WELCOME The Ontario Line Open House Please Sign In Who is Metrolinx? Our Services • GO serves a population of more than seven million across more than 11,000 square kilometres stretching from Hamilton and Kitchener- Waterloo in the west to Newcastle and Peterborough in the east, and from Orangeville and Beaverton in the north to Niagara Falls in the south. • GO has been in operation since 1967, and now accommodates more than 70 million customer journeys a year. • PRESTO is the smart card fare payment system seamlessly connecting 11 transit agencies across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) and Ottawa. • PRESTO replaces the need for tickets, tokens, passes or cash. • PRESTO currently has over 2 million PRESTO cards in use. • UP Express connects the country's two busiest transportation hubs, Toronto Pearson International Airport and Union Station in downtown Toronto, offering a 25-minute journey from end to end, with trains departing every 15 minutes. Who is Metrolinx? Our Vision Metrolinx and its partners are delivering on a bold, forward-looking transportation plan. The goals of the 2041 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) are to create strong connections, complete travel experiences and sustainable communities. We are building a greater region through the following projects: Subways GO Expansion Rapid Transit Regional Hubs • The Ontario Line • Scarborough Subway • Lakeshore West Line • Hurontario Light Rail Transit • Union Station Extension (LRT) • Lakeshore East Line • Union Station Bus Terminal • Eglinton Crosstown West • Milton Line • Finch West LRT • Highway 407 Bus Terminal Extension • Stouffville Line • Eglinton Crosstown LRT • Kipling Transit Hub • Yonge North Subway • Richmond Hill Line • Mississauga Transitway • Mount Dennis Mobility Hub Extension • Kitchener Line • Viva Rapidway • Caledonia Station • Barrie Line • Union Pearson Express • Kennedy Station Whether it’s trains, buses, stations, or stops, everything we are building adds up to one purpose – bringing together the entire region, getting you there better, faster and easier than ever before. ONTARIO LINE INITIAL BUSINESS CASE 2. Ontario Line What is the Ontario Line?The second option is the Ontario Line concept: a western terminus at Exhibition/Ontario Place northern terminus at Ontario Science Centre Better connections from north and south, changes east to the alignmentand west. across the Lower Don River Figure 6: Map of Ontario Line Number of proposed 15 stations 17 Number of • 3 GO lines connections to other transit • 4 connections to Line 1, 2 and 5 (Eglinton Crosstown) options • 10 connections to King, Queen, Bathurst, Spadina, Harbourfront and Gerrard/Carlton streetcars Approximate number 15.5 km of route kilometres Maintenance and Storage Facility (MSF) Ridership 389,000 daily boardings Frequency As frequent as every 90 seconds Access to 154,000 more people within walking distance to transit transit 53,000 more jobs accessible in 45 minutes or less for Access to jobs Toronto residents Table 8: Ontario Line Characteristics Option Length Rolling Stock Number of Stations Modern Standard Metro Ontario Line 15.5 km 15 stations (incl. 6 interchanges) Rail Vehicles 29 Background - Key Milestones Relief Line identified Metrolinx board gives direction to advance planning City Council as “Next Wave” of of RLS, Yonge Subway Extension and assess a approves Yonge transit projects in northerly extension of the Relief Line. Metrolinx North Extension Metrolinx’s visionary completes the Yonge Relief Network Study (YRNS) Environmental plan, Big Move. recommending that Metrolinx, in partnership with Assessment (EA) Relief Line identified the City of Toronto and TTC, advance Relief Line (contingent on by Metrolinx as a project planning and development in order to further Relief Line). priority for future assess the extension of the Relief Line North (RLN) transit investment. from Danforth Avenue to Sheppard Avenue East. [2009] [2012] [2013] [2014] [2015] TTC’s Downtown Rapid Transit Relief Line South Expansion Study (RLS) Project concludes that Assessment Relief Line and GO launches. Improvements will help ease crowding. Background - Key Milestones ... Continued Metrolinx and Infrastructure RLN recognized Ontario, working together Metrolinx in Metrolinx’s to deliver the Ontario Line, began notifying 2041 Regional released the Initial Business stakeholders and Transportation Case (IBC) for the project, ter the public about Plan as a key which was endorsed by the engagement rapid transit Metrolinx board. Metrolinx Win Summer sessions for the project that is “In began environmental Ontario Line. Development“. studies including field investigations. [2018] [2019] [2020] The Ontario Government introduced The IBC determined that the Ontario Line Bill 