Construction on the $8.2-billion Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown subway line in Toronto is underway. The provincial public transit agency Metrolinx is the owner while the Toronto Transit Commission will operate the train service.
Construction on the Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown subway line is officially underway and is expected to be in service in 2020.
The new Toronto Transit Commission line will be an east-west route about 25 kilometres across Eglinton Avenue, running parallel to and about four kilometers north of the Bloor-Danforth line constructed in the 1960s.
It will include up to 26 stations and run mostly underground from Black Creek Drive in the west to Kennedy Station in the east, which is the transfer point from the Bloor-Danforth subway to an above-ground train running northeast to Scarborough City Centre, near Highway 401 and McCowan Road.
The Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown subway will be partially elevated between Kennedy Station and Scarborough City Centre.
The Province of Ontario, through its Metrolinx public transit agency, is responsible for building this project. The province is investing $8.2 billion to build it.
It will be the first major subway construction since 2001, when the Sheppard line from Yonge Street to Don Mills Road was opened.
“The Crosstown is a priority project in our regional transportation plan, The Big Move, and we are pleased to be moving this project forward,” Metrolinx president Bruce McCuaig said. “This service will provide an important east-to-west connection across the city that will support future growth, improve mobility and enhance the economic, social and environmental well being in Toronto.”
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