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We Rode the Whole Length of the Eglinton Crosstown on Opening Day. Here’s How Long It Took
The 19-kilometre Eglinton Crosstown LRT with 25 stops opens after $14-billion spent and multiple delays, aiming to reduce commute times and support local businesses.
- On Sunday, the Toronto Transit Commission soft-launched Line 5, a 19-kilometre, 25-stop east–west line from Mount Dennis to Kennedy Station.
- Background-first: Long delays and cost growth have caused the Eglinton Crosstown project, built after a 2011 ground-breaking, to arrive six years late and over $1 billion over its $13-billion budget.
- Trains ran roughly seven-minute intervals with minor interruptions, while the inaugural westbound train faced a short door delay at O'Connor Station during the phased opening schedule .
- Transit riders reported time savings, with one commuter seeing a Mount Dennis–Avenue trip drop from about an hour to around 30 minutes, and TTC is soliciting rider feedback during phased opening.
- Toronto will bring enhanced transit signal priority systems online before the end of February, Crosslinx consortium will maintain the line for 30 years, and officials face calls for greater transparency.
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Beautiful, wonderful, or Toronto transit's black eye? Whatever it is, the Eglinton Crosstown is finally open
It might be a chilly day, but the cold air didn't stop excited Torontonians from piling onto the newly launched trains along Line 5 Sunday. "Line 5, Line 5, Line 5," chants erupted as the first Crosstown riders waited to get onboard at Kennedy Station.
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We rode the whole length of the Eglinton Crosstown on opening day. Here’s how long it took
Throngs of riders and transit enthusiasts came out to experience the long-awaited opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (Line 5) Sunday, lining up in the frigid weather to take a ride. CP24 was there too, riding the entirety of the line. Here's how it went.
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