Renforth,[2][3] referred to during planning as Renforth Gateway,[4] is a bus station on the border of the cities of Mississauga and Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. Located at Eglinton Avenue and Renforth Drive (although the station entrance is on Commerce Boulevard), it is the eastern terminus of the Mississauga Transitway and is close to the interchange between Highway 401 and Highway 427.
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 Renforth station platform looking west | |||||||||||
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| Location | 5001 Commerce Boulevard Mississauga, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°39′48″N 79°35′27″W / 43.66333°N 79.59083°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Metrolinx | ||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Station code | GO Transit: 02661 | ||||||||||
| Fare zone | 25 | ||||||||||
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| Opened | November 22, 2017[1] | ||||||||||
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Service consists of bus rapid transit on the Mississauga Transitway, local MiWay and Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus routes, GO Transit express routes on the Highway 401 / Highway 407 corridor and an express connection to Kipling subway station via Highway 427.[4][5]
An extension of Line 5 Eglinton, a light rail transit line under construction along Eglinton Avenue in Toronto, is slated to reach and have a station at Renforth circa 2030.[6]
Planning and construction
editThe Renforth site was identified by Metrolinx in 2012 as a transportation mobility hub, which would integrate bus rapid transit and local bus service.[7]
Construction of the station began in 2014.[8] The old TTC bus loop located at the northwest corner of Renforth and Eglinton was decommissioned and incorporated into the site.[9]
Bus routes
editGO Transit
edit- 19 Mississauga / North York
- 29 Mississauga/Guelph
- 40 Hamilton / Richmond Hill Pearson Express
- 94 Pickering / Square One
MiWay
edit- 7 Airport
- 24 Northwest
- 35 Eglinton (boards on curbside stops outside the station)
- 39 Britannia
- 43 Matheson
- 57/57A Courtneypark
- 74 Explorer
- 107 Malton Express
- 109 Meadowvale Express
TTC
edit- 32A Eglinton West
- 112 West Mall
- 332 Eglinton West Blue Night
Future Line 5 Eglinton connection
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Renforth station box under construction in October 2023 | |||||||||||
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| Location | 5001 Commerce Blvd, Mississauga, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Centre platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Below grade (in trench) | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | ||||||||||
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| Opening | 2030[6] | ||||||||||
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Renforth station will be the western terminus of the second phase of Line 5 Eglinton – a light rail transit line that is part of the Toronto subway system. In April 2022, construction of the "Crosstown West Extension" began along Eglinton Avenue to the east in Toronto from Mount Dennis station. The LRT station will be located below grade in an open trench just north of the transitway station. This station will be the first in the Toronto subway system to be located in the City of Mississauga.
In December 2021, parts of the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that would bore the twin tunnels 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) eastwards along Eglinton from a launch shaft at the future station site arrived and were assembled prior to excavation.[10] The first TBM, dubbed Renny (the name being a reference to Renforth Drive), began tunnelling in April 2022 but the second, named Rexy, started later, by early August, as the launch area was only wide enough to launch one TBM at a time.[11] Tunnelling was completed two years later, with Renny breaking through the extraction shaft near Scarlett Road in May 2024 and Rexy breaking through three weeks later.[12]
A proposed third phase of the line would extend and turn north, where it would terminate at the proposed Pearson Regional Transit Centre located north of Toronto Pearson International Airport Terminals 1 and 3.[13] As an interim project, land was preserved for future dedicated bus lanes to the airport.[14]
References
edit- ^ Newport, Ashley (November 21, 2017). "MiWay to Begin Servicing New Station Tomorrow". Insauga. Retrieved November 24, 2017.
- ^ "Transitway Construction". MiWay. City of Mississauga. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
Renforth station in the Airport Corporate Centre is scheduled to be completed in 2017.
- ^ "32 Eglinton West - Route change – New terminal at Renforth Station". Toronto Transit Commission. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
Renforth Station is a new terminal station along the Mississauga Transitway
- ^ a b "Mississauga Transitway Project". GO Transit. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
GO Transit will be constructing the Renforth Gateway which will be a hub for GO Transit, MiWay and TTC.
- ^ G. Dela Cruz; McCORMICK RANKIN CORPORATION (May 26, 2011). "Renforth Gateway – Noise Review" (PDF). Memo To: A. Shea, MRC. GO Transit. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
Buses operating on the BRT facility (including services by GO Transit, MiWay/Mississauga Transit, and TTC) will be destined to/from various nodes in the western GTA, including Toronto Pearson International Airport and Kipling TTC Station.
- ^ a b "CROSSTOWN: Etobicoke residents will not have access to the Eglinton LRT before 2030". toronto.com. September 29, 2021. Retrieved May 2, 2022.
- ^ "Renforth Gateway Mobility Hub Profile" (PDF). Metrolinx. September 19, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
This hub is planned to integrate Rapid Transit and local bus service near the intersection of Renforth Drive and Highway 401 in the City of Mississauga.
- ^ "Mississauga Transitway East" (PDF). Mississauga Transitway Project: Project Status. Metrolinx. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2014. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
Metrolinx will also start construction of the Renforth Station towards the end of 2014. The entire project is expected to be completed in 2016.
- ^ Kodama, Steven T. (July 16, 2014). "Permanent Closure of the Bus Loop on Eglinton Avenue West, South of Renforth Drive" (PDF). Staff Report Action Required. City of Toronto. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
Transportation Services recommends that the bus loop on the right-of-way along the north side of Eglinton Avenue West, south of Renforth Drive, be permanently closed for incorporation into the Airport Renforth Gateway Metrolinx project.
- ^ "Home for the holidays – The tunnel boring machines for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension arrive at launch site". Metrolinx. December 23, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
- ^ "Second tunnel starts as Rexy joins Renny in tunnelling the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension". Metrolinx. August 5, 2022. Archived from the original on August 6, 2022.
- ^ "TBMs Rexy and Renny spent two years digging twin 6.3-kilometre tunnels for the western segment". Metrolinx. June 24, 2024. Retrieved October 26, 2024.
- ^ Mackenzie, Robert (March 17, 2020). "Metrolinx's Eglinton West LRT Business Case Goes Underground". UrbanToronto. Retrieved September 21, 2020.
- ^ "14.4.1 Proposed Development to 2017" (PDF). Master Plan, Chapter 14, Land Use. GTAA. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
There will be continued protection of lands for a Bus Rapid Transit corridor along Renforth and Silver Dart Drives from the future Renforth Gateway station on Eglinton Avenue.
External links
edit- Progress at Renforth Gateway - Mississauga Transitway
- "RENFORTH GATEWAY. Preliminary Design and Transit Project Assessment Process" (PDF). Public Information Centre. GO Transit. June 1, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
- "Mississauga BRT Planning Guidance: Renforth Station Area" (PDF). Corporate Report. City of Mississauga. April 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2014.