Hurontario LRT

Hurontario LRT
Hurontario LRT under construction north of Highway 401 in October 2023
Overview
StatusUnder construction
OwnerMetrolinx
LocalePeel Region (Mississauga and Brampton)
Termini
Stations19
Websitewww.metrolinx.com
Service
TypeLight rail
Operator(s)Transdev (within Mobilinx consortium)
Depot(s)OMSF near Highway 407
Rolling stockAlstom Citadis Spirit
History
Planned openingTBD
Technical
Line length18 kilometres (11 mi)[1]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC overhead catenary
Operating speed80 km/h (50 mph)[2]
Route map

Legend
 Brampton Gateway
County Court
Ray Lawson
Ontario 407 crown.svg Highway 407
Hwy 407 Maintenance Yard
Brampton
Mississauga
city limits
 Derry
Courtneypark
Ontario 401 crown.svg Highway 401
 Britannia
Matheson
Bristol
Eglinton
Ontario 403 crown.svg Highway 403
Mississauga City Centre
Square One
Mississauga Transitway
Mississauga Transitway
 Robert Speck
Burnhamthorpe
Fairview
Cooksville
Milton line
Dundas
Queensway
North Service
Ontario QEW crown.svg Queen Elizabeth Way
 Mineola
Port Credit
Lakeshore West line
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The Hurontario LRT (formerly the Hurontario–Main LRT) is a light rail line under construction in the cities of Mississauga and Brampton, Ontario, Canada. The line will run along Hurontario Street from Mississauga's Port Credit neighbourhood north to Steeles Avenue in Brampton.[1] The line will be built and operated as a public-private partnership by Mobilinx, a consortium of private European and Japanese companies, with provincial transit agency Metrolinx retaining ownership of the line.[3] It will be the only street railway operating in the Greater Toronto Area outside Toronto proper.

Upon opening, the route will be named the Hazel McCallion Line in honour of Hazel McCallion, the former mayor of the City of Mississauga. In 2022, the provincial government announced the line's renaming on the occasion of the former mayor's 101st birthday.[4] As of February 2024, no route number or map colour for the line has been officially announced.[5]

The cities of Mississauga and Brampton have determined that rapid transit along Hurontario is required due to the chronic overcrowding of Mississauga's (and the suburban Greater Toronto Area's) busiest bus routes, 2/17 Hurontario, which carry more than 25,000 passengers a day, combined with the numerous high-density development proposals along the corridor and the high growth in both cities.[6] They identified three options: light rail transit for the entire corridor, bus rapid transit for the entire corridor, or a combination of both (light rail south of Mississauga City Centre and bus rapid transit north of it).[7] After three public information sessions, the residents of both cities favoured light rail transit along the full length of the corridor.[8]

On October 28, 2015, Brampton City Council voted against allowing the LRT to run along the Main Street portion of the route because of concerns of low ridership projections, impacts on Brampton's historic downtown and the preferences for an LRT along an alternate route. Thus, the LRT will terminate at the Brampton Gateway Terminal on Steeles Avenue instead of Brampton GO Station.[9][10]

Construction began in 2020; as of July 2024, no official opening date had been set.[11][12][13]

  1. ^ a b "Hurontario LRT project page". Metrolinx. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "Eglinton Crosstown LRT vehicles hit top speeds". Metrolinx. May 6, 2022. Archived from the original on May 6, 2022.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference infra was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Ontario Names the Hurontario LRT After Former Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion". news.ontario.ca. February 14, 2022. Archived from the original on February 15, 2022. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
  5. ^ "Signage photo of Derry stop". Photo by drum118. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  6. ^ "Hurontario/Main Street Rapid Transit Benefits Case" (PDF). Metrolinx. June 2010. p. 51. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  7. ^ "Connect10" (PDF). Cities of Mississauga and Brampton. October 2008. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 27, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  8. ^ "Connect10" (PDF). Cities of Mississauga and Brampton. March 2010. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 6, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
  9. ^ Grewal, San (October 27, 2015). "Brampton council rejects downtown LRT". The Toronto Star. Toronto. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference TheStar-2022/01/22 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ "Transdev Awarded Contract for Hurontario Light Rail Transit Project, Ontario, Canada". Newswire.ca. Retrieved October 22, 2019.
  12. ^ "How will the Eglinton Crosstown LRT's automatic train control work? We break down every major element in an infographic | Metrolinx News". December 9, 2019.
  13. ^ Bhugra, Saloni (January 18, 2024). "Ford government plans to extend Hazel McCallion LRT to downtown Brampton and Mississauga". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.