Look inside unusual Oakwood Station on Crosstown light rail line
See recent progress photos of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT route including inside Oakwood Station.
Sep 13, 2021
Welcome into the circle – or rather cylinder.
Among new images taken during construction of the Eglinton Crosstown’s light rail transit project, is an interesting one from inside Oakwood Station.
It has a different feel than some underground transit stations you may have visited.
Oakwood Station is looking very futuristic – with some obvious elements left to do. (Metrolinx photo)
The image shows that finishing touches are ongoing at Oakwood. But what jumps out is the unique cylindrical shape – a remnant of the mining excavation method used to dig out the cavern sideways under Eglinton Avenue.
Want to know more about the Crosstown light rail transit project? Here a good place to start.
Over at Avenue Station, an important lift happened recently, with crews threading the needle to carefully lower an escalator into the station’s main entrance.
An escalator is moved gently overhead at Avenue Station. (Metrolinx photo)
Before being lowered into the station. (Metrolinx photo)
And finally, electrical and communications systems are up and running between Caledonia and Chaplin Stations, with vehicle testing work to begin there later this year.
At Chaplin Station, crews start to put in important finishing touches. (Metrolinx photo)
