47 h. ago Chris Selley: Toronto’s latest transit triumph is $3.7B for a train slower than a bus

The mind-numbingly slow Finch West LRT is a reason why people don’t trust Canadian governments

Economics

8 d. ago ‘Hearing the feedback’: Chow planning motion to speed up Finch West LRT trains

The new transit line, Toronto's first since 2002, opened on Sunday, taking passengers from Finch West Station on Line 1 to Humber College Station in northern Etobicoke. 

Transport

8 d. ago Toronto mayor planning motion to speed up Finch West LRT trains

The new transit line, Toronto's first since 2002, opened on Sunday, taking passengers from Finch West Station on Line 1 to Humber College Station in northern Etobicoke. 

Transport

8 d. ago Group of friends walked entire length of Finch West LRT on opening day

Toronto celebrated a monumental transit expansion on Dec. 7 with the opening of the Finch West LRT, and a group of friends known for their long-haul walks marked the occasion in their trademark style.The Walkers, a group of five friends who have taken the internet by storm with their walking escapades throughout the Greater Toronto Area, knew the opening of the TTC's Line 6 Finch West was a landmark event they couldn't miss."We met up at 6 a.m. so that we could get to Finch West for the opening ceremony starting at 7 a.m.," Katie Wang tells blogTO. Naturally, there was a motive for arriving bright and early: the commemorative coin the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) gave out to the first 100 people in line. And, apparently, The Walkers weren't the only ones with their eyes on the prize."I saw online that the first 100 customers at Finch West could get a special commemorative coin, and we thought there were only going to be 20 or so people there....

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8 d. ago City and TTC rushing for fix after Toronto's new LRT slammed with complaints

Toronto's Finch West LRT hasn't been able to shake its first-day jitters as more commuter complaints trickle in.On top of the annoying delays – which began mere minutes into its launch – its speed, or lack thereof, is taking some heat online. At a City Hall press conference Tuesday afternoon, Toronto mayor Olivia Chow agreed the train isn't moving fast enough, saying, "I rode the train, and I know it can be faster."The rush to speed up the TTC's new Line 6 Finch West comes amid early reports that the route debuted with travel times 16 minutes slower than the 36C Finch West bus it replaced.Overall, the public is disappointed that the $2.5 billion investment delivered such "underwhelming results," as one X user states. People are rightfully extremely upset that Line 6 moves so painfully slow. The combination of effectively no signal priority, and the TTC operating it at speeds about 50 per cent slo...

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9 d. ago TTC's fancy new LRT line didn't even make it 30 minutes before first delays

The TTC welcomed its first new transit line in 23 years with the Dec. 7 opening of the new Finch West LRT, but it didn't take long at all for the first delays on the newly christened Line 6 Finch West.Riders braved snowy weather and long lines on Sunday morning to be among the first to ride the 18-stop, 10.3-kilometre light rail line.However, in what has become an all-too-familiar TTC tradition, passengers were notified within minutes of the line's opening that there was a delay affecting Line 6.Line 6 already fitting in well with its peers. https://t.co/q8W6X7poiE— Charlie ND 🇨🇦 (@charliefrom6) December 7, 2025The TTC informed passengers at 7:40 a.m. on Sunday — just ten minutes after the first public train got underway — that it was experiencing "Delays westbound at Finch West station while we deal with an operational problem."The public reaction was swift and brutal, with several users calling out the transit agency for the same old struggles.&...

Sport

1 week ago Here's what it's like to ride the TTC's new Line 6 Finch West LRT

Toronto got its first new transit line in over two decades with the Dec. 7, 2025, opening of the Finch West LRT, now officially in service as the TTC's Line 6 Finch West.The 18-stop, 10.3-kilometre light rail line kicked off with an opening-day celebration on Sunday, and thousands of passengers showed up to get a free first ride on the LRT after years of construction delays and traffic headaches.blogTO was on the scene to be among the first riders on the route, which serves Finch Avenue West from Keele Street to Highway 27, before turning south to the Humber College north campus.Check out what it's like to ride the new Line 6 Finch West in this photo gallery.

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4 w. ago Winter storm left Metrolinx scrambling to stop city crews dumping snow onto LRT tracks

One of the problems with the operation appears to have involved city crews clearing excess snow onto the tracks where testing cars were running for the delayed Finch West LRT.

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