Ontario’s Ministry of Transport announced that first piece of track for the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit project is installed at the future site of Mount Dennis Station and the LRT maintenance and storage facility.
“The installation of the first piece of track is a significant milestone for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project. It is exciting to see how far we’ve come since work began in 2011. The Eglinton Crosstown LRT will bring 19 kilometres of new rapid transit across the City of Toronto. This investment will provide fast, efficient, and reliable transit for residents, commuters and visitors in Toronto,” Transport Minister Steven Del Duca said.
The construction crews installed a “turnout track”, part of the 8.5 km track system that will move vehicles through Mount Dennis Station and adjoining maintenance and storage facility. The facility is the first major component of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project scheduled for completion and will be finished in 2018.
The 19-km Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which will open in 2021, will connect Mount Dennis Station in the west with Kennedy Station in the east, and includes a 10-km underground section between Keele Street and Laird Drive, and 25 stations and stops that will link to bus routes, three metro stations, three GO Transit lines, and the Union Pearson Express.
Ontario is fully funding the Eglinton Crosstown LRT to expand transit in the City of Toronto, with an investment of CAD 5.3 billion (EUR 3.55 billion). The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is being delivered as an Alternative Financial and Procurement (AFP) project, using the design-build-finance-maintain model.
When fully operational, the LRT will carry an estimated 5,500 passengers per hour in the peak direction, speeding up commutes and helping people get where they need to go faster and with greater convenience.
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