The Jane LRT is an inactive proposal for a

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line in

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, Ontario, Canada. It was originally proposed in 2007, cancelled in 2010, and later revived in the 2013 "Feeling Congested?" report by the City of Toronto, where it was labelled as a "Future Transit Project". However, in April 2019, Ontario Premier

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announced the province's plans for rapid transit development and funding for the

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that omitted the Jane LRT. The transit corridor is currently served by the TTC bus routes 35A/B Jane, 335 Blue Night Jane and 935 Jane Express within Toronto and

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's 20 Jane buses north of Steeles Avenue.

History

It was originally part of the Transit City proposal announced in March 2007, to be operated by the

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. It was expected to cost approximately , with construction to begin in 2013 and opening in 2017. It was planned as the sixth of the seven Transit City lines to be completed. The Jane LRT was cancelled by

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in December 2010 when he announced the cancellation of the entire Transit City project. While LRT lines on Sheppard East, Finch West, and Eglinton were revived through a new agreement between the City of Toronto and

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, the Jane LRT was not included at the time. The Jane LRT is still included in Metrolinx's proposed

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. In February 2016, City of Toronto planners and the TTC also recommended implementing the Jane LRT within 15 years. In January 2018, the Jane LRT was tentatively listed as "Line 8" in the TTC's 2018–2022 corporate plan. Aspects of the Jane LRT are currently incorporated into the 935 Jane Express bus which follows the LRT routing. On April 10, 2019, Ontario Premier Doug Ford outlined the province's plans for rapid transit development and funding for the Greater Toronto Area. These plans did not include the Jane LRT.

Route layout

According to initial Toronto Transit Commission planning, the Jane LRT line would have run for between

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, and

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. Ridership was estimated to be 24 million trips in 2021. Instead of turning onto Steeles Avenue towards Pioneer Village, The Big Move illustrates the Jane LRT running north into

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and terminating at

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Proposed stops/stations

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West at

(connection to

) * Ardagh Street (surface LRT option only) * Annette Street * St. John's Road (surface LRT option only) * St. Clair Avenue West (connection to future 512 St. Clair streetcar extension) * Woolner Avenue (potential stop, surface LRT option only) * Outlook Avenue *

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West (connection to Eglinton West extension of Line 5) *

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* Trethewey Drive (surface LRT option only) *

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West * John Street (potential stop, surface LRT option only) * Maple Leaf Drive * Falstaff Avenue (surface LRT option only) *

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* Heathrow Drive * Exbury Road * Giltspur Drive *

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West * Rita Drive * Grandravine Drive * Yorkwoods Gate * Yewtree Boulevard (potential stop) *

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West (connection to future

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) * York Gate Boulevard * Driftwood Avenue * Shoreham Drive *

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West * Murray Ross Parkway *

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(connection to

)

References

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History

Route layout

Proposed stops/stations

See also

References