Sheppard East LRT

Sheppard East LRT
Overview
StatusCancelled
OwnerMetrolinx
LocaleToronto, Ontario
TerminiDon Mills
Meadowvale
Stations26[1]
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemToronto subway
Operator(s)Toronto Transit Commission
Rolling stockFlexity Freedom
Technical
Line length13 km (8.1 mi)[2]
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC overhead
Route map
Line 4 Sheppard
to Sheppard–Yonge
 Don Mills
Ontario 404 crown.svg Highway 404
 Consumers
Victoria Park
Pharmacy
Palmdale
Warden
Bay Mills
Birchmount
Allanford
Kennedy
Highland Creek
Bendale Branch
Agincourt
Stouffville line
Midland
Canadian Pacific Railway
 Brimley
Brownspring
McCowan
Highland Creek
Markham Branch
 White Haven
Shorting
Massie
Markham
Progress
Highland Creek
Malvern Branch
 Washburn
Burrows
Neilson
Murison
Brenyon
Morningside
Maintenance facility
Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible
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The Sheppard East LRT was a proposed light rail line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was first announced as part of the Transit City proposal in 2007. The Sheppard East LRT as proposed was to be 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long, travel along Sheppard Avenue from Don Mills subway station to east of Morningside Avenue, and be operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC).

In May 2009, funding was approved by the provincial and federal governments.[3] In December 2010, Toronto mayor Rob Ford cancelled the line, along with the rest of Transit City, in favour of constructing underground subway lines. However, in March 2012, Toronto city council re-instated the Sheppard East LRT at a special city council meeting.[4] In 2016, it was reported that the line had been indefinitely deferred and would possibly be replaced by a competing proposal to extend Line 4 Sheppard.[5][6] In April 2019, Ontario premier Doug Ford announced that the provincial government would extend Line 4 Sheppard to McCowan Road at some unspecified time in the future, replacing the proposed Sheppard East LRT.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference FactSheet was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Metrolinx Etobicoke-Finch West LRT Environmental Project Report Executive Summary" (PDF). Retrieved November 4, 2014.
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  5. ^ "Federal funding shuffle casts doubt on Sheppard LRT". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 20, 2018.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference TheStar-2016-07-20 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference TheStar-2019-04-10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).