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TRANSIT
18—RENEW CANADA – SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2026
Designed to carry passengers across the city up to 60 per cent faster than
existing bus services, Line 5 features 25 stations and stops.
Delivering an infrastructure project of this magnitude through a densely populated urban centre required a sophisticated alignment of design
and engineering disciplines. Delivered under Infrastructure Ontario’s
Design–Build–Finance–Maintain (DBFM) Public-Private Partnership (P3)
model, the project was designed by Crosslinx Transit Solutions Design
(CTSD)—a joint venture led by AtkinsRéalis and Arcadis.
The engineering scope managed across the 19-kilometre corridor
encompassed:
TUNNELLING AND EXCAVATION: Managing over 10 kilometres of
twin-track bored tunnels excavated through complex soil conditions
beneath active commercial and residential streets.
UNDERGROUND STATION ENGINEERING: Designing 15 underground
stations, utilizing cut-and-cover structures, top-down construction,
and mined Sequential Excavation Method (SEM) caverns.
INTERMODAL INTEGRATION: Constructing complex interfaces at major interchange hubs, including Eglinton Station (Line 1 Yonge-University), Cedarvale Station (Line 1 Allen Road), and Mount Dennis (GO
Transit/UP Express).
SYSTEMWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE: Overseeing the integration of
trackwork, overhead catenary systems, advanced signalling, and the
state-of-the-art Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facility (EMSF) at
Mount Dennis.
DESIGN ORGANIZATION: At peak, CTSD led a multidisciplinary design organization exceeding 800 sta昀昀, managing 41 specialist sub-consultant 昀椀rms to deliver nearly 5,700 technical drawings during the bid
phase alone.
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EGLINTON CROSSTOWN LRT PROJECT TEAM
Client: Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx
Constructors: Crosslinx Transit Solutions – EllisDon, Aecon, FlatironDragados
Canada and AtkinsRéalis
Design and Engineering Lead: AtkinsRéalis and Arcadis
Primary Consultants Architecture: Arcadis (Lead), Daoust Lestage Lizotte
Stecker, NORR, DIALOG
Urban Design: Arcadis (Lead), Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker
Landscape Architecture: Arcadis
Design Excellence: Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker (Lead), Arcadis
Structural Engineering: AtkinsRéalis (Lead), Arcadis, LEA, Entuitive, RJC, Dr.
Sauer & Partners
Mechanical Engineering: AtkinsRéalis (Lead), Arcadis, HH Angus
Electrical Engineering: AtkinsRéalis (Lead), Arcadis, HH Angus
Civil Engineering: AtkinsRéalis (Lead), Arcadis, LEA
Utilities Engineering: AtkinsRéalis (Lead), Arcadis, LEA, AUE, DPM Energy,
Utility Solutions Corporation, Telecon Geotechnical: AtkinsRealis (Lead),
Thurber Engineering Ltd
Transportation Engineering: Arcadis (Lead), AtkinsRéalis
Systems Engineering and Systems Integration: AtkinsRéalis
Specialist Consultants Building Code & Fire Safety Engineering: Jensen
Hughes
Interior Design: Arcadis Public Lighting: Total Lighting Solutions
Signage & Wayfinding: Entro Communications
Pedestrian Modelling: AtkinsRéalis (Lead), Jensen Hughes
Vertical Transportation: KJA Consultants
Universal Design: DesignABLE Environments (Lead), Arcadis
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: RHEA
Visualization: Arcadis (Lead), Norm Li
Art Consultant: Curio Art Consultancy
Heritage Conservation: Richard Unterman
LEED/Sustainability: Green Reason
Microclimate Analysis: RWDI Consulting Engineers and Scientists
Noise and Vibration: J.E. Coulter Associates, ATS
Operation/LRT Modelling: AtkinsRéalis
Specifications: DGS Consulting Services (Lead), AtkinsRéalis, Arcadis
Hydrogeology: AtkinsRéalis
Corrosion Control: APE
