There are a few different Public Transit updates and additions that have been released this week that affect the Scarborough/Guildwood Area. Mainly the proposed Crosstown East LRT but also some changes to the Guildwood GO station coming up as well.
Crosstown East.
Along with a one stop Bloor Danfourth extension to Scarborough Town Centre, the City of Toronto's new transit plan for Scarborough includes a LRT line that has been dubbed the Crosstown East. It will run East from Kennedy TTC Station to Eglinton and Kingston and run East on Kingston to Morningside and then North on Morningside to UTSC. This proposed line would have 3 stops that serve the Guildwood Comunity at Kingston Road/Guildwood Parkway, Guildwood GO Station and Kingston Road and Galloway Road. For more information check out this article from The Toronto Star. Map via The Toronto Star.
Guildwood GO Train Station
From GO Transit. Details here. Image via GO Transit
We are making major upgrades to Guildwood GO Station to make it easier and more convenient for customers to access the station and GO services. Work is starting in January 2016 and is scheduled to be completed in late 2018.
The planned upgrades include:
a new, expanded station building with improved amenities that will make our customers’ commute more convenient, including larger indoor waiting areas, improved lighting levels, expanded washrooms and an outdoor waiting plaza two new pedestrian tunnels with elevators to both platforms
completely rebuilt platforms with new canopied accessible mini-platforms, heated shelters and a snow melting system
improvements to the north Kiss & Ride and parking lot to enhance traffic flow
improvements to the south parking lot that will enhance traffic flow, including realignment of the lot to accommodate the new station building and construction of a new south Kiss & Ride.
This project also includes building infrastructure that will support future increases in rail service and the electrification of the Lakeshore East corridor.
preliminary works for future electrification of the station
the new design will provide space for a future 4th GO Transit track between the existing tracks and the new station building