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Steve Munro
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max
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Link to the full article: https://stevemunro.ca/2025/12/05/metrolinx-hands-line-5-crosstown-to-ttc/
Interesting that the operating hours will be 5:30am to 2:30am and will not replicate the “soft opening” conditions of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m being used for Finch.
EDIT: Apparently I can't read
Interesting that the operating hours will be 5:30am to 2:30am and will not replicate the “soft opening” conditions of 6 a.m. to 10 p.m being used for Finch.
EDIT: Apparently I can't read
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youngblood
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Steve X
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Chaplinurbex
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Mid Feb makes no sense. It took Finch 6 weeks between RSD end to opening. By all accounts, the timing should be faster for Eglinton. Which would mean early Jan. I don't see how the TTC needs another 2+ months to get this thing going.
A couple small things I've noticed on my daily walk by of Chaplin Station. Inside each station there is a sign that says "Public Notice". The font is too small to read from outside, but it is clearly meant for passengers to read. They've also cleaned up some ceiling tiles that have been sitting in a corner of one of the station entrances for like over a year. So if they are putting up signs for the public and getting the stations cleaned up, 2.5 months until opening just seems absurd.
felix123
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I thought that the TTC putting up maps with line 5 on them meant it was a couple weeks from opening. If it's really not opening for a couple months+, then that was a really dumb move.
APTA-2048
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Because they would have to reprint and install new maps again not long after doing that for the Finch West line.
pleaseLRT
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Really hope Steve's prediction about mid-Feb is wrong
Line 6 achieved substantial completion on Nov 12 and will open on Dec 7; that's 25 days. 25 days from today is Tuesday, December 30. Changes always happen on a Sunday and the Sunday that follows Dec 30 is Jan 4. A mid-Feb opening would be mind boggling, as if the TTC had no idea that Line 5 would open anytime soon
Line 6 achieved substantial completion on Nov 12 and will open on Dec 7; that's 25 days. 25 days from today is Tuesday, December 30. Changes always happen on a Sunday and the Sunday that follows Dec 30 is Jan 4. A mid-Feb opening would be mind boggling, as if the TTC had no idea that Line 5 would open anytime soon
hw621
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There is no shortage of dumb moves of the TTC lol
T3G
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And if they had put up maps with only the 6 on them, and had to reprint them a month or two later with the 5 on it, you guys would be complaining at how much money they're wasting.
felix123
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nfitz
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What's the context of this? I'm not sure what I'm looking for.
mburrrrr
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Let this 2026 story run for a few more days then….
Imagine if it opened in 2025. Where are the RSD operators working today? Keep them
going. Maybe pick up some riders for fun too.
Would everyone be talking about the good news vs the years of bad news if they opened “early”?
Imagine if it opened in 2025. Where are the RSD operators working today? Keep them
going. Maybe pick up some riders for fun too.
Would everyone be talking about the good news vs the years of bad news if they opened “early”?
Northern Light
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The TTC and Mx are still working through some issues.
TTC expects those issues to be resolved and an opening date agreed on by the end of January.
So I would not anticipate an opening before February.
I would imagine they will try to line up the opening with either the February or March Board period.
TTC expects those issues to be resolved and an opening date agreed on by the end of January.
So I would not anticipate an opening before February.
I would imagine they will try to line up the opening with either the February or March Board period.