What's Happening with the Ontario Line?
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What's happening with the Ontario Line?
The Ontario Line has hit a major milestone: a tunnel boring machine has drilled through more than a kilometre of bedrock to reach the site of the future King West station. CBC’s Mercedes Gaztambide explores what this means — and when commuters can actually expect to ride it.
An important stage has been left behind in the Ontario Metro Line, which was built in Toronto. Libby, the first tunnelling machine to be used as part of the line, reached the future King West Station after approximately 1.3 kilometres of excavation work. Thus the machine became the first tunneling machine to reach a station site on the Ontario Line route. Libby, on November 6, 2026, at the intersection of King Street West and Bathurst Street.
Ontario Line TBM breaks through to future King West Station
The Ontatrio Line marked another milestone in construction, as the first tunnel boring machine (TBM) broke through to the future King West Station in downtown Toronto. This breakthrough represents the first time a TBM has reached a station on the new subway line. Once complete, the Ontario Line is expected to accommodate nearly 390,000 daily boardings and bring nearly 230,000 more people within walking distance of rapid transit, while supporting…
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