TORONTO – After its completion, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT would run along Eglinton Avenue and the transit line will connect west to east from Jane Street/Black Creek Drive to Kennedy Station.
The light rail line would have 19 kilometres tunneled underground with a total length of 25 kilometres end-to-end and with up to 26 stations.
Global Toronto takes a look at the controversial history of the Eglinton Crosstown.
2007 – The Eglinton Crosstown LRT was first introduced by former Toronto Mayor David Miller as a partially underground light rail line created as part of the Transit City plan.
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2010 – Transit City version cancelled and redesigned when current Toronto Mayor Rob Ford took office.
March 31, 2011 – Premier Dalton McGuinty, Mayor Ford and Minister of Transportation Kathleen Wynne announced a new plan that would push the entire leg of the Eglinton LRT underground from Black Creek Drive in the west to Kennedy station in the east.
Summer 2011 – Construction begins.
February 8, 2012 – The “Transit City” version was resurrected when city council voted in favor of supporting the partially underground Eglinton LRT.
April 25, 2012 – The Board of Directors of Metrolinx voted unanimously to proceed with the implementation of the partially underground LRT.
Summer 2012 – Tunneling to begin at the West Launch Site.
2020 – Year of completion.
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