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Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown LRT opening this weekend after 15-year ‘nightmare’

Published Feb 7, 2026 at 12:38am

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Toronto’s Eglinton Crosstown LRT opening this weekend after 15-year ‘nightmare’

A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown at a downtown Toronto subway stop Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy

TORONTO — A long-delayed Toronto light rail line is finally set to open Sunday and while Premier Doug Ford describes the process of getting to that point as a "nightmare," he also says it's time to move on.

The Eglinton Crosstown LRT is opening six years after it was originally scheduled to open, and 15 years after construction began.

"Finally," said Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, as she opened a press conference Friday with politicians and transit officials.

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