Eglinton Crosstown LRT may be facing yet another delay
Let me die now
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-may-be-facing-yet-another-delay/article_673d564e-8930-44e6-83a7-34c6a5086724.html
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There's absolutely nothing in the article that mensions the why. Just that the TTC outgoing CEO akcknowledged it would be "tight" for it to open in September.
What confuses me is that the TTC says: It is Metrolinx’s decision. But i thought last month that Metrolinx said the line was "handed to" the TTC. So why is Metrolinx still involved?
Source:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ford-chow-news-conference-toronto-tuesday-1.7563072
@jerome@jasette.facil.services I believe the announcement was that TTC transit control was controlling testing on the line, as it would when line 5 enters revenue service
Metrolinx testing of Eglinton LRT is still moving forward and apparently progressing. But still no timelines.
Now they are concerned about how old those Bombardier trains are since i guess a lot of them have been sitting in the garage for years.
It does seem that it's still Metrolinx running the show, so definitely not transferred fully to the TTC
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2025/08/06/eglinton-crosstown-lrt-vehicle-testing-opening/
#metrolinx #eglinton #EglintonCrosstownLRT #topoli #toronto #ttc
@jerome@jasette.facil.services by the time they will welcome its first passengers, the trains will require replacement due to age… they will be MR73 years old.
@jerome@jasette.facil.services The trains that haven’t been used at all are somehow wearing out?!
@jerome@jasette.facil.services Major problem of PPP: Was also the case of Ottawa. No handover possible until the contractor has met all contractual requirememnets for the full system.
@michaelgemar@mstdn.ca @jerome@jasette.facil.services well imagine if a car sat in a garage for eight years. Systems that are designed to move might be stuck. Oil might be old.
@rexbron@mstdn.ca @jerome@jasette.facil.services Sure, but presumably that’s a reasonably straightforward issue to resolve. It’s not like the vehicles will need to be scrapped.
@michaelgemar@mstdn.ca @jerome@jasette.facil.services well imagine if a car sat in a garage for eight years. Systems that are designed to move might be stuck. Oil might be old.
@rexbron@mstdn.ca @jerome@jasette.facil.services Sure, but presumably that’s a reasonably straightforward issue to resolve. It’s not like the vehicles will need to be scrapped.
@rexbron@mstdn.ca @jerome@jasette.facil.services Sure, but presumably that’s a reasonably straightforward issue to resolve. It’s not like the vehicles will need to be scrapped.
@rexbron@mstdn.ca @jerome@jasette.facil.services And it’s absurd that the necessary maintenance hasn’t been ongoing all along.
@rexbron@mstdn.ca @jerome@jasette.facil.services Sure, but presumably that’s a reasonably straightforward issue to resolve. It’s not like the vehicles will need to be scrapped.
@rexbron@mstdn.ca @jerome@jasette.facil.services And it’s absurd that the necessary maintenance hasn’t been ongoing all along.
@rexbron@mstdn.ca @jerome@jasette.facil.services And it’s absurd that the necessary maintenance hasn’t been ongoing all along.
@rexbron@mstdn.ca @jerome@jasette.facil.services And it’s absurd that the necessary maintenance hasn’t been ongoing all along.
Jérôme
