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It's my fault everyone, I confess. 🙇‍♀️ I joked one too many times that Line 5 would only open when I no longer needed it to get to work and clearly Murphy/Loki was listening.

But good news! I just got a new job, so hopefully that means it'll actually open in 2026.

Pics in penance (around Don Mills station):
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youngblood said:
If the TSP study from the city is coming late Q1, and eglinton isn’t opening without TSP, then there needs to be more backlash on the (further) delay
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Next round of backlash to be rightfully directed at the city. Every second of delay is on them at this point. They'll be accountable to voters soon enough.
 
I've been reading back in the thread, just for "fun." It's pretty crazy to read comments from Summer 2023 when January 2025 was a worst-case-scenario opening date prediction. The line was supposedly 98% complete at the time and people were shocked that Metrolinx wouldn't commit to a 2024 opening.
 
IsaacKhouzam said:
I've been reading back in the thread, just for "fun." It's pretty crazy to read comments from Summer 2023 when January 2025 was a worst-case-scenario opening date prediction. The line was supposedly 98% complete at the time and people were shocked that Metrolinx wouldn't commit to a 2024 opening.
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It's like a Windows update where it gets to 90% in two minutes and then sits there for 20 minutes to get that last ten percent.
I'm guessing all these completion percentages are really based on a simple quantity of all tasks to be completed as opposed to a weighted total time required to complete outstanding tasks.
 
I think there will be MASSIVE political pressure to get this line up and running before the World Cup and ditto for speeding up Finch. Even so, if Finch doesn't make the route within 25 minutes at a maximum, it is a complete waste of money. These lines of once TransitCity were advertised as bringing RAPID transit to all areas of Toronto and Torontonians should hold City Hall to it's word. This line could make this journey in 20 minutes IF the City wants it.
 
ssiguy2 said:
I think there will be MASSIVE political pressure to get this line up and running before the World Cup and ditto for speeding up Finch. Even so, if Finch doesn't make the route within 25 minutes at a maximum, it is a complete waste of money. These lines of once TransitCity were advertised as bringing RAPID transit to all areas of Toronto and Torontonians should hold City Hall to it's word. This line could make this journey in 20 minutes IF the City wants it.
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20 minutes is not possible just due to station spacing (line 2, our fastest RT line, does a similar stretch in 40ish minutes) but just getting to the projected 39min run time that the whole business case was predicated on would be miraculous at this point
 
Will David Miller be at the ribbon cutting ceremony for Line 5? He should be. He's responsible for this project. It was his idea. He should be one of the first to ride it. The whole length of it... and then back the other way.

He was noticeably absent at the Line 6 grand opening. I guess he's just too big for Toronto now? He's probably got more important things to do.
 
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