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Alex Glista

@glista.bsky.social

Lover of politics, transit, and farms. City builder based in Toronto.

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BREAKING: Toronto’s Line 5 Eglinton (Crosstown LRT) has achieved substantial completion and has been transferred to the TTC. The project is expected to open in the coming weeks.

Service levels are: opening day, trains every 4m45s; after 6 months 3m30s. news.ontario.ca/en/release/1...

05.12.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Interesting stats from GO Transit’s 2025 Wrapped. What stands out is the Milton Line, once GO’s number 3 most-used route, has dropped to 5th. This is because of significant new weekend service being added to the Kitchener and Barrie Lines, whereas Milton has just peak service.

04.12.2025 01:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New maps this morning on a Toronto rocket train. TTC Line 5 Eglinton and Line 6 Finch West coming soon!

03.12.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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This weekend while the Barrie GO Line was shut down, crews installed a pedestrian tunnel at Bowie Ave for the under-construction Caledonia GO Station. This station will connect to Line 5 Eglinton Caledonia Station, making this area a great future multi-modal transit hub.

01.12.2025 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bathurst Street #RapidTO at Queen Street. We love to see a better Toronto being built one bucket of paint at a time. #topoli

28.11.2025 05:34 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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St. Clair West Station. We might be almost there.

20.11.2025 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Toronto’s newest flatiron, 1071 King, a rental building by Hullmark. As seen from the GO Kitchener Line.

16.11.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here is a video of GO Kitchener Line, Union Pearson Express, and Line 5 Eglinton trains operating at Mount Dennis Station. It will be one of the best-connected transit hubs in Toronto. It also includes a massive TTC bus terminal.

16.11.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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West of Mount Dennis, the Line 5 Eglinton West Extension is progressing. Here at Jane/Eglinton, we see the elevated guideway being built. This intersection will also be home to an elevated station (which will likely be called β€œEglinton Flats”?).

16.11.2025 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Mount Dennis GO/UP Express station is officially open. A community without rapid transit options is suddenly only 16 mins away from downtown Toronto. Now, we wait for Line 5 Eglinton to open to β€œcomplete” this transit hub.

16.11.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
16.11.2025 16:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Any guesses where I’m headed?

16.11.2025 15:24 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Another Line 5 Eglinton observation re: speed. While driving, I β€œraced” a train between Sunnybrook Park Station and Pharmacy Station. We essentially kept pace with each other the entire trip, despite the train having to stop at stations along the way. Traffic was medium (6PM).

16.11.2025 02:01 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The Hurontario LRT will have this type of rail for the entire line, with concrete only to the base of rail. Hope they put red paint down.

16.11.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A silver lining: despite the westbound Line 5 Eglinton track being blocked at Golden Mile Station, light rail trains kept running. The line’s various crossover tracks meant that trains could β€œdetour” around the problem area. Good to see.

16.11.2025 01:29 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Golden Mile Station on Line 5 Eglinton. How does anyone even pull off messing up so badly?

15.11.2025 23:30 β€” πŸ‘ 31    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2
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The new GO Transit maps in trains are great, and include the TTC’s rapid transit network. We need more unified regional wayfinding like this!

10.11.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A huge amount of transit construction in this picture, including:
- a rebuilt Exhibition GO station πŸš†
- a new Ontario Line subway station πŸš‡
- a tunnel boring machine launch shaft for the OL πŸͺ

Toronto’s Liberty Village neighbourhood is set to become extremely transit-connected

08.11.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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#RapidTO streetcar priority lanes on Bathurst Street are painted between Lake Shore and Fort York. Looking forward to the rest of the work being completed all the way to Bloor soon! #Toronto

08.11.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

This rules, let’s go Toronto!

08.11.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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First look πŸ‘€ at new #RapidTO transit priority installation on Bathurst south of Fort York. More white line painting to come, but a great start! What do you think?

07.11.2025 23:26 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Oh! Out of the blue, a motion from chair Myers to conduct a full scale review and scale up of transit signal priority in an attempt to speed up streetcars! You love to see it!!

03.11.2025 20:30 β€” πŸ‘ 44    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4
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New Confederation GO Station Opens Opening of the new Confederation GO Station on the Lakeshore West line.

New Confederation GO Station Opens, Expanding Service for Hamilton Commuters

27.10.2025 10:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Stupid Toronto-area drivers, case number 54378: truck driver drives into TTC St. Clair streetcar right-of-way, gets stuck blocking rush hour 512 and bus service.

Absolute brain dead behaviour.

10.10.2025 13:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Toronto, πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

04.10.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huge win for transit riders and a better city. Congrats to all involved on making this happen.

It’s time to give the 509 Harbourfront, 510 Spadina, 511 Bathurst, and 512 St Clair streetcar routes 600-series designations to highlight that they have transit-only lanes. #topoli

23.07.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From the gotransit community on Reddit: GO Regional Transit Diagram (PDF link in body text) Explore this post and more from the gotransit community

A big thanks to this Reddit user who was able to get a digital copy from GO www.reddit.com/r/gotransit/...

23.07.2025 12:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The β€œofficial” future Greater Toronto Region transit map from Metrolinx, showing existing, underway, and planned transit projects.

23.07.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 24    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

It’s now connected and flowing!

20.07.2025 20:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’ve always loved the TTC’s Queen’s Quay (Ferry Docks) Station. It’s unique because it’s the only underground streetcar station that’s not an interchange with the subway, and you cross the tracks at-grade to access the opposite platform.

20.07.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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