107, the Getting Ontario Moving would accelerate delivery of new transit Act to allow Ontario to move ahead and serve additional markets. Work done with a variety of transit projects as all by the City of Toronto, TTC and Metrolinx part of the Transit Plan for the GTHA, F for the RLS and RLN projects would be Spring including the Ontario Line. As such, incorporated. The City of Toronto endorsed Metrolinx became responsible for working with Metrolinx on the Ontario Line. leading and delivering the project. We are listening The Ontario Line will transform transit in Toronto, getting hundreds of thousands of people where they need to be—better, faster and easier than today. However, we know that a project of this size and complexity means we need to help communities adjust to some changes both during and after construction. We recognize communities want to know what to expect, and here are some of the main topics we've heard about so far: WHAT WE HEARD ABOUT DUST, NOISE, VIBRATION AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT IMPACTS THE TECHNOLOGY THE ELEVATED/ AT-GRADE TRACKS BUDGET AND TIMELINE DURING CONSTRUCTION AND ONTARIO LINE WILL USE OPERATIONS WHAT WE'RE DOING ABOUT IT • Metrolinx is currently reviewing • Metrolinx is currently exploring background information and • The Ontario Line will use globally conceptual design options to conducting field investigations to proven, modern electric passenger • Capital costs are estimated to determine the optimal configuration determine baseline environmental rail technology that could allow for be between $8.7 billion to $10.5 of below-grade, at-grade and above- conditions. automated operation and a higher billion and the targeted in-service grade tracks. Mitigation measures frequency of service (up to 40 trains date is 2027. • This information will be used to will be developed and implemented per hour). inform impact assessment and to address environmental impacts. develop mitigation measures. Find out more on Existing Conditions - Find out more on Technology & Find out more on Technology & Find out more on What's Studies Underway, Noise & Vibration, Infrastructure panel Infrastructure panel Next panel and Natural Environment panels Is there anything we missed? Please let us know if you have additional thoughts or concerns about the Ontario Line. What's Next? The Ontario Line Initial Business Case was released in July 2019. Planning for the project continues, which includes further refining the design and engineering work and seeking environmental approvals. WE ARE HERE SUMMER/ WINTER/ 2020 SPRING 2020 FALL 2020 2021 2022 2023-2027 2027 FALL 2020 SPRING 2022 Financial Close Early Works Documentation Environmental Request for Request for Environmental (contract awarded) Estimated in Construction of changes made Construction Investigations Qualifications Proposals Reports Available and Project service Initiated to the Project Company starts Public review Public Public Review and and comment Engagement Ongoing public engagement Comment on significant Events changes Travel Time Savings By providing fast and frequent service, the Ontario Line will reduce travel times. Some commute times could be less than half of what they are today. How would the Ontario Line improve travel times between Thorncliffe Park and downtown? Example: a trip from Thorncliffe Park to King & Bay* * Trip from Thorncliffe Park to King and Bay Intersection. Sources: GGHm v4, TTC Schedules; Google Maps. SCENARIOS Bloor - Yonge Pape Business As Usual TIME SAVINGS 3' 3' 14' 1' 1' 8' 1' 2' 7' 2' 16 MIN Queen Ontario Line Ontario Line 3' 1' 17' 1' 1' 1' 2' TOTAL TRAVEL TIME (minutes) 26' 42' How would the Ontario Line improve travel times between Pape and Queen? * Trip from Pape Station to Queen Station Sources: GGHm v4; TTC Schedules; Google Maps. SCENARIOS Bloor - Yonge Pape Queen Business As Usual TIME SAVINGS 3' 3' 8' 1' 1' 7' 2' 13 MIN Pape Queen Ontario Line Ontario Line 3' 1' 7' 1' TOTAL TRAVEL TIME (minutes) 12' 25' Technology and Capacity Technology Capacity The Ontario Line will deliver fast, frequent service by using The Ontario Line has been designed to deliver enough capacity modern technology adopted by subway systems around the to match ridership needs for 50+ years beyond opening day. world. To understand appropriate capacity for the Ontario Line, We expect the line to feature light, automated trains like the projected peak-hour, peak-direction ridership was analyzed using ones used in Vancouver, London, Paris and Singapore. international best practice crowding standards. per hour 100 m 40 90 Second Intervals xo Trains can stop precisely with platform Trains could be There could be up Light weight vehicles can climb screen doors that open and close approximately 100 to 40 trains an hour steeper gradients, which