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Yup - if there's "absolutely still a chance" for this to open in 2025, then an announcement about substantial completion and/or full handover to the TTC should be made very soon. Unfortunately, given that MX's board documents (dated for this Thursday) state that Line 5 is still currently in RSD, I am not optimistic about any 2025 opening date
The majority of riders will probably have been accustomed to taking the buses along Eglinton and will prefer the LRT because of frequency and reliability. There may be some who used to take a different bus where now line 5 will improve some section of their journey.
My bet is there is a lot of pressure and if there is any hope at all they are trying for an 11th hour go.
I thought metrolinx did claim that RSD restarted, or at least the minister of transportation publicly stated that
Yes, MX made this claim on October 23:
Nothing gets me more frustrated than how long it can take sometimes for an eastbound 32 bus to be able to turn left out of Cedarvale because of how many selfish drivers block the clearly identified box trying to get onto the Allen.
For what it’s worth, I think this map is trying to serve too many purposes. Given its location and the info included, it’s trying to function as a line diagram. Line diagrams are intended to do two things: verify the stations ahead/behind from a given platform, and highlight available connections to other lines. If they had kept the stations in between both sides of line 1 off, I think this would’ve been much clearer but by including them, it implies the map is intended to do a lot more than its designed to do, making the info it doesn’t provide much more obvious. I would suggest most people when then get to a platform have some understanding of what station they intend to go to, they’re looking for confirmation that that’s the platform that will take them there.
Service note:
Fifteen fully accessible trains will operate during weekday morning and afternoon rush hours, with service every six and a half minutes. At all other times, including weekends, trains will arrive approximately every 10 to 12 minutes.
Following the recommendations of the Ottawa LRT public inquiry, Line 6 Finch West will operate under “soft opening” conditions with trains running from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. until Spring 2026. The temporary early closing will provide the line’s maintainers, Mosaic Transit Group, with an extended maintenance window, allowing staff to become more familiar with the line and monitor it for any issues while in full revenue service.
Between 10 p.m. and 1 a.m., service will be provided by buses operating every 10 minutes, serving on-street LRT stops along the Finch West corridor. The TTC’s Blue Night bus service will operate after 1 a.m. until the start of train service at 6 a.m. Monday to Saturday, and 8 a.m. on Sundays.
Coming December 7, 2025 - Line 6 Finch West
www.ttc.ca
I'd give less weight to the board documents and more weight to what the CEO and others are saying right now and will say during the board meeting. The board documents are usually a couple of weeks progress off from reality.
Didn't ML want a much better service on Line 5?
Gosh, this makes Line 6 sound like one of those "limited" routes that does not run full service. (Even if it's just 3 hours less.) Quite an expensive project just for that. Hopefully it's temporary, but in that case it sounds like the TTC aren't ready, despite the 3 year delay in opening. I do hope Line 5 does not open like this.
