List of US+Canada rail transit currently under construction

[mhays]

Agreed...both on the new line and where it interlines with the existing 1 Line, improving frequency to four minutes.

APTA Q2 numbers are taking their time, but Link got 100,100 per day in Q1. Between the Federal Way extension in December and the 2 Line (East Link) in April I suspect it'll be 130-140,000 in Q3 2026 and rise from there. (A tiny bit of that will be Tacoma Link.)

PS, for full Seattle-area rail, ST's commuter rail gets 7,200 per day, King County Metro's streetcar 4,500, and the privately-owned Monorail 7,000. That would be 118,800.

[Nite]

October to December is set to be a big 3 months of lines opening in Canada

2 lines/extensions in Toronto
2 lines/extensions in Montreal
1 line/extensions in Ottawa

Nothing is set to open in 2026 however if none of these are pushed back to 2026.

[hipster duck]

Originally Posted by Nite

October to December is set to be a big 3 months of lines opening in Canada

2 lines/extensions in Toronto
2 lines/extensions in Montreal
1 line/extensions in Ottawa

Nothing is set to open in 2026 however if none of these are pushed back to 2026.

Neither the Eglinton-Crosstown nor the Finch West LRT lines have confirmed opening dates.

[Nite]

Originally Posted by hipster duck

Neither the Eglinton-Crosstown nor the Finch West LRT lines have confirmed opening dates.

yes not confirmed but Metrolinx is hoping for an October opening date for Eglinton and Finch is not far behind and may open before Eglinton.

[Innsertnamehere]

Originally Posted by hipster duck

Neither the Eglinton-Crosstown nor the Finch West LRT lines have confirmed opening dates.

There are not confirmed dates but the government is saying that both will most likely open before EOY.

[craigs]

The 9.1-mile LA Metro A Line extension to North Pomona opened today. The A line now has 4 additional stations and is 58 miles long, by far the longest light rail line in the world.

[electricron]

DART Silver Line to open October 25, 2025.
On that date all train rides on DART trains will be free.
The Silver Line will be free for starting on that day for two weeks.

The Silver Line will be using Stadler 4 car FLIRT trains with diesel electric propulsion.

[Innsertnamehere]

The GO Transit commuter rail extension of service to Confederation GO station in east Hamilton will open on October 27:

https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/10065...truction-of-new-confederation-go-station

Services planned on opening day include 13 daily weekday trains and 15 weekend train services with a mix of express and local services to Toronto.

[OhioGuy]

The KC Streetcar extension south from Union Station to UMKC opened on Friday, October 24.

Still under construction is the northward extension from the River Market neighborhood to the Berkley waterfront.

[ssiguy]

The KC streetcar seems to be one of the very few modern streetcars built in the US that is actually useful. Most have been built strictly for tourists and vanity projects, "look Mom, we have a streetcar too" has cost US cities a fortune with deplorable ridership that gives fuel to the fire to non-transit supporters that investing in transit is a waste of money.

[Cirrus]

Front page list updated to reflect openings of:

- LA A line LRT
- Dallas Silver Line
- KC Streetcar
- Toronto East Hamilton GO

Thank you everyone for the updates! Sorry it took me awhile to make them!

[Cirrus]

In other news, the u/c list is as sparse as it's ever been since this thread began 13 years ago.

Even if we've missed adding one or two, it's pretty bleak.

[mhays]

Thanks for the updates Cirrus.

Seattle is listed accurately with 16 miles of Link Light Rail underway. However this combines two projects that aren't related.

East Link (2 Line) has an eight-mile middle segment that's in testing mode before an April 2026 opening. Combined with the operational ten-mile starter segment in Bellevue/Redmond, this will total 18 miles of new rail, and also interline with the 1 Line through Downtown Seattle and up to Lynnwood.

The Federal Way extension (south end of 1 Line) will begin service 12/6/25. This is 7.8 miles.

You could also mention the Pinehurst infill station in North Seattle at 130th St, which both lines will serve. It's also scheduled to open in 2026. The station was half built with the Lynnwood extension but is now being fully built out.

