Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility | |
|---|---|
 Bombardier Flexity Freedom LRV on the car-wash track | |
| General information | |
| Location | Industry Street, Mount Dennis, Toronto, Ontario Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°41′25″N 79°29′16″W / 43.69028°N 79.48778°W |
| Owned by | Metrolinx |
| Operated by | Metrolinx plans to contract with a third party to operate the maintenance facility |
| Line(s) | Line 5 Eglinton |
| Construction | |
| Structure type | Flexity Freedom vehicle maintenance and storage facility |
| Other information | |
| Status | Open |
| History | |
| Opened | October 2018 (facility) |
| Opening | 2024 (line)[1] |
The Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility is a rail yard and vehicle service centre for Line 5 Eglinton of the Toronto subway. The facility is located near the line's western terminus at Mount Dennis station, on lands formerly occupied by Kodak's Toronto campus.[2][3][4][5][6]
The Eglinton line uses Flexity Freedom vehicles on 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge and is not connected to the Toronto streetcar system, which uses 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm) Toronto gauge.
The facility was substantially complete in October 2018,[7] and was ready for the delivery of the first Flexity Freedom vehicle on January 8, 2019. Five more were delivered by February 2019.[8]
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Openingwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Lorinc, John (2012-11-23). "Down (but not out) Mount Dennis area pins hopes on Metrolinx". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
A sprawling storage and maintenance facility for the light-rail vehicles will be built on the Kodak site within a few years.
- ^ Gupta, Rahul (2012-12-12). "Meeting to provide details on LRT station in Mount Dennis". York Guardian. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22.
The Mount Dennis underground stop at Weston Road would serve as the line's western terminus point, said Metrolinx spokesperson Jamie Robinson on Friday, Dec. 7.
- ^ Munro, Steve (2010-02-17). "Eglinton LRT: Trouble Brewing in Mt. Dennis (Update 2)". Archived from the original on 2015-03-04.
Some speakers addressed the use of the Kodak lands for the proposed carhouse, and asked that alternative schemes be considered. Part of this relates to a proposed "big box" development on the land. However, Council approved the acquisition of this property, by expropriation if necessary, in December.
- ^ Murray, Roy (2012-07-09). "Feedback on maintenance yard needed". Weston Web. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.
- ^ Kalinowski, Tess (2010-02-16). "Residents ask TTC for LRT tunnel through Mount Dennis". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2013-10-03.
In addition to the $4.6 billion the province has committed to the Eglinton LRT, the centrepiece of Toronto's Transit City plan, the TTC also wants to build a carhouse on the old Kodak lands in Mount Dennis.
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