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Sungei Bedok Opens, Joining the Thomson-East Coast and Downtown Lines
DELAYED2 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysThe article says the station "is now expected to commence passenger service in 2026", with LTA narrowing that to the second half of the year, so the day here stands for that window.[1]Sungei Bedok opens as the terminus of Thomson-East Coast Line Stage 5 and of the Downtown Line 3 extension, making it the interchange between the two lines. It sits above the East Coast Integrated Depot, the world's first depot stacking three rail lines and a bus depot on one site, and opens alongside Bedok South and Xilin stations.0.72East Indian Railway Opens the New Howrah Station Building
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCE120.8 years agoFIBIwiki's history of the station states the new building "was brought into service on 1 December 1905," a specific documented date independent of the documentary.[1]The East Indian Railway brought its new Howrah terminus, designed by Halsey Ricardo, into service across the Hooghly from Kolkata, replacing the original 1854 station building. Its North Wing's six platforms were built to absorb traffic that had grown sharply since the Bengal-Nagpur Railway opened its Calcutta Extension Line into Howrah in 1900.0.72Elizabeth 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.£18.9B0.71Beijing Subway Line 22 Opens From Hongmiao to Pinggu
DELAYED12 months late40% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysEnglish Wikipedia[1] says the line "will open between Hongmiao and Pinggu in late 2026", and the August 2026 report it cites says the line 年底基本具备开通条件 ("will basically meet the conditions for opening by the end of the year"), so the day stands for late 2026.Line 22, built as the Pinggu line, is the first inter-provincial metro line between Beijing and Hebei: 81.82 km and 22 stations from Dongdaqiao in Chaoyang through Tongzhou and Sanhe in Hebei out to Pinggu, using 8-car Type D trains at up to 160 km/h. Empty trial running between Hongmiao and Pinggu began on 25 August 2026; Jintai Xizhao and Dongdaqiao are held back to 2029.0.70JR East's Haneda Airport Access Line Opens to Tokyo Station
DELAYED2 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 4.5 yearsWikipedia[1] states that "as of July 2024, JR East plans to open the new line in fiscal year 2031"; no month is given, so the pin sits on 1 April 2031, the first day of that Japanese fiscal year.The new line runs from a station between Haneda's Terminals 1 and 2 through an underwater tunnel to the Tokaido Main Line near Tamachi, tying the airport directly into Tokyo Station and Shin-Kiba. Construction began on 2 June 2023 and the East Yamanote route is costed at about 280 billion yen.¥280B0.70Chongqing East, the World's Biggest Train Station
Chongqing East railway station, Nan'an District, Chongqing, China
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the Chongqing East railway station opened to passengers on 27 June 2025."China opened Chongqing East, a 1.22 million sq m high-speed rail hub roughly six times the size of New York's Grand Central, as the newest showpiece of its 50,000km high-speed rail network.0.69Metropolitan Railway Opens the World's First Underground Line
CONFIRMED82% 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.0.69Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 Opens
ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEin 6.2 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…tury after the line was first proposed. Estimated date.…"The Q train extends north to 125th Street in East Harlem, a century after the line was first proposed. Estimated date.$17B0.69Jubilee Line Platforms Open at Westminster Underground
Westminster Underground Station, London, United Kingdom
CONFIRMED82% 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.£3.5B0.68Jurong 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.0.68Auckland City Rail Link Opens
Auckland, New Zealand
SCHEDULED81% CONFIDENCEin 39 daysGiven as scheduled, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…kland Transport and KiwiRail.[13] It is scheduled to open on 13 September 2026.[14] Initial proposal…"Twin 3.45 km tunnels turning Britomart from a dead-end terminus into a through station, doubling rail capacity. Estimated date.NZ$5.5B0.68Bond Street's Elizabeth Line Station Finally Opens
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.£19B0.68
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