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First Section of São Paulo's Line 6-Orange Opens for Trial Service
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE83 days agoThe report states that "the first 5.2 km section of São Paulo's metro network's Line 6 (Orange) opened on July 2".[1]Six stations opened along a 5.2 km stretch between João Paulo I and Perdizes, among them Água Branca, which at 47.8 metres is the deepest metro station in South America. Trains run on weekdays from 10.00 to 15.00 and are free for now; the finished line is to run 15.3 km with 15 stations from Brasilândia to São Joaquim.0.67Mumbai 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.0.64Delhi Metro's Golden Line Opens Its First Section, Tughlakabad to Sangam Vihar
DELAYED2 years late61% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysConstruction World[2], 16 September 2026, narrows the year to a month: DMRC is "targeting December 2026 for the opening of the first operational section of the Golden Line between Tughlaqabad and Sangam Vihar. The 8.4-km stretch is planned as the initial section". December is the last month of the year the pin already sat on, so the day stands at 31 December 2026 - now as the end of a named month rather than a bare year. The full Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridor follows later.The first 8.4 km section of the Phase 4 Golden Line, from Tughlakabad to Sangam Vihar, is targeted to open in December 2026; the rest of the 29.785 km Delhi Aerocity-Tughlakabad corridor, 19 stations with 12 of them underground, follows in phases. By April 2026 civil work was 78 per cent done with five tunnel boring machines still at work, and trainsets had begun arriving at the modified Sarita Vihar depot.0.63São Paulo's Line 17-Gold Monorail Opens to Congonhas Airport
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE176 days agoThe report states that "the initial 6.7 km section of monorail Line 17-Gold in São Paulo was inaugurated on March 31, no less than 12 years behind its original planned opening date".[1]The 6.7 km first section links Congonhas Airport with Morumbi on suburban rail Line 9 through seven stations, twelve years behind the 2014 World Cup deadline it was first built for. Trains initially run only between 10.00 and 15.00 at headways of seven to fourteen minutes, with full service expected from October 2026.R$6B0.63Mumbai'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.0.63The 2027 Australian Grand Prix
SCHEDULED85% CONFIDENCEin 193 daysFormula 1's[2] own 2027 schedule gives this round's weekend as "02 - 04 Apr"; the Grand Prix is run on the Sunday, the last day of the weekend.The championship reaches Melbourne, where public parkland roads around Albert Park lake become a circuit for the weekend.0.63Grand Paris Express Line 15 South Pushed to Autumn 2027
DELAYED7 years late56% CONFIDENCEin 1.0 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "In autumn 2027, the South Line 15 should be up and running between Pont de Sevres and Noisy-Champs."The first section of Line 15, the 76km ring at the heart of the Grand Paris Express, has slipped repeatedly and is now expected to open between Pont de Sevres and Noisy-Champs in autumn 2027.$45B0.63Brazil Votes in the First Round of Its Presidential Election
Palacio do Planalto, Praca dos Tres Poderes, Brasilia, Brazil
SCHEDULED73% CONFIDENCEin 11 daysPolymarket's[1][2] rules open with "A presidential election is scheduled to take place in Brazil on October 4, 2026", which is the first Sunday of October, the date Brazilian law sets.PolymarketPolymarketBrazil's presidential election is scheduled for Sunday, October 4, 2026. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket's winner market, which includes any second round, had Flavio Bolsonaro at 58% and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at 42%; a runoff, if no one clears 50%, falls on October 25.0.62Dublin MetroLink Finally Wins Planning Approval
St Stephen's Green, Dublin, Ireland
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE356 days agoAn Coimisiun Pleanala's[4] own notice of decision for Railway Order Application ABP-314724-22 (Metrolink - Estuary to Charlemont via Dublin Airport) carries the decision date 02/10/2025, and RTE[5] reported that day that "An Coimisiun Pleanala published the Railway order this morning which gives construction for the MetroLink Project the green light". The pin's milestone - the grant of planning permission - therefore has an exact day, 2 October 2025; the old date stood for the separate 2027 target for enabling works.After two decades of false starts, Ireland's first metro line - linking Dublin city centre to the airport and Swords - was granted planning permission, with enabling works targeted to begin in 2027.0.62JR 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.¥280B0.62Bogotá Metro Line 1 Targets 2028 Opening
Bogotá, Colombia
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.$4B0.62Lima Metro Line 2 Fully Open
Lima, Peru
ESTIMATED51% CONFIDENCEin 2.2 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…ne is currently under construction, and projected to be completed by 2028.[citation needed] New line…"A 35 km fully underground east-west line beneath Lima, cutting a two-hour surface trip to about 45 minutes. Estimated date.$5.4B0.61
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