Jane LRT
The Jane LRT was a proposed light rail line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was part of the Transit City proposal announced March 16, 2007, to be operated by the Toronto Transit Commission. It was expected to cost approximately $630 million, with construction to begin in 2013 and opening in 2017. It was planned as the sixth of the seven Transit City lines to be complete after the Sheppard East LRT, Finch West LRT, Waterfront West LRT, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, and Don Mills LRT lines.
The Jane LRT was never formally approved by Toronto City Council. With the election of Rob Ford as Mayor of Toronto, it is unlikely to be approved during his administration.[1][2]
Route layout
The Jane LRT line would run for 16.5 km, estimated to account for 24 million trips in 2021.
Bloor-Danforth to York University area
The line would proceed north from Jane Station on the Bloor Danforth subway in Old Toronto. However, from Jane Station north to Wilson Avenue, many options still remain due to the narrow ROW available on Jane Street. Of the current options, tunneling the line would limit the number of stops along the line and dramatically increase costs, while maintaining traffic flow along Jane Street. As of April 2009, the TTC has a study underway determining feasible alternatives for LRT Lines running along narrow ROW's, which will determine better alternatives that may be applied to the Jane LRT south of Wilson Avenue.
Jane Street to Pioneer Village Station
The northern terminus of the line would be built at the proposed Pioneer Village Station on the Yonge-University-Spadina subway in North York. The alignment between Jane Street and Pioneer Village Station will be determined from three possible options: From Jane Street, meeting Pioneer Village Station via Steeles Avenue, via Shoreham Drive through Murray Ross Parkway, or through Northwest Gate.
Potential extensions
This segment is not actually part of Transit City. It may be constructed at the same time the rest of the line is built or later.
York University area to Highway 7
The Jane LRT had recently been conceived to continue north into York Region from the currently proposed terminus at Steeles Avenue. This extension takes the Jane LRT from the Toronto/York Region border north to Highway 7 in Vaughan via Jane Street, overlapping the Spadina subway extension to Vaughan Corporate Centre. It is highly likely that the LRT would then be extended further north to Major Mackenzie Drive, such that it would meet a potential BRT/LRT corridor along Major Mackenzie Drive, as Metrolinx has identified one to be needed within its 25-year plan. Also, Jane Street north of Highway 7 is within the vicinities of Vaughan Mills and Canada's Wonderland.
Proposed stops/stations
The TTC has not indicated stop spacing on the Jane LRT yet. This list does not include potential extensions of the Jane LRT. The distances between these stops varies, but they are likely candidates, from south to north:
On Jane Street
- Bloor Street West - Jane Station (connection to Bloor-Danforth subway)
- Ardagh Street (surface LRT option only)
- Annette Street
- St. John's Road (surface LRT option only)
- St. Clair Avenue West (connection to future 512 St. Clair LRT extension)
- Woolner Avenue (potential stop, surface LRT option only)
- Outlook Avenue
- Eglinton Avenue West
- Weston Road
- Trethewey Drive (surface LRT option only)
- Lawrence Avenue West
- John Street (potential stop, surface LRT option only)
- Maple Leaf Drive
- Falstaff Avenue (surface LRT option only)
- Wilson Avenue
- Heathrow Drive
- Exbury Road
- Giltspur Drive
- Sheppard Avenue West
- Rita Drive
- Grandravine Drive
- Yorkwoods Gate
- Yewtree Boulevard (potential stop)
- Finch Avenue West (connection to future Etobicoke-Finch West LRT line)
- York Gate Boulevard
- Driftwood Avenue
- Shoreham Drive
- Steeles Avenue West
On Steeles Avenue West
- Jane Street (Southbound)
- Murray Ross Parkway (Murray Ross/Steeles options)
- York University - Black Creek Pioneer Village Station (connection to future Yonge-University-Spadina subway extension)
Proposed Transit City LRT lines
- Eglinton Crosstown LRT
- Jane LRT
- Etobicoke-Finch West LRT
- Don Mills LRT
- Scarborough Malvern LRT
- Waterfront West LRT
- Sheppard East LRT
See also
References
- ↑ "Jane LRT goes off the rails" By Tristan Carter. February 25, 2011
- ↑ Mayor Rob Ford: “Transit City is over” Toronto Life December 1, 2010
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