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Toronto'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$13B0.68Sydney 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$27B0.62Elizabeth 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.£18.9B0.62Scarborough 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.0.62Bond Street's Elizabeth Line Station Finally Opens
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE3.9 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "the first Elizabeth line services arrived at the station at 05.47" on Monday, 24th October.London's Bond Street station opened to Elizabeth Line services, closing out the last and most delayed piece of the Crossrail project.£19B0.61CTA 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% CONFIDENCE152 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.$5.7B0.61Jubilee Line Platforms Open at Westminster Underground
Westminster Underground Station, London, United Kingdom
CONFIRMED82% 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.£3.5B0.61Four Rebuilt Red Line Stations Open on Chicago's North Side
CONFIRMED90% 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.0.60Silvertown Tunnel Opens Under the Thames
CONFIRMED90% CONFIDENCE1.5 years agoHappened as dated, per the source[1]: "The Silvertown Tunnel will open on 7 April 2025, as confirmed by TfL[2]."Transport for London opened the Silvertown Tunnel, a new road crossing under the Thames built to relieve the perennially congested Blackwall Tunnel a few hundred metres away.$2.8B0.60Auckland City Rail Link Opens
Auckland, New Zealand
SCHEDULED81% CONFIDENCEin 39 daysGiven as scheduled, per en.wikipedia.org[1]: "…kland Transport and KiwiRail.[13] It is scheduled to open on 13 September 2026.[14] Initial proposal…"Twin 3.45 km tunnels turning Britomart from a dead-end terminus into a through station, doubling rail capacity. Estimated date.NZ$5.5B0.59Jurong Region Line Stage 1 Opens in Singapore's West
DELAYED6 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.0.59Sydney Western Harbour Tunnel Set to Open
Warringah Freeway, Cammeray, Sydney, NSW, Australia
SCHEDULED80% CONFIDENCEin 2.3 yearsGiven as scheduled, per the source[1]: "Western Harbour Tunnel remaining on track to open to traffic in 2028".Sydney's Western Harbour Tunnel, redesigned mid-build from a cut-and-cover crossing to twin bored tunnels, is on track to open beneath the harbour in 2028.0.59
