A meeting to show pictures of the work being done at Yonge and Eglinton on the Crosstown LRT was held at North Toronto Collegiate, 17 Broadway Avenue, Wednesday night. It revealed to the many people present that the main station will sit on the south side of Eglinton Ave west of the present Canada Square building. There will be an entrance (or entrances) on the northwest corner inside or outside the Rio.Can building. The exact in and out points on both sides was a little unclear to staff present and perhaps for good reason.
LRT IS UNDER THE SUBWAY
The LRT tunnels have been bored under the Yonge subway (line 1) and must now be excavated to make a concourse and platform complex which will also sit underneath the subway. There are already entrances and although the very accommodating Metrolinx staff present at the show and tell tried to be helpful no one was quite sure how the old and new entrances will be reconciled. But it seems certain they will be.
CIBC ENTRANCE
That work will include the access off the east side of Yonge in the CIBC on the southeast corner. Once inside, passengers will no doubt be able to find their way to the LRT concourse. That corner is numbered 1 Eglnton East and developer Davpart Inc sees a 65 storey tower there. so a new plan for entry into the subway-LRT may prevail. The Eglinton LRT concourse and platform is a daunting job and one can imagine what it will be like working below the subway station as the trains roll through overhead.
