{"id":18040,"date":"2026-02-08T22:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/?p=18040"},"modified":"2026-02-08T22:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T03:37:21","slug":"crosstown-is-finally-open-and-i-am-%f0%9f%98%90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/2026\/02\/08\/crosstown-is-finally-open-and-i-am-%f0%9f%98%90\/","title":{"rendered":"Crosstown is finally open and I am \ud83d\ude10"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s years late and many millions over budget, but \u2014 at last \u2014 the TTC Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown is open today<\/a>! I am slightly happy for them, as finally they’ll have to stop making excuses about why it’s closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I rode a little bit of it today (it was free) and this little bit of dust graffiti sums up how I feel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"dust
dust inscription on Kennedy station’s window says: it’s finally open! \ud83d\ude10<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I rode the surface section from Kennedy to Aga Khan Park this afternoon, and my overall impression was: wow, this is really<\/strong> slow<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Map
Map of Eglinton Avenue East, showing Crosstown stations from Aga Khan Park & Museum to Ionview<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I was only able to track the train from Ionview, as my phone GPS is useless underground. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Westbound<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I got on a westbound train a little after 15:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Station<\/th>\nDistance \/ km<\/th>\nArrive<\/th>\nDepart<\/th>\nTime<\/th>\nSpeed \/ km\/h<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Ionview<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n15:37:20<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birchmount<\/td>\n0.552<\/td>\n15:39:05<\/td>\n15:39:40<\/td>\n1\u2032\u00a045\u2033<\/td>\n18.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Golden Mile<\/td>\n1.244<\/td>\n15:42:37<\/td>\n15:42:39<\/td>\n2\u2032\u00a057\u2033<\/td>\n25.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hakimi Lebovic<\/td>\n0.455<\/td>\n15:44:29<\/td>\n15:44:30<\/td>\n1\u2032\u00a050\u2033<\/td>\n14.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pharmacy<\/td>\n0.592<\/td>\n15:47:55<\/td>\n15:48:30<\/td>\n3\u2032\u00a025\u2033<\/td>\n10.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
O\u2019Connor<\/td>\n0.584<\/td>\n15:50:00<\/td>\n15:51:55<\/td>\n1\u2032\u00a030\u2033<\/td>\n23.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sloane<\/td>\n1.225<\/td>\n15:53:25<\/td>\n15:54:03<\/td>\n1\u2032\u00a030\u2033<\/td>\n49.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wynford<\/td>\n1.600<\/td>\n15:56:45<\/td>\n15:57:17<\/td>\n2\u2032\u00a042\u2033<\/td>\n35.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aga Khan Park & Museum<\/td>\n0.718<\/td>\n15:58:25<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1\u2032\u00a008\u2033<\/td>\n38.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n6.969<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n21\u2032\u00a005\u2033<\/td>\n19.8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Despite getting up to almost 50\u00a0km\/h between O’Connor and Sloane, we still didn’t exceed an average of 20\u00a0km\/h over the whole 7 km trip. So many stops for lights. Traffic on Eglinton was moving faster than us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eastbound<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Two
Two Alstom TTC\/Metrolinx Crosstown light rail trains sit at the rather snowy Aga Khan Park station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Station<\/th>\nDistance \/ km<\/th>\nArrive<\/th>\nDepart<\/th>\nTime<\/th>\nSpeed \/ km\/h<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Aga Khan Park & Museum<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n16:08:55<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wynford<\/td>\n0.718<\/td>\n16:10:10<\/td>\n16:11:00<\/td>\n1\u2032\u00a015\u2033<\/td>\n34.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sloane<\/td>\n1.600<\/td>\n16:14:00<\/td>\n16:14:45<\/td>\n3\u2032\u00a000\u2033<\/td>\n32.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
O\u2019Connor<\/td>\n1.225<\/td>\n16:17:35<\/td>\n16:19:15<\/td>\n2\u2032\u00a050\u2033<\/td>\n25.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pharmacy<\/td>\n0.584<\/td>\n16:20:35<\/td>\n16:21:15<\/td>\n1\u2032\u00a020\u2033<\/td>\n26.3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hakimi Lebovic<\/td>\n0.592<\/td>\n16:23:10<\/td>\n16:23:30<\/td>\n1\u2032\u00a055\u2033<\/td>\n18.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Golden Mile<\/td>\n0.455<\/td>\n16:25:52<\/td>\n16:25:54<\/td>\n2\u2032\u00a022\u2033<\/td>\n11.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birchmount<\/td>\n1.244<\/td>\n16:29:50<\/td>\n16:30:25<\/td>\n3\u2032\u00a056\u2033<\/td>\n19.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ionview<\/td>\n0.552<\/td>\n16:31:35<\/td>\n<\/td>\n1\u2032\u00a010\u2033<\/td>\n28.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/td>\n6.969<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n22\u2032\u00a040\u2033<\/td>\n18.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Even slower coming back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s okay, TTC\/Metrolinx: we’ve got used to waiting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s years late and many millions over budget, but \u2014 at last \u2014 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"I rode the finally-open Eglinton Crosstown today and it is *slow*. It didn't even average 20\u00a0km\/h, and other vehicles were passing us.\n#toronto #transit #ttc #crosstown #line5 #eglinton #metrolinx #delayed #slow","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[3032,3366,3364,3363,3365,1043,43,1655,360],"class_list":["post-18040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-goatee-stroking-musing-or-something","category-o-canada","tag-crosstown","tag-delayed","tag-eglinton","tag-line5","tag-metrolinx","tag-slow","tag-toronto","tag-transit","tag-ttc"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pQNZZ-4GY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18040"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18042,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18040\/revisions\/18042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scruss.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}