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ONTARIO JOBS 🚇 Ontario Advancing Contracts for Ontario Line Subway

Monday, 17 April 2023 06:33.PM

- Province delivering fast and reliable transit for Greater Toronto Area -

The Ontario government is issuing Requests for Proposals (RFPs) to design and build the Pape Tunnel, underground stations, and the elevated guideway and stations for the Ontario Line subway, marking another milestone in the province’s plan to deliver fast and reliable transit for the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

“This milestone is another demonstration of our government breaking with the status quo and building the public transit system that commuters in a dense city like Toronto need to thrive,” said Caroline Mulroney, Minister of Transportation. “Building Ontario through critical public transit projects, like the Ontario Line, is vital to supporting the province’s economy, alleviating gridlock on our roads, and creating thousands of good local jobs.”

The contract for the Pape Tunnel and underground stations will deliver three kilometres of twin tunnels and two new stations – one at Cosburn Avenue and another at Pape Avenue, where the all-new Ontario Line will connect to the existing Line 2. The contract will also include the construction of two new portals, which will be where the line transitions between above-ground and underground operations.

The contract for the elevated guideway and stations includes a three-kilometre elevated guideway, emergency exit buildings, and five above-ground stations – two within Metrolinx’s existing rail corridor (Riverside-Leslieville and Gerrard) and three along the elevated guideway in the northern part of the route (Thorncliffe Park, Flemingdon Park, and the Science Centre).
Construction for the Ontario Line is currently underway at Exhibition Station, at the site of the future Corktown and Moss Park stations, and in the joint rail corridor east of the Don River. Once complete, the approximate 15.6-kilometre Ontario Line will accommodate nearly 400,000 trips each day, bringing much-needed rapid transit to more communities across the GTA.

Quick Facts

• The Ontario Line will reduce crowding on the existing Line 1 (Yonge-University) and Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth) subways, alleviate gridlock by taking 28,000 cars off the road each day, and put more than 227,500 people within a short distance of rapid transit.
• Ontario is investing $70.5 billion over the next decade to transform public transit in the province. The Ontario Line alone will support 4,700 jobs annually during construction over the next decade, reduce commute times, and connect more people to housing across the Greater Golden Horseshoe and beyond.
• By 2041, the Ontario Line will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 14,000 tonnes annually and cut overall fuel consumption by more than 7 million litres a year – the equivalent to nearly 120,000 fill-ups at the pump per year.
• On November 9, 2022, the province awarded the South contract, which includes a six-kilometre twin-bore tunnel, as well as four new underground stations (King-Bathurst, Queen-Spadina, Moss Park, Corktown), two underground stations that will integrate with the existing Osgoode and Queen TTC subway stations, and one above-ground station that will integrate with the existing Exhibition GO Station served by the Lakeshore West GO line.
• On November 17, 2022, the province officially awarded the Rolling Stock, Systems, Operations and Maintenance (RSSOM) contract to Connect 6ix. The contract includes designing and supplying the Ontario Line fleet of trains, as well as designing and building the maintenance and storage facility and central control systems.
• In March 2022, the province announced the official ground breaking for the Ontario Line.

SOURCE: Ministry of TransportationMinistry of Transportation

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