Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Metro'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
Starts 05/08/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE140 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.
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Transport09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Metro's D Line Subway Reaches Westwood and the VA Campus
Westwood/UCLA Station, Westwood, Los Angeles, CALos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Starts 12/20/2027ESTIMATED 75% CONFIDENCEin 1.2 yearsMetro's^[1][3][4] D Line fact sheet forecasts Section 3 "Operations: Fall 2027", repeated in its September 9, 2026 community-meeting schedule; a season takes its last day.
Section 3 completes the nine-mile D Line extension with 2.56 miles and stations at Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital, putting the subway within reach of UCLA before the 2028 Olympics.
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Metro's D Line Subway Reaches Beverly Hills and Century City
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityCentury City station, Century City, Los Angeles, CA
Starts 06/20/2027ESTIMATED 76% CONFIDENCEin 268 daysThe City of Beverly Hills^[1] says Section 2 "is under construction and scheduled for completion in Spring 2027", and Metro's^[2][4] September 2026 schedule gives Section 2 operations as "Spring 2027"; a season takes its last day.
Section 2 of the D Line extension adds 2.59 miles of subway and two stations, Beverly Drive and Century City, carrying the line west from Wilshire/La Cienega.
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Metro Picks an Underground Subway for the Sepulveda Pass
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AuthoritySepulveda Pass, Los Angeles, CA 91436
Starts 01/22/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE246 days agoMetro's^[1] release dated January 22, 2026 says the Metro Board "selected an underground heavy rail option as the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project"; Wikipedia^[2] gives the full board's unanimous vote at its January 22, 2026 meeting.
The Metro Board chose a fully underground heavy-rail line, Modified Alternative 5, to link the San Fernando Valley with the Westside through the Sepulveda Pass, a trip Metro says will take under 20 minutes.
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São Paulo Metro's Line 2-Green Set to Reach Penha in 2028
Penha, São Paulo, BrazilSão Paulo Metro
Starts 12/31/2028ESTIMATED 50% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsThe report says the second phase from Vila Formosa to Penha has "service expected to begin in 2028", a year rather than a fixed day.^[1]
The 8.3 km eastern extension adds eight stations from Vila Prudente out to Penha and will make Line 2-Green the network's longest at 23 km. The first four stations, Orfanato, Santa Clara, Anália Franco and Vila Formosa, are due in 2027, and the São Paulo state government puts the whole extension at R$15 billion.
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Phoenix Light Rail Reaches South Phoenix and Splits Into Two Lines
Baseline Road and Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85042Valley Metro
Starts 06/07/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoThe City of Phoenix^[1] release is headed "South Central-Downtown Hub Light Rail Extension Opens June 7" and gives the opening as "Saturday, June 7, 2025."
Valley Metro opened the 5.5-mile South Central Extension and Downtown Hub, adding eight stations along Central and 1st avenues down to Baseline Road. The same day the system was restructured into an A Line running to Mesa and a B Line running from Metro Parkway in north-west Phoenix down to Baseline Road, the two meeting at four new downtown platforms.
$1.3B
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CTA Breaks Ground on the Red Line Extension to 130th Street
Future Michigan Avenue station, S Michigan Ave at 116th St, Chicago, IllinoisChicago Transit Authority
Starts 04/24/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE154 days agoCTA's own release is dated April 24, 2026 and describes the groundbreaking as having happened, with "the new extension and stations [...] expected to be completed and in service in 2030".^[1]
The Chicago Transit Authority started building the $5.7 billion, 5.5-mile extension of the Red Line south from 95th/Dan Ryan, with a ceremony at the site of the future Michigan Avenue station. Four new accessible stations near 103rd Street, 111th Street, Michigan Avenue and 130th Street will bring rapid transit to the Far South Side for the first time.
$5.7B
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Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
Ontario Line Under Construction
East Harbour, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMetrolinx
Starts 12/31/2031ESTIMATED 67% 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
Elizabeth Line's Tottenham Court Road Station Opens
Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth Line Station, London, UKTransport for London
Starts 05/24/2022CONFIRMED 90% 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.
£18.9B
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Austin Light Rail Breaks Ground on Its First Line
Guadalupe Street at Republic Square, downtown Austin, TX 78701, United StatesAustin Transit Partnership
Starts 01/01/2027ESTIMATED 50% CONFIDENCEin 98 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.
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Sound Transit's 1 Line Opens to Federal Way
Federal Way Downtown station, Federal Way, WA 98003Sound Transit
Starts 12/06/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE293 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.
$2.5B
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Metro Opens the Rail to Rail Bike and Walk Path Through South LA
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityWest Slauson Avenue, Vermont Square, Los Angeles, CA 90044
Starts 05/17/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoMetro's^[1] release dated May 17, 2025 says it "hosted a 'rolling dedication' and community fair this morning to celebrate the grand opening of the Rail to Rail Active Transportation Corridor".
A 5.5-mile walking and biking path on an abandoned freight line along Slauson Avenue, from near the K Line's Fairview Heights station to the A Line's Slauson station, built for $166 million.
$166M
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NBC Los Angeles^[1] (published September 19, 2025): "The Metro^[2] A Line extension opens Friday"; Metro's own video adds "Four new stations open this Friday, September 19 ... First ride is at noon!" (12:00 PDT = 19:00Z).

