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A westbound test train during system testing for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT in Toronto in October. The Ontario government says the last stage is complete and it is transferring operational control to the TTC.GABRIEL HUTCHINSON/The Globe and Mail
There is light at the end of the tunnel for a years-delayed light-rail transit line in Toronto.
The provincial government says its last stage of the Eglinton Crosstown is now complete and it is transferring operational control to the Toronto Transit Commission.
Ontario says the major milestone means the LRT should open “in the coming weeks,” and Premier Doug Ford told CityNews that it will likely be in early 2026.
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That is six years after it was originally scheduled to open, and 15 years after construction began.
Mr. Ford told the television station today that it’s better to be on the safe side rather than pushing for it to open by the end of 2025, since everyone has already waited this long.
The province says that when service launches, it will ramp up over six months and at that point will operate between 5:30 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., and see trains along its 19-kilometre line every three-and-a-half minutes in peak service.
