45 h. ago Toronto's new Ontario Line subway just took a huge step toward completion

While progress on Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT has been very much one step forward, two steps backward as of late, work on the Ontario Line subway is going forth full steam ahead, with the provincial government announcing another pivotal moment in the route's construction on Thursday.In preparation for massive tunnelling efforts northward, crews have now broken ground on the second tunnel launch shaft near the fututre Gerrard Station, which is where advanced tunnel boring machines (TBMs) — which are presently nameless, but that the public is invited to help come up with epithets for — will start a journey up towards Line 6's northern terminus.The shaft will eventually be the point where trains will switch from the route's below-ground to (controversially) above-ground segments.This step comes after work on the line's first tunnel launch shaft began at Exhibition Station last year.Met...

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1 week ago Eglinton Crosstown LRT vehicles now so old due to delays that they're adding more delays

Oh, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, why hast thou forsaken our city? Because yes, the latest update is that the ill-fated transit line is not on track to open in September as previously forecasted.After the TTC re-deployed operators to the route in the spring and took over the reins from Metrolinx crews in June, it seemed that a September 2025 debut — a date that had been leaked by anonymous insiders — was not just possible, but likely, which is a huge deal after more than 13 years of construction and five years of delays.But, as has been the case far too many times to count, the stakeholders behind the project have let the public down once more, with the timeline ever-complicated by issues uncovered during a drawn-out testing and commissioning phase.During a press conference about the unrelated Yonge North Subway Extension on Wednesday, Metrolinx interim CEO Michael Lindsay was, naturally, asked about the more pre...

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1 week ago Toronto building known for mysterious millionaire murder to be torn down for towers

A Toronto office building that was the centre of an almost two-year murder investigation is set to be torn down for an enormous residential complex that would dramatically alter the midtown skyline.Plans filed with the City could bring about the end of the current low-rise commercial building at 245 Eglinton Avenue East, located at the northeast corner of Mount Pleasant and Eglinton just opposite a forthcoming station on the soon-to-open Eglinton Crosstown LRT.Developer Crestview Investment Corporation seeks to have the current four-storey office building at the address torn down and replaced with a sky-scraping residential complex. Among the businesses that currently call the building home, Granite Brewery has remained a neighbourhood fixture for decades.Google MapsThe current building would be replaced with an enormous development consisting of a pair of residential towers rising 60 and 65 storeys, featuring designs from architects Superkül.With proposed heights of ...

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4 w. ago Toronto's Finch West LRT makes final steps but still no opening announced

After years of construction, delays, and anticipation, Toronto's Finch West Light Rail Transit (LRT) line (also known as Line 6) is finally entering its home stretch, although one key detail, namely its opening date, remains a mystery. The 11-kilometre, 18-stop transit line, which will run on Finch from Keele Street to Highway 27 and Humber College's north campus, has been technically complete since September 2024, however, riders are still anxiously waiting for service to begin nearly a year later.With construction beginning in 2019, the Finch West LRT managed to avoid the same level of delay that has plagued its notorious sibling, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which is still not operating nearly 14 years after breaking ground. Back in September, the provincial government announced that the Finch West LRT's stops and infrastructure were complete, and that the final touches, including signal activation, pedestrian access, and station finishing, were all prog...

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4 w. ago Eglinton Crosstown LRT likely delayed yet again and absolutely nobody is surprised

Never in a million years could anyone have anticipated that the Crosstown Eglinton LRT, now going on 14 years of construction and five years past its initial opening date, would be facing yet another delay — just kidding, of course!According to the latest statements from TTC interim CEO Greg Percy, who is on his way out of the role after taking it over last fall, the September 2025 launch that everyone was hoping for is now looking like "a reach" (a prediction blogTO made earlier this month)."We're still looking at this fall to get something happening," Percy said in response to questions about the transit line during a TTC Board meeting on Thursday."I think September is a reach, but this fall is plausible, and certainly by year-end."Though Metrolinx had not officially confirmed a September debut — executives having decided last year that, afte...

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4 w. ago Opening Eglinton Crosstown LRT by September will be ‘a reach,’ outgoing TTC boss says

At a Toronto Transit Commission meeting Thursday, outgoing interim CEO Greg Percy said it would be 'a reach' to open the new transit line by September.

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last month ‘Denied and obfuscated’: Ford government forced to release Eglinton LRT, Ontario Line emails

For two years, government lawyers argued the release of two emails about the Eglinton Crosstown LRT and the Ontario Line could harm the economy.

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