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The Hub Condos Aligns Itself with Improving Transit Connectivity
Driving along Eglinton, it's obvious that construction of the Crosstown-LRT is in full swing. Lanes have been reduced and construction fences raised along stretches of the busy arterial. Through all...
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Metrolinx Awards Contract for Crosstown LRT East Tunnel Section
As tunnel boring machines continue to etch their path eastbound underneath Eglinton Avenue from Keele Street for the western leg of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT project, a winning bidder has been...
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Tunnel Boring Machines Complete First Leg of Crosstown Tunnelling
Construction of Metrolinx' 19-kilometre long Crosstown LRT line reached a major milestone yesterday, as tunnel boring machines Dennis and Lea broke through the walls of the Allen Road extraction shaft,...
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Metrolinx Encouraging Development at GO and Crosstown LRT Stations
Metrolinx will take a step into the real estate market tomorrow, when it issues an RFP for development above its new Crosstown LRT stations. Metrolinx has already been using a more hands off approach...
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Preferred Consortium Announced to Construct Crosstown LRT
Metrolinx and Infrastracture Ontario have announced that Crosslinx Transit Solutions (CTS)—an equal-share consortium of SNC-Lavalin, EllisDon, AECON, and ACS Infrastructure Canada—as the preferred...
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Crosstown LRT Construction Continues Above and Below Grade
The long-anticipated construction of the Crosstown LRT line has witnessed substantial activity lately, as the largest Public Private Partnership (P3) in Canadian history continues to make its mark...
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Public Art RFQ Announced for Crosstown LRT Intermodal Stations
As details about the Crosstown LRT continue to emerge, a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) has now been announced for the system's public art installations. In the wake of Metrolinx's October 1st...
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Crosstown LRT Station Names to be Finalized in the New Year
When the original Eglinton West Subway was filled in by the Mike Harris-lead Provincial Tories back in 1995, many wondered how long it might be until rapid transit would once again be a reality along...
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Toronto Unveils 6 and 15 Year TTC and GO RER/SmartTrack Plans
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Hostility to Crosstown West LRT Voiced at Etobicoke Consultation
At the TTC and Metrolinx transit consultation meeting on Feb 20th in Etobicoke, local speakers voiced their opposition to the part of the newly-unveiled overall transit plan that calls for an LRT along...
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Tunnelling Complete for Western Leg of the Crosstown LRT
After three years of hard work, the Province of Ontario has announced the completion of tunnelling for the western leg of the Crosstown LRT project earlier today. The milestone was reached when tunnel...
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Transit Line Studies Advance With New Round of Consultations
With multiple transit plans underway at the City of Toronto, Metrolinx, and the TTC, City staff have planned a number of consultations to provide updates and gather public feedback. Dates have been...
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Toronto Council Backs Key Aspects of City's 15 Year Transit Plan
After an at-times rancorous day-long debate dominated by debate over the Scarborough subway, Toronto's Council voted by sizeable majorities for several of the key planks of the City's transit plan...
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Tunnelling Completed on Crosstown LRT at Yonge & Eglinton
Yet another major construction milestone has been met for Metrolinx's Crosstown LRT, a 19-kilometre light rail transit line that includes a 10-kilometre stretch under Eglinton Avenue between Keele...
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