78-563: Transit City was a plan for developing public transport in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It was first proposed and announced on 16 March 2007 by Toronto mayor David Miller and Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) chair Adam Giambrone . The plan called for the construction of seven new light rail lines along the streets of seven priority transit corridors, which would have eventually been integrated with existing rapid transit , streetcar , and bus routes. Other transit improvements outlined in
156-411: A long term parking lot . Any future extensions are not yet planned. The rest of the city is primarily served by a network of about 150 bus routes , many of them forming a grid along main streets, and all of them (except for routes 99 and 171, both of which connect to bus garages, and 176 Mimico GO, which serves Mimico GO Station ) connecting to one or more subway stations. A more distinctive feature of
234-449: A 1.1-kilometre (0.68 mi) tunnel between Don Mills and Consumers Road, and for 11.9 km (7.4 mi) along the surface of Sheppard Avenue from Consumers Road to Morningside Avenue. The surface portion would operate in a dedicated lane in the centre of the street. At Don Mills, the LRT and Line 4 Sheppard subway would use the same platform level, so that riders could simply walk down
312-475: A 12-year period. The provincial government proposed providing two-thirds of the funds ($ 11.5 billion) and asked the federal government to pay the remaining one-third ($ 6 billion). However, Prime Minister Stephen Harper 's government did not commit to this spending plan. The province's $ 17.5 billion MoveOntario 2020 plan called for a total number of 52 transit projects in the GTA to be funded, with 95% of
390-424: A level transfer. For customers east of Victoria Park and destined to the subway, Option 3 has the same pros as Option 5, but at a lower cost, and the tunnel construction would be designed to allow for a future subway extension. But it has the cons of separation between subway and LRT still under policy discussion; separation between vehicles could be 100 to 125 metres (328 to 410 ft). Option 5 proposed building
468-518: A part of David Miller's Transit City proposal and a successor to the Eglinton West subway line . Under the tenure of Miller's successor, Rob Ford , Transit City was cancelled, but city council resurrected the Line 5 project against his wishes. Line 6 Finch West is a planned 11-kilometre (6.8 mi), 19-stop light rail line scheduled for completion in 2023. It was also originally a part of
546-526: A preferred alternative. On March 21, 2012, city council received the report, authored by Professor Eric Miller, which strongly recommended proceeding with the original LRT plan. On March 22, after over a day and a half of debate, city council formally endorsed a return to the LRT plan for Sheppard east. In June 2012, the province of Ontario announced that construction of the Sheppard east LRT would not resume until 2017 or finish until 2021. On April 27, 2015,
624-545: A private operator, the TRC. The first electric car ran on August 15, 1892, and the last horse car ran on August 31, 1894, to meet franchise requirements. When the TRC franchise ended in 1921, the Toronto Transportation Commission was created. There came to be problems with interpretation of the franchise terms, for the city. A series of annexations, especially in 1908–12, significantly extended
702-568: A result of the postponement, the Transit City plan was scaled down and expected completion dates were pushed farther back. The delay in funding, according to Miller, meant that the priority LRT lines ( Scarborough RT , Etobicoke–Finch West and Eglinton Crosstown ) would not be able to meet their planned construction and opening dates, whereas work on the Sheppard East line was to proceed as its construction had already begun. Despite
780-405: A service-for-cost basis. It abandoned the unprofitable North Yonge Railways radial railway line. The Great Depression and World War II both placed heavy burdens on the ability of municipalities to finance themselves. During most of the 1930s, municipal governments had to cope with general welfare costs and assistance to the unemployed. The TTC realized that improvements had to be made, despite
858-474: A shallow subway extension to Consumers Road and connecting with the Sheppard East LRT at a surface-level LRT station. The LRT station would be built in the middle of Sheppard Avenue (east of Consumers Road), with direct passageways to the Line 4 station below. Option 5 avoids the need for travellers from the business park to travel one stop, then transfer to the subway as per Option 3; given that, it
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#1732772832068936-493: A stop or station for public transit is 14 minutes, while 10% of riders wait for over twenty minutes on average every day. The average distance people usually ride in a single trip with public transit is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi), while 25% travel for over 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) in a single direction. Sheppard East LRT The Sheppard East LRT was a proposed light rail line in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. It
