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🚌 New bus rapid transit line: Cayenne Yanéo Yana'BUS Cayenne, French Guiana · 14 km · 24 stations · Opened Oct 19, 2026 A bus rapid transit system… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bus_rapid… 📷 Communauté d'agglomération du centre littoral

🚇 New metro line: Line 6 Xiamen, China · 26.1 km · Opened Sep 16, 2026 Line 6 opened as Xiamen's first inter-urban metro line, linking Huaqiao University in Xiamen to Jiaojiang… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: railwaygazette.com/china/2026/10/19/xia… 📷 屠麟傲血 (Wikimedia)

🚇 New metro line: Line 4 Xiamen, China · 31.3 km · Opened Sep 16, 2026 The initial 31.3 km section of express metro Line 4 opened between Jimei Software Park North and Qianwu. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: railwaygazette.com/china/2026/10/19/xia… 📷 屠麟傲血 (Wikimedia)

Transit Explorer @thetransportpolitic.com is updated, with thousands of additional transit lines. Changes: —>500 km of new metros, mostly in China & India —all of the massive tramway networks of eastern Europe are now included —if you've missed them, new features, like comparing two cities at once

🚊 New tram / light rail line: Line 17 Geneva, Switzerland · Opened Oct 17, 2026 Line 17 of the Geneva Tramway Network extended to Perrier-Aubrac from Annemasse, crossing the… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Geneva 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚊 New tram / light rail line: Green Line Sacramento, United States · 1 station · Opened Oct 15, 2026 SacRT light rail opened 7th & Railyards station as an infill station on the Green… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SacRT_light_rail 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚌 New bus rapid transit line: Metrobus line 1 Porto, Portugal · Opened Feb 28, 2026 Metrobus line 1 BRT opened between Casa da Música and Império in Porto. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bus_rapid…

🚆 New rail line: Halkalı – Kapıkule Edirne, Turkey · 153 km · 5 stations · Opened Oct 10, 2026 The 153 km Çerkezköy – Kapıkule section of the Halkalı – Kapıkule railway opened to… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: railwaygazette.com/turkey/2026/10/12/ce… 📷 railwaygazette.com

🚆 New rail line: Tartu–Riga direct train Tartu, Estonia · Opened Jan 12, 2026 A direct train service launched between Tartu, Estonia and Riga, Latvia. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_rail_tran…

🚆 New rail line: Ganja–Qabala interregional train Ganja, Azerbaijan · Opened Jan 12, 2026 A new interregional train service launched between Ganja and Qabala in Azerbaijan. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_rail_tran…

🚊 New tram / light rail line: Line 12 Gothenburg, Sweden · 10.3 km · 18 stations · Opened Dec 14, 2025 Line 12 of the Gothenburg Tramway opened between Mölndal and Lindholmen,… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothenburg_Tramway 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚊 New tram / light rail line: Line 19 Warsaw, Poland · Opened Jun 28, 2025 Line 19 of the Warsaw tram system extended service to Stegny. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Warsaw 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚇 New metro line: Yellow Line Chennai, India · Opened Oct 11, 2026 The Chennai Metro Yellow Line opened between Poonamallee Bypass and Vadapalani stations. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Metro 📷 en.wikipedia.org

“New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority is starting an environmental review of a proposed crosstown subway line along Harlem’s 125th Street that could serve an estimated 164,000 weekday riders.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

🚆 New rail line: Istanbul–Kapıkule railway Istanbul, Turkey · Opened Oct 9, 2026 The Çerkezköy–Kapıkule section of the Istanbul–Kapıkule high-speed railway opened to passengers on… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul–Kapıkule… 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚆 New rail line: Train Express Régional Dakar, Senegal · Opened Sep 28, 2026 The Train Express Régional (TER) extended to Blaise Diagne International Airport from Diamniadio. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_rail_tran…

