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Ontario 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$34B0.79Eglinton Crosstown West Extension Opens to Renforth
DELAYED8 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.C$4B0.75Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT (Line 5) finally opens
CONFIRMED87% CONFIDENCE227 days agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: the TTC "began an introductory service period on Line 5 starting Sunday, Feb. 8," marking the line's opening as Line 5 Eglinton.Toronto's long-delayed 19km Eglinton Crosstown light rail line entered service as TTC Line 5, six years behind its original 2020 target.C$13B0.71Scarborough Subway Extension Opens on Line 2
DELAYED3 years late40% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsThe article says "reports suggest the project may not open until 2033", a year with no fixed day, so the pin sits at the end of 2033.[1]The 7.8-kilometre extension carries Line 2 Bloor-Danforth east from Kennedy station to three new stops - Lawrence and McCowan, Scarborough Centre and a terminal at McCowan and Sheppard - replacing the Line 3 RT shut in 2023, and is projected to carry about 105,000 trips a day. Infrastructure Ontario values the stations, rail and systems contract alone at $5.7 billion.0.71Austin Light Rail Breaks Ground on Its First Line
Guadalupe Street at Republic Square, downtown Austin, TX 78701, United StatesAustin Transit Partnership
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 100 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.0.70Line 6 Finch West LRT Opens in Toronto
Finch West station, Finch Avenue West at Keele Street, North York, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMetrolinx
DELAYED12 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.0.69Ford Starts the First Moving Assembly Line for a Complete Automobile
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ESTIMATED66% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "officials said they expect the first trains to run in the 2030s."The MTA is pushing ahead on a new light rail line linking Brooklyn and Queens via a freight corridor that has never had passenger subway service.$5.5B0.67Elizabeth Line's Tottenham Court Road Station Opens
CONFIRMED90% 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.£18.9B0.67Construction Begins on New York's Hudson River Rail Tunnel
North River Tunnel, Weehawken, New Jersey
CONFIRMED89% CONFIDENCE2.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "construction finally began Nov. 3 on the Hudson River Tunnel portion of the Gateway Program[2]".Crews broke ground on the Hudson Tunnel Project, a new rail tunnel meant to relieve the century-old, storm-damaged North River Tunnel beneath the Hudson River.0.66Surrey Langley SkyTrain
SCHEDULED82% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: the line "is on track to be opened for service in late 2029."Metro Vancouver is spending CAD $6BN extending the SkyTrain Expo Line 16km from Surrey to Langley, after scrapping a cheaper light-rail plan that would already have opened.C$6B0.65New Ontario Science Centre Opens at Ontario Place
DELAYED12 months late40% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsGlobal News[1] reports that "the new building is expected to open in 2029", a year rather than a fixed day, so the pin sits at the end of 2029.The 400,000-square-foot replacement for the Don Mills science centre is rising on Toronto's waterfront, pairing a mainland building with an integrated pod complex and a restored Cinesphere. Ontario's auditor general costed the move at roughly $1.4 billion against $1.3 billion to keep the old building, and shovels went in the ground in May 2026.0.65
