It’s years late and many millions over budget, but — at last — the TTC Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown is open today! I am slightly happy for them, as finally they’ll have to stop making excuses about why it’s closed.
I rode a little bit of it today (it was free) and this little bit of dust graffiti sums up how I feel
I rode the surface section from Kennedy to Aga Khan Park this afternoon, and my overall impression was: wow, this is really slow.
I was only able to track the train from Ionview, as my phone GPS is useless underground.
Westbound
I got on a westbound train a little after 15:30
| Station | Distance / km | Arrive | Depart | Time | Speed / km/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ionview | 15:37:20 | ||||
| Birchmount | 0.552 | 15:39:05 | 15:39:40 | 1′ 45″ | 18.9 |
| Golden Mile | 1.244 | 15:42:37 | 15:42:39 | 2′ 57″ | 25.3 |
| Hakimi Lebovic | 0.455 | 15:44:29 | 15:44:30 | 1′ 50″ | 14.9 |
| Pharmacy | 0.592 | 15:47:55 | 15:48:30 | 3′ 25″ | 10.4 |
| O’Connor | 0.584 | 15:50:00 | 15:51:55 | 1′ 30″ | 23.3 |
| Sloane | 1.225 | 15:53:25 | 15:54:03 | 1′ 30″ | 49.0 |
| Wynford | 1.600 | 15:56:45 | 15:57:17 | 2′ 42″ | 35.5 |
| Aga Khan Park & Museum | 0.718 | 15:58:25 | 1′ 08″ | 38.0 | |
| Total | 6.969 | 21′ 05″ | 19.8 |
Despite getting up to almost 50 km/h between O’Connor and Sloane, we still didn’t exceed an average of 20 km/h over the whole 7 km trip. So many stops for lights. Traffic on Eglinton was moving faster than us.
Eastbound
I had to wait for 10 minutes at Aga Khan Park station for the return train. It was just a little brisk out. When it finally arrived, it was so busy that I ended up smushed against a door for most of the ride.
| Station | Distance / km | Arrive | Depart | Time | Speed / km/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aga Khan Park & Museum | 16:08:55 | ||||
| Wynford | 0.718 | 16:10:10 | 16:11:00 | 1′ 15″ | 34.4 |
| Sloane | 1.600 | 16:14:00 | 16:14:45 | 3′ 00″ | 32.0 |
| O’Connor | 1.225 | 16:17:35 | 16:19:15 | 2′ 50″ | 25.9 |
| Pharmacy | 0.584 | 16:20:35 | 16:21:15 | 1′ 20″ | 26.3 |
| Hakimi Lebovic | 0.592 | 16:23:10 | 16:23:30 | 1′ 55″ | 18.5 |
| Golden Mile | 0.455 | 16:25:52 | 16:25:54 | 2′ 22″ | 11.5 |
| Birchmount | 1.244 | 16:29:50 | 16:30:25 | 3′ 56″ | 19.0 |
| Ionview | 0.552 | 16:31:35 | 1′ 10″ | 28.4 | |
| Total | 6.969 | 22′ 40″ | 18.4 |
Even slower coming back.
It’s okay, TTC/Metrolinx: we’ve got used to waiting.
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