A computer rendering showing the elevated section of the 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 now underway.

Project map

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Key facts

Number of stations

Up to 10

  • 7 from Mount Dennis to Renforth Drive
  • Up to 3 more for the potential link between Renforth Drive and Pearson International Airport

Connections to other transit

Five

  • 2 regional rail services: UP Express and Kitchener GO Train
  • 3 bus services – GO Transit, TTC and MiWay buses

Route length

Up to 13.9 km

  • 9.2 km between Mount Dennis and Renforth Drive
  • 4.7km for the potential link between Renforth Drive and Pearson International Airport

Ridership

Up to 69,700 daily rides

Improved access to transit

37,500 more people within walking distance to transit

Walking distance to transit for 4,800 low-income residents

Improved access to jobs

23,600 more jobs within walking distance to transit

  • Factoring in bus connections to Pearson International Airport, 56,000 more jobs within walking distance to transit

Annual reductions in traffic congestion

Up to 6.5 million fewer car trips on the road (combined with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT)

Reduction in annual greenhouse gas emissions

Up to 5,800 tonnes

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

  • Initial Business Case released

    March 2020

  • Environmental project report addendum finalized

    June 2020

  • First tunnelling contract awarded

    May 2021

  • Groundbreaking at tunnel launch shaft

    July 2021

  • Tunnelling begins at Renforth Drive

    April 2022

  • Requests for Proposals released - second tunnel and elevated guideway contracts

    April 2022

  • Contract awarded for elevated guideway

    December 2023

  • Second tunnelling contract awarded

    February 2024

Learn more about the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension's procurement milestones at Infrastructure Ontario's project page.

Land Acknowledgement

Metrolinx acknowledges that it operates on lands that have been, and continue to be, home to many Indigenous Peoples including the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat peoples. We are all Treaty people. Many of us have come here as settlers, as immigrants or involuntarily as part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, in this generation, or generations past. We acknowledge the historic and continued impacts of colonization and the need to work towards meaningful reconciliation with the original caretakers of this land. We acknowledge that Metrolinx operates on territories and lands covered by many treaties that affirm and value the rights of Indigenous communities, Nations and Peoples. We understand the importance of working towards reconciliation with the original caretakers of this land. At Metrolinx, we will conduct business in a manner that is built on a foundation of trust, respect and collaboration.