abovetoronto
New Member
I'm not optimistic about next year's opening of the line. There is no way they will finish building and testing the station in 1.5 years
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cplchanb
Senior Member
hopefully with the completion of the other stations this year they can throw more resources and manpower to fasttrack this station
abovetoronto
New Member
And to think they were supposed to open the line this year. I don't really get what they're bragging about
cplchanb
Senior Member
tbf this was before they found out that eglinton had major geo tech problems.
then again their surveying kinda dropped the ball 10 yrs ago.
Coolstar
Senior Member
I can see a 2023 completion date for this project. The western and eastern sections of the line would long be completed by then. By 2023, it would've taken 12 long years to complete this line.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
I am sure they would blame it on the pandemic - justified or not, it is the perfect excuse.
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nfitz
Superstar
I thought the plan was to open it without Eglinton, and just run through it without stopping.
Coolstar
Senior Member
Phil Verster shot that idea down.
Metrolinx CEO addresses suggestion Crosstown LRT could open without Eglinton Station
Metrolinx CEO addresses suggestion Toronto's Crosstown LRT could open without Eglinton Station
blog.metrolinx.com
robmausser
Senior Member
Like I said earlier, they should open what they can as early as possible, for free, while the whole line is finished.
Give people something, and get all the bugs worked out with real case usages
For free because without the key stations like Eglinton West/Eglinton-Yonge, its not a very useful line.
But the sooner we get things working the sooner we can see where there are problems to be fixed etc.
The O-Train ran for over a year of testing, and when it opened was a disaster of problems.
Theres nothing like real-life usage to work out issues.
abovetoronto
New Member
The contract with Crosslinx mandates them to open it all at once. If they start tinkering with the contract, I'm sure Crosslinx would demand more money.
robmausser
Senior Member
Thats strange because Crosslinx was the one that suggested to operate only some of it on opening, and Metrolinx said no way.
abovetoronto
New Member
how does this contradict what I said?
Johnny Au
Superstar
As I said earlier, a staggered opening of Line 5 could work with revenue service running from Mount Dennis to Cedarvale next year and the rest of the line would open the following year.
robmausser
Senior Member
Why would Crosslinx sue or demand more money for something they want to do?
robmausser
Senior Member
I agree but no revenue service. Forget that. They messed up, Metrolinx and Crosslinx. The real timeline was for 2020. It should be free until its completely done, as an apology to the communities theyve screwed over for what will be an 3 extra years from the intended date.