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Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT (Line 5) finally opens
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE227 days agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: the TTC "began an introductory service period on Line 5 starting Sunday, Feb. 8," marking the line's opening as Line 5 Eglinton.Toronto's long-delayed 19km Eglinton Crosstown light rail line entered service as TTC Line 5, six years behind its original 2020 target.C$13B0.74Sydney Metro West Opens
DELAYED4 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.A$27B0.72Ontario Line Opens in Toronto
ESTIMATED62% CONFIDENCEin 4.9 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…, Plenary Americas, and Webuild) with a projected in-service date of 2031.[37] The contract was valu…"A 15.6 km automated subway across Toronto with 15 stations, built to relieve the overloaded Line 1. Estimated date.C$34B0.70Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Opens to Renforth
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Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE39.1 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "opened on 31 August 1987 with 11 trains servicing 15 stations".The driverless Docklands Light Railway opens to passengers, giving London's redeveloping docklands a low-cost automated metro built largely on disused rail viaducts.£77M0.67Ontario Line Under Construction
ESTIMATED67% CONFIDENCEin 5.3 yearsA target, per the source[1]: "2031 remains a target opening date," though Metrolinx's own CEO says the line may open later, in the "early 2030s."Toronto's Ontario Line, a new subway line meant to relieve one of North America's most congested cities, is under construction with its budget already well past the original estimate.C$70B0.66Surrey Langley SkyTrain
SCHEDULED82% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: the line "is on track to be opened for service in late 2029."Metro Vancouver is spending CAD $6BN extending the SkyTrain Expo Line 16km from Surrey to Langley, after scrapping a cheaper light-rail plan that would already have opened.C$6B0.66Scarborough Subway Extension Opens on Line 2
DELAYED3 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsThe article says "reports suggest the project may not open until 2033", a year with no fixed day, so the pin sits at the end of 2033.[1]The 7.8-kilometre extension carries Line 2 Bloor-Danforth east from Kennedy station to three new stops - Lawrence and McCowan, Scarborough Centre and a terminal at McCowan and Sheppard - replacing the Line 3 RT shut in 2023, and is projected to carry about 105,000 trips a day. Infrastructure Ontario values the stations, rail and systems contract alone at $5.7 billion.0.64Elizabeth 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.£18.9B0.64Metro'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
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.0.64Madrid–Barcelona High-Speed Line Opens, Completing Spain's Flagship AVE Corridor
CONFIRMED80% CONFIDENCE18.6 years agoWikipedia's[3] Madrid–Barcelona high-speed rail line article gives 20 February 2008 as the date the complete line opened, after the Madrid–Zaragoza–Lleida section opened in October 2003.Adif's Madrid–Barcelona high-speed line opened in full on 20 February 2008, cutting the 621km journey to about 2 hours 30 minutes and becoming the backbone of the AVE network that engineering crews are now upgrading for 350km/h running.0.63Austin Light Rail Breaks Ground on Its First Line
Guadalupe Street at Republic Square, downtown Austin, TX 78701, United StatesAustin Transit Partnership
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 100 daysATP chief executive Greg Canally says in the agency's own announcement that "we are on track to begin construction in 2027", a year with no day attached.[1]Austin Transit Partnership starts building a 9.8-mile line with 15 stations, running three ways out of downtown and crossing Lady Bird Lake on a new bridge. The board picked the Stacy Witbeck-Sundt joint venture Austin Rail Constructors in February 2026; the first trains are due in 2033 and the cost is put above $8.2 billion.0.63
