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Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility

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When the Toronto Transit Commission finishes its Eglinton Crosstown LRT it will require an Eglinton LRT Carhouse to store offduty vehicles, and with maintenance facilities to keep the vehicles running smoothly.[1] The carhouse is planned to be built near the line's western terminus at Weston Road.[2][3][4][5][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.

In 2013 MetroLinx announced that they would contract with a private company to operate the facility.[7] It would not be operated by the TTC.

The site was chosen because it was a sufficiently large "brownfield", immediately adjacent to one terminus of the line.[8][9] At first MetroLinx wasn't open to input from neighbouring residents, but in May 2013, they announced that they would organize a mechanism for taking feedback.[7]

Some local residents, and environmental activists, were critical of MetroLinx's plan to use a natural gas powered backup generator.[10][11] In January, 201, the Mount Dennis Community Association prepared a petition, calling for the backup power system to use technology that would not generate local pollution. A copy was presented to Laura Albanese the local member of Ontario's Provincial Parliament. On July 23, 2016, Albanese and local Toronto City Council members Frances Nunziata and Frank DiGiorgio met with members of the Association, and assured them that MetroLinx would look into alternate methods to provide back-up power.

The October 2015 design for the facility incorporated two artificial ponds, and green tracks, so its landscaping would better integrate with the adjacent parkland, in the Black Creek valley.[12] The facility will have a "green roof",

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  1. ↑ Adam Hawkins (2011-05-30). "Doors Open: A tale of two carhouses". Urban Toronto. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. The TTC plans to convert the Scarborough RT from the troublesome ICTS technology to LRT and include it in the Eglinton Crosstown Line. While McCowan Carhouse could be retrofitted to handle LRT cars, its capacity is very limited and it’s boxed in by development on all sides, preventing any expansion. Instead, the TTC is likely to build a new carhouse at Eglinton and Black Creek Drive.
  2. ↑ John Lorinc (2012-11-23). "Down (but not out) Mount Dennis area pins hopes on Metrolinx". Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2026-02-03. Retrieved 2013-03-28. A sprawling storage and maintenance facility for the light-rail vehicles will be built on the Kodak site within a few years.
  3. ↑ Rahul Gupta (2012-12-12). "Meeting to provide details on LRT station in Mount Dennis". York Guardian. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. The Mount Dennis underground stop at Weston Road would serve as the line’s western terminus point, said Metrolinx spokesperson Jamie Robinson on Friday, Dec. 7.
  4. ↑ Steve Munro (2010-02-17). "Eglinton LRT: Trouble Brewing in Mt. Dennis (Update 2)". Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. Some speakers addressed the use of the Kodak lands for the proposed carhouse, and asked that alternative schemes be considered. Part of this relates to a proposed “big box” development on the land. However, Council approved the acquisition of this property, by expropriation if necessary, in December.
  5. ↑ Roy Murray (2012-07-09). "Feedback on maintenance yard needed". Weston Web. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29.
  6. ↑ Tess Kalinowski (2010-02-16). "Residents ask TTC for LRT tunnel through Mount Dennis". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2013-03-29. In addition to the $4.6 billion the province has committed to the Eglinton LRT, the centrepiece of Toronto's Transit City plan, the TTC also wants to build a carhouse on the old Kodak lands in Mount Dennis.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named TorStar2013-05-08
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 John Thompson (2016-03-08). "Eglinton Crosstown under way, underground". Railway Age. Archived from the original on 2016-03-09. Retrieved 2016-07-24. This includes the maintenance and storage facility on the former Kodak Canada property, just east of Weston Road, which has been an abandoned brownfield for more than a decade. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Patty Winsa (2013-05-06). "Weston-Mount Dennis residents look to Metrolinx to create jobs when it builds Crosstown LRT". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-07-24. The massive 23-hectare industrial “brownfield,” empty since the film manufacturer closed in 2005, will get a second chance when it’s redeveloped as the maintenance and storage facility for vehicles on the new LRT line. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Roy Murray (2016-01-15). "Kodak Lands Generator – the issues and a solution". Westonweb.ca. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2016-07-24. There was dismay when Metrolinx announced that the site was to be a storage yard for the Eglinton Crosstown LRT. More recently further disappointment was the response to the surprise announcement that an electrical generating station would be built on the lands. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Lisa Rainford (2016-07-23). "Mount Dennis residents call for renewable energy to provide backup electricity for Eglinton Crosstown LRT". Inside Toronto. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2016-07-23. Metrolinx’s initial proposal for a gas-powered backup facility, an 18-megawatt generator as part of its maintenance and storage facility on the former Kodak lands, concerned local residents prompting them to sign a petition circulated by the Mount Dennis Community Association (MDCA). Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Stefan Novakovic (2015-10-07). "Plans Revealed for Mount Dennis Crosstown LRT Facility". Urban Toronto. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2016-07-24. Although the building's purpose will be mechanical and quasi-industrial, care has been taken to minimize its impact on the surrounding area, much of which is dominated by greenery and park space. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  13. ↑ "Keele Street to Jane Section and Black Creek Maintenance & Storage Facility Environmental Project Report Addendum Online Consultation". Crosstown. 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-07-25. Ultimate storage yard capacity of 162 vehicles; Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
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