1014-428: A year, of which 75 million would be new Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) users. The seven proposed corridors were divided into two project priority phases: current and planned. In May 2009, Metrolinx CEO Robert Prichard announced that after further study, the proposed project was being scaled down, with shortened routes or deferrals to fit within the dedicated provincial funding for Transit City, not factoring in
1092-589: Is an airport rail link service. It runs between Canada's two busiest transportation hubs: Union Station in Downtown Toronto and Toronto Pearson International Airport along GO Transit 's Kitchener line . It also stops at Weston and Bloor GO Transit stations. The Terminal Link is a people mover monorail hybrid located in Toronto Pearson International Airport . It runs between Terminal 1 , Terminal 3 and
1170-650: Is provided by GO Transit. GO trains and buses connect the city to the rest of the Greater Toronto Area. Ontario Northland Motor Coach Services operates buses to destinations in northern Ontario . Wheel-Trans is a specialized accessible transit service in Toronto, provided by the TTC. It involves door-to-door accessible transit service for persons with physical disabilities using its fleet of accessible minibuses . The TTC also operates designated 400-series community routes. The Toronto Island ferries connect
1248-589: Is seen as a more effective catalyst for more dense, transit-oriented development in the area of the station. This option, however, is much more expensive than Option 3 and requires more detailed design work to determine if a "shallow" subway extension is achievable. More work is required to determine the depth needed to avoid the settlement near the Highway 404 bridge and to avoid the large, 6-metre-deep (20 ft) sanitary sewer near Consumers Road. The TTC decided on option 3. In April 2011, Toronto mayor Rob Ford and
1326-476: The MoveOntario 2020 project, which included funding for Transit City. Miller had expressed discontent and condemned McGuinty, who had earlier promised to provide full funding for Transit City in order for it to be built before the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. The initial investment was projected to create approximately 100,000 jobs. The stated reason for the decision was a $ 21.3 billion deficit in
1404-538: The Sheppard East LRT , Eglinton Crosstown LRT and Etobicoke–Finch West LRT lines and to replace the Scarborough RT, defeating Rob Ford's campaign for subways. The master agreement for these lines was signed on 28 November 2012. While these projects were originally proposed under Transit City, they became part of Metrolinx 's implementation of The Big Move regional transportation plan. In 2016,
1482-715: The Toronto Islands in Lake Ontario to the mainland of Toronto. The ferries provide access to the islands for recreational visitors and access to the mainland for island residents from the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal . A ferry and pedestrian tunnel with moving walkways provide access to the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport on the western end of Toronto Island from the foot of Bathurst Street. The backbone of
1560-490: The $ 1 billion provide more economic stimulus per dollar than the other two more expensive routes, but that it would provide more economic benefits in absolute terms. Sorenson also asserted that, in addition to being cheaper, and providing more economic benefits, the Sheppard LRT could be completed years earlier than the other two routes, and that, unlike the other two routes, its entire capital cost would be funded by
1638-411: The 2010 provincial operating budget. Standard economic metrics, however, show that as stimulus, Transit City would have added significantly to provincial tax revenues, and, given the province's 50-year amortization, the plan overall would have reduced Ontario's annual budget deficit. The funding deferral caused widespread debate, protests and criticism of Premier McGuinty by politicians and local groups. As
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#17327728320681716-814: The City of Toronto directed its staff to resurrect and update the 2009 Transit City plan for the Scarborough Malvern LRT, renaming the project as the Eglinton East LRT . Until 2021, the city considered making the EELRT an eastward extension of Line 5 Eglinton (a.k.a. the Eglinton Crosstown LRT), but by 2022, it decided that the Eglinton East LRT should be a standalone line. By 2018, the province had decided to abandon
1794-607: The Finch West LRT line. This alignment would provide a seamless crosstown line across northern Toronto. This proposal would have extended the Sheppard East LRT east into Durham Region from the planned eastern terminus at Meadowvale Road. This extension would cross the Toronto/Durham Region border and continue to an undisclosed location within Durham Region. The TTC investigated several options for
