Northern Local

The Finch Line is slated to open in 2025 bringing mass transit to  the underserved northern Etobicoke and western North York areas connecting Humber College to Line 1.  However this is just a first step, with an extension to serve the Woodbine Racetrack redevelopment, the airport in planning which would provide transit connections to points south and west.  With the extension of both the Finch Line, Ontario Line, and Crosstown Line to Renforth, the Etobicoke area of Toronto will be interconnected more than ever before.

This Greater Toronto Transit 2050 Plan seeks to extend Finch to stretch all the way across the city to eastern Scarborough, connecting to lines 1-5, and lines B, C, D, and E.   These connections give transit users the opportunity to quickly make connections to services headed into the city and out to the suburbs.   Throughout this line are areas of high ridership and zones of high density residential development, colleges, and university campuses.  

Three extension projects are planned for this line after the line opens in 2025:

1. In 2035 this plan would seek to open an extension to Renforth which will become a major Etobicoke transportation hub.   Without the extension the current line is unidirectional in that it only serves connections from the east which significantly limits the line's potential.  With a connection at Renforth the line is well connected at both ends.

2. In 2041 this plan would connect the line eastward to L'Amoreaux in northern Scarborough.  This extension would connect the line to the subway at Yonge, the Ontario Line 3 at Seneca College's Newnham Campus, three surface rail lines (B, C, and D), and many high-rise nodes in North York and Scarborough.

3. In 2048 a final extension of the line is planned eastward connecting the medium to high density nodes at McCowan Road and Malvern Town Centre and to the growing University of Toronto Scarborough Campus.