2. We have a strong
connection with our
customers, and a
great understanding
of who they are and
where they are going.
Metrolinx’s Core Business –
Providing Better, Faster, Easier
Service
Adding More Service Today
Making It Easier for Our
Customers to Access Our
Service
Building More to Improve
Service
Planning for New Connections
Investing in Our Future
5. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Metrolinx acknowledges that it operates on the traditional territory of
Indigenous Peoples including the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee and
the Wendat peoples.
In particular these lands are covered by 20 Treaties, and we have a
responsibility to recognize and value the rights of Indigenous Nations
and Peoples and conduct business in a manner that is built on the
foundation of trust, respect and collaboration.
Metrolinx is committed to building meaningful relationships with
Indigenous Peoples, and to working towards meaningful reconciliation
with the original caretakers of this land.
6. Welcome
Our Eastern Open House will feature the following stations
and stops:
• Eglinton
• Mount Pleasant
• Leaside
• Laird
• Sunnybrook Park Stop
• Science Centre
• Aga Khan Park & Museum and
Wynford Stops
• Sloane and O’Connor Stops
• Pharmacy and Hakimi Lebovic Stops
• Golden Mile, Birchmount, and
Ionview Stops
• Kennedy Station
7.
8. 111 escalators 15.2 million job hours
273.5 km
medium voltage/
direct current cable
38 two-vehicle trains
60 elevators 6000 tons of rail
208 overhead
catenary system poles
5 new bridges
PROJECT QUANTITIES
14. • The Eglinton Crosstown project is now over 80%
complete.
• Five stations – Mount Dennis, Keelesdale,
Oakwood, Laird, and Science Centre – will reach
building construction completion by the end of
2021.
• 100% of track has been installed.
• Vehicle testing is underway between Mount
Dennis Station and Chaplin Station in the west,
and between Brentcliffe Road and Ionview Road
in the east.
Project update
Eglinton Crosstown
15. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Systems and Track
2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021
• 100% of track installed.
• 95% of overhead catenary system (OCS)
installed.
• OCS energized from Mount Dennis Station to
Chaplin Station and from Laird Station to
Ionview Road.
• Tunnel lighting 91% complete, with work still
ongoing between Avenue Station and Mount
Pleasant Station.
• Surface section between Sunnybrook Park Stop
to Kennedy Station being used for
vehicle/systems testing activities.
• Static vehicle & systems testing now taking
place between Caledonia Station and Chaplin
Station.
• Installation of track between Avenue Station and Mount Pleasant
Station.
• OCS installation at Cedarvale and Eglinton Stations
• Fibre line installations between Cedarvale Station and Laird
Station.
• Installation of remaining tunnel lighting between Avenue Station
and Mount Pleasant Station.
• Installation of medium-voltage/direct-current (MV/DC) cables
between Chaplin Station and Laird Station.
• Readiness for MV/DC energization between Chaplin Station and
Laird Station.
17. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Eglinton Station
• Completed North Tunnel
Ventilation Shaft concrete
works
• Completed all platform and
concourse slab pours
• Completed track installations
• Completed roof construction
at the Berwick Portal
2021 Progress to-date Remaining work in 2021
• Construction of the Main
Entrance
• Completion of concrete works
within the main station box
• Completion of the north
platform escalator and stair
construction joining TTC and
ECLRT stations
• Equipment installations at the
Berwick Portal
• Completion of utility
reinstatement works
• Completion of Berwick Portal
construction
• Architectural works within the
station box and entrances
• Road reinstatement and
landscaping
Remaining work in 2022
19. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Mount Pleasant
• Station Box and Secondary
Entrance structurally complete
• Track and Overhead Catenary
System (OCS) installations
completed
• Commenced testing and
commissioning activities within
technical rooms
• Started tiling at the platform
level
2021 Progress to-date Remaining work in 2021
• Completion of concrete works
at the Main Entrance
• Initiate train (LRV) testing
• Continue utility upgrades
• Architectural works within the
Station Box and Entrances
• Completion of architectural
works
• Road restoration and
landscaping
• Restoration of heritage façade
at the Main Entrance
• Completion of station
construction
Remaining work in 2022
21. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Leaside Station
• Station Box and Main Entrance
structurally complete
• Completed track and
Overhead Catenary System
(OCS) installations
• Completed structural steel at
the Secondary Entrance
• Technical rooms largely
complete
2021 Progress to-date Remaining work in 2021
• Completion of concrete works
at the Secondary Entrance
• Initiate train (LRV) testing
• Architectural works within the
Station Box and Entrances
• Completion of architectural
works
• Road restoration and
landscaping
• Completion of station
construction
• Final utility reinstatement works
and road restoration
Remaining work in 2022
23. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Laird Station
• Completed structural works at
the Station Entrances
• Completed major masonry
works
• Completed track and
Overhead Catenary System
(OCS) installation
• Initiated train (LRV) testing
2021 Progress to-date Remaining work in 2021
• Completion of concrete works
• Continue architectural works
within the station
• Continue mechanical and
electrical works within the
station
• Continue escalator and elevator
installations
• Completion of architectural
works
• Completion of road and
sidewalk restoration works
• Completion of landscaping
works
• Completion of station
construction
Remaining work in 2022
25. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Sunnybrook Park Stop
2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021
• Retaining wall landscaping
• Second Brentcliffe
retaining wall construction
• Greentrack installation
• Electrical finishes
• Brentcliffe retaining wall construction completed
• Second Brentcliffe retaining wall construction began
• Sunnybrook Park Stop multi-use path backfill
completed. Landscaping began.