1872-610: The GTA's highest level since 1995. The Ontario government's promised funding for Transit City was projected to have created short-term economic growth of $ 12.4 billion per year, adding in the near-term 2.1% to Ontario's GDP, according to the American Public Transportation Association . According to the Federation of Canadian Municipalities research, Transit City was to have produced a first-year GDP gain of $ 17.3 billion, were all
1950-458: The Ontario treasury $ 1.4 billion in annual tax revenue. Its indirect effects on congestion and transportation costs would have produced an additional $ 1.7 billion per year in tax revenue. In 2010, Government of Canada bonds offered 4% interest for a 10-year term. Transit City's $ 8.3 billion expansion funding, if amortized over 10 years at prevailing bond rates in 2010, would have cost
2028-523: The Relief Line, the Ontario Line is planned to operate from Science Centre station to Exhibition Place and use different rail technology. In 2017, the average amount of time people spend commuting with public transit in Toronto, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 96 minutes. 34% of public transit riders ride for more than two hours every day. The average amount of time people wait at
2106-594: The Sheppard East LRT, instead proposing to extend Line 4 Sheppard to McCowan Road in Scarborough, after which the city decided to incorporate the eastern portion of the Sheppard East LRT into its proposal for the Eglinton East LRT. As of 2023, two light rail lines originally proposed as part of Transit City are under construction: Line 5 Eglinton and Line 6 Finch West . A map of the proposed light rail transit (LRT) and bus rapid transit (BRT) lines according to Transit City. The "existing subway / RT" lines include
2184-698: The Sheppard East project into a subway extension of Line 4 Sheppard. On April 10, 2019, Premier Doug Ford announced that the provincial government would extend Line 4 Sheppard to McCowan Road at some unspecified time in the future, thus replacing the proposed Sheppard East LRT. The Sheppard East LRT line as proposed runs for 13 km (8.1 mi) from Don Mills station at Don Mills Road in North York along Sheppard Avenue East to east of Morningside Avenue in Scarborough . The line would run in
2262-600: The TRC franchise ending, the city merged TRC and TCR into the Toronto Transportation Commission. In 1920, a Provincial Act created the Toronto Transportation Commission (TTC) and, with the expiration of the TRC's franchise in 1921, the Commission took over and amalgamated nine existing fare systems within the city limits. Between 1921 and 1953, the TTC added 35 new routes in the city and extended 20 more. It also operated 23 suburban routes on
2340-653: The TTC is a basic subway system with two main lines, the U-shaped Line 1 Yonge–University and the east–west Line 2 Bloor–Danforth , running along principal streets and connecting Toronto's outlying areas with its downtown core. Each line also connects to a secondary feeder near one of its outer ends: Line 4 Sheppard in the north and Line 3 Scarborough in the east; the latter uses a different technology (the Intermediate Capacity Transit System , using S-series rolling stock ) from
2418-759: The TTC is the streetcar system , one of the few remaining in North America with a substantial amount of in-street operation . The city of Toronto has the largest streetcar system in the Americas. Most of the eleven streetcar routes are concentrated in the downtown core and all connect to the subway. The TTC also operates a night bus service called the Blue Night Network . Four routes of the Blue Night Network are operated using streetcars as well. Interregional commuter rail and bus service
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2496-580: The Toronto Transportation Commission was renamed the Toronto Transit Commission and kept the acronym of TTC and public transit was placed under the jurisdiction of the new Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto. The assets and liabilities of the TTC and four independent bus lines operating in the suburbs were acquired by the Commission. In 1954, the TTC became the sole provider of public transportation services in Metro Toronto until
2574-438: The Transit City project was the revitalization and extension of the Scarborough RT. In 2010, the TTC and the City of Toronto completed an environmental assessment to convert the line to light rail and extend it to Malvern from its eastern terminus, McCowan station , with potential new stations at Bellamy Road, Centennial College 's Progress Campus and Sheppard Avenue , with a possible additional station at Brimley Road between
2652-491: The Transit City proposal. The Sheppard East LRT is a proposed 13-kilometre (8.1 mi) light rail line. As part of the Transit City proposal, the line was originally planned to start construction in 2009 with a 2013 opening date. However, since 2010, the line has been deferred indefinitely. The Ontario Line , announced in April 2019, is a successor project to the long-planned Relief Line that serves Downtown Toronto. Unlike
2730-564: The city gave a 30-year franchise to Toronto Street Railway , which built a horse car line, and the gauge of the buses was modified so as to fit between the tracks. The bus system lasted only until 1862, when it was bought out by the TSR. After the Williams Omnibus Bus Line had become heavily loaded in 1861, the city of Toronto issued a transit franchise (Resolution 14, By-law 353) for a horse-drawn street railway . The winner
