Sheppard East LRT
The Sheppard East LRT is a planned light rail line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, proposed as part of the Transit City proposal announced March 16, 2007.
The 13 km line is to be operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). Metrolinx had budgeted $944.5 million from 2009 through 2014 for the design and construction of the line with an in service date of 2013. In May 2010 Metrolinx delayed the opening date until mid-2014.
Construction of the Sheppard East LRT will not start until at least after the completion of the Finch West LRT in 2021, TTC is budgeting for a 2024 in-service date.
History
In March 2007, the Sheppard East LRT was proposed as part of the Transit City proposal announced March 16, 2007.
In May 2009, funding was approved by the provincial and federal governments. The line was to open from Don Mills station to Meadowvale Road in 2013.
On 21 December 2009, construction for the line began at Agincourt GO Station. Detailed engineering had been initiated for the grade separation of Sheppard Avenue East and the GO Transit tracks east of Kennedy Road.
Line 3 Scarborough
Line 3 Scarborough, formerly and still commonly known as the Scarborough RT, is a rapid transit line on the Toronto rapid transit system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), which refers to the line as route 3 (formerly route 603). The line has six stations and is 6.4 km (4.0 mi) in length situated almost entirely above ground. It connects with Line 2 Bloor–Danforth at Kennedy and terminates at McCowan via Scarborough Centre.
Rather than the standard and relatively larger subway cars used by the other lines of the Toronto subway system, the Scarborough line rolling stock consists of a smaller, fully automated, medium-capacity rail transport system using Intermediate Capacity Transit System Mark I vehicles built by the Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC) and powered by linear induction motors, identical to vehicles used by the Vancouver SkyTrain and the Detroit People Mover. The line uses standard gauge tracks, unlike the rest of the Toronto subway and the Toronto streetcar system which use a unique, wider gauge.
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