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

[Edward Skira]

Left Kennedy at 7:40. Made it to Mount Dennis at 8:50. That included a 15 minute delay at O'Connor due to a door not working. Was all good otherwise. Regular Eglinton users (not tourists like me) on the Scarbough portion were quite happy. Were suprised at the speed and after what they heard of Finch it was all good. I was impressed as well. A game changer for the city.

Photos of every station.

Mount Dennis

Eglinton Line 5 + GO: Mount Dennis Station + EMSF | ?m | 3s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

One thing to note, this station does not have heating or cooling. It was a tad chilly and I confirmed with staff that there is not HVAC.

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Keelesdale

Eglinton Line 5: Keelesdale Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

June 16 Not going be that far off for my April 9 projection for landscaping and exterior work being completed by summer. Most the landscaping is done. The exterior stills needs some work, but mostly done. The interior still needs work, but not that much from what I saw. The south-east stair is a...

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Caledonia

Eglinton Line 5 + GO: Caledonia Station | 11.72m | 2s | Metrolinx | McCallum Sather

Looks like the Bowie Avenue Tunnel is confirmed!

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Fairbank

Eglinton Line 5: Fairbank Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | Daoust Lestage

Summer in the city The other day while waiting at the bus stop at Fairbank station I noticed a couple of pigeons made their way into the station entrance and were flying around inside lol

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Oakwood

Eglinton Line 5: Oakwood Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

Main entrance on January 23, 2022: Now with pick-up sticks gracing the station's façade

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Cedarvale

Eglinton Line 5: Cedarvale Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | NORR

Delayed: Traffic Signal and Street Pole Installations at Cedarvale Station - Early-May 2023 From link. This work has been delayed and is now expected to take place in early-May 2023. Crews at Cedarvale Station will begin performing traffic signal and street pole installations on Eglinton...

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Forest Hill

Eglinton Line 5: Forest Hill Station | ?m | 2s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

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Chaplin

Eglinton Line 5: Chaplin Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

Complete and open.

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Avenue

Eglinton Line 5: Avenue Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

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Eglinton/Yonge

Eglinton Line 5: Eglinton Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

Taken today, July 9th, 2025 of the escalator from the bus area Is it rusting due to lack of use?

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Mount Pleasant

Eglinton Line 5: Mount Pleasant Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | NORR

Complete and open.

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Leaside

Eglinton Line 5: Leaside Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/12/02/eglinton-crosstown-revenue-service-demonstration-completed-as-ttc-advocates-call-for-more-transparency/ I think these general posts (which are useful!) would be better in the Eglinton Line 5 thread, rather than the individual station threads

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Laird

Eglinton Line 5: Laird Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

There's a thread for that project, @W. K. Lis: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/toronto-815-eglinton-avenue-east-114-4m-34s-riocan-diamond-schmitt.26010/

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Don Valley

Eglinton Line 5: Don Valley Station (was Science Centre Station) | ?m | 2s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

Eglinton-Don Valley would be a bit more logical…

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Kennedy

Eglinton Line 5 + GO: Kennedy Station | ?m | 1s | Metrolinx | Arcadis

Apparently this has something to do with the Scarborough Subway Extension? Very clueless in regards to what this building is. It's part of the ventilation system for the new tunnel section to basicly in case of a fire to help remove smoke from the tunnel. They have been adding them to the...

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And a few of the outdoor portion.

 

[Edward Skira]

 

[APTA-2048]

Holy crap. Both trains I rode between Oakwood and Eglinton slammed into emergency while going full speed in the tunnel. We ended up going half speed the rest of the way to Mount Dennis the first time. The second time we are currently waiting at Chaplin. Edit: now we’re going slow again between stations and I hear a nasty wheel flat I didn’t notice before.

No explanation the first time. Second time they said technical issue.

 

[nfitz]

I'm surprised at the blue seats. What colour are they using for the accessible seats?

 

[hw621]

Can anyone confirm that Freedom Mobile doesn't work in the tunnel? Thanks!

 

[EnviroTO]

Today I rode Line 5 and for the first time rode Line 6.

