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Delhi's Namo Bharat Rapid Rail Priority Section Opens
Sahibabad RRTS Station, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaNational Capital Region Transport Corporation
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE2.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: the 17km "stretch from Duhai Depot (in Ghaziabad) to Sahibabad near the Delhi border" opened to the public the day after its Friday inauguration.The first 17km stretch of the Delhi-Meerut RRTS, India's first regional rapid rail line, was inaugurated as "Namo Bharat," opening to passengers the next day.$4B0.69Mumbai's Aqua Line Metro Reaches Cuffe Parade, Completing the Line
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE350 days agoThe article states the final stretch "from Acharya Atre Chowk to Cuffe Parade was inaugurated by Modi, along with the Navi Mumbai International Airport on 8 October 2025".[1]The last 10.99 km stretch, from Acharya Atre Chowk to Cuffe Parade, opened to passengers and completed the 33.5 km Aqua Line, Mumbai's first fully underground metro with 27 stations. The Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation's managing director put the line's completion cost at about 30,000 crore rupees.0.67Namo Bharat's Delhi-Meerut Corridor Opens End to End
DELAYED14 months late40% CONFIDENCE213 days agoThe article's timeline reads "February 2026: Entire stretch of the RRTS from Sarai Kale Khan to Modipuram becomes operational on 22 February 2026."[1]The 82.15 km semi-high-speed corridor from Sarai Kale Khan in Delhi to Modipuram in Meerut, with 16 stations, two depots and Alstom trainsets running at 160 km/h, became fully operational, covering the distance in under an hour. Deutsche Bahn's Indian subsidiary runs it for the National Capital Region Transport Corporation.₹302.7B0.66Paris 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.0.65Jurong 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.0.65Mumbai Metro's Yellow Line Reaches Chembur on Line 2B
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE41 days agoThe English Wikipedia[1] line article's station table gives Chembur's opening date as "13 August 2026".Chembur station opened on the Line 2B branch of the Yellow Line, taking the operational section to six stations after the first 5.8 km from Diamond Garden to Mandale started carrying passengers in April 2026. The station sits roughly 200 metres from Chembur suburban railway station and about 100 metres from the monorail, making it a three-mode interchange; Line 2B as a whole is estimated to cost 10,986 crore rupees.0.64Metro'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.0.63Ontario 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$34B0.63Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train Opens
ESTIMATED62% CONFIDENCEin 1.9 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…i to Ahmedabad trip to about two hours. Estimated date.…"India's first high-speed line, 508 km of Japanese Shinkansen technology cutting the Mumbai to Ahmedabad trip to about two hours. Estimated date.₹1.6T0.63Beijing 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 2029.0.62India Targets 2027 Launch for First Bullet Train Segment
DELAYED3.5 years late63% CONFIDENCEin 326 daysIndia's bullet train was originally due in 2022; the railways minister now targets 15 August 2027 for the first Surat-Bilimora segment, with the full Mumbai-Ahmedabad line not expected until 2029.[1]India's first high-speed rail line, modelled on Japan's Shinkansen, is now targeted to open its first short segment in 2027, years later than originally planned.0.62Metropolitan 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.0.61
