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MARTA Opens the Rapid A-Line, Its First Bus Rapid Transit Route
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CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE291 days agoSound Transit's[1] opening-day release, dated 6 December 2025, says riders can board the extension "starting today".The nearly 8-mile extension runs south from Angle Lake along I-5 and adds Kent Des Moines, Star Lake and Federal Way Downtown stations. Sound Transit moved the $2.5 billion project's opening up from an earlier target of March 2026.$2.5B0.67Grand 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.€42B0.66Paris 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.0.66Metro'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.0.65Sydney Metro West Opens
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ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEin 1.5 yearsA target, per the source[1]: "Bogotá Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán has confirmed that the first passengers will be able to ride Line 1 of the Metro on March 15, 2028," with construction 60% complete as of mid-2025.After more than 80 years of proposals, Bogotá's first metro line, an elevated 24km driverless railway, is targeted to carry its first passengers in 2028.$4B0.64DART's Silver Line Opens to DFW Airport
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ESTIMATED68% CONFIDENCEin 1.7 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…s debated building one since the 1940s. Estimated date.…"An elevated 24 km driverless line, the first metro for a capital that has debated building one since the 1940s. Estimated date.$4.3B0.63London's Docklands Light Railway Opens
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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.£77M0.62