• West Don River Bridge waterproofing
• Began dynamic testing of light rail vehicles in the
east
• Planters, curbs, handrails completed at Sunnybrook
Stop
• Track and Overhead Catenary System (OCS)
completed Spring 2021
• Electrical installation work largely completed
• Traffic lights installed
Remaining Work in 2022
• Final Paving of Eglinton
Avenue
• Sunnybrook Park Stop
multi-use path final
restoration
• North sidewalk restoration
• Landscaping works
• Brentcliffe soil nail wall
removal
27. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Science Centre Station
• Artwork installation completed
• Began dynamic testing of light rail
vehicles in the east
• Watermain connection to city water
supply completed
• Removal of temporary power
• Landscaping began
• Installation of station signage began
2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021 Remaining Work in 2022
• Construction completion
• Final paving of Eglinton Avenue
• Platform signage
• Tiling works
• Glazing works
• Completion of landscaping
• Station signage installation
• Electrical finishes
• Architectural finishes
29. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Aga Khan Park & Museum and
Wynford Stops
• Final Paving of Eglinton Avenue
• Waterproofing of East Don River Bridge and
Wynford Bridge
• General landscaping
• Began dynamic testing of light rail vehicles in
the east
• Planters, curbs, handrails completed at Aga
Khan Park & Museum and Wynford Stops
• Track and Overhead Catenary System (OCS)
completed Spring 2021
• Electrical installation work largely completed
• Traffic lights installed at Wynford Stop
2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021
• Final Paving of Eglinton Avenue
• Landscaping works
• Installation of greentrack
• Traffic lights
• North sidewalk restoration works
• Electrical finishes
31. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Sloane and O’Connor Stop
2021 Progress to-date
• Final Paving of Eglinton Avenue
• Greentrack installed
• Began dynamic testing of light rail vehicles in
the east
• Planters, curbs, handrails completed at Sloane
and O’Connor Stops
• Track and Overhead Catenary System (OCS)
completed Spring 2021
• Electrical installation work largely completed
• Traffic lights installed at Sloane and O’Connor
Stops
Remaining Work in 2021
• Watermain connection work at Credit
Union Drive
• Edge tile installation at O’Connor Stop
• Landscaping Works
• Electrical finishes
• Sidewalk restoration work
33. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Pharmacy and Hakimi Lebovic Stops
2021 Progress to-date
• Landscaping works
• Final Paving of Eglinton Avenue
• Began dynamic testing of light rail
vehicles in the east
• Planters, curbs, handrails completed
at Pharmacy and Hakimi Lebovic
Stops
• Track and Overhead Catenary
System (OCS) completed Spring
2021
• Electrical installation work largely
completed
• Traffic lights installed at Pharmacy
and Hakimi Lebovic Stops
Remaining Work in 2021 Remaining Work in 2022
• Final Paving of Eglinton
Avenue – Eglinton Square
• Pharmacy retaining wall
removal
• South sidewalk restoration
• Greentrack
• Electrical finishes
35. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Golden Mile, Birchmount, and
Ionview Stops
• Final Paving of Eglinton Avenue
• Greentrack installation
• Massey creek backfilling and landscaping
completed
• Began dynamic testing of light rail vehicles
in the east
• Planters, curbs, handrails completed at
Golden Mile, Birchmount, and Ionview Stops
• Track & OCS completed Spring 2021
• Electrical installation work largely
completed
• Traffic lights installed at Golden Mile,
Birchmount, and Ionview Stops
2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021 Remaining Work in 2022
• Final Paving of Eglinton Avenue
– Birchmount – Rosemount
• Edge tile installation at Ionview
Stop
• Sidewalk restoration work
• Electrical finishes
• Final Paving of Eglinton
Avenue – Rosemount -
Ionview
• Landscaping works
37. Eglinton Crosstown
What to Expect: Kennedy Station
2021 Progress to-date Remaining Work in 2021 Remaining Work in 2022
• Concrete works completed
• OCS and Track installed inside
station
• Structural steel for Main and GO
entrances installed
• TVS fans installed at entrances
• Jet fans inside tunnel installed
• All escalators installed
• All elevators inside station installed
• Substantial Completion
• Completion of GO platform
works
• Underground street lighting
cable installation
• Traffic lights
• Elevator installation at GO
platform
• GO structural steel
• Backfilling of GO Platforms
• Decking over structural steel at
GO
• Transfer loads of SRT ductbanks
to stationbox
38. Eglinton Crosstown
• The Eglinton Crosstown LRT Project contractually requires the constructor, Crosslinx Transit Solutions Constructors
(CTSC), to embed community benefits in their work, including ensuring that local communities and historically
disadvantaged groups benefit directly from the province’s $5.7 billion investment
• We are committed to making the pathway to Professional, Administrative and Technical (PAT) roles in the construction
industry more accessible to people facing barriers to employment
• CTS has hired 227 people in PAT roles to date, as well as 212 apprentices and journey persons from historically
disadvantage and equity seeking groups
• We are committed to supporting small and medium sized businesses along the Eglinton corridor, businesses
impacted by our construction, and social enterprises that create employment and training opportunities for people
who face systemic barriers to employment
• CTS has spent more than $800,000 on social enterprises and more than $6 million at local businesses`
Community Benefits