Thailand-China Railway's First Phase Pushed to 2030 · Chronopin

Thailand-China Railway's First Phase Pushed to 2030 · Chronopin

Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
Singapore Cross Island Line Phase 1 Targets 2030
Pasir Ris, SingaporeLand Transport Authority
Starts 12/31/2030ESTIMATED 72% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsA target, per the source^[1]: "Phase 1 of the Cross Island Line is scheduled to open in 2030."
Singapore's Cross Island Line, a new 58km MRT line squeezed through one of the world's most densely populated islands, is targeting its first 12-station phase for 2030.
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Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk
India Targets 2027 Launch for First Bullet Train Segment
Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, IndiaNational High Speed Rail Corporation Limited
Starts 08/15/2027DELAYED3.5 years late63% CONFIDENCEin 326 daysIndia's bullet train was originally due in 2022; the railways minister now targets 15 August 2027 for the first Surat-Bilimora segment, with the full Mumbai-Ahmedabad line not expected until 2029.^[1]
India's first high-speed rail line, modelled on Japan's Shinkansen, is now targeted to open its first short segment in 2027, years later than originally planned.
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Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
Vietnam's North-South High-Speed Railway Breaks Ground
Hanoi, Vietnam
Starts 12/31/2027DELAYED12 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.
$67B
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Semiconductors09/23/2026@TechDesk
TSMC's 1.6nm-Class A16 Process Enters Volume Production
TSMC…TSMC headquarters, 8 Lixing 6th Road, Baoshan, Hsinchu County 30082, Taiwan
Starts 12/31/2027DELAYED12 months late67% CONFIDENCEin 1.3 yearsTSMC's^[2][5] Kevin Zhang told Tom's Hardware "A16 will be ready for production in 2026... we expect volume production to begin in 2027", and TSMC's roadmap slide lists A16 under 2027; with no quarter named, the year's last day stands in.
A16, TSMC's first node with Super Power Rail backside power delivery, is expected to reach volume production in 2027, a year after the 2026 production TSMC planned when it unveiled the node.
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Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Beijing Subway Line 28 Opens Under the CBD
Dongdaqiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Subway
Starts 12/31/2029ESTIMATED 50% 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.
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Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Delhi Metro's Golden Line Opens Its First Section, Tughlakabad to Sangam Vihar
Tughlakabad, New Delhi, IndiaDelhi Metro Rail Corporation
Starts 12/31/2026DELAYED2 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.
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Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
Australia High Speed Rail Reaches Sydney
Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaHigh Speed Rail Authority
Starts 12/31/2039ESTIMATED 68% CONFIDENCEin 13.3 yearsA target, per the source^[1]: the project is expected to be "shovel-ready by 2028 and welcoming passengers by 2039", pending the development phase's outcome.
Australia has funded a two-year development phase for its first high-speed rail line, a 1,800km network starting with Newcastle to Sydney that has been promised since 2013.
A$659.6M
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Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
Germany Launches Its Biggest Rail Overhaul in Decades
Frankfurt am Main Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt, GermanyDeutsche Bahn
Starts 12/31/2030ESTIMATED 68% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsA target, per the source^[1]: DB plans "to tackle at least two additional corridors per year until 2030," completing the programme's full rollout by then.
Germany announced a multi-billion-euro Generalsanierung programme to fully close and rebuild more than 40 of its busiest rail corridors, aiming to fix decades of underfunded, overloaded infrastructure by 2030.
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Transport09/14/2026@BuildDesk
CPK Poland's Central Transport Hub Targets 2032 Opening
Centralny Port Komunikacyjny, Baranow, Grodzisk County, Masovian Voivodeship, PolandCentralny Port Komunikacyjny
Starts 12/31/2032SCHEDULED 76% CONFIDENCEin 6.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "Port Polska's new airport is set to open in 2032".
Poland's planned Centralny Port Komunikacyjny (CPK) airport and high-speed rail hub, 25 miles west of Warsaw, is now targeted to open in 2032.
$34B
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Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Beijing Subway Line 22 Opens From Hongmiao to Pinggu
Hongmiao, Chaoyang District, Beijing, ChinaBeijing Subway
Starts 12/31/2026DELAYED12 months late40% CONFIDENCEin 99 daysEnglish Wikipedia^[1] says the line "will open between Hongmiao and Pinggu in late 2026", and the August 2026 report it cites says the line 年底基本具备开通条件 ("will basically meet the conditions for opening by the end of the year"), so the day stands for late 2026.
Line 22, built as the Pinggu line, is the first inter-provincial metro line between Beijing and Hebei: 81.82 km and 22 stations from Dongdaqiao in Chaoyang through Tongzhou and Sanhe in Hebei out to Pinggu, using 8-car Type D trains at up to 160 km/h. Empty trial running between Hongmiao and Pinggu began on 25 August 2026; Jintai Xizhao and Dongdaqiao are held back to 2029.
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Transport06/23/2017@ThePinGang
France Aims to Transport Passengers on High-Speed Driverless Trains by 2023
SNCF
Starts 01/01/2023 UNVERIFIED 73% CONFIDENCE3.7 years ago
The French government-owned railway, SNCF's project “drone trains” plans to put driverless trains on tracks by 2023.
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Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk
Jurong Region Line Stage 1 Opens in Singapore's West
Tengah, SingaporeLand Transport Authority
Starts 06/30/2028DELAYED6 months late40% CONFIDENCEin 1.8 yearsLTA's^[1] March 2026 rail factsheet says "Stage 1 of the JRL will open around mid-2028, instead of the initial end-2027 timeline", so the day here stands for mid-2028.
The first stage of Singapore's fully elevated, driverless Jurong Region Line opens, serving Tengah and the western estates around Choa Chu Kang. LTA pushed the opening back by about six months after viaduct construction over the Pan-Island Expressway could only be carried out during overnight road closures, and will run interim shuttle buses from end-2027 until the line opens.
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