Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility

Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility
Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility
	Bombardier Flexity Freedom LRV on the car-wash track
General information
Location	Industry Street, Mount Dennis,; Toronto, Ontario; Canada
Coordinates	43°41′25″N 79°29′16″W / 43.69028°N 79.48778°W
Owned by	Metrolinx
Operated by	Metrolinx plans to contract with a third party to operate the maintenance facility
Line(s)	Line 5 Eglinton
Construction
Structure type	Flexity Freedom vehicle maintenance and storage facility
Other information
Status	Open
History
Opened	October 2018 (facility)
Opening	2024 (line)

The Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility is a rail yard and vehicle service centre for Line 5 Eglinton of the Toronto subway. The facility is located near the line's western terminus at Mount Dennis station, on lands formerly occupied by Kodak's Toronto campus.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The Eglinton line uses Flexity Freedom vehicles on 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge and is not connected to the Toronto streetcar system, which uses 4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm) Toronto gauge.

The facility was substantially complete in October 2018,^[7] and was ready for the delivery of the first Flexity Freedom vehicle on January 8, 2019. Five more were delivered by February 2019.^[8]

^ Cite error: The named reference Opening was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Lorinc, John (2012-11-23). "Down (but not out) Mount Dennis area pins hopes on Metrolinx". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-28. A sprawling storage and maintenance facility for the light-rail vehicles will be built on the Kodak site within a few years.
^ Gupta, Rahul (2012-12-12). "Meeting to provide details on LRT station in Mount Dennis". York Guardian. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22. 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.
^ Munro, Steve (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.
^ Murray, Roy (2012-07-09). "Feedback on maintenance yard needed". Weston Web. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.
^ Kalinowski, Tess (2010-02-16). "Residents ask TTC for LRT tunnel through Mount Dennis". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2013-10-03. 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.
^ Cite error: The named reference Metrolinx-2019-01 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Cite error: The named reference CityNews-2019-01-08 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Opening-1] Cite error: The named reference Opening was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[GlobeAndMail2012-11-23-2] Lorinc, John (2012-11-23). "Down (but not out) Mount Dennis area pins hopes on Metrolinx". The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-03-28. A sprawling storage and maintenance facility for the light-rail vehicles will be built on the Kodak site within a few years.

[YorkGuardian2012-12-12-3] Gupta, Rahul (2012-12-12). "Meeting to provide details on LRT station in Mount Dennis". York Guardian. Archived from the original on 2012-12-22. 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.

[SteveMunro2010-02-17-4] Munro, Steve (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.

[WestonWeb2012-07-09-5] Murray, Roy (2012-07-09). "Feedback on maintenance yard needed". Weston Web. Archived from the original on 2013-01-27.

[TorontoStar2010-02-16-6] Kalinowski, Tess (2010-02-16). "Residents ask TTC for LRT tunnel through Mount Dennis". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2013-10-03. 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.

[Metrolinx-2019-01-7] Cite error: The named reference Metrolinx-2019-01 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[CityNews-2019-01-08-8] Cite error: The named reference CityNews-2019-01-08 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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