Toronto Eglinton Line 5 | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

[jordanmkasla2009]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995500088236650952

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995500772478562309

So Finch LRT was handed over to the TTC ~Nov 3rd, reached substantial completion on Nov 21, which led (will lead) to an opening date of Dec 7.

So roughly about a month from handover to opening... Late Jan is a possibility for Eglinton

It will likely progress faster for this line as the TTC has no need to do an additional training class for operators for Line 5 as they did for Line 6

 

[DSCToronto]

SEE: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/eg...cle_e73c6ae3-9c43-4416-a44b-5b242c7349b0.html

 

[eglinton1661]

They found an honestly clever solution to the Eglinton-Cedarvale misalignment on the old LED boards

https://www.reddit.com/r/TTC/comments/1pbdqae/new_wayfinding_on_toronto_rockets

 

[thettctransitfanatic]

It will likely progress faster for this line as the TTC has no need to do an additional training class for operators for Line 5 as they did for Line 6

They said Line 5 will reach substantial completion next week.

 

[Richard White]

View attachment 699970

SEE: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/eg...cle_e73c6ae3-9c43-4416-a44b-5b242c7349b0.html

With Line 6 opening before Line 5, I do believe there is a desire to get the Eglinton LRT open.

The longer the Eglinton LRT remains closed, the more questions will be asked. If it goes on for too long, they are going to run out of excuses and cover stories.

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

View attachment 699970

SEE: https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/eg...cle_e73c6ae3-9c43-4416-a44b-5b242c7349b0.html

Finally! Hope this means the City of Toronto can get those long promised bike lanes from Keele to Mount Pleasant installed in Spring 2026 given Bills 60/212 exempt projects that are underway.

 

[cplchanb]

With Line 6 opening before Line 5, I do believe there is a desire to get the Eglinton LRT open.

The longer the Eglinton LRT remains closed, the more questions will be asked. If it goes on for too long, they are going to run out of excuses and cover stories.

they ran out of excuses 2 years ago frankly...

 

[Richard White]

they ran out of excuses 2 years ago frankly...

Agreed but now it is more in your face than it would be without Line 6 being open.

 

[nfitz]

Agreed but now it is more in your face than it would be without Line 6 being open.

Once the media figures out the abominably slow travel times on Finch West - so much slower than promised, the media distraction will buy Line 5 a few weeks of cover.

 

[hw621]

they ran out of excuses 2 years ago frankly...

They can just keep recycling...

 

[Metroscapes]

They found an honestly clever solution to the Eglinton-Cedarvale misalignment on the old LED boards

https://www.reddit.com/r/TTC/comments/1pbdqae/new_wayfinding_on_toronto_rockets

It's inconsequential, but boy, it's baffling they did not future-proof this. TRs started being manufactured in 2008, 1 year after the Crosstown was announced.

 

[youngblood]

Once the media figures out the abominably slow travel times on Finch West - so much slower than promised, the media distraction will buy Line 5 a few weeks of cover.

Or the slow travel times on finch will put so much pressure on the city to turn on ATC(?) such that eglinton will be born with it from day 1 of operations

A man can only dream

 

[zang]

It's inconsequential, but boy, it's baffling they did not future-proof this. TRs started being manufactured in 2008, 1 year after the Crosstown was announced.

I think they were focused on a much different future, to be honest. Those subway network panels on the Rockets seem to have LEDs embedded for Line 2; a line they'll now probably never, ever run on.

 

[Voltz]

I think they were focused on a much different future, to be honest. Those subway network panels on the Rockets seem to have LEDs embedded for Line 2; a line they'll now probably never, ever run on.

The line 2 lights light up when at a transfer station.

 

[APTA-2048]

I think they were focused on a much different future, to be honest. Those subway network panels on the Rockets seem to have LEDs embedded for Line 2; a line they'll now probably never, ever run on.

They need to budget a replacement for these maps when they do a heavy rebuild on the Rockets. My ideal would be replacing them with an LCD display that just shows one line at a time.