Line 5: No Opening Date, But the Crosstown Bringing Big Changes

Crosstown opening will reshape TTC bus service in Leaside

Metrolinx Laird Station, March 2024 There’s still no confirmed opening date for Line 5 Eglinton, but when it does launch, the TTC will roll out its most significant bus network overhaul in decades. Among the biggest changes: the end of overlapping bus service along Eglinton Avenue East between Yonge and Leslie, with routes like the 56 Leaside eliminated and others restructured to better align with the new LRT. The goal? Streamlined service, fewe…

Line 5: No Opening Date, But the Crosstown Bringing Big Changes

As Toronto waits in anticipation for the long-delayed Eglinton Line 5 to open, the TTC is preparing to implement the largest bus network re-organization the city has seen in decades. From The Junction to Thorncliffe Park, riders can expect re-routings, cancellations, new routes, and extensions of bus lines in response to this drastic expansion of Toronto's rapid transit system. Nowhere will this change be more pronounced than on Eglinton Avenue …