SBB Opens the Löwenstrasse Underground Station at Zürich Hauptbahnhof

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  Stuttgart 21 Rail Hub Opens

  Stuttgart, Germany

  

  Starts 12/13/2026DELAYED7 years late59% CONFIDENCEin 81 daysDate has moved, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "…te for main elements of the project was delayed again, to December 2026.[5][6] In 2025, the planned…"

  Germany's long-delayed underground through-station replaces the Stuttgart terminus after two decades of construction. Estimated date.

  €14.5B

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  Mont Cenis Base Tunnel Opens

  Val-Cenis, Savoie, FranceTELT

  

  Starts 12/31/2033SCHEDULED84% CONFIDENCEin 7.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source^[1]: the base tunnel "is expected to be commissioned by the end of 2033"; telt.eu^[2] confirms "La date d'achèvement est prévue en 2033", a year later than the earlier 2032 target.

  At 57.5 km, the Mont Cenis Base Tunnel will be the world's longest rail tunnel, carrying the new Lyon–Turin railway under the Alps between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, France, and Susa, Italy.

  €11.1B

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• Transport09/15/2026@BuildDesk

  Metropolitan Railway Opens the World's First Underground Line

  Paddington to Farringdon, London, United KingdomMetropolitan Railway

  

  Starts 01/10/1863CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE163.7 years agoThe London Transport Museum and Britannica^[2] both date the Metropolitan Railway's opening between Paddington and Farringdon to January 10, 1863.

  The Metropolitan Railway opened between Paddington and Farringdon on January 10, 1863, the world's first underground railway and the ancestor of every metro system shown in Moving Millions Every Day.

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  Brenner Base Tunnel Opens

  Brenner Pass, Austria

  

  Starts 06/01/2032SCHEDULED75% CONFIDENCEin 5.7 yearsGiven as scheduled, per en.wikipedia.org^[1]: "…ns by the European Union. The tunnel is scheduled to be completed in 2032.[4][5] The Brenner Pass, i…"

  At 55 km, with the Innsbruck bypass it forms the world's longest underground rail link, boring beneath the Alps between Austria and Italy. Estimated date.

  €8.4B

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• Transport09/20/2026@BuildDesk

  GTX-B Express Line Opens Between Incheon and Namyangju

  Seoul Station, Jung-gu, SeoulKorea National Railway

  

  Starts 12/31/2030ESTIMATED50% 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.

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  Siemens Unveils Its Vectron Locomotive at InnoTrans

  Messe Berlin, Messedamm 22, 14055 Berlin, GermanySiemens

  

  Starts 09/23/2010CONFIRMED85% CONFIDENCE16.0 years agoRailway press coverage of InnoTrans 2010 states Siemens revealed the Vectron family, presenting four prototypes to the public on 23 September 2010.^[1]

  Siemens revealed its Vectron locomotive family, presenting prototypes to the public at the InnoTrans rail trade fair in Berlin. Vectron electric and hybrid freight locomotives are built at Siemens' Munich-Allach factory and now haul freight for operators including DB Cargo.

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  Four Rebuilt Red Line Stations Open on Chicago's North Side

  Lawrence to Bryn Mawr, Uptown and Edgewater, Chicago, IllinoisChicago Transit Authority

  

  Starts 07/20/2025CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.2 years agoThe CTA's announcement says "four fully reconstructed Red Line stations in Edgewater and Uptown will open on Sunday, July 20, 2025".^[1]

  The Lawrence, Argyle, Berwyn and Bryn Mawr stations reopened fully accessible, with elevators and escalators at main entrances, wider platforms, translucent overhead canopies and new public artwork. They sit on 1.3 miles of new track structure, bridges and viaducts built between Lawrence and Bryn Mawr under the CTA's $2.1 billion Red and Purple Modernization Phase One project.

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  Mumbai Metro's Yellow Line Reaches Chembur on Line 2B

  Chembur, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaMumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority

  

  Starts 08/13/2026CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE41 days agoThe English Wikipedia^[1] line article's station table gives Chembur's opening date as "13 August 2026".

  Chembur station opened on the Line 2B branch of the Yellow Line, taking the operational section to six stations after the first 5.8 km from Diamond Garden to Mandale started carrying passengers in April 2026. The station sits roughly 200 metres from Chembur suburban railway station and about 100 metres from the monorail, making it a three-mode interchange; Line 2B as a whole is estimated to cost 10,986 crore rupees.

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  Jubilee Line Platforms Open at Westminster Underground

  Westminster Underground Station, London, United Kingdom

  

  Starts 12/22/1999CONFIRMED82% CONFIDENCE26.8 years agoHappened as dated, per the source^[1]: "The Jubilee line platforms were opened on 22 December 1999."

  The deep-level Jubilee line platforms at Westminster Underground opened, completing London's £3.5bn Jubilee Line Extension after engineers dug a 39-metre station box beside the Thames without disturbing Big Ben's foundations.

  £3.5B

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  Second Gotthard Road Tunnel Due to Complete

  Gotthard-Strassentunnel, Uri, SwitzerlandSwiss Federal Roads Office (ASTRA)

  

  Starts 12/31/2030SCHEDULED76% CONFIDENCEin 4.3 yearsA mid-2025 setback added cost and rework but the project team says it is still on schedule. Given as scheduled, per the source^[1]: "It is due to be completed in 2030."

  Switzerland's second bore under the Gotthard Pass, approved by referendum in 2016 to let the original 1980 tunnel close for renovation without cutting off the A2, is on track to finish by 2030.

  $2.7B

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  Grand Paris Express Line 15 South Opens

  Paris, FranceSociété des Grands Projets

  

  Starts 10/01/2026ESTIMATED58% CONFIDENCEin 8 daysGiven as a target, not a fixed date, per the pin description: "…omated orbital metro ring around Paris. Estimated date.…"

  The first stretch of Europe's largest transport project: a 33 km automated orbital metro ring around Paris. Estimated date.

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  El Insurgente Reaches Observatorio in Mexico City

  Observatorio, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, MexicoSecretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes

  

  Starts 02/02/2026DELAYED3 years late40% CONFIDENCE233 days agoThe article states that "On 2 February 2026, the third section from Santa Fe to Observatorio was inaugurated", a fixed day now past.^[1]

  The last section of the 57.7-kilometre Mexico-Toluca commuter railway, from Santa Fe into the rebuilt Observatorio terminal, was inaugurated, finishing a line that had been opening in stages from Zinacantepec since 2023. Its estimated cost climbed from $38.6 billion MXN in 2014 to $73.72 billion MXN by 2019.

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