2808-526: The city limits to include such areas as Dovercourt , Earlscourt , East Toronto , Midway (formerly between Toronto and East Toronto), North Toronto , and West Toronto . After many attempts to force the TRC to serve these areas, the city created its own street railway operation, the Toronto Civic Railways , to do so, and built several routes. Repeated court battles did force the TRC to build new cars, but they were of old design. In 1921, with
2886-470: The construction of the light rail lines. Construction of one of the lines began in December 2009. On 1 December 2010, Rob Ford took office as the city's new mayor based on an election promise to expand the subway system , instead of implementing light rail lines. As a result, he cancelled the Transit City initiative. However, in early 2012, Toronto City Council voted in favour of motions to resume work on
2964-471: The controversy over the funding, Metrolinx negotiated a deal with Bombardier Transportation for a new fleet of light rail vehicles which were to be used on future Transit City lines. After the announcement, the City of Toronto and community groups began a lobbying campaign to restore funding, similar to the campaign leading to the initial funding. Mayor Miller condemned the funding delay and requested riders contact their members of Provincial Parliament to have
3042-501: The costs of the proposal in its capital budget. The project cost to be paid by the Government of Ontario was $ 8.3 billion. On 15 June 2007, the Government of Ontario announced its MoveOntario 2020 plan, which called for a major overhaul and expansion of the Greater Toronto Area's transit systems, including the Transit City proposal, that was expected to cost an estimated $ 17.5 billion in provincial and federal funding over
3120-602: The creation of GO Transit in 1968. GO Transit is an interregional provincially run public transit system in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) conurbation , with operations extending to several communities in the Greater Golden Horseshoe . The GO network employs double-decker diesel trains and coach buses ; it connects with other regional transit providers such as the TTC and Via Rail . The Union Pearson Express (UP Express)
3198-412: The depression, and in 1936, purchased the first of the newly developed Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) streetcars , which are custom-designed . The war put an end to the depression and increased migration from rural to urban areas. After the war, municipalities faced the problem of extending services to accommodate the increased population. Ironically, the one municipal service that prospered during
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3276-471: The existing Midland and Scarborough Centre stations . In 2007, the service's existing ICTS (intermediate capacity transit system) fleet was approaching the end of its operational lifespan; as trains were no longer built to that line's specification, a replacement was needed. A multi-year shutdown to modify the line's infrastructure would have been required regardless of whether light rail or an upgraded form of ICTS ( Mark II Vehicles designed by Bombardier )
3354-424: The following two light-rail lines were under construction. Both lines originated from the Transit City proposal but with some modifications. These are Metrolinx projects. As of 2023, the following projects, originating from Transit City, are being pursued by the City of Toronto rather than Metrolinx. They are in the proposal stage. As of 2023, the following Transit City projects were inactive or cancelled: Part of
3432-509: The funding were announced, and Gordon Chong , head of the TTC agency tasked with analyzing the new subway plans, suggested that the project would not be feasible without a detailed funding plan including new taxes and levies. Lack of confidence in Mayor Ford's subway proposal eventually led council, under the guidance of TTC chair Karen Stintz , to appoint an expert panel to review the options for rapid transit on Sheppard East and to present
3510-600: The government of Ontario and the City of Toronto announced that work on the Finch LRT would begin in 2016. Work on the Sheppard East LRT was expected to start once the work on the Finch LRT has been completed, sometime in the early to mid 2020s. In July 2016, a Toronto Star article said the Sheppard LRT had been deferred indefinitely. That same month Toronto City Council voted to approve a one stop extension on Line 2 (Bloor–Danforth Line) from Kennedy Station North East to Scarborough Center. This same vote reopened to consideration
3588-726: The government restore the funding. Other Transit City advocates petitioned and organized rallies to promote the immediate construction of the projects. The Public Transit Coalition was launched by transit riders to counter the delay in Transit City funding. On 21 April 2010, the group held an event at the Toronto City Hall Council Chambers. Had the project been implemented as originally proposed, Transit City had been expected to create approximately 200,000 new jobs in Ontario from $ 8.3 billion invested. This included operation, construction, and economic stimulus effect of spending. Unemployment reached 9% in 2010,
