History Line 5 Eglinton

1 history

1.1 original concept
1.2 ford era redesigns
1.3 extensions

1.3.1 eglinton west lrt
1.3.2 eglinton east lrt

history
original concept

line 5 eglinton conceived eglinton crosstown lrt, partially underground light rail line, announced in 2007 toronto mayor david miller , ttc chair adam giambrone. part of transit city plan, included implementation of 6 other light rail lines across toronto. original version of line have run pearson airport along silver dart drive convair drive. line have turned southwest, bridge on highway 401 reach commerce boulevard on other side, run south reach eglinton avenue , east end of mississauga transitway. rest of line run east along eglinton avenue, including portion along proposed eglinton west subway line have been built. line traverse city, connecting line 1 yonge–university, line 2 bloor–danforth, , line 3 scarborough.

there 43 stops planned eglinton crosstown lrt, 13 of underground. surface stops spaced on average 500 metres (550 yd) apart , underground stations 850 m apart on average, constructing numerous underground stops costly. average speed 28 kilometres per hour (17 mph), compared existing bus routes along eglinton have average speed of 16 18 km/h (9.9 11.2 mph). line terminate @ kennedy station east in scarborough meet line 2 bloor–danforth, proposed scarborough malvern lrt , stouffville go train line. expected cost $4.6 billion. result of provincial funding cuts, construction of line divided 2 phases: phase 1 end @ jane street, , phase 2 terminate had been planned @ pearson airport.

ford era redesigns

miller s successor, rob ford, announced cancellation of transit city on december 1, 2010, day took office. proposed alternative titled eglinton–scarborough crosstown line , put 19-kilometre line along eglinton avenue underground. line follow route of line 3 scarborough, forming single line continuously black creek drive mccowan. cost double $8.2 billion and, compared original plan, 18 fewer stops planned, including elimination of connection pearson airport. of additional cost have come putting 12 additional stations underground , converting scarborough rt.

on february 8, 2012, in special meeting, toronto city council, led karen stintz, voted 25–18 override mayor ford s modifications project. vote reinstated original proposal construct portion between laird drive , keele street underground while remainder of line built along surface. on november 30, 2012, environmental assessment revised, such east tunnel portal location moved east of brentcliffe east of don mills; however, reversed in may 2013 after receiving community feedback. in january 2013, toronto city councillors scarborough put forward alternative plan proceed construction of eglinton avenue portion of line planned, exclude scarborough rt line. in july 2013, plans eglinton-scarborough crosstown line abandoned, thereby reverting entire line plan had been conceived under transit city.

extensions

under mayor john tory, toronto city council approved 2 extensions line 5 eglinton, east , west, on march 31, 2016. these extensions may subject further optimization such additional grade separations , fewer stops.

eglinton west lrt

in later phase, metrolinx had planned eglinton crosstown extended westward mount dennis along eglinton avenue west toronto pearson international airport. however, during 2014 toronto mayoral election, john tory proposed smarttrack, have included heavy rail transit line established along section of eglinton avenue. in 2016, city of toronto released feasibility report found proposal have significant capital costs ranging $3.6 billion $7.7 billion. in comparison, extending eglinton crosstown approved cost $1.3 billion. found light rail transit line had higher ridership heavy rail line.

the city of toronto s chief planner recommended extension of eglinton crosstown line (referred crosstown west) pearson airport in lieu of establishing smarttrack on eglinton avenue, based upon negative community impacts, higher costs, , lower projected ridership associated heavy rail corridor. on january 19, 2016, tory agreed analysis , supported metrolinx s original plan of extending crosstown. tory has included crosstown west light-rail component of smarttrack plan.

the estimated completion 2023 of july 2016. estimated cost build eglinton west lrt $2.47 billion of city of toronto contributes $1.18 billion, federal government contributes $822.9 million, , city of mississauga , greater toronto airports authority asked contribute $470 million portion of line in mississauga. approvals financing still secured of november 2, 2016.

public meetings extension, renamed eglinton west lrt, began november 13, 2017.

the 2010 environmental assessment transit city planned entirely at-grade light rail line running west weston road , mount dennis station. however, october 2017, city considering grade separation using fly-overs , fly-unders @ 6 intersections: martin grove road, kipling avenue, islington avenue, royal york road, scarlett road, , jane street surface running between stations.

on november 21, 2017, city staff recommended 10 stops along eglinton west between mount dennis station , future renforth station. recent recommendation drops stops @ rangoon, east mall, , russell / eden valley.

at city executive committee meeting on november 28, 2017, city staff recommended building extension without grade separation. city staff had concluded at-grade extension provide better access transit users , have fewer environmental impacts. grade separation have little improvement on traffic because at-grade option use signal coordination; however, grade separation require fewer restrictions on left turns. there no difference in development potential either option. however, because of feedback public , local politicians, mayor john tory recommended more study on grade separation.

a at-grade extension estimated cost $1.5 $2.1 billion. grade separation add $881.9 million $1.32 billion cost.

eglinton east lrt

to complement planned extension of line 2 bloor–danforth scarborough town centre, city of toronto drafted plan extend line 5 eglinton further east scarborough terminate @ university of toronto scarborough campus.

the 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) extension connect eglinton go station , guildwood go station , pass through “neighbourhood improvement areas” (often low-income areas) such eglinton east, scarborough junction, morningside, scarborough village , west hill. extension add 18 new stops east of kennedy station , serve estimated 43,400 additional riders per day (a ridership similar of line 4 sheppard subway).

the extension follows alignment of scarborough malvern lrt, proposed part of transit city. in 2010, scarborough malvern lrt cancelled then-mayor rob ford, despite being approved toronto city council , government of ontario in 2009.

in 2016, plan scarborough malvern lrt revived , rebranded crosstown east before being renamed again eglinton east in 2017. of november 2017, project unfunded cost estimated @ $1.6 billion $1.7 billion, estimated completion date of 2023.

at november 2017 public meeting, city staff presented possibility of extending eglinton east lrt 6 stops malvern town centre. malvern extension 4.2 4.7 kilometres long.