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Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on Aug. 6 awarded a fixed-price contract of C$1.44 billion to North End Connectors to design, build, and finance (DBF) the advance tunneling project for the Yonge North Subway Extension, which will extend the TTC’s Line 1 subway service approximately 5 miles (8 kilometers) from the existing terminus at Finch Station into the City of Richmond Hill. (Photograph Courtesy of Metrolinx)

Transit Briefs: Metrolinx, Amtrak, SEPTA

Canada’s Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx award a C$1.4 billion contract for the Yonge North Subway Extension project in Toronto. Also, Amtrak adds a new track and platform at Washington Union Station; and Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) releases reduced-service schedules and sets a deadline to avert cuts.

An artist's rendering of Scarlett Station, one of two above-ground stations on the 5.7-mile Eglinton Crosstown West Extension project, which will also include four underground stations and one at-grade/trenched terminus station. (Metrolinx Image)
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Three Teams Shortlisted for Eglinton Crosstown West Extension-SRS Contract

Canada’s Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx on Sept. 27 reported issuing a Request for Proposals (RPF) for the Stations, Rail and Systems (SRS) package for the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension, which will bring future Eglinton Crosstown LRT service 5.7 miles (9.2-kilometers) farther west, creating a transit line that will run from Scarborough all the way into Mississauga. Three teams have been prequalified and invited to bid.