Finch West Line 6 LRT

[APTA-2048]

Just read the Mx and TTC descriptions. Mx refers to Humber and Finch as stations, but everything else is stops. The TTC page for Finch refers to all of them as stations.

All stations and stops complete along the Finch West LRT

Finch West LRT project will bring better, faster transit options to northwest Toronto.

www.metrolinx.com

Coming December 7, 2025 - Line 6 Finch West

www.ttc.ca

Honestly, I think it’s just easier to refer to all of them as stations. Just because they’re simple shelters and platform shouldn’t really matter. Some GO Stations are just a platform and shelter too.

 

[11th]

Honestly, I think it’s just easier to refer to all of them as stations. Just because they’re simple shelters and platform shouldn’t really matter. Some GO Stations are just a platform and shelter too.

I believe most (if not all) GO stations are staffed at least during operating hours.

 

[APTA-2048]

I believe most (if not all) GO stations are staffed at least during operating hours.

I mean, barely. They seem to have closed all their ticket booths and moved to just having one staff member roam around the whole station.

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

The Boston Green Line (the first and oldest "subway" in North America) has both stops and stations, with stations being larger facilities where passengers can board and transfer between lines, while stops are smaller locations along the route. We need clarification for both Toronto's Line 5 and Line 6 on what to call them.

 

[smallspy]

I believe most (if not all) GO stations are staffed at least during operating hours.

Nope.

Many stations are not staffed at all, and many are only staffed during the morning rush, to help inbound commuters.

Dan

 

[Monarch Butterfly]

Nope.

Many stations are not staffed at all, and many are only staffed during the morning rush, to help inbound commuters.

Dan

In the "olden" days of the passenger railways, there were unattended railway stations. A "flag" would indicate to the approaching passenger train to stop to let on new passengers. The conductor onboard would handle the fare payment and collection.

 

[A 6264]

I don't mind calling them stations. To me, a stop is a pole that marks the curb where a bus pulls over and stops. (Or a streetcar doesn't pull over, and stops.) These platforms are not much of a station, but they are a structure of sorts.

 

[drum118]

Nov 20
This line is not close to be open cone Dec 7 or Dec 15 with all kinds of construction material along the street as well the cycling lanes out of service. Then you got the mest at York Gate that can take 10 minutes to west from Jane and 3-10 minutes to east depending how backup the left turn lane.

Most of all, scheduling and headway all over the place with the line been very slow. Looks like TTC was trying to maintain a 10 minute schedule that work at times to 3-15 minutes other times. Until there is a few weeks of maintaining a 10 minute headway, it will be seen as a mistake to have this line in place of existing buses or a BRT.

Pass an eastbound car that caught up to me at Albion Rd and was 10 minutes behind me when I hit the 400 stop doing the speed limit. Only made it as far as Jane with videos and photos that will follow later.

Did see a crew picking up pillions going west and still a large amount of them to be pickup. Did noticed in a few places that the curb still had asphalt in place of concrete.

Having watched both Line 5 and 6 being built as well operating so far as well the Hurontario LRT, LRT on the surface in the GTAH will not work with the current thinking of Transportation planners as welll transit planners. As much as I hate to say this, time to move to elevated lines as traffic is killing transit and creating longer travel time for riders.

As a note, I call them stations.

 

[Sauga89]

From a board meeting document on Metronlinx's website:

The document was posted in advance of Metrolinx's board meeting on Nov. 27th.

 

[Thaboss]

This line is not close to be open cone Dec 7 or Dec 15

Well uuh ttc says otherwise I guess.


I cant wait to talk about actual headway and speeds rather than theoretical ones.

 

[SaugeenJunction]

From a board meeting document on Metronlinx's website:

View attachment 697176
The document was posted in advance of Metrolinx's board meeting on Nov. 27th.

Minister Sarkaria confirmed today that the Finch West LRT is opening “in the coming weeks” at an Empire Club event speech today, so this lines up.

 

[youngblood]

From a board meeting document on Metronlinx's website:

View attachment 697176
The document was posted in advance of Metrolinx's board meeting on Nov. 27th.

Seems like that’s TTC & Metrolinx target date but the next three weeks gives them plenty of time for something to go wrong. Fingers crossed.

Now just waiting for a Line 5 date!

 

[TwoWheelPoli]

From a board meeting document on Metronlinx's website:

View attachment 697176
The document was posted in advance of Metrolinx's board meeting on Nov. 27th.

Metrolinx removed the link to that presentation slide BTW.

 

[A_Faulty5]

Metrolinx removed the link to that presentation slide BTW.

It's still working for me. There is just a LOT of traffic on the site so it might not load for some.

 

[nfitz]

Metrolinx removed the link to that presentation slide BTW.

Fear not - there's also a copy at https://www.scribd.com/document/952...ransit-Capital-Projects-Progress-FINAL-ENG-Mx

@atakagi1

It's still working for me. There is just a LOT of traffic on the site so it might not load for some.

I thought it was still working for me too - but then I opened it in an incognito window, and it didn't work. So it was just my browser caching stuff.