List of US+Canada rail transit currently under construction

[plutonicpanda]

What about Brightline in Florida? And there is a line U/C from San Bernardino to Redlands, IIRC.

[Markitect]

Cirrus, a correction to make in the "Now Opened" section:

Milwaukee streetcar starter line - 2.25 miles is placed under 2012, but should actually be under 2018.

[Cirrus]

OK.

I moved Milwaukee to 2018, added Finch West, and removed Niagara. The San Bernardino line is already listed.

Brightline from Miami to West Palm Beach is already complete. If the Orlando extension has started, tell me.

[plutonicpanda]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

OK.

I moved Milwaukee to 2018, added Finch West, and removed Niagara. The San Bernardino line is already listed.

Brightline from Miami to West Palm Beach is already complete. If the Orlando extension has started, tell me.

I swear I saw a picture somewhere of work starting on the Brightline project. I don't know enough about it to know if it is the extension or perhaps an expansion of the existing line in some form.

[202_Cyclist]

Originally Posted by plutonicpanda

I swear I saw a picture somewhere of work starting on the Brightline project. I don't know enough about it to know if it is the extension or perhaps an expansion of the existing line in some form.

I think it was in the Brightline thread. I don't know if this counts as actual construction.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...5be-story.html

[Cirrus]

Clearing land looks like construction to me. Sometimes we don't count utility work, but that looks like not just utilities.

I added Brightline Orlando extension to the main page.

[lrt's friend]

Originally Posted by corynv

Ottawa's Confederation line stage 1 is going to open ion the 14th of September.

It is confirmed that Ottawa's Confederation Line will open this Saturday, September 14th at 2 pm. Frequency will be every 3 to 5 minutes during peak periods, every 5 minutes during most other daytime hours, every 8 minutes in latter evenings, every 10 minutes on Sunday evenings, and every 15 minutes after 11 pm until the end of service. On Friday and Saturday nights 8 minute frequency will be maintained until the end of service. Service will run from 5 am to 1 am, Monday to Thursday, 5 am to 2 am on Fridays, 6 am to 2 am on Saturdays and 8 am to 11 pm on Sundays. Parallel bus service will fill in missing hours to provide 24 hour service.

[corynv]

Confederation line, stage 1 is now open!

[Cirrus]

Ottawa Stage 1 moved to complete! Congrats!

[plutonicpanda]

Looks like the Foothill Gold Line is in construction phase now:

The contract signing with Kiewit-Parsons concludes a two-year procurement process and officially marks the beginning of major construction for the $2.1 billion light rail project.

- https://thesource.metro.net/2019/10/...-line-project/

[mcgrath618]

Could we add the SEPTA Route 15 extension to the list of u/c? They're currently laying track along Richmond Ave.

[muertecaza]

Only utility relocation so far, so may not qualify for "under construction" based on past practice for this thread, but the first round of construction notices came out for the next Phoenix light rail expansion--the 'South Central' line that will go south from downtown 5.5 miles. They will also be building a downtown 'hub' as this is the first new line in Phoenix's system--until now we had a long 28-mile system that was linear from one end of the metro to the other. Exciting stuff.

https://www.valleymetro.org/news/con...b-rail-project

https://www.valleymetro.org/sites/de..._-_sunland.pdf

https://www.valleymetro.org/sites/de...dison_1019.pdf

https://www.valleymetro.org/sites/de...ley_1019_2.pdf

[Metro-One]

Preliminary work has commenced on the fully funded 5.7 kilometer extension of the Millennium Line in Vancouver known as the first phase of the Broadway Subway. (Such as relocating utilities)

700 meters elevated
5 KMs underground
6 stations

Proper construction is to start next year with completion in 2025.

Guessing that makes it not eligible for this list yet, but still worth mentioning.


An 8 KM elevated extension of the Expo Line will also begin in late 2021 or early 2022. This could be extended to 16KM if the funding to build the entire segment without phases comes forward.

[SFBruin]

Originally Posted by jtown,man

Since 2012, built or UC(from my rough counting est and selected cities that interested me in the US):

...
SF- 79 miles
...

I am way late on this, but I imagine that this is comprised mostly of SMART in the northern Bay Area.

[Cirrus]

Added to the front page list:

• Foothill Gold line
• Phoenix South Central line

Holding off for now:

• SEPTA Rt 15: I'm confused about what's happening there. I've never heard of this project, and my google results look like it's reconstructing an existing segment. Is this adding new service to a place there wasn't any before, or is it rebuilding tracks that already had trolleys running on them?
• Vancouver Millennium line: Utility work doesn't count, but please do update us when proper construction begins.

[mcgrath618]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

Added to the front page list:

• Foothill Gold line
• Phoenix South Central line

Holding off for now:

• SEPTA Rt 15: I'm confused about what's happening there. I've never heard of this project, and my google results look like it's reconstructing an existing segment. Is this adding new service to a place there wasn't any before, or is it rebuilding tracks that already had trolleys running on them?
• Vancouver Millennium line: Utility work doesn't count, but please do update us when proper construction begins.

It’s a restoration of service. The 15 only runs as a trolley up to Girard and Front, where it stops. It used to run all the way up to about Tioga. That section is currently being restored back into service.

Think of it like the Wawa Restoration. The trains used to run there, then they didn’t, but now they will.

[Cirrus]

How long ago was service cut? I don't need an exact number. But are we talking the ballpark of 2 or 3 years, or decades?

[mcgrath618]

Originally Posted by Cirrus

How long ago was service cut? I don't need an exact number. But are we talking the ballpark of 2 or 3 years, or decades?

Service was bustituted in the early nineties, along with the 23 and 56. Trolley service from 63rd and Malvern to Girard and Front was restored in about 2005, and they're now restoring the full route.

[Cirrus]

OK. If this portion has been bus-only for 20+ years, I'll add it to the list (update: done). If it had been like 2 years ago then I wouldn't have wanted to.

[Tcmetro]

The last rail opening in the US in 2019 will be on Saturday, Dec 14. Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) will be opening a short southern extension to Larkspur. Additionally, an infill station at Downtown Novato will open, with weekend only service until the new schedule starts in the new year.

http://sonomamarintrain.org/node/353

Openings in the US to look forward to in 2020:

• San Jose, CA - BART Berryessa extension - early 2020
• Los Angeles, CA - LACMTA Crenshaw Line - June 2020
• Denver, CO - RTD N Line - August 2020
• Loudoun County, VA - WMATA Silver Line Phase 2 - Sept 2020
• Honolulu, HI - HART Phase 1 - late 2020

Openings in Canada to look forward to in 2020:

• York Region, ON - GO Transit Richmond Hill line extension to Bloomington Rd - 2020
• Edmonton, AB - ETS Valley Line Phase 1 - end of 2020