Metrolinx has announced that the new Mount Dennis GO and UP Station will open on 16 November, which will enable new connecting to Kitchener GO trains, Union Pearson Express trains and TTC bus service.
The new station will also offer a direct connection to Line 5 Eglinton (Eglinton Crosstown) once the new light rail line opens.
Mount Dennis is the first station to connect GO Transit, TTC and UP Express at one station, with construction now underway at Bloor GO Station to built a tunnel to connect both GO and UP customers to TTC Line 2 services at Dundas West Station.
Passengers will only need to pay once when transferring between both TTC and GO Transit using PRESTO.
Once services at Mount Dennis begin; all existing GO Kitchener Line trains will stop at the station, allowing passengers access to daily trips amounting to:
- 64 weekday train trips (non-express), with trains running every 30 minutes
- 32 weekend train trips (non-express), with trains running every 60 minutes
Newly announced GO service increases along the Kitchener Line will start on 23 November, with customers soon being able to travel to Union Station in 16 minutes from the new station.
Passengers looking to travel to Toronto Pearson Airport are able to utilise existing UP Express trains which currently serve Bloor, Weston and Mount Dennis stations, with a trip from the new station also taking 16 minutes.
In addition to the opening of Mount Dennis GO and UP Station; Metrolinx is also set to open a new underground pedestrian walkway at the TTC’s Line 1 Eglinton West Station, which is located at Allen Road and Eglinton Avenue West.
Once Line 5 Eglinton is opened; Eglinton West Station is set to be renamed Cedarvale Station. Pedestrians will be able to access the station via the main station entrance west of Allen Road, the secondary entrance east of Allen Road beneath Eglinton Avenue West and a third entrance connecting to the TTC’s Line 1 Eglinton West Station.
