Line 5 Eglinton information

Line 5 Eglinton
Line 5 Eglinton
	Mount Dennis station under construction in 2023
Overview
Status	Under construction
Owner	Metrolinx
Locale	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Termini	Mount Dennis (phase 1, western); Renforth (phase 2, western); ; Kennedy (eastern);
Stations	32
Service
Type	Light rail
System	Toronto subway
Operator(s)	Toronto Transit Commission
Depot(s)	Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility
Rolling stock	Flexity Freedom
History
Planned opening	2024; 0 years ago (previous target; central); 2030/2031; 7 years' time (west);
Technical
Line length	28 km (17 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line, 750 V DC
Operating speed	In tunnel: 80 km/h (50 mph); On surface: 60 km/h (37 mph);
Signalling	Bombardier Cityflo 650 CBTC
Route map
	Legend
	Phase 2
	Phase 1
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Line 5 Eglinton (also known as the Eglinton Crosstown or the Crosstown) is a light rail line that is under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Metrolinx and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the line will be part of the Toronto subway system as its fifth route. 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. The 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.

This first phase is scheduled to open in 2024, with 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] The second phase is expected to cost $4.7 billion and to be completed by 2031.

The line was conceived in 2007 during the administration of Toronto mayor David Miller as part of Transit City, a large-scale transit expansion plan. Construction of the first phase of the line began in 2011 and was originally expected to be completed in 2020,^[10] but the opening date has been revised more than once.^[11] 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 2024, and amid ongoing legal action with Crosslinx (the construction consortium), Metrolinx stated they believed there was no credible schedule to complete the project.^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15] While the central section is estimated to be 97 percent complete, Metrolinx will not provide an estimated completion date until three months before opening.^[16]^[17] For budget purposes, the TTC made the assumption that Line 5 would open no earlier than September 2024.^[2]

Construction of the westward extension to Renforth station began in July 2021.^[18]^[19]^[4] An eastern extension to the University of Toronto Scarborough^[20] and a northwestern extension towards Toronto Pearson International Airport were approved by Toronto City Council in 2016^[21] but the eastern extension was split into its own line in 2022.

^ Consiglio, Alex (October 3, 2012). "TTC to operate city's new LRT lines". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
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^ Wilson, Codi (December 15, 2023). "TTC planning for possible opening of Eglinton Crosstown LRT in September 2024". CP24.
^ ^a ^b "Eglinton Crosstown West Extension - FAQs". Metrolinx. Retrieved December 7, 2023.
^ "Eglinton LRT 2012 update" (PDF). Metrolinx. February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 13, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.
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^ "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
^ 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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^ "Metrolinx refuses to say when long-delayed Eglinton Crosstown LRT might open". Toronto Star. September 27, 2023.
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^ "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.
^ "Tunnelling starts on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension". Metrolinx. April 11, 2022. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022.
^ "Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Update" (PDF). Metrolinx. June 23, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
^ "Agenda Item History". app.toronto.ca. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

[1] Consiglio, Alex (October 3, 2012). "TTC to operate city's new LRT lines". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.

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[3] Wilson, Codi (December 15, 2023). "TTC planning for possible opening of Eglinton Crosstown LRT in September 2024". CP24.

[CrosstownWestMxFAQ-4] "Eglinton Crosstown West Extension - FAQs". Metrolinx. Retrieved December 7, 2023.

[Metrolinx2012Update-5] "Eglinton LRT 2012 update" (PDF). Metrolinx. February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 13, 2013. Retrieved November 1, 2013.

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[FAQs-11] "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

[12] 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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[TheStar-2023-09-27-16] "Metrolinx refuses to say when long-delayed Eglinton Crosstown LRT might open". Toronto Star. September 27, 2023.

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[18] "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.

[Metrolinx-2022/04/11-19] "Tunnelling starts on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension". Metrolinx. April 11, 2022. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022.

[June2011-20] "Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Update" (PDF). Metrolinx. June 23, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 5, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2011.

[Crosstown_Council_Approves_East_West-21] "Agenda Item History". app.toronto.ca. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2020.

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