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Metro's D Line Subway Reaches Beverly Hills and Century City
ESTIMATED76% CONFIDENCEin 269 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.0.75Metro'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% CONFIDENCE139 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.0.71Metro Picks an Underground Subway for the Sepulveda Pass
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE245 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.0.69Second Avenue Subway Phase 2 Opens
ESTIMATED69% CONFIDENCEin 6.2 yearsGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…tury after the line was first proposed. Estimated date.…"The Q train extends north to 125th Street in East Harlem, a century after the line was first proposed. Estimated date.$17B0.67Metro Opens the Rail to Rail Bike and Walk Path Through South LA
CONFIRMED89% 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.$166M0.66The LAX/Metro Transit Center Opens, Bringing Rail to LAX
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE1.3 years agoMetro's[1] June 6, 2025 release says it "celebrated the official opening of the LAX/Metro Transit Center station with a ribbon cutting today", and ABC7[3] reports "The station will officially open to the public at 5 p.m." (17:00 PDT = 00:00Z on 7 June).Metro's $900 million station at Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street joins the C and K lines with 14 bus lines and the LAX shuttles, the first direct train connection to the airport.$900M0.66Sydney Metro West Opens
DELAYED4 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$27B0.66Phoenix Light Rail Reaches South Phoenix and Splits Into Two Lines
CONFIRMED90% 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.$1.3B0.64Dubai Metro's Blue Line Opens on the Metro's 20th Anniversary
SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEin 3.0 yearsThe report states the line "is expected to start operations on 9-9-2029, the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) announced", a fixed announced day chosen to echo the metro's own 9-9-2009 opening.[1]The 30 km Blue Line adds 14 stations across Dubai Silicon Oasis, Academic City, International City, Dubai Creek Harbour, Mirdif and Al Warqa, with 15.5 km of underground track and 14.5 km elevated. The RTA awarded the construction contract to a consortium of MAPA, LIMAK and CRRC in December 2024 and expects 28 trains to carry 200,000 riders a day by 2030, rising to 320,000 by 2040.AED 20.5B0.64BART's Silicon Valley Extension Reaches Downtown San Jose and Santa Clara
DELAYED11 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 10.3 yearsThe article gives the phase as "Targeted for completion in 2037" with no month, so the pin uses the first day of that year.[1]VTA's Phase II extension carries BART on from Berryessa through a five-mile single-bore tunnel to three new subway stations in San Jose - 28th Street/Little Portugal, Downtown San Jose and Diridon - plus a surface station at Santa Clara. Excavation of the tunnel boring machine entrance pit at Newhall Yard was in progress in late 2025.$12.7B0.63Metro's A Line Opens Its Extension to Pomona
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoNBC 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).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.$1.5B0.63CTA Breaks Ground on the Red Line Extension to 130th Street
Future Michigan Avenue station, S Michigan Ave at 116th St, Chicago, IllinoisChicago Transit Authority
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE153 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.$5.7B0.63