3666-651: The latter would run from Mount Dennis to Scarborough City Centre. In June 2013, Toronto City Council decided to replace the Scarborough RT with an extension of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth north to Sheppard Avenue rather than light rail. In April 2019, Premier Doug Ford announced that the province would finance and build a three-stop extension of the Line 2 to replace the Scarborough RT. Transit City also called for six new bus rapid transit (BRT) right-of-way lines to be built once light rail transit construction had been completed. Originally to be TTC projects, one has been built, two proposed lines were taken over by Metrolinx, and
3744-441: The likely economic stimulus of building an LRT along Sheppard, with the likely economic benefits of building Mayor John Tory 's Smart Track surface subway, or building the 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) extension of the TTC's heavy rail system from Kennedy Station to Sheppard. Sorenson, a University of Toronto Scarborough professor of Human Geography, had recently published a paper on this topic. His team concluded that not only would
3822-479: The line, along with the rest of Transit City, in favour of constructing underground subway lines. However, in March 2012, Toronto city council re-instated the Sheppard East LRT at a special city council meeting. In 2016, it was reported that the line had been indefinitely deferred and would possibly be replaced by a competing proposal to extend Line 4 Sheppard . In April 2019, Ontario premier Doug Ford announced that
3900-426: The mentioned lines, it was likely that some sort of link would be established between the two lines, so that they could share a single storage facility. The TTC completed the environmental impact assessments for most of these lines, the first one being completed for the Sheppard East line. The construction of this line commenced in December 2009 but was stopped a year later by newly elected mayor Rob Ford. As of 2023,
3978-1143: The money to be spent in the first year. After five years, the project would have added $ 8.0 billion per year to GDP, with each $ 1 billion spent on transit adding 0.06% to Canada's GDP annually. This compared closely to US Congressional testimony, which showed infrastructure investment to stimulate annual GDP at a multiplier of 1.69 within one year, or $ 14 billion per year for Transit City. Both studies counted direct impact of spending only. In addition to this direct consequence, long-term indirect effects on business costs, productivity, and consumer spending from reduced congestion and travel costs were projected to have added an additional $ 14.1 billion of value annually to Ontario's economy. Other indirect effects not measured were improved air quality and public health and reduced carbon emissions from extending rapid transit to 1.1 million more people. Ontario taxes capture 12% of Ontario's GDP, meaning that Transit City's stimulus effect would have directly added to provincial tax revenue. Transit City's projected direct economic impact of $ 12.4 billion per year would have netted
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#17327728320684056-487: The new streetcars, hoping to convince the Harper government to come up with its one-third share of the cost. Federal Transport Minister John Baird rejected the request outright. Baird stated that streetcar funding clearly failed to meet the stimulus bill's requirement that the funds would have to be spent in 2 years, as it was meant to put money into the economy quickly to buoy demand and stave off deflation, while Transit City
4134-475: The opening date to mid-2014. Following the municipal election in December 2010, Toronto mayor Rob Ford cancelled the line along with the rest of Transit City in favour of constructing underground subway lines. However, in March 2012, Toronto city council re-instated it at a special city council meeting. In June 2012, the province of Ontario announced that construction of the Sheppard East LRT would not resume until 2017, nor finish until 2021. By December 2012,
4212-463: The others have been abandoned. The proposed routes were: In April 2009, the Finch West, Eglinton Crosstown, and the Scarborough RT upgrade and extension projects secured $ 7.2 billion in funding from the province, while the Sheppard East LRT received $ 613 million in funding from the province and $ 317 million in federal funding. In November 2007, the TTC provided an updated estimate of
4290-609: The plan included upgrading and extending the Scarborough RT line (Line 3 Scarborough), implementing new bus rapid transit lines, and improving frequency and timing of 21 key bus routes . The plan integrated public transportation objectives outlined in the City of Toronto Official Plan, the TTC Ridership Growth Strategy and Miller's 2006 election platform . By 2009, preliminary engineering work and environmental impact assessments had been done for
