What’s going on subway surfers, today we’re back on the surface taking a look around the
future Mount Dennis Station. Located in Toronto at the end of the future Line 5 Eglinton,
this multi-modal complex will offer connections between the future light rail, GO Trains,
UP Express and TTC buses. We visited the station this past week to check in on the construction,
and get an understanding of the scope of this project. I’m Zach with Vanishing Underground,
and let’s take a look.
Mount Dennis Station is located roughly 10
kilometres northwest of downtown Toronto, in the former town of York. The sprawling
complex, located on Eglinton Avenue near Weston Road will become the western terminus for
the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail line, running east from the station to Kennedy. Two platforms
will service LRT trains arriving into the station, with future provisions for an extension
of the line further west to Renforth and Pearson Airport. On the surface, a new bus terminal
connected to the light rail platforms through an underground walkway, will contain 15 bus
bays, linking to many nearby TTC bus routes heading to the north and west ends of the
city. Retail space will also be provided in the terminal, allowing passengers to shop
while they wait for their bus. A passenger pick-up and drop-off area will provide convenient
access for drivers coming from Black Creek Drive and Highway 400, as well as outdoor
and indoor bike parking spots for local commuters arriving by bicycle. A taxi stand will also
be provided at the station. On the nearby GO corridor, a new GO Station
will connect with the LRT, providing connections to both the Kitchener GO Train Line, and the
UP Express. With the implementation of the GO Expansion program over the coming years,
this station will see electrified GO Trains running between Union and Bramalea every 10
minutes, seven days per week. Along with UP Express trains running every 15 minutes, this
will mean ten trains per hour running between Mount Dennis and Union, with a predicted travel
time of 10 minutes once the corridor is electrified. The station will feature an underground link
to the Eglinton Crosstown LRT platform, providing convenient transfers between the two systems.
The property also contains the Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility, which will provide storage
and service for the light rail vehicles. Linked to the line by switches just east of the station,
the sprawling complex at the north end of the station site will be a fixture for the
area, with over 8 kilometres of track constructed for the storage of 76 light rail vehicles. The site is
anchored by the former Kodak building, which has been restored for four levels of office
space, as well as a large auditorium for community use.
With the opening of the station, TTC buses in the Mount Dennis area are expected to be
shifted to connect with the new terminal. Routes along Eglinton will be adjusted to
start and end at the terminal, while local services in the area along Industry St and
Emmett Rd will be adjusted. Express buses along Weston and Jane will be changed to feed
into the terminal along with their local counterparts, while other local routes along Rogers Road
and Symington will be extended from nearby loops to the terminal. Until the future Eglinton
West LRT extension opens, route 32 buses will link to Renforth Station on the Mississauga
Transitway, providing an important link between these two pieces of rapid transit infrastructure.
With construction progressing well, the complex is expected to open in 2022.
Thanks for watching! We hope you enjoyed this video, and learned something new about the
future Mount Dennis Station. Once construction of the station is complete, click the button
in the top-right corner of your screen for footage from the opening day. Feel free to
leave a like and a comment if you want to see more, and as for us here, we’ll be Vanishing
Underground, until the next one.