed day now past.

  The light rail line runs almost 11 kilometres from Finch West station on Line 1 at Keele Street west to Humber College Station, with 18 stops along the way. The TTC runs it day to day, with trains every six and a half minutes at rush hour.

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  HS2 London to Birmingham Opens

  Birmingham, EnglandHS2 Ltd

  

  05/01/2036 - 10/31/2039ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCEin 9.6 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…after cancellations and cost overruns. Estimated date.…"

  Britain's second high-speed line, cut back to a single Phase 1 route after cancellations and cost overruns. Estimated date.

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  The Channel Tunnel Opens

  Channel Tunnel, Folkestone, United Kingdom

  

  Starts 05/06/1994CONFIRMED78% CONFIDENCE32.4 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: the tunnel "was officially opened on May 6, 1994," presided over by Queen Elizabeth II and President Mitterrand.

  The $15BN Channel Tunnel opened, linking Britain to mainland Europe by rail for the first time since the last Ice Age, after six years of construction under the English Channel.

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  Network Rail Completes the London Bridge Station Redevelopment

  London Bridge Station, London SE1 9SP, UKNetwork Rail

  

  Starts 05/09/2018CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE8.4 years agoNetwork Rail's^[3] own history page states London Bridge station was officially reopened by the Duke of Cambridge on Wednesday 9 May 2018.

  Network Rail finished its five-year, roughly £1 billion rebuild of London Bridge station as part of the Thameslink Programme, and Prince William officially reopened the unified station on 9 May 2018. The project gave the station a single new concourse and step-free access to every platform.

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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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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Metro's D Line Subway Extension Opens Its First Three Stations

  Wilshire/La Cienega station, Wilshire Blvd at La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

  

  Starts 05/08/2026CONFIRMED90% 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.

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  DART's Silver Line Opens to DFW Airport

  DFW Airport Terminal B station, Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, TX 75261, United StatesDallas Area Rapid Transit

  

  Starts 10/25/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE333 days agoDART's^[1] launch release names the day it happened: the Silver Line "launches Saturday, Oct. 25", connecting seven cities and DFW International Airport.

  DART began passenger service on the 26-mile Silver Line, a 10-station regional rail route running east-west from Plano through Richardson, Addison, Carrollton and Coppell to DFW International Airport. It is the agency's first rail link from the northern suburbs straight into the airport, and rides were free for the first two weeks.

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  Silvertown Tunnel Opens Under the Thames

  Silvertown, London Borough of Newham, London, United KingdomTransport for London

  

  Starts 04/07/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.5 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Silvertown Tunnel will open on 7 April 2025, as confirmed by TfL^[2]."

  Transport for London opened the Silvertown Tunnel, a new road crossing under the Thames built to relieve the perennially congested Blackwall Tunnel a few hundred metres away.

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