What this thread lists:
This thread attempts to track urban transit rail lines that are
under construction only in the US and Canada. If your line is planned but not under construction yet, sorry but you don't belong. US lines are in black, Canadian are in
blue. Intercity rail lines that are under construction are also included at the bottom, but with much less detail.
How is the info compiled?
For the most part, this is a crowdsourced list. The thread relies on users (that's you) posting replies to tell us when a new line begins construction, or finishes and opens to riders. I update the list at the top of the thread whenever something changes. That said, there are a couple of resources that people can use to help track things, most notably
The Transport Politic's Transit Explorer and
UrbanRail.Net's Now Open list.
The list -- Under construction now:- Heavy Metrorail: 75 miles total
- Honolulu Skyline phases 2 & 3 - 9 miles
- Los Angeles Purple line extension phases 1, 2, and 3 - 9 miles
- San Francisco/San Jose (Silicon Valley) BART extension phase 2 - 6 miles
- Montreal REM Deux-Montagnes, Anse-a-L'Orme, and Aeroport branches - 32 miles (50 km)
- Toronto Ontario line - 10 miles (16 km)
- Toronto Scarborough subway extension - 5 miles (8 km)
- Vancouver Broadway subway - 4 miles (6 km)
- Light Rail: 153 miles total
- Edmonton Valley line phase 2 - 9 miles (14 km)
- Los Angeles Crenshaw line airport extension - 2 miles
- Los Angeles Foothill Gold line ext - 12 miles
- Minneapolis SW line - 15 miles
- Ottawa Stage 2 - 27 miles (44 km)
- Phoenix South Central line - 6 miles
- San Jose VTA Orange line extension - 2.4 miles
- Seattle Eastside, Federal Way, Lynnwood extensions - 28 miles
- Toronto Eglinton Crosstown & Eglinton West - 18 miles (25 km)
- Toronto Finch West - 7 miles (11 km)
- Toronto Hurontario - 11 miles (18 km)
- Washington Purple Line - 16 miles
- Commuter Rail: 95 miles total
- Boston South Coast Rail phase 1 - 37 miles
- Chicago South Shore Line West lake extension - 8 miles
- Dallas Silver Line - 26 miles
- Miami downtown Tri-Rail extension - 9 miles
- New York / New Jersey Lackawanna cutoff - 7 miles
- San Francisco SMART Windsor extension - 3 miles
- Toronto GO Hamilton east upgrades - 5 miles (9 km)
- Streetcar: ~10 miles total
- KC Main St extension - 3.5 miles
- LA / Orange County CA - 4.1 miles
- Philadelphia Rt 15 extension - 2.5 miles
Intercity:- Amtrak track improvements/additions on existing lines (many nationwide)
- Brightline West, LA to LV
- California high speed rail
Now opened, and therefore removed from the list:
Listed alphabetically within each year.- 2012:
- Calgary LRT Northeast line extension 2.9km (1.8mi)
- Dallas Blue line Rowlett extension - 5 miles
- LA Expo line - 7 miles
- Miami Airport Link metrorail - 2 miles
- Portland streetcar Eastside - 3.3 miles
- Providence MBTA Wickford extension - 20 miles
- Sacramento Green Line phase 1 - 1 mile
- Salt Lake City Front Runner south commuter rail - 44 miles
- Seattle Lakewood line - 8 miles
- 2013:
- Denver West line LRT - 12 miles
- Houston North light rail - 5 miles
- Orlando Sunrail phase 2 - 18 miles
- Salt Lake City Airport & Draper light rail lines - 8 miles
- Salt Lake City Sugarhouse streetcar - 2.7 miles
- 2014:
- Atlanta streetcar - 1.4 miles
- Calgary LRT Northwest line extension 2.4km (1.24mi)
- Dallas LRT Orange line DFW extension - 10 miles
- LA San Bernardino commuter rail extension
- Minneapolis Central corridor LRT - 11 miles
- Montréal RTM Commuter Train Mascouche line 52km (32mi)
- Oakland Airport/BART connector - 3.2 miles
