Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT (Line 5) finally opens

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Opens to Renforth

  Renforth Drive at Eglinton Avenue West, Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMetrolinx

  

  Starts 12/31/2031DELAYED8 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 5.3 yearsThe article says only that "The extension is expected to open in 2031", a year rather than a fixed day, so the pin sits on the last day of that year.^[1]

  The 9.2-kilometre westward extension of Line 5 Eglinton adds seven stations - four underground, two elevated and one in an open trench - ending at a trenched terminal at Renforth beside the eastern end of the Mississauga Transitway. Construction was estimated in 2026 at CA$3.97 billion, up from CA$2.47 billion a decade earlier.

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  Ontario Line Opens in Toronto

  Toronto, OntarioMetrolinx

  

  Starts 09/01/2031ESTIMATED62% 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$34B

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  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.

  £19B

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  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.

  £3.5B

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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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• Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk

  Ontario Line Under Construction

  East Harbour, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMetrolinx

  

  Starts 12/31/2031ESTIMATED67% 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$70B

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Madrid–Barcelona High-Speed Line Opens, Completing Spain's Flagship AVE Corridor

  Barcelona Sants railway station, Barcelona, SpainAdif

  

  Starts 02/20/2008CONFIRMED80% 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.

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• Transport09/11/2026@ThePinGang

  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.

  A$27B

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Jurong Region Line Stage 1 Opens in Singapore's West

  Tengah, SingaporeLand Transport Authority

  

  Starts 06/30/2028DELAYED6 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.

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  London's Docklands Light Railway Opens

  Poplar, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, United Kingdom

  

  Starts 08/31/1987CONFIRMED85% 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.

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  Sungei Bedok Opens, Joining the Thomson-East Coast and Downtown Lines

  Sungei Bedok, SingaporeLand Transport Authority

  

  Starts 12/31/2026DELAYED2 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.

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