Eglinton LRT Carhouse
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Eglinton Crosstown
Maintenance and Storage Facility |
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| Location | Industry Street, Mount Dennis, Toronto Canada |
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| Operated by | Toronto Transit Commission |
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| Structure type | Flexity Freedom vehicle maintenance and storage facility |
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| Status | Under construction |
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| 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
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External links
- Maintenance Storage Facility - Official Crosstown project website
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