Eglinton LRT Carhouse

Eglinton Crosstown
Maintenance and Storage Facility
Location Industry Street, Mount Dennis, Toronto
Canada
Coordinates 43°41′25″N 79°29′16″W / 43.69028°N 79.48778°W / 43.69028; -79.48778Coordinates: 43°41′25″N 79°29′16″W / 43.69028°N 79.48778°W / 43.69028; -79.48778
Operated by Toronto Transit Commission
Construction
Structure type Flexity Freedom vehicle maintenance and storage facility
Other information
Status Under construction
History
Opening 2021

The Eglinton LRT maintenance and storage facility will be required by the Toronto Transit Commission for its Eglinton Crosstown line currently under construction. The site will have storage for the Flexity Freedom LRT vehicles and have extensive maintenance facilities to keep them running smoothly. The carhouse is planned to be built near the line's western terminus at Mount Dennis LRT station, on lands formerly occupied by Kodak's Toronto campus.[1][2][3][4][5]

The 23-hectare site will accommodate up to 76 light rail vehicles.[6]

The northwest corner of the site will contain a natural-gas fired power plant to be used mainly as a back-up generator. It would have the capacity to run the entire Crosstown system to avoid peak demand times on the provincial power grid or in a power outage, and save about 40 per cent on the price of electricity. The plant will be 25 metres wide, 62 metres long and 9 metres tall.[6]

The Eglinton line will use Flexity Freedom standard gauge rolling stock, and will not be connected to the TTC's current lines, which all use TTC broad gauge. The TTC's existing light rail and streetcar lines all use older Bombardier rolling stock, which are being replaced with TTC Flexity Outlook LRT rolling stock.

References

  1. ↑ John Lorinc (2012-11-23). "Down (but not out) Mount Dennis area pins hopes on Metrolinx". Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2013-03-28.
  2. ↑ Rahul Gupta (2012-12-12). "Meeting to provide details on LRT station in Mount Dennis". York Guardian. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. The Mount Dennis underground stop at Weston Road would serve as the line’s western terminus point, said Metrolinx spokesperson Jamie Robinson on Friday, Dec. 7.
  3. ↑ Steve Munro (2010-02-17). "Eglinton LRT: Trouble Brewing in Mt. Dennis (Update 2)". Archived from the original on 2015-03-04. Some speakers addressed the use of the Kodak lands for the proposed carhouse, and asked that alternative schemes be considered. Part of this relates to a proposed “big box” development on the land. However, Council approved the acquisition of this property, by expropriation if necessary, in December.
  4. ↑ Roy Murray (2012-07-09). "Feedback on maintenance yard needed". Weston Web. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29.
  5. ↑ Tess Kalinowski (2010-02-16). "Residents ask TTC for LRT tunnel through Mount Dennis". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. In addition to the $4.6 billion the province has committed to the Eglinton LRT, the centrepiece of Toronto's Transit City plan, the TTC also wants to build a carhouse on the old Kodak lands in Mount Dennis.
  6. 1 2 Tess Kalinowski (2016-01-09). "Crosstown gas-fired power plant has Mount Dennis residents fired up: The electrical substation would be a backup facility, but the community wants Metrolinx to use greener technology". Toronto Star. Retrieved 2016-01-16.

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