We won't have any more rail groundbreakings for a while, though some BRT is getting built. Costs for upcoming work have spiraled and big thinking is underway...like do we really need a third Downtown Seattle rail tunnel (we have one for LR and a second for freight/CR/Amtrak).

[Doady]

Seattle is exciting because it is an already a growing, high ridership system, exactly the kind that be building LRT and BRT. Building any sort rapid transit a declining system is a waste.

I see videos of cities like Houston that build BRT on low ridership corridors and buses are empty, it is kind of sad.

[Innsertnamehere]

you can probably add the Toronto Yonge Subway Extension - the tunnelling contract was awarded in August and advanced work has been occurring for a while:

https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/en/...ay-extension-advance-tunnelling-project/

Title block can be:

Toronto Yonge Subway Extension - 5 miles (8 km)

Also:

The Toronto Finch LRT is likely going to open December 7:

https://globalnews.ca/news/11492780/finch-west-opening-date/

The Eglinton Crosstown is also running about a month behind the Finch LRT, and should open either late 2025 or very early 2026 - no confirmed date yet.

The Eglinton Crosstown line item on page 1 should also be split into two projects. Project 1 opens in a month or so, project 2 will not open for another 6-7 years:

Toronto Eglinton Crosstown LRT - 12 miles (19km)

Toronto Eglinton West LRT - 6 miles (9km)

[38 Geary]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

In other news, the u/c list is as sparse as it's ever been since this thread began 13 years ago.

Even if we've missed adding one or two, it's pretty bleak.

I'll add this one for you under the commuter rail section:

San Francisco SMART Healdsburg extension - 9 miles

SMART Trains begins building Healdsburg extension
By Tom Vacar
Published September 22, 2025 10:49pm PDT

HEALDSBURG, Calif. - SMART Train, the first California transit system to get back to pre-pandemic levels, is starting another expansion to the major but charming tourist attraction of Healdsburg. Another bonus: the Golden Gate Ferry ties the city of San Francisco to more of Marin and Sonoma county wine tasting and tourism on SMART. SMART, the Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit board, has approved the first $22 million of an almost quarter billion-dollar extension of the system to the wine and tourist Mecca of Healdsburg. "Passenger rail service has not served Healdsburg since 1958. So, when we open by the end of 2028, it will be 70 years since the last train was there," said SMART General Manager Eddu Cumins.

...

The nine-mile extension's biggest hurdle is the Russian River, which has a likely ancient and unused rail bridge. "I think this will be a brand-new bridge that we'll reconstruct there. Don't forget we're also gonna have a pathway as a part of this, with a pathway on one side of it and so I think we're gonna be looking at building a brand-new bridge," said Cumins. With an anticipated completion date just about three years away, the engineers will design the right-of-way, track, crossings, bridge and station.

...

After Healdsburg, the only thing left is the City of Cloverdale, which the train plans to connect to sometime in the future.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/rt-trains-begins-building-towards-healdsburg

[Cirrus]

Thanks! I think the status of SMART is they've awarded the contract but not yet actually started construction, which I think will happen in January. So I'm holding off listing that one, unless someone can post a more clear article that shows they've actually started work.

I do appreciate the updates!

[38 Geary]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

Thanks! I think the status of SMART is they've awarded the contract but not yet actually started construction, which I think will happen in January. So I'm holding off listing that one, unless someone can post a more clear article that shows they've actually started work.

I do appreciate the updates!

Yes, I think you're right. Construction should be scheduled to start in January. We can take it off until it actually starts groundbreaking.

[Innsertnamehere]

Photo update of construction start for yonge subway extension - confirming it is underway:


https://www.linkedin.com/posts/north-end...=ACoAADWJa6MBAZKL-GaYC8sFEQ6H1RVHBql-1T8

[Innsertnamehere]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/rem-s-deux-montagnes-branch-finally-opens-9.6978931

Montreal's REM Deux Montagnes branch opened over the weekend - a 31km (19 mile) light metro line which converted a former commuter rail line.