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Line 5 Eglinton (also known as the Eglinton Crosstown or the Crosstown) is a light rail line that is under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Owned by Metrolinx and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), the line will be part of the Toronto subway system as its fifth route.
Metrolinx is funding the 19-kilometre (12 mi) Line 5 Eglinton, a light rail line along Eglinton Avenue. From Mount Dennis in the west to Brentcliffe Road (east of Laird Drive), the line will run almost entirely underground where Eglinton Avenue is generally four to five lanes wide. From east of Brentcliffe Road to Kennedy station, the line will ...
As of August 2023, three new lines are under construction, two light rail lines and one light metro line: Line 5 Eglinton, a 25-station, 19-kilometre (12 mi) line along Eglinton Avenue, scheduled to open in 2024. A 9.2-kilometre (5.7 mi) extension of the line westwards is also under construction, scheduled to open in the early 2030s.
Schematic map of the Ontario Line indicating stations and connections. Thin lines indicate on-street sections of Line 5 Eglinton. Science Centre station under construction (as a station on Line 5 Eglinton) in 2020
Toronto Belt Line Railway; Overview; Headquarters: Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Locale: Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Dates of operation: 1892–1894: Technical; Track gauge: 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
1921 map of electrified rail lines serving Toronto at that time. The Toronto Suburban operated one radial and five city routes during its existence. The following route descriptions are in opening date order. Davenport. The Davenport route commenced service on 6 September 1892.
Canada has 49,422 kilometres (30,709 mi) total trackage, of which only 129 kilometres (80 mi) is electrified (all urban rail transit networks). Canada uses 1,435 mm ( 4 ft in) standard gauge track for the majority of its railway system. The exceptions to this are small lines isolated from the main North American rail network used in resource ...
However, the former Line 3 Scarborough light metro system (which operated between 1985 and 2023) used standard-gauge track, as will three lines under construction as of April 2024: the light rail Line 5 Eglinton and Line 6 Finch West, along with the light metro Ontario Line .
Electrification. Trolley wire, 550-600 V DC. The Toronto and York Radial Railway was a transit operator providing services to the suburbs of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was a subsidiary of the Toronto Railway Company. [1] The company was created by merging four Toronto-area interurban operations.
Bayview opened on November 24, 2002, along with the other stations on the Sheppard line. In 2013, the TTC announced plans for a second Bayview station on Line 5 Eglinton. This station was renamed Leaside in January 2016. Station description. Like all the other stations on the Sheppard line, Bayview is fully accessible.