4368-424: The platform and board the other vehicle. In addition to the underground stop at Don Mills, Metrolinx said there would be up to 26 surface stops along the route. These proposed segments were not part of Transit City. This proposal would extended to the Sheppard East LRT north to Finch Avenue from Don Mills, then west on Finch Avenue East to Finch station . From there it would continue along Finch Avenue West as
4446-495: The possibility of extending the Sheppard Subway east into Scarborough. Therefore the Sheppard East LRT will not be built until a final decision is made on the Sheppard Subway extension. There has been an ongoing discussion as to economic benefits of Toronto's different rapid transit choices, including the benefits of building an LRT along Sheppard. The Toronto Star reported on the views of Andre Sorensen, who compared
4524-461: The projects to be completed by the year 2020. On 18 June 2009, Toronto mayor David Miller requested federal funding from the Harper government's $ 12-billion stimulus spending to purchase new streetcars as part of the Transit City plan. The city faced a deadline of 27 June 2009 to commit to the $ 1.2-billion deal signed with Bombardier for the 204 streetcars. Miller and Ontario premier Dalton McGuinty flew to Thunder Bay to announce their funding for
4602-598: The proposed northern extension of the Yonge–University–Spadina line and the proposed eastern extension of the Scarborough RT. Future stations to be built, both subway and LRT, are in italics. Proposed LRT stops on each LRT line are not shown. Note that the Scarborough RT is shown as an existing subway / RT line, although its revitalization plan was part of Transit City. The plan proposed 120 km (74.6 mi) of tram or electric light rail along seven routes. The proposed network would carry 175 million riders
4680-653: The province $ 1.2 billion per year. Public transport in Toronto Public transportation in the Canadian city of Toronto dates back to 1849 with the creation of a horse-drawn stagecoach company. Today, Toronto's mass transit is primarily made up of a system of subways , buses , and streetcars , covering approximately 1,200 km (750 mi) of routes operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and inter-regional commuter rail and bus service provided by GO Transit . Williams Omnibus Bus Line
4758-433: The province of Ontario announced a transit plan that included the subway extensions and cancelled the Sheppard East LRT. Despite the inclusion of the extensions, no public funding was allocated for construction and work on the LRT was to be abandoned at significant cost. Instead of building the previously-funded LRT, Mayor Ford proposed soliciting private financing for a subway extension; however, no specific plans for raising
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#17327728320684836-431: The province's March 2010 announcement that it was deferring $ 4 billion in funding. The TTC was prepared to fund the entire cost of the network over a longer period of time. The highest priority was assigned to the Sheppard East , Eglinton Crosstown and Etobicoke–Finch West LRT lines, and to the revitalization of the Scarborough RT line (Line 3 Scarborough), which was projected to be built by 2020. In addition to
4914-535: The province, not by the City of Toronto. Metrolinx had projected that the LRT would see 3,000 riders per hour in the peak direction by 2031. A Toronto Star report had estimated annual operating and maintenance costs to be $ 38.1 million in 2025, before deducting fare revenue and costs saved by eliminating parallel bus service. According to the TTC, the six bus routes that serve Sheppard Ave between Don Mills and Morningside averaged 35,800 riders per weekday. The TTC had forecast 17 million annual riders on
4992-450: The provincial government would extend Line 4 Sheppard to McCowan Road at some unspecified time in the future, replacing the proposed Sheppard East LRT. On March 16, 2007, the Sheppard East LRT was first proposed as part of Toronto mayor David Miller 's Transit City proposal. In May 2009, funding was approved by the provincial and federal governments. The line was to open from Don Mills station to Meadowvale Road in 2013. The project
5070-516: The rest of the subway lines. Line 1's western arm even extends outside of Toronto city limits at Steeles Avenue to Vaughan at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station . Line 5 Eglinton is a 19-kilometre (12 mi) light rail transit (LRT) line being constructed along Eglinton Avenue from Mount Dennis in York to Kennedy station . Line 5 will run underground for 10 km (6.2 mi) from Mount Dennis to just east of Brentcliffe Road before rising to
5148-470: The surface to continue another 9 km (5.6 mi) towards Kennedy Station, though Science Centre station will be underground. The first phase of the LRT will have 25 stations and is expected to be completed by 2024. There are proposed eastern and western extensions as well, east to the University of Toronto Scarborough campus and west to Toronto Pearson International Airport. The line was originally
