Not to be confused with agencies called Metrolink.
Metrolinx
Agency overview
Formed
June 22, 2006; 17 years ago (2006-06-22) (as the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority)
Type
Crown agency
Jurisdiction
Government of Ontario
Headquarters
Union Station 97 Front Street West Toronto, Ontario
Agency executives
Donald Wright, Chair
Phil Verster, President and CEO
Child agencies
GO Transit
Union Pearson Express
Presto
Key document
Metrolinx Act, 2006
Website
www.metrolinx.com
Metrolinx is a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario that manages and integrates road and public transport in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), which comprises much of Ontario's Golden Horseshoe region. Headquartered at Union Station in Toronto, the agency was created as the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority on June 22, 2006. The agency adopted its present name as a brand name in 2007 and eventually as the legal name in 2009.
The agency is responsible for the Presto card, the electronic fare system used on public transport systems in the GTHA and on the OC Transpo in Ottawa. In 2009, Metrolinx assumed responsibility for GO Transit, the regional commuter rail and coach network. Metrolinx owns and operates the Union Pearson Express, the airport rail link connecting Toronto Pearson International Airport to Union Station. Metrolinx is also responsible for the construction of transit expansion projects worth nearly $30 billion in Toronto – including Line 5 Eglinton, the Ontario Line, the Line 1 Yonge subway extension into Richmond Hill, York Region, and the Line 2 Bloor–Danforth extension into Scarborough – following a 2020 agreement with the City of Toronto.[1]
^Fox, Chris (February 14, 2020). "Toronto signs preliminary agreement with province for $30B transit plan". Toronto. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
Metrolinx is a Crown agency of the Government of Ontario that manages and integrates road and public transport in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area...
line that is under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Metrolinx and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the line will be...
Engage. Metrolinx. Archived from the original on March 30, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2018. "Stop Naming Finch West LRT". Metrolinx Engage. Metrolinx. Archived...
of public-sector configurations. Today, it is an operating division of Metrolinx, a provincial Crown agency with overall responsibility for integrative...
design. Metrolinx prepared the plan for the Ontario Line in just three months based on a proposal by transit consultant Michael Schabas. Metrolinx hired...
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. September 23, 2022. Metrolinx. "Finch West LRT". Metrolinx. Retrieved December 16, 2019. "Ontario Line costs nearly...
independent division of Metrolinx, similarly to GO Transit. An airport rail link was one of the priority projects identified in Metrolinx's regional transportation...
On April 28, 2024 as part of a larger increase in GO Train service, Metrolinx introduced 15-minute weekend service from Oakville GO and Union Station...
Improvement Program, the West Toronto Diamond was grade separated. The Metrolinx Weston railway, which carries the Kitchener Line as well as Union Pearson...
(and subsequently Metrolinx) have acquired tracks, ensuring GO Transit has control over track maintenance and expansion. Metrolinx currently owns 80%...
MiWay and GO Transit buses. It is owned by Metrolinx and is a part of the Kipling Transit Hub, a Metrolinx mobility hub, together with Kipling station...
announcement, Metrolinx stated that the Kitchener and Lakeshore lines would be electrified, as well as the Union Pearson Express. With GO Expansion, Metrolinx expects...
Horseshoe Great Lakes Megalopolis Metrolinx mobility hubs Adopters include the regional transportation planning body Metrolinx, the Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure...
card and Hong Kong's Octopus card. Presto is an operating division of Metrolinx, the Ontario government agency that manages and integrates road transport...
private European and Japanese companies, with provincial transit agency Metrolinx retaining ownership of the line. It will be the only street railway operating...
September 2019. The second order came from the Government of Ontario's Metrolinx transit agency. They have placed an order to serve future light rail lines...
August 28, 2018. "New bridge coming to Eastern Avenue". Metrolinx. July 18, 2023. Archived from the original on July 24, 2023. Metrolinx project page...
Metrolinx officials said it will take five years to build a tunnel between the two stations because of the need to expropriate property. Metrolinx began...
Metrolinx mobility hubs are locations with significant levels of planned transit service in the Canadian province of Ontario, as identified by the regional...
(link) "Metrolinx: It's Happening - GO Expansion". www.metrolinx.com. Retrieved 2020-09-17. "Metrolinx: For a Greater Region - Projects". www.metrolinx.com...
22. Metrolinx 2016, p. 11–12. Woo 2015, p. 12. Metrolinx 2016, p. 13. Metrolinx 2016, p. 21-23. Metrolinx 2016, p. 26. Metrolinx 2016. Metrolinx 2016...
action: Metrolinx". CityNews. Archived from the original on May 16, 2023. Retrieved May 16, 2023. "Ontario Line – Projects | Metrolinx". www.metrolinx.com...
place". Metrolinx. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021. "Metrolinx is advancing plans to bring GO Train service to Bowmanville". Metrolinx. June...
Canada: Greater Toronto Transportation Authority - the former legal name of Metrolinx, the Ontario provincial agency responsible for transportation planning...
direction during peak periods. The Ontario government is working with Metrolinx to have more train service along the Milton line, known as the GO Expansion...
action: Metrolinx". CityNews. Retrieved May 16, 2023. Armstrong, James (September 13, 2013). "Community wants to preserve Kodak building while Metrolinx plans...
Lakeshore West line train service. Port Credit GO has been identified by Metrolinx as a transportation mobility hub, where different forms of transportation...
Toronto Area. The term has been adopted by several organizations, including Metrolinx and the Ministry of Energy) due to growing commuter population in the...
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