- Orlando Sunrail phase 1 - 31 miles
- Tucson streetcar - 3.9 miles
- Washington Silver line Metro phase 1 - 12 miles
- 2015:
- Charlotte streetcar phase 1 - 1.5 miles
- Dallas Oak Cliff streetcar - 1.6 miles
- Edmonton LRT Metro line extension 3.3km (2.1mi)
- Houston Green & Purple light rail lines (minus Magnolia extension) - 8 miles
- Houston Green line extension - 1 mile
- Phoenix Mesa extensions - 3 miles
- Portland Orange line - 7 miles
- Sacramento Cosumnes light rail - 4 miles
- Washington VRE Spotsylvania extension - 6 miles
- 2016:
- Boston Wachusett commuter rail extension - 5 miles
- Cincinnati streetcar - 2 miles
- Dallas Blue line UNT extension - 3 miles
- Dallas Bishop Arts streetcar extension - 1 mile
- Denver East (airport) line commuter rail - 24 miles
- Denver NW phase 1 commuter rail - 6 miles
- Kansas City streetcar - 2 miles
- LA Gold line - 12 miles
- LA Perris commuter rail extension - 24 miles
- New Orleans Rampart streetcar - 1.6 miles
- Phoenix Northwest extensions - 3 miles
- Seattle 1st Hill streetcar - 2.5 miles
- Seattle U Link - 3 miles
- Seattle Angle Lake / South 200th LRT - 2 miles
- Vancouver SkyTrain Evergreen Extension 10.9km (6.9mi)
- Washington H Street streetcar - 2.2 miles
- 2017:
- Detroit QLINE streetcar - 3.3 miles
- Denver I-225 line LRT - 11 miles
- New Orleans Loyola / Union Terminal streetcar - 1.3 miles
- New York 7 train extension to Hudson Yards - 1 miles
- New York 2nd Ave subway ph 1 - 2 miles
- San Francisco BART Warm Springs extension - 5 miles
- San Francisco SMART commuter rail - 43 miles
- Toronto Yonge-Spadina subway extension - 5 miles (9 km)
- 2018:
- Charlotte Blue LRT extension - 9 miles
- Connecticut New Haven to Springfield line - 62 miles
- El Paso streetcar - ~2 miles
- Florida Brightline - West Palm Beach to Fort Lauderdale segment
- Florida Brightline - Fort Lauderdale to Miami extension
- Milwaukee streetcar starter line - 2.25 miles
- Oklahoma City streetcar - 2.3 miles
- Saint Louis Delmar trolley - 2.2 miles
- San Francisco eBART commuter rail - 10 miles
- 2019:
- Dallas Fort Worth TEXrail DMU - 27 miles
- Denver Gold line EMU - 11 miles
- Denver SE line LRT - 2 miles
- Kitchener-Waterloo ION line - 12 miles (19 km)
- Ottawa Confederation line - 8 miles (13 km)
- Phoenix Gilbert Rd LRT extension - 2 miles
- San Francisco SMART Larkspur extension - 2 miles
- 2020:
- San Francisco Berryessa BART extension - 11 miles
- Denver North commuter line - 13 miles
- 2021:
- Charlotte Gold Line streetcar - 2.5 miles
- San Diego Mid-Coast LRT extension - 11 miles
- Seattle Northgate LRT - 3 miles
- Toronto GO RER Bloomington extension - 2.5 miles (4 km)
- Toronto GO Hamilton extension - 5 miles (9 km)
- 2022:
- Boston Green line LRT extension - 5 miles
- LA Crenshaw extension section one - 6 miles
- LA / San Bernardino Arrow / Redlands Line - 9 miles
- San Francisco Central subway LRT - 2 miles
- Philadelphia Wawa extension 3.5 miles
- Phoenix / Tempe streetcar - ~3 miles
- Washington Metro Silver line phase 2 - 12 miles
- 2023:
- Edmonton Valley line phase 1 - 8 miles (13 km)
- Honolulu Skyline phase 1 - 11 miles
- Los Angeles Regional connector light rail - 2 mile
- New York LIRR east access commuter rail - 4 miles
- Milwaukee streetcar Couture/Lakefront branch - 0.2 miles
- Montreal REM Brossard branch - 10 miles (17 km)
- Orlando Brightline intercity extension
- Seattle Tacoma Link streetcar extension - 2.4 miles
- 2024:
- Phoenix NW LRT extension - 2 miles
- Seattle Bellevue to Redmond light rail - 7 miles
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