- Scarborough Malvern LRT
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The Scarborough Malvern LRT was a proposed light rail line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was part of the Transit City proposal announced on March 16, 2007 to be operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. It was expected to cost approximately $1.26 billion including vehicles, property, escalation and an apportioned cost of the Maintenance and Storage facilities. With construction to begin in 2014, the line was expected to open in 2019 as the last of the seven Transit City lines.
However, Mayor Rob Ford cancelled the line after taking office in December 2010.[1]
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Route layout
The Scarborough Malvern LRT line would run for 13 km, estimated to account for 14 million trips in 2021. The southern terminus of the line would be built at Kennedy Station at Kennedy Road and Eglinton Avenue, with a connection to the Bloor-Danforth subway, the Scarborough RT, and the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line. The whole line would be built within Scarborough. The line would run along Eglinton Avenue East until it reaches Kingston Road, then continues northeast until Morningside Avenue is reached, then continues north until Ellesmere Road is reached, then continues east until Military Trail is reached, then continues northwest until Morningside Avenue is reached. Finally, the line turns north at Morningside Avenue, terminating at Sheppard Avenue East where it will meet the future Sheppard East LRT line.
The original layout had the LRT continuing north along Morningside Avenue directly to Sheppard Avenue East, without a detour along Ellesmere Road and Military Trail to service the University of Toronto Scarborough.
The original layout also had the LRT continuing west along its current terminus at Sheppard Avenue East, overlapping the Sheppard East LRT line to Neilson Road, where it would turn north and terminate at the Malvern Town Centre. This section was most likely cancelled as the Scarborough RT extension would already be servicing that area.
Proposed stops
The TTC has indicated that stops will be spaced on average 400 m apart. The distances between these stops varies, but they are likely candidates, from north to south:
On Morningside Avenue
- Sheppard Avenue East
- Military Trail
- University of Toronto Scarborough
- Ellesmere Road
- West Hill Collegiate Institute
- Kingston Road
On Kingston Road
- Lawrence Avenue East
- Galloway Road
- Celeste Drive - Guildwood GO Station (connection to Lakeshore East GO train line)
- Guildwood Parkway
- Scarborough Golf Club Road
- Eglinton Avenue East
On Eglinton Avenue East
- Markham Road
- Mason Road
- Bellamy Road North - Eglinton GO Station (connection to Lakeshore East GO train line)
- McCowan Road
- Danforth Road
- Falmouth Avenue
- Midland Avenue
- Kennedy Road - Kennedy Station, Kennedy GO Station (connection to Bloor-Danforth subway, Scarborough RT, future Eglinton Crosstown LRT line, and Stouffville GO train line)
Proposed Transit City LRT lines
- Eglinton Crosstown LRT
- Jane LRT
- Etobicoke-Finch West LRT
- Don Mills LRT
- Scarborough Malvern LRT
- Waterfront West LRT
- Sheppard East LRT
See also
References
- ^ Mayor Rob Ford: “Transit City is over” Toronto Life December 1, 2010
External links
Key people ProponentsOpponentsProjects Sheppard East LRT • Etobicoke-Finch West LRT • Eglinton Crosstown LRT • Jane LRT • Don Mills LRT • Waterfront West LRT • Scarborough Malvern LRTRelated MoveOntario 2020 • Scarborough RT • The Big MoveCategories:- Toronto Transit Commission
- Toronto streetcar system
- Light rail in Canada
- Transit City
- Proposed public transport in Canada
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