Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility
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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]
Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility | |
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General information | |
Location | Industry Street, Mount Dennis, Toronto, Ontario Canada |
Coordinates | 43°41′25″N 79°29′16″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 (2018-10) (facility) |
Opening | 2024 (line)[1] |
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]