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Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown LRT opening this weekend after 15-year ‘nightmare’
After 15 years and $13 billion in costs, Toronto’s Line 5 begins phased service with trains every 4 minutes 45 seconds during peak, ramping up over six months.
- On Feb. 8, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT opened in a soft, phased launch operated by the TTC, with reduced hours and slower speeds as it beds in service.
- Work stretched across about 15 years and multiple governments, with the project initially pegged at $4.6 billion ballooning into a troubled $13-billion effort amid lawsuits and delays.
- The TTC says the first trains will depart around 7:40 a.m., running every four minutes and 45 seconds at peak and roughly every eight minutes otherwise with shuttle buses overnight.
- Business owners along Eglinton say construction hollowed out neighbourhoods, with grocery stores and banks closing, while the Little Jamaica Business Improvement Area hopes riders return after over 300 hundred closures.
- Premier Doug Ford labelled the project a `nightmare` but rejected calls for a public inquiry, while Metrolinx says it changed contract models and the City of Toronto plans signal priority by Q2, which begins April 1.
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Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens 15 years after construction began
A Toronto light rail line marred by construction delays and budget overruns finally opened this morning, six years behind schedule and 15 years after construction began. The opening of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT came with no official fanfare, as the TTC didn’t plan a grand opening and has no…
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Toronto's Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens to no official fanfare
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