East Bayfront LRT

East Bayfront LRT
Overview
StatusPlanned
LocaleToronto, Ontario
Termini
Service
TypeStreetcar
SystemToronto streetcar system
Operator(s)Toronto Transit Commission
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm) – TTC gauge
Route map

Legend
 Union
Queens Quay
Bay Street tunnel
Queens Quay tunnel
509/510 to Spadina
 Freeland Street
Richardson Street
Lower Sherbourne Street
Parliament Street
Queens Quay
Cherry Street
Distillery Loop
 Queens Quay
Keating Channel
 Centre Street
Cherry Street
Commissioners Street
 New Munitions Street
Villiers Island Loop
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East Bayfront LRT, also known as the Waterfront East LRT, is a planned[1][2] Toronto streetcar line that would serve the East Bayfront and Port Lands areas in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It would run from Union station under Bay Street and along Queens Quay and Cherry Street to a new loop along Commissioners Street east of Cherry Street on Ookwemin Minising.[3] It would complement the existing 509 Harbourfront service that connects Union Station to Queens Quay west of Bay Street. Longer-term plans are to extend the East Bayfront line from Cherry and Commissioners Streets to the planned East Harbour Transit Hub along GO Transit's Lakeshore East line and the planned Ontario Line.[4]: 55 

The Waterfront East LRT Extension is a City of Toronto project to develop the East Bayfront LRT. The project involves both Waterfront Toronto and the Toronto Transit Commission. The proposed line is part of the Waterfront Transit Network which also includes the Waterfront West LRT.[4]

By April 2023, the project's design was nearing 30 percent completion.[5]: 10  If the design is approved, the line could partially open along Queens Quay East between 2030 and 2033 but with Union Station bypassed. The project could fully open sometime between 2032 and 2035.[5]: 73 

  1. ^ "Waterfront East Light Rail Transit". City of Toronto. October 12, 2021. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  2. ^ "Extending the Waterfront East LRT to Villiers Island | Waterfront Toronto". www.waterfrontoronto.ca. Archived from the original on February 8, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference WFT-2023-01-25 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference TO-2021-02-17 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference TO-2023-04 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).