[youngblood]

Ontario transportation minister says there’s a ‘possibility’ Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens before 2026

After nearly 15 years of construction, delays, lawsuits, and rigorous testing, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT may be closer to opening than it has ever been.

www.ctvnews.ca

As other posters have noted:

Sarkaria was pressed about an opening date at Queen’s Park on Tuesday and said “there is a possibility” it could happen before the New Year.

He noted that, unlike the Finch West LRT, which opened six weeks after its revenue demonstration was complete, operator training on the Crosstown has been ongoing for close to a year.

“So, the interval between the two periods is not comparable, in that sense. But we’re going to work with our partners at the TTC to determine that date,” he told reporters at Queen’s Park on Tuesday.

 

[Richard White]

RSD is complete! On to Substantial Completion and transferring full operational control to the TTC!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995888515750781217

https://twitter.com/x/status/1995887547780636986

Watch it open on the day where we have a snowstorm rivalling January 16/17th 2022

 

[jordanmkasla2009]

Ontario transportation minister says there’s a ‘possibility’ Eglinton Crosstown LRT opens before 2026

After nearly 15 years of construction, delays, lawsuits, and rigorous testing, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT may be closer to opening than it has ever been.

www.ctvnews.ca

As other posters have noted:

Sarkaria was pressed about an opening date at Queen’s Park on Tuesday and said “there is a possibility” it could happen before the New Year.

He noted that, unlike the Finch West LRT, which opened six weeks after its revenue demonstration was complete, operator training on the Crosstown has been ongoing for close to a year.

“So, the interval between the two periods is not comparable, in that sense. But we’re going to work with our partners at the TTC to determine that date,” he told reporters at Queen’s Park on Tuesday.

in other words, if the TTC wanted to they could open it with the start of the next board period on December 21.

 

[hw621]

The fiasco continues...

 

[Amare]

The fiasco continues...

Surprise, surprise; another thing that Metrolinx isnt transparent about.

I can only imagine the troves of information and controversy that would be unleashed if they were ever breached.

 

[Bojaxs]

Surprise, surprise; another thing that Metrolinx isnt transparent about.

I can only imagine the troves of information and controversy that would be unleashed if they were ever breached.

The way Metrolinx operates is comparable to the illuminati.

 

[Jm gravel]

Free Christmas present for the long suffering taxpayers of Toronto?

 

[youngblood]

The fiasco continues...

Pile the pressure on.

Nothing to get rid of all the bad PR like a ribbon cutting ceremony.

 

[hw621]

Pile the pressure on.

Nothing to get rid of all the bad PR like a ribbon cutting ceremony.

I, on the contrary, wonder if this will cause further delay, I.e., the union refused to let drivers operate the line out of "safety" concerns...

 

[RS1]

I, on the contrary, wonder if this will cause further delay, I.e., the union refused to let drivers operate the line out of "safety" concerns...

Haven't they already been operating this whole time?

 

[hw621]

Haven't they already been operating this whole time?

Why would the union come out and say something like this now?

 

[RS1]

Why would the union come out and say something like this now?

No idea.

You may not be wrong, but I was just pointing out that they've been operating all through the RSD so it'd be strange for them to claim a safety concern now given they didn't immediately pull all of their members after the accident.

 

[youngblood]

Why would the union come out and say something like this now?

The union is not the cause of any delay at this point. Drivers have been training for a year. I doubt the union would want to step in the crosshairs for a delay when the TTC and Metrolinx have both signed off that Line 5 is good to go.

 

[hw621]

The union is not the cause of any delay at this point. Drivers have been training for a year. I doubt the union would want to step in the crosshairs for a delay when the TTC and Metrolinx have both signed off that Line 5 is good to go.

When they would offer the union some incentive to keep quiet?

 

[hawc]

So once testing is done? What's the next thing that has to happen before it opens? Is it another few months of something? Or does it just open? Could it actually open in 2025?