Start: Sep 19, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Metro's A Line Opens Its Extension to Pomona

Nine miles of light rail and four new stations in Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne and Pomona, bringing trains back to the eastern San Gabriel Valley for the first time since 1951 on a $1.5 billion extension.

The Metro A Line extension opened with four new stations - Pomona North, La Verne/Fairplex, San Dimas and Glendora - adding 9.1 miles to the 48.5-mile line^[1]
The first trains ran at noon, with free rides on Metro all weekend and celebrations at all four stations^[3]
Built by the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority on time and on budget and operated by Metro, the $1.5 billion extension is the ninth project finished in Metro's Twenty-Eight by '28 programme^[2]
It returns trains to the area for the first time since the Pacific Electric 'Red Car' service ended in 1951^[2]
Pomona North connects with Metrolink's San Bernardino Line, and La Verne/Fairplex serves the Pomona Fairplex, where cricket will be played at the 2028 Olympics^[1]

Notable features

Extends what Metro calls the world's longest light rail line, now running from Long Beach to Pomona^[2][3]
Four stations in four cities, each dedicated by its city and the Construction Authority before opening, with public artwork at Pomona North unveiled at an event set for 26 July 2025^[4]

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Cost $1.5B

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nbclosangeles.com/news/local/grand-opening-metro-a-line-extension-project/3780718
nbclosangeles.com· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Sep 19, 2025 ✓· 60% of score
NBC Los Angeles (published September 19, 2025): "The Metro^[2] A Line extension opens Friday"; Metro's own video adds "Four new stations open this Friday, September 19 ... First ride is at noon!" (12:00 PDT = 19:00Z).
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Possibility Travels with You: Metro A Line Extension Between Azusa, Pomona Officially Opens
metro.net· Published Sep 30, 2025· 15% of score
Metro's release: ribbon-cutting at Pomona North station; nine miles added to the 48.5-mile A Line; built by the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority on time and on budget for $1.5 billion; the ninth Twenty-Eight by '28 project; La Verne/Fairplex station serves Olympic cricket. Its byline date (30 Sept) is later than the opening it describes as 'today'.
[3]90%
First look: Ride the A Line Extension between Azusa and Pomona
youtube.com· Published Sep 16, 2025· 14% of score
Metro^[2] Los Angeles' video: four new stations open Friday, September 19, first ride at noon, free rides all weekend.
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Metro A Line Extension to Pomona Will Open September 19
la.streetsblog.org· Published Jul 24, 2025· 11% of score
Announced the 19 September opening; construction was substantially complete in January 2025 and Metro^[2] had been testing the line and training staff.

