Line 5 Eglinton

Line 5 Eglinton
Flexity Freedom test train west of Science Centre (2024)
Overview
StatusUnder construction
OwnerMetrolinx
LocaleToronto, Ontario, Canada
Termini
Stations32
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemToronto subway
Operator(s)Toronto Transit Commission[1]
Depot(s)Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility
Rolling stockFlexity Freedom
History
Planned opening
  • 2024; 0 years ago (2024) (previous target; central)[2][3]
  • 2030/2031; 7 years' time (2031) (west)[4]
Technical
Line length28 km (17 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
ElectrificationOverhead line, 750 V DC[5]
Operating speed
  • In tunnel: 80 km/h (50 mph)
  • On surface: 60 km/h (37 mph)[6]
SignallingBombardier Cityflo 650 CBTC[7]
Route map
Legend
To Pearson Airport (proposed)
Mississauga Transitway
 Renforth
Mississauga Transitway
Ontario 427 crown.svg Highway 427
Mimico Creek
 Martin Grove
Kipling
Islington
Royal York
Scarlett
Humber River
 Jane
Phase 2
Phase 1
 Mount Dennis
Eglinton MSF
Black Creek Drive
Black Creek
 Keelesdale
Caledonia
Fairbank
Oakwood
Cedarvale (Eglinton West)
Forest Hill
Chaplin
Avenue
Eglinton
Mount Pleasant
Leaside
Laird
West Don River
 Sunnybrook Park
Canadian Pacific Kansas City
 Science Centre
Aga Khan Park & Museum
Don Valley Parkway
 Wynford
East Don River
Richmond Hill line
 Sloane
O'Connor
Pharmacy
Hakimi Lebovic
Golden Mile
Birchmount
Ionview
Line 2 to Kipling
 Kennedy (GO)
Line 2 to McCowan/Sheppard (future)
Eglinton East LRT (proposed)
Handicapped/disabled access All stations are accessible
This diagram:
Map

Map of the Eglinton Crosstown and all connections. Map by OpenStreetMap.

Line 5 Eglinton, also known as the Eglinton Crosstown LRT or the Crosstown, is a light rail transit line that is under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, to expand and improve public transportation in the Greater Toronto Area. Owned by Metrolinx and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the line will be part of the Toronto subway system. The Crosstown was conceived in 2007 during the administration of Toronto mayor David Miller as part of Transit City, a large-scale transit expansion plan. The line is being constructed in two phases.

The first phase of the 19-kilometre (12 mi) line will include 25 stops along Eglinton Avenue, from Mount Dennis station mostly underground to Laird station, after which it will run predominantly at-grade within the street's median to Kennedy station, where it will connect underground with Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. This first phase has an estimated cost of CA$12.82 billion;[8] the cost when the contract was awarded was pegged at $9.1 billion, although the cost was originally estimated at $11 billion.[9] This phase is incomplete and has no scheduled opening date.

A second phase, a 9.2-kilometre (5.7 mi) westward extension from Mount Dennis, will run mostly underground or elevated to Renforth station, with seven new stations. The second phase is expected to cost $4.7 billion and to be completed by 2031. Construction of the westward extension to Renforth station began in July 2021.[10][11][4]

Two future extensions were planned: an eastern extension to the University of Toronto Scarborough[12] and a northwestern extension towards Toronto Pearson International Airport.[13] In 2022, the city of Toronto converted the eastern extension into a city project and a separate line known as the Eglinton East LRT.

Construction of the first phase of the line began in 2011 and was originally expected to be completed in 2020,[14] but the opening date has been revised several times.[15] Metrolinx expected the line to be substantially complete by September 2022 but then conceded it would not meet that date. After revising the opening date of the central section to 2023 and then, and amid ongoing legal action against Crosslinx (the construction consortium), Metrolinx stated they believed there was no credible schedule to complete the project.[16][17][18][19] While the central section was estimated to be 97 percent complete in September 2023, Metrolinx refused to provide an estimated completion date, although they did indicate they would provide notice three months before opening.[20][21] As of November 2024, no such notice had been given.[22]

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  3. ^ Wilson, Codi (December 15, 2023). "TTC planning for possible opening of Eglinton Crosstown LRT in September 2024". CP24.
  4. ^ a b "Eglinton Crosstown West Extension - FAQs". Metrolinx. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
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  10. ^ "Next steps announced for Eglinton Crosstown West subway extension into Etobicoke, Mississauga". Global News. Archived from the original on August 19, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  11. ^ "Tunnelling starts on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension". Metrolinx. April 11, 2022. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022.
  12. ^ "Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Update" (PDF). Metrolinx. June 23, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
  13. ^ "Agenda Item History". app.toronto.ca. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
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  15. ^ "FAQs". Eglinton Crosstown: The Project. Metrolinx. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2017. Q: What is the timeline for the project? A:The project will be complete in 2021
  16. ^ Spurr, Ben (November 24, 2021). "Metrolinx agrees to new date to complete Crosstown LRT, says credit rating agency". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on November 25, 2021. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
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  20. ^ "Metrolinx refuses to say when long-delayed Eglinton Crosstown LRT might open". Toronto Star. September 27, 2023.
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