🚊 New tram / light rail line: Blue Line Sacramento, United States · 1 station · Opened Sep 28, 2026 SacRT opened Dos Rios station, an infill station on the Blue Line. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SacRT_light_rail 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚆 New rail line: Ihrhove–Nieuweschans railway Bad Nieuweschans, Netherlands / Germany · 18 km · 2 stations · Opened Oct 5, 2026 Train service resumed on the Ihrhove–Nieuweschans… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihrhove–Nieuwesch… 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚊 New tram / light rail line: Route 19 Delft, Netherlands · 2.5 km · 6 stations · Opened Oct 5, 2026 HTM launched tram Route 19 extension to Delft University of Technology campus… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: railwaygazette.com/netherlands/2026/10/… 📷 railwaygazette.com

I can’t remember who recommended this account but they said it cheered them up - and it really does cheer me up! I’m going to log off for the night immmediately so this is the last post that I see. 🚂

🚊 New tram / light rail line: 1 Line Seattle, United States · 1 station · Opened Sep 30, 2026 Pinehurst station opens on the Link light rail 1 Line in Seattle. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_light_rail 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚊 New tram / light rail line: Blue Line Sacramento, United States · 1 station · Opened Sep 15, 2026 SacRT opened Dos Rios station, an infill station on the Blue Line. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SacRT_light_rail 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚇 New metro line: West Nile Line Cairo, Egypt · 42 km · Opened Oct 1, 2026 The West Nile Line of the Cairo Monorail opened between New October and Alexandria Desert Road. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo_Monorail 📷 en.wikipedia.org

New light rail line opening soon on the Illinois side of the St. Louis suburbs:

🚇 New metro line: Line 6 Nanjing, China · Opened Sep 29, 2026 Nanjing Metro Line 6 opened between Nanjing South railway station and Qixiashan. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing_Metro 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚆 New rail line: Harbin–Yichun high-speed railway Harbin, China · 300 km · 9 stations · Opened Sep 28, 2026 The Harbin–Yichun high-speed railway opened between Harbin North and Yichun West, serving… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harbin–Yichun_hig…

🚆 New rail line: Beijing–Xiong'an–Shangqiu high-speed railway Shangqiu, China · 552.8 km · 16 stations · Opened Sep 28, 2026 The Xiong'an to Shangqiu section of the… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing–Shangqiu_… 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚆 New rail line: Xi'an–Chongqing high-speed railway Xi'an, China · 170.4 km · 9 stations · Opened Sep 28, 2026 The Xi'an–Chongqing high-speed railway opened its first segment between Xi'an East and… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi'an–Chongqing_h…

🚆 New rail line: Beijing–Shangqiu high-speed railway Shangqiu, China · 552.8 km · 16 stations · Opened Sep 28, 2026 The Xiong'an–Shangqiu section of the Beijing–Shangqiu high-speed… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beijing–Shangqiu_… 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚆 New rail line: Yichang–Xingshan high-speed railway Yichang, China · 109.4 km · 3 stations · Opened Sep 28, 2026 The Yichang–Xingshan high-speed railway opened between Yichang North and Xingshan,… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yichang–Xingshan_…

🚊 New tram / light rail line: Route 11 Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina · 6.4 km · 20 stations · Opened Sep 27, 2026 The first extension of Sarajevo's tram network since 1962… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: railwaygazette.com/bosnia-herzegovina/2… 📷 railwaygazette.com

🚊 New tram / light rail line: Line 11 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina · Opened Sep 27, 2026 The Sarajevo Tram Line 11 extended from Ilidža to Hrasnica, completing a planned… Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Sarajevo 📷 en.wikipedia.org

🚊 New tram / light rail line: Kraków Fast Tram Kraków, Poland · Opened Sep 26, 2026 An extension of the Kraków Fast Tram opened between TAURON Arena Kraków and Mistrzejowice. Open Lines: thetransportpolitic.com/openlines Project: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraków_Fast_Tram 📷 en.wikipedia.org