Overview
- Metrolinx says it aspires to launch the revenue-service demonstration this week with TTC crews and schedules being finalized, and no passenger opening date is set.
- The 30-day run will simulate full service without riders and must be completed successfully before customer operations can begin.
- Earlier testing found HVAC and communications faults and premature brake wear on vehicles, though the agency now reports major improvement in availability and reliability.
- Operational control of the 19-kilometre, 25-station line shifted to the TTC in June, with the TTC set to operate service once it opens.
- The Finch West LRT is partway through its own 30-day trial, with discussions underway on how to ramp up service when testing concludes.