5226-442: The transfer at or near Don Mills Road with the existing Line 4 Sheppard subway . The main obstacle is Highway 404 , which the LRT may have to tunnel under, and the fact that the subway is located 18 metres (59 ft) below grade at this point. Option 3 proposed building an underground connection to the subway platform level at Don Mills. The subway platform would be extended east, with LRT tracks built on either side, allowing for
5304-402: The underpass construction needed for the Sheppard LRT at Agincourt GO Station was completed to enhance traffic flow as well as enhance the safety and reliability of GO Transit. On April 27, 2015, Transportation Minister Steven Del Duca announced that construction of the Sheppard East LRT would not start until at least 2021. According to the minister, the delay in starting the Sheppard East LRT
5382-424: The war years was public transit; employers had to stagger work hours in order to avoid overcrowding the streetcars. Toronto continued their program of purchasing PCC cars, running the world's largest fleet, including many obtained second-hand from U.S. cities that abandoned streetcar service . Public transit was one of the essential services identified by Metropolitan Toronto 's founders in 1953. On January 1, 1954,
5460-515: Was Alexander Easton's Toronto Street Railway which opened the first street railway line in Canada on September 11, 1861, operating from Yorkville Town Hall to the St. Lawrence Market. The second line was on Queen Street. On other routes, the TSR continued to operate omnibuses. By 1868, the railway passed into the hands of the bondholders, and in 1869 the company was sold. In 1873 a new act of incorporation
5538-571: Was a long-term project. The stimulus also required funds to be spent on infrastructure in the municipality where the application was granted in order to create local employment, whereas the jobs created by building streetcars would be in Thunder Bay and not Toronto. Baird noted that Toronto was the only one of 2,700 applicants that did not meet the eligibility criteria. On 25 March 2010, the Ontario provincial government announced their decision to postpone $ 4 billion of funding to Metrolinx for
5616-512: Was due to limits in the province's capacity to do infrastructure work on multiple projects at the same time. In January 2018, the TTC anticipated the line would open sometime between 2028 and 2032. In July 2016, a Toronto Star article reported that the Sheppard LRT had been deferred indefinitely. Funding for the line was withdrawn and reallocated to the Finch West LRT in 2017, with political interest shifting to possibly converting
5694-487: Was first announced as part of the Transit City proposal in 2007. The Sheppard East LRT as proposed was to be 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) long, travel along Sheppard Avenue from Don Mills subway station to east of Morningside Avenue, and be operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). In May 2009, funding was approved by the provincial and federal governments. In December 2010, Toronto mayor Rob Ford cancelled
5772-496: Was obtained under the old name. In 1874, extensions were made, and new cars were ordered. New lines were added until the 30-year franchise expired on March 26, 1891. The City operated the system briefly, but soon elected to pass on the rights to a new company, the Toronto Railway Company on September 1, 1891 for another thirty years under James Ross and William Mackenzie . The Toronto Railway Company (TRC)
5850-641: Was the first mass transportation system in the old City of Toronto , Ontario , Canada with four six-passenger buses. Established in 1849 by local cabinetmaker Burt Williams, it consisted of horse-drawn stagecoaches operating from the St. Lawrence Market to the Red Lion Hotel in Yorkville. The bus line was a great success, and four larger vehicles were added in 1850. After a few years, even more buses were in use, and were operating every few minutes. In 1861,
5928-502: Was the first operator of horseless streetcars in Toronto. Formed by a partnership between James Ross and William Mackenzie, a 30-year franchise was granted in 1891 to modernize transit operations after a previous 30-year franchise that saw horse car service from the Toronto Street Railway (TSR). At the end of the TSR franchise, the city ran the railway for eight months, but ended up granting another 30-year franchise to
6006-497: Was to include a new train yard at Conlins Road. Metrolinx had originally budgeted CA$ 944.5 million from 2009 through 2014 for the design and construction of the line. On December 21, 2009, construction for the line began at Agincourt GO Station . Detailed engineering had been initiated for the grade separation of Sheppard Avenue East and the GO Transit tracks east of Kennedy Road. In May 2010, Metrolinx revised
6084-496: Was used. Thus, it was decided to implement light rail similar to other Transit City light-rail lines. During his 2010 mayoralty campaign , Rob Ford denounced the idea of light rail transit and instead proposed replacing the Scarborough RT with an extension of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. In 2011, the province persuaded Rob Ford to have the Scarborough RT replaced with an extension of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT so that
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