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Mount Dennis GO and UP Express station officially opened on Nov. 16, connecting Line 5 to the Kitchener GO line and UP Express.

TTC riders can now use three new entrances at Cedarvale Station, formerly Eglinton West, to access Line 1.

Full Line 5 service remains closed as the line continues Revenue Service Demonstration testing.

Metrolinx says there is still a chance Line 5 could open in 2025, with testing showing strong system stability.

Two stations on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line are now officially open to the public, as testing for the long-delayed line continues.

On Nov. 16, Metrolinx opened Mount Dennis GO and UP Express Station. The station will serve as a transit hub connecting the Eglinton Crosstown Line 5 to the Kitchener GO line and the UP Express Line. 

Meanwhile, the TTC and Metrolinx opened several entrances to the crosstown’s Cederavale Station on Nov. 16, previously known as Eglinton West Station, for Line 1 passengers. 

The Mount Dennis GO and UP Express Station is located between Weston Road and Black Creