Line 5 Eglinton
Eglinton Crosstown Line![]() | |||
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Overview | |||
Status | Under construction | ||
Owner | Metrolinx | ||
Locale | Toronto, Ontario | ||
Termini | |||
Stations | 25 | ||
Service | |||
Type | Light rail | ||
Operator(s) | Toronto Transit Commission[1] | ||
Depot(s) | Black Creek Carhouse | ||
Rolling stock | Flexity Freedom | ||
History | |||
Opened | 2021[2] | ||
Technical | |||
Line length | 19 km (12 mi) | ||
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
Operating speed | 80 km/h | ||
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The Eglinton Crosstown line is a partially underground light rail line that is under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It will be owned by Metrolinx and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). The line was conceived in 2007 by then Toronto Mayor David Miller and then chair of the TTC Adam Giambrone as part of Transit City, a large-scale transit expansion plan consisting of other proposed light rail transit lines. It is expected to be completed in 2021.[4]
The Eglinton Crosstown Line will run for 19 km (12 mi) from Black Creek Drive to Kennedy Station.[3] There will be up to 25 stations, with an estimated 100 million trips annually in 2031.[5]
On March 31, 2016, Toronto City Council approved additional extensions to the east and west of the portion currently under construction.[6]
History
Original concept
The Eglinton Crosstown Line was conceived as the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, a partially underground light rail line, announced in 2007 by Toronto Mayor David Miller and TTC chair Adam Giambrone. It was part of the Transit City plan, which included the implementation of six other light rail lines across Toronto. The original version of the line would have run from Pearson Airport along Silver Dart Road to Convair Drive. The line would have then turned southwest, to a bridge over Highway 401 to reach Commerce Boulevard on the other side, where it would run south to reach Eglinton Avenue and the east end of the Mississauga Transitway. The rest of the line would run east along Eglinton Avenue, including a portion along which the proposed Eglinton West subway line would have been built. The line would then cut across the city, connecting with the Yonge-University and Bloor-Danforth subways, and with the Scarborough RT.
There were 43 stops planned for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, 13 of which would be underground.[7] Surface stops would be spaced on average 500 metres (550 yd) apart and the underground stations would be 850 m apart on average, as constructing numerous underground stops would be costly. The average speed would be 28 kilometres per hour (17 mph),[8] compared with the existing bus routes along Eglinton that have an average speed of 16 to 18 km/h (9.9 to 11.2 mph).[9] The line would terminate at Kennedy Station to the east in Scarborough where it would meet Line 2 Bloor–Danforth, the proposed Scarborough Malvern LRT and the Stouffville GO train line. The expected cost was $4.6 billion.[10] As a result of provincial funding cuts, construction of the line was divided into two phases: Phase One would end at Jane Street, and Phase Two would terminate as had been planned at Pearson Airport.
Ford era redesigns
Miller's successor, Rob Ford, announced the cancellation of Transit City on 1 December 2010, the day he took office.[11] He proposed an alternative titled the "Eglinton–Scarborough Crosstown line", which put the 19-kilometre line along Eglinton Avenue completely underground. The line would then follow new route of the Scarborough RT, thus forming a single line continuously from Black Creek Drive to McCowan. The cost would almost double to $8.2 billion and, compared to the original plan, 18 fewer stops were planned, including the elimination of the connection to Pearson Airport. Most of the additional cost would have come from putting 12 additional stations underground and for converting the Scarborough RT.
On 8 February 2012, in a special meeting, Toronto City Council, led by Karen Stintz, voted 25–18 to override Mayor Ford's modifications to the project.[12] The vote reinstated the original proposal to only construct the portion between Laird Drive and Keele Street underground while the remainder of the line is built along the surface.[12] On 30 November 2012, the environmental assessment was revised, such that the east tunnel portal location would be moved from east of Brentciffe to east of Don Mills,[13] however this was reversed in May 2013 after receiving community feedback.[14] In January 2013, Toronto City Councillors from Scarborough put forward an alternative plan to proceed with the construction of the Eglinton Avenue portion of the line as planned, but to exclude the Scarborough RT from the line. In July 2013, plans for an "Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown" line were abandoned, thereby reverting the entire line back to the plan that had been conceived under Transit City.[15][16]
Extensions
Under Mayor John Tory, Toronto city council approved two extensions for the Eglinton Crosstown to the east and west on March 31, 2016.[6] These extensions may be subject to further optimization such as additional grade separations and fewer stops.[17]
Crosstown West
Template:Crosstown West In a later phase, Metrolinx had planned for the Eglinton Crosstown to be extended westward from Mount Dennis along Eglinton Avenue West to Toronto Pearson International Airport. However, during the 2014 Toronto mayoral election, John Tory proposed SmartTrack, which would have included a heavy rail transit line established along this section of Eglinton Avenue.[18][19] In 2016, the City of Toronto released a feasibility report that found this proposal would have significant capital costs ranging from $3.6 billion to $7.7 billion. In comparison, extending the Eglinton Crosstown as approved would cost $1.3 billion. It was also found that a light rail transit line had higher ridership than a heavy rail line.[17]
The City of Toronto's Chief Planner recommended the extension of the Eglinton Crosstown line (referred to as Crosstown West) to Peason Airport in lieu of establishing SmartTrack on Eglinton Avenue, based upon negative community impacts, higher costs, and lower projected ridership associated with a heavy rail corridor.[17] On January 19, 2016, Tory agreed with the analysis and supported Metrolinx's original plan of extending the Crosstown.[20]
Crosstown East
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As part of the planned extension of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth, the City of Toronto drafted a plan to extend the Eglinton Crosstown east into Scarborough, which would terminate at the University of Toronto Scarborough campus.[21] This follows the alignment of the Scarborough Malvern LRT, which was also proposed as part of Transit City.[22] In 2010, the Scarborough Malvern LRT was cancelled by then-Mayor Rob Ford, despite being approved by Toronto City Council and the Government of Ontario in 2009.[23][24]
Construction
The Eglinton Crosstown line will run underground for 10 km (6.2 mi) from Mount Dennis to just east of Brentcliffe Road before rising to the surface to continue another 9 km (5.6 mi) to end at Kennedy Station.[25]
Timeline
- 2010
On July 28, 2010, Metrolinx ordered four tunnel boring machines (TBMs) at a cost of $54 million.[26] The TBMs were named Dennis, Lea, Humber, and Don. The names were chosen by Jason Paris, a moderator of the Urban Toronto blog and forums. Dennis is named after Mount Dennis, Lea is named after Leaside, Humber is named after the Humber River, and Don is named after the Don River. The names Dennis and Lea combined allude to the poet Dennis Lee.[27][28] By the time all four machines reach Yonge Street, enough dirt will have been removed to fill the Air Canada Centre to the height of the CN Tower.[29]
- 2011
In October 2011, the first part of tunnel construction began with the construction of a launch shaft for tunnel boring machines (TBMs) at Black Creek Drive.
On November 9, 2011, in Keelesdale Park, Mayor Rob Ford and then-Premier Dalton McGuinty officially broke ground on the new project.[30]
- 2012
In May, 2012, TTC staff released a report saying that completion of the Eglinton Crosstown was unlikely by 2020 and that a more realistic in-service date would be 2022-2023. The main reason given was that the project management had been transferred from the TTC to Infrastructure Ontario which uses the Alternative Finance and Procurement strategy. That strategy would use a private contractor to complete the project, effectively requiring that contractor to redo all design work already completed by the TTC.[31] The TTC also warned that Metrolinx’s aggressive timeline would lead to severe construction-related disruptions to communities and traffic because large stretches of the Eglinton Avenue would have to be torn up concurrently to meet deadlines.[2]
- 2013
In January 2013, Infrastructure Ontario issued a request for qualifications to shortlist companies to construct the line. A request for proposal was expected in the summer of 2013.[32]
On February 22, 2013, TBMs Don and Lea arrived in Keelesdale Park.[33]
In June 2013, the TBMs Don and Lea began tunnelling on the line. Traffic on Eglinton Avenue near Keele Street was reduced to one lane in each direction.[34]
On November 12, 2013, MetroLinx awarded a contract to construct the eastern portion of the Crosstown to a joint venture between Aecon Group Inc. and ACS Dragados Canada Inc. to construct the eastern portion of the line between Yonge Street and Laird Drive.[35]
- 2014
In March 2014, work began to clear utilities and trees on the south side of Eglinton Avenue just east of Brentcliffe Road in order to set up the eastern launch shaft. For two and a half years, traffic around the excavation site will be reduced from two to one lane in each direction. West of the site, more lane restrictions will go into effect to construct head walls (below-ground walls that form the ends of each subway station) at the future Laird, Bayview and Mt. Pleasant stations. There will also be lane restrictions for two years near Hanna Road to build an emergency exit near Leaside High School.[29]
By April 2014, the TBMs had arrived at Caledonia LRT station.[36] In April 2014, The Globe and Mail reported that the two western tunnel boring machines were excavating "approximately 1,000 cubic yards of spoil", per day.[37]
For the year prior to May 2014, the two TBMs Dennis and Lea had been excavating and installing concrete tunnel liners at a rate of approximately 10 metres (33 ft) per day.[38] The tunnels are lined with precast concrete liner segments. Six 2.5 tonne-segments form each ring.
In early December 2014, Dennis and Lea arrived at Eglinton West station.[39] Dennis stopped to allow Lea to catch up, so that they would arrive at Eglinton West station at the same time.
- 2015
On the weekend of April 18–19, 2015, the boring machines, Dennis and Lea, were lifted out of a shaft west of Allen Road and moved about 100 metres to a shaft just east of Allen Road.[40]
In April 2015, merchants along Eglinton Avenue West were complaining of lost revenue (up to a 35% dip in sales), because construction was discouraging customers with snarled traffic, limited parking options, reduced foot traffic and dusty sidewalks.[41]
By September 2015, the TBMs Don and Humber arrived for assembly in the shaft at Brentcliffe Road before starting to drill the 3.25-kilometre (2.02 mi) section west to Yonge Street.[2][29]
On September 24, 2015, Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca issued a statement saying the Crosstown would not operate until September 2021, in order “to mitigate disruption to the local community and infrastructure as much as possible.” The earlier plan had been to open in 2020 with tunnelling and station construction to start in 2012.[42] Infrastructure Ontario has awarded the Crosstown construction contract to Crosslinx, a consortium led by SNC Lavalin. It will take about four years to build the stations, 15 of which will be underground.[2]
On September 29, 2015, TBM Don started to bore the north tunnel from the Brentcliffe Road launching site westward towards Yonge Street. TBM Humber will start boring the south tunnel approximately one month later.[43]
On November 3, 2015, Del Duca announced that the contract awarded to Crosslinx Transit Solutions to complete the Crosstown and maintain it for 30 years will cost $2 billion less than originally estimated.[44]
- 2016
On March 10, 2016, a ground-breaking ceremony was held at the site of Keelesdale LRT station, the first station to be started for construction along the Eglinton Crosstown line.[45]
On April 18, 2016, the façade of the former House of Chan restaurant and the scaffolding to hold it up collapsed, injuring seven people. That location will be used for Forest Hill LRT station.
Sometime in 2016, a segment of Eglinton Avenue East will be dug up to extract the TBMs Humber and Don, when they reach Yonge Street. However, the hole in the street there will be much smaller than the one near Leslie Street.[29]
- 2021
Metrolinx expected the line to be completed at this date.[46]
Crosslinx
Crosslinx Transit Solutions, a consortium of more than 26 companies, was awarded the contract to design, build and finance the Eglinton Crosstown line and to maintain it for 30 years. The contract, which excludes boring the tunnels, is for completing all other remaining work, including the stations and the finishing work within the tunnels. Some of the members of the consortium are SNC-Lavalin, Aecon, EllisDon, ACS Infrastructure Canada, Dragrados, IBI Group and the Bank of Nova Scotia. The contract defines a public–private partnership.[44][47]
The 30-year contract to build and maintain the line will total $9.1 billion. Capital costs will be $5.3 billion, with each of the 15 underground stations costing $80–$100 million to build and the ten street-level stops $3-$5 million each. The remainder will be for financing, lifecycle and maintenance costs.[44]
Route
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Stations
The following is the list of stops proposed as of 2013.[48] Metrolinx is proposing changes to the names of seven of the line’s stops.[49] In a report to the TTC Board on 23 November 2015, it was recommended that stations on Line 5 Eglinton LRT should be given unique names.[50]
Stop | Type | Notes |
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Mount Dennis | Underground | Connection to ![]() ![]() |
Keelesdale | Underground | Originally called Keele. |
Caledonia | Underground | Connection to ![]() |
Fairbank | Underground | Originally called Dufferin. |
Oakwood | Underground | |
Cedarvale (Eglinton West) | Underground | Connection to ![]() |
Forest Hill | Underground | Originally called Bathurst. |
Chaplin | Underground | |
Avenue | Underground | Metrolinx proposes changing name to Oriole Park. |
Eglinton | Underground | Connection to ![]() |
Mount Pleasant | Underground | |
Leaside | Underground | Originally called Bayview. |
Laird | Underground | Easternmost station of the underground central section. |
Sunnybrook Park | At grade | Westernmost of the at grade stops. Side platforms east of Leslie Street.[52] Originally called Leslie. |
Science Centre | Underground | Originally called Don Mills. |
Aga Khan Park & Museum | At grade | Side platforms west of Don Valley Parkway.[53] Originally called Ferrand. |
Wynford | At grade | Side platforms on opposite sides of a new pedestrian crosswalk, which will cross Eglinton west of the bridge over Wynford Drive.[54] GO Transit's Richmond Hill line crosses under Eglinton a short distance to the east, but no contingency has been made for a connection. |
Sloane | At grade | Centre platform east of Bermondsey Road/Sloane Avenue.[55] Originally called Bermondsey. |
O'Connor | At grade | Side platforms east from Victoria Park Avenue to O'Connor Drive.[56] Originally called Victoria Park. |
Pharmacy | At grade | Side platforms east of Pharmacy Avenue.[57] |
Hakimi Lebovic | At grade | Side platforms on opposite sides of Lebovic Avenue/Hakimi Avenue.[58] Originally called Lebovic. |
Golden Mile | At grade | Side platforms on opposite sides of Warden Avenue.[59] Originally called Warden. |
Birchmount | At grade | Side platforms east of Birchmount Road.[60] |
Ionview | At grade | Side platforms west of Ionview Road.[61] |
Kennedy | Underground | Connection to ![]() ![]() |
Operations
Operating characteristics of the line include:
- Usage of automatic train control on the underground section of Eglinton Crosstown.[62]
- On the surface, usage of dedicated right-of-way transit lanes separate from regular traffic.[8]
- On the surface, usage of priority signalling at intersections to ensure certainty in travel times.[8]
- Light rail vehicles and subways can both travel as fast as 80 kilometres per hour (50 mph). However, actual speed is determined by the spacing of the stops and the dwell times between stops. Crosstown vehicles will have an average speed of 28 kilometres per hour (17 mph). As a comparison, the average speed of the subway Line 2 Bloor–Danforth is 32 kilometres per hour (20 mph).[63]
- The projected ridership of the line is 5,400 passengers per hour in the peak direction by 2031, but the capacity of the vehicles is 15,000 passengers per hour per direction.[8]
- The Presto card will be available for use across the line.
See also
- Finch West LRT
- Sheppard East LRT
- Hurontario LRT
- B-Line (Hamilton)
- Ion rapid transit
- Stadtbahn
- Premetro
- Light rail in Canada
- Toronto streetcar system
- Toronto rapid transit
References
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Q: What is the timeline for the project? A:The project will be complete in 2021
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An LRT would use the same route as the SRT. It would be 9.9 km versus 7.6 km of subway. The LRT would have seven stations, the subway, only three.
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Glenn DeBaeremaeker (Ward 38, Scarborough Centre) said the latest TTC report gives him new confidence that there will be a subway underway in Scarborough within a decade.
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Winsa, Patty (21 March 2014). "Metrolinx begins its big eastern dig on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT: Get ready for traffic". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2014-03-23.
Parts for the next two tunnel-boring machines to work on digging underground parts of the line — nicknamed Don and Humber — will arrive this summer and be assembled in the shaft, before they start drilling the 3.25-kilometre section west to Yonge St.
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Jack Landau (2013-11-12). "Metrolinx Awards Contract for Crosstown LRT East Tunnel Section". Urban Toronto. Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
As tunnel boring machines continue to etch their path eastbound underneath Eglinton Avenue from Keele Street for the western leg of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, a winning bidder has been announced for the eastern section of tunnel, which will run from Brentciffe Road to Yonge Street, starting just east of the easternmost underground station at Laird Drive.
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Tim Alamenciak (2014-04-30). "Eglinton Crosstown LRT back on schedule, engineer says". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2014-08-03. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
"It's a seemingly simple process that's actually very high tech," said Kramer. The first of the two tunneling machines (dubbed Dennis) entered the ground June of 2013 and has made it to Caledonia Rd. from its starting point at Black Creek Dr. The other machine, Lea, is just behind.
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Oliver Moore (2014-04-29). "Underground for now, construction proceeds on Eglinton LRT". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2014-04-01. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
Headwalls that will form the box of the stations have been installed at Keele Street and Caledonia Road, and work is under way on one at Dufferin Street. The TBMs go right through headwalls after they have been built, in order to ensure a tight seal, and the two at work in this area are now on either side of what will eventually be the Caledonia LRT station.
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Rahul Gupta (2014-05-09). "Eglinton LRT: Construction activity well underway on both sides of Allen Road". Inside Toronto. Archived from the original on 2015-01-23. Retrieved 2015-01-22.
Digging 50 feet below street level, the 81-metre long TBMs nicknamed Dennis and Lea are located in the vicinity of Caledonia Road, one of 12 underground Crosstown stations planned for the route. They are expected to reach the Allen later this year, when they will be redeployed beyond Eglinton West subway station to continue the dig east towards Yonge Street.
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- ^ Crosstown Project FAQs 15 January 15 2016
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- ^ "Line 5 Eglinton Station Names" (PDF). Board Presentation. Toronto Transit Commission. 23 November 2015. Retrieved November 2015.
TTC staff evaluated the initial report and the proposed names and provided feedback and recommendations. A primary TTC concern was to avoid replication and redundancy with existing TTC station names. The proposed names are unique and are not likely to be confused with existing station names.
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(help) - ^ "Eglinton West station to become 'Cedarvale' because of Crosstown LRT". November 24, 2015. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
- ^ "Leslie Stop". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved September 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Ferrand Stop". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved September 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Bermondsey Stop". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved September 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Victoria Park Stop". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved September 2014.
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(help) - ^ "Pharmacy Stop". Eglinton Crosstown. Retrieved September 2014.
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External links
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- Official Crosstown project website
- Toronto Light Rail Transit projects (Metrolinx)
- Tunnelling for The Crosstown on YouTube published by the Eglinton Crosstown LRT Project.
- Flyover video - Eglinton Crosstown Stations on YouTube published by the Eglinton Crosstown LRT Project. (Several stations mentioned in the video have since been renamed.)