35 per cent of the total track work carried out for Finch West LRT

TORONTO—A total of approximately 25.6 kilometres of track will be installed on the Finch West LRT project in Toronto.

The LRT, which will connect with the TTC, York Region and Peel Region transit service, will run along Finch Avenue West in Toronto from Keele Street to Highway 27. The portion along which customers will ride, referred to as the mainline, comprises 10.3 kilometres, indicates a Metrolinx blog.

Beyond the two parallel tracks, there are additional pieces of trackwork. The maintenance and storage facility (MSF) contains 4.4 kilometres of track in both the yard and facility’s interior.

Connecting the MSF to the main line are entrance tracks that run out of the facility and down York Gate Boulevard, adding about 600 metres.

Additionally, in various places along the line, there are crossovers between the westbound and eastbound tracks to add operational flexibility – referred to as special trackwork – that add a notable amount of length, adds the blog. In the case of the Finch West LRT, there are six single crossovers and one double crossover along the route.

Builder Mosaic Transit Group has installed approximately 35 per cent of the total track to date including approximately four kilometres of track on the mainline, all rail at the MSF and the connection down York Gate Boulevard.

The section currently installed on the mainline between Sentinel Road and the MSF will be used for testing this year.

Crews will continue to install track through 2022 and into 2023.