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Toronto's Finch West LRT makes final steps but still no opening announced

Kimia Afshar Mehrabi

created: July 19, 2025, 4 a.m. | updated: July 21, 2025, 2:27 p.m.

After years of construction, delays, and anticipation, Toronto's Finch West Light Rail Transit (LRT) line (also known as Line 6) is finally entering its home stretch, although one key detail, namely its opening date, remains a mystery. With construction beginning in 2019, the Finch West LRT managed to avoid the same level of delay that has plagued its notorious sibling, the Eglinton Crosstown LRT, which is still not operating nearly 14 years after breaking ground. Back in September, the provincial government announced that the Finch West LRT's stops and infrastructure were complete, and that the final touches, including signal activation, pedestrian access, and station finishing, were all progressing steadily. In a recent update, Metrolinx revealed that at Finch West Station, the construction wall has been removed, joining the Finch West LRT pedestrian portal to the existing Finch West subway station on the northwestern leg of Line 1. Along with the opening date for the Finch West LRT, when the Eglinton Crosstown LRT will be rolled out into service also remains uncertain.

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