My Route:

• Line 5 from Mount Pleasant to Cedarvale,
• Line 1 Cedarvale to Finch West,
• Line 6 from Finch West to Humber College
• Express Bus 906 from Humber College to Pearson Viscount
• APM from Pearson Viscount to Pearson UP
• UP Express from Pearson UP to Mount Dennis
• Line 5 from Mount Dennis to Kennedy
• Line 5 from Kennedy to Laird (stop at Canadian Tire)
• Line 5 Laird to Mount Pleasant

Review of Line 5:
Good: Vehicle build, ride quality, acceleration, deceleration, speed (cars were not leaving us in their dust), decent wayfinding, announcements (I prefer the Metrolinx bilingual softer tone).
Needs improvement: Signal priority, announcement sound quality onboard the vehicles gets static clicks.
Summary: This is built as it should have been minus the choice to put the tracks in the middle of the road instead of along the south side. If you solve signal priority and the sound system issues inside the vehicles it will be near perfect.
Rating: Excellent, 4.5 out of 5

Review of Line 6:
Good: Decent wayfinding, decent stop design, it isn't a bus, no issues noticed with sound quality.
Needs improvement: Vehicle build, ride quality, acceleration, deceleration, speed between stops, signal priority.
Summary: There is something seriously deficient with how these vehicles have been built. The interface between the carbodies and the rails is full of vibration and friction. A ride along the rails should be smooth but somehow this felt like the vehicle was being dragged and there were obviously flat spots on many of the wheels, but the friction went well beyond that. I'm not sure if the wheels are slightly off perpendicular to the rail, have bad ball bearings, the brakes never fully release, or they have expanded regenerative braking to include regenerative driving and coasting... but something is off with these vehicles. The speed hit 50 km/h only once passing under highway 400, but most of the time seemed content going 30 km/h, and acceleration was abysmal.
Rating: Poor, 2 out of 5

 

[Amare]

Holy crap. Both trains I rode between Oakwood and Eglinton slammed into emergency while going full speed in the tunnel. We ended up going half speed the rest of the way to Mount Dennis the first time. The second time we are currently waiting at Chaplin. Edit: now we’re going slow again between stations and I hear a nasty wheel flat I didn’t notice before.

No explanation the first time. Second time they said technical issue.

Oh boy, this sounds like the random emergency braking issues that were being talked about, even days before the opening of this line.

How this still hasnt been resolved is beyond me. It's not like they've had 3,000+ days to figure it out.

 

[hawc]

Most of the traffic on Leslie is from pople who don't actually live on Leslie.

Who cares? I get so sick and tired of this absurd view that traffic may only be caused by immediate residents. Roads are to move people around from all over. It's like the literal point of a road. Am I not worthy to drive on certain roads I've paid for with my tax dollars, because I don't have a house on that road? Gimme a break. The only exception I can see to this is a residential side street being using as a main thoroughfare by thousands of commuters trying to get a short cut to and from work each day. But Leslie? Come on.

ps. Agree with the rest of your post.

 

[Transportfan]

Here is the updated subway map!

 

[APTA-2048]

On my third trip on the surface section now. Pleasantly surprised. Most of the time we kept up with or beat traffic.

 

[jmi22]

Actually incredibly surprised with how good (particularly the tunnelled section) Line 5 is. It's move at the speed you would expect a subway too in the tunnels, and getting from Weston to Yonge as fast as we did was simply not possible before. Surface section has it's issues...but the insane slow orders and stop-and-go rules at green lights we saw on Finch seem to have been seriously corrected.

 

[EnviroTO]

Having experienced a few crush loads on the train now, I am bit concerned about this line’s capacity to handle peak hour commutes.

It should have been a full subway. I think upping the frequency and adding an additional car on the vehicles is something that will be needed in the near-term rather than long-term.

I think we should wait to see what normal ridership turns out being. They have a pretty easy level to pull by moving to 3 car trains (instantly increasing capacity by 50%) and they probably can run the trains closer together still.

 

[nightstreak]

A game changer for the city.

I think so too but it will take a couple more connections to really make a difference. People who would take Line 2 to go East/West often need to go North/West as well. They’ll continue to use Line 2 because of the absence of an alternate N/S connection so they might as well take the faster routes — Lines 2 and 1.

Once the Ontario Line connects to Eglinton in the east end of the city, many of those passengers will no longer need to use Line 1 or 2 and that’ll be a major game changer. The west end really needs that Jane LRT (or a Dufferin subway) but I digress.

A couple of questions for those in the know:

1. Will the number of buses on the network decrease with both the Finch and Eglinton LRTs replacing those routes?

2. Or will they increase with more N/S connections between Line 2 and 5?

3. Are Eglinton buses being discontinued now or after the ramp up period (or ever)?

Is there an article on how north/south bus routes will change?

 

[nightstreak]

Here is the updated subway map!

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Is this official? So they’re acknowledging on-street lines are different than fully separated. Then why not include the downtown streetcar network? Why is Finch given a subway number? The 504 carries many times more passengers. So does the 510 Spadina and it’s fully separated, no different than Finch.

 

[dougtoronto]

Is this official? So they’re acknowledging on-street lines are different than fully separated. Then why not include the downtown streetcar network? Why is Finch given a subway number? The 504 carries many times more passengers. So does the 510 Spadina and it’s fully separated, no different than Finch.

It's not. This is the official map as per the TTC website: