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Shanghai East Railway Station Opens Next to Pudong Airport
ESTIMATED52% CONFIDENCEin 311 daysThe Shanghai[1][2] municipal government's own English news page (19 March 2025) says "the project is scheduled to be operational in July 2027, offering seamless connections to high-speed rail, urban railway, metro lines, buses and the airport" - a month rather than a day, so the pin takes the last day of July 2027 instead of the end of the year.Shanghai's second-largest station after Hongqiao is being built in the bonded area beside Pudong International Airport, its high-speed station building given 15 platforms and 30 tracks. Passengers will walk roughly 250 metres between the trains and the airport.0.74Beijing Tongzhou Station Opens as Asia's Largest Underground Station
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE267 days agoThe English Wikipedia[1] article states that the station "opened on 30 December 2025".The integrated transport hub at the Beijing City Sub-centre, under Tongyun Subdistrict in Tongzhou District, took its first passengers on the Beijing-Tangshan and Beijing-Binhai intercity railways, with an interchange to Subway Line 6 at Beiyunhedong. Construction of the hub started on 30 November 2019.CN¥42.1B0.73Shinjuku Station Confirmed as the World's Busiest Railway Station
ESTIMATED72% CONFIDENCE8.7 years agoWikipedia's[2] Shinjuku Station article cites 2018 ridership of 3.59 million/day as the basis for its Guinness World Records[3] registration as the busiest station; the exact certification date is not published, so only the year is used.Tokyo's Shinjuku Station, used by roughly 3.6 million passengers a day, holds the Guinness World Record for the busiest railway station on Earth.0.71Sany Opens Its Lingang Excavator Factory Near Shanghai
CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE14.1 years agoMultiple contemporaneous trade-press reports (Equipment World, Construction Equipment Guide[3], OEM Off-Highway) independently give 24 August 2012 as the opening date of the Lingang factory.Sany opened its $818 million Lingang facility near Shanghai, calling it the world's largest excavator factory. Automated underground tunnels move structures and components through 5.9 million square feet of production space.0.69Changi Airport Breaks Ground on Terminal 5
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.4 years agoThe Prime Minister's Office dates the speech to the groundbreaking ceremony 14 May 2025, and PM Wong opens by marking the ground being broken on T5 that day.[1]Prime Minister Lawrence Wong officiated the groundbreaking of Terminal 5 on the Changi East site, launching the airport's largest expansion. PM Wong said T5 will be as big in land area as all of Changi's current terminals combined and will expand the airport's capacity by more than 50 per cent, serving about 50 million more passengers a year.0.69Dubai 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 20.5B0.67Beijing Subway Line 28 Opens Under the CBD
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 3.3 yearsEnglish Wikipedia[1] says "It is planned to open in 2029", a year with no month, so the day stands for the end of that year.Phase 1 of Line 28 runs 8.877 km with nine stations beneath Chaoyang's Central Business District, from Dongdaqiao to Guangqudonglu by way of Guanghualu, Dawang Lu and Beijing East railway station. Construction started in July 2021.0.66Huajiang Canyon Bridge Opens as World's Highest
花江峡谷大桥, 关岭布依族苗族自治县, 安顺市, 贵州省, 中国
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE360 days agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge opened to traffic on September 28 after more than three years of construction."The Huajiang Canyon Bridge opened to traffic in Guizhou, China, becoming the highest bridge on Earth at 625 metres above the canyon floor.0.66Vietnam's North-South High-Speed Railway Breaks Ground
Hanoi, Vietnam
DELAYED12 months late64% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsGroundbreaking was originally targeted for 2026 but has since slipped. Given as scheduled, per the source[1]: "Vietnam is targeting the start of construction in December 2027."Vietnam is set to break ground on a $67BN, 1,541km high-speed line linking Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the largest infrastructure project in the country's history.$67B0.66Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge Opens as the World's Longest Sea Crossing
港珠澳大橋香港口岸 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port, 離島區 Islands District, 新界 New Territories, 香港, 中国
CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE7.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "On 24 October 2018 the HZMB was opened to the public after its inauguration a day earlier."The 55km Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opened to traffic on 24 October 2018, linking the three Pearl River Delta cities with cable-stayed bridges, artificial islands and an undersea tunnel.0.66China Is Now Powered by the World's Largest Floating Solar Power Plant
CONFIRMED84% CONFIDENCE9.3 years agoHappened as dated, per interestingengineering.com[1]: "…ovoltaic (PV) inverter system supplier, announced the world’s largest floating PV power plant is sup…"China recently unveiled the largest floating solar power plant on earth which supplies 40MW of power to the grid in Huainan, China.0.65GTX-B Express Line Opens Between Incheon and Namyangju
ESTIMATED50% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsThe Korea Herald's[1] report on the 7 March 2024 groundbreaking gives a target opening year of "2030", so the pin sits at the end of that year.The 82 km GTX-B runs from Incheon National University Station in Songdo through Yeouido, Yongsan, Seoul Station and Cheongnyangni to Maseok in Namyangju, serving 14 stations and cutting the Songdo to central Seoul trip to about 30 minutes. Construction began on 7 March 2024.₩6.8T0.65
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