Station excavation starts on Eglinton Crosstown West Extension

July 13, 2026 – Construction is underway at four key station locations for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension. Crews have broken ground at future station sites at the Martin Grove, Kipling, Islington and Royal York intersections.

Excavation is starting on the extension’s four underground stations, digging out the space for the station boxes – the underground structures that will make up the main body of the station.

In addition to the four underground stations, the 9.2-kilometre extension of Line 5 Eglinton also includes two elevated stations at Scarlett Road and Jane Street and an open-air station at Renforth Drive.

With construction well underway on the final set of tunnels that will connect the extension to Line 5 at Mount Dennis Station, as well as on the elevated guideway, work is in full swing across the project.

The extension will make Line 5 Eglinton another expansive east-west rapid transit line for the Greater Toronto Area, running all the way from Scarborough, through midtown Toronto and into Mississauga. The project will add seven new stations to Line 5 Eglinton’s 25 stations and stops, bringing transit closer to 37,500 more people and 23,600 more jobs.

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