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Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Metro'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
Starts 05/08/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE140 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.
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Metro's D Line Subway Reaches Westwood and the VA Campus
Westwood/UCLA Station, Westwood, Los Angeles, CALos Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Starts 12/20/2027ESTIMATED 75% CONFIDENCEin 1.2 yearsMetro's^[1][3][4] D Line fact sheet forecasts Section 3 "Operations: Fall 2027", repeated in its September 9, 2026 community-meeting schedule; a season takes its last day.
Section 3 completes the nine-mile D Line extension with 2.56 miles and stations at Westwood/UCLA and Westwood/VA Hospital, putting the subway within reach of UCLA before the 2028 Olympics.
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Metro's D Line Subway Reaches Beverly Hills and Century City
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityCentury City station, Century City, Los Angeles, CA
Starts 06/20/2027ESTIMATED 76% CONFIDENCEin 268 daysThe City of Beverly Hills^[1] says Section 2 "is under construction and scheduled for completion in Spring 2027", and Metro's^[2][4] September 2026 schedule gives Section 2 operations as "Spring 2027"; a season takes its last day.
Section 2 of the D Line extension adds 2.59 miles of subway and two stations, Beverly Drive and Century City, carrying the line west from Wilshire/La Cienega.
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Metro Picks an Underground Subway for the Sepulveda Pass
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AuthoritySepulveda Pass, Los Angeles, CA 91436
Starts 01/22/2026CONFIRMED 87% CONFIDENCE246 days agoMetro's^[1] release dated January 22, 2026 says the Metro Board "selected an underground heavy rail option as the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) for the Sepulveda Transit Corridor Project"; Wikipedia^[2] gives the full board's unanimous vote at its January 22, 2026 meeting.
The Metro Board chose a fully underground heavy-rail line, Modified Alternative 5, to link the San Fernando Valley with the Westside through the Sepulveda Pass, a trip Metro says will take under 20 minutes.
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São Paulo Metro's Line 2-Green Set to Reach Penha in 2028
Penha, São Paulo, BrazilSão Paulo Metro
Starts 12/31/2028ESTIMATED 50% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsThe report says the second phase from Vila Formosa to Penha has "service expected to begin in 2028", a year rather than a fixed day.^[1]
The 8.3 km eastern extension adds eight stations from Vila Prudente out to Penha and will make Line 2-Green the network's longest at 23 km. The first four stations, Orfanato, Santa Clara, Anália Franco and Vila Formosa, are due in 2027, and the São Paulo state government puts the whole extension at R$15 billion.
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Phoenix Light Rail Reaches South Phoenix and Splits Into Two Lines
Baseline Road and Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85042Valley Metro
Starts 06/07/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoThe City of Phoenix^[1] release is headed "South Central-Downtown Hub Light Rail Extension Opens June 7" and gives the opening as "Saturday, June 7, 2025."
Valley Metro opened the 5.5-mile South Central Extension and Downtown Hub, adding eight stations along Central and 1st avenues down to Baseline Road. The same day the system was restructured into an A Line running to Mesa and a B Line running from Metro Parkway in north-west Phoenix down to Baseline Road, the two meeting at four new downtown platforms.
$1.3B
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CTA Breaks Ground on the Red Line Extension to 130th Street
Future Michigan Avenue station, S Michigan Ave at 116th St, Chicago, IllinoisChicago Transit Authority
Starts 04/24/2026CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE154 days agoCTA's own release is dated April 24, 2026 and describes the groundbreaking as having happened, with "the new extension and stations [...] expected to be completed and in service in 2030".^[1]
The Chicago Transit Authority started building the $5.7 billion, 5.5-mile extension of the Red Line south from 95th/Dan Ryan, with a ceremony at the site of the future Michigan Avenue station. Four new accessible stations near 103rd Street, 111th Street, Michigan Avenue and 130th Street will bring rapid transit to the Far South Side for the first time.
$5.7B
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Ontario Line Under Construction
East Harbour, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMetrolinx
Starts 12/31/2031ESTIMATED 67% 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
Elizabeth Line's Tottenham Court Road Station Opens
Tottenham Court Road Elizabeth Line Station, London, UKTransport for London
Starts 05/24/2022CONFIRMED 90% 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.
£18.9B
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Austin Light Rail Breaks Ground on Its First Line
Guadalupe Street at Republic Square, downtown Austin, TX 78701, United StatesAustin Transit Partnership
Starts 01/01/2027ESTIMATED 50% CONFIDENCEin 98 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.
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Sound Transit's 1 Line Opens to Federal Way
Federal Way Downtown station, Federal Way, WA 98003Sound Transit
Starts 12/06/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE293 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.
$2.5B
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Transport09/24/2026@BuildDesk
Metro Opens the Rail to Rail Bike and Walk Path Through South LA
Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation AuthorityWest Slauson Avenue, Vermont Square, Los Angeles, CA 90044
Starts 05/17/2025CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoMetro's^[1] release dated May 17, 2025 says it "hosted a 'rolling dedication' and community fair this morning to celebrate the grand opening of the Rail to Rail Active Transportation Corridor".
A 5.5-mile walking and biking path on an abandoned freight line along Slauson Avenue, from near the K Line's Fairview Heights station to the A Line's Slauson station, built for $166 million.
$166M
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