Eglinton Crosstown West Extension
- Eglinton Crosstown West Extension
Overview
The Eglinton Crosstown West Extension will bring even more rapid transit to Etobicoke and Mississauga, making it easier for people to get where they need to be each day.
The extension of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will run 9.2 kilometres from the future Mount Dennis LRT station to Renforth Drive and will operate mainly underground. Once complete, it will create a continuous rapid transit line that stretches from Scarborough, through midtown Toronto, and into Mississauga.
The extension will connect with other local and regional transit options that will make it faster and easier to get around, including UP Express and GO Transit rail services, TTC bus services, and MiWay and GO Transit bus services along the 18-km Mississauga Transitway.
Plans are also being explored with the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to extend the line to Pearson International Airport.
Construction on the project is underway.
Project map
Key facts
Track the tunnel boring machines
Follow along as Renny (in the lead) and Rexy make their way from the launch site at Renforth Drive to the extraction shaft just west of Scarlett Road and Eglinton Ave. West.
In the news
Second tunnelling contract awarded for Eglinton Crosstown West Extension
Feb. 20, 2024
The contract to design and build the second underground segment of the line has been awarded to Strabag Inc. [Read more]
Contract awarded for Eglinton Crosstown West Extension elevated guideway
Dec. 18, 2023
Metrolinx has awarded the contract to design and build a major part of the project. [Read more]
Tunnelling on the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension reaches halfway mark
Feb. 24, 2023
The halfway mark was reached less than a year after tunnelling on the project began. [Read more]
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Timeline
Learn more about the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension's procurement milestones at Infrastructure Ontario's project page.
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