Construction begins on Sheppard East LRT line
Posted December 21, 2009 10:09 pm.
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A ground-breaking ceremony was held Monday for a new light rail transit line in north Toronto.
The Sheppard Ave. LRT will run east, from the Don Mills subway station all the way to Meadowvale Rd., and it will eventually link up with the city’s transit system.
Sheppard is the first of seven rapid vehicle lines planned to create a 120-kilometre network on major routes like Finch Ave., Eglinton Ave., Jane St. and Don Mills Rd.
Two-thirds of the $950-million LRT is being funded by the province and one-third is being funded by the federal government.
The TTC will operate it when it opens in 2013 and expects it to move about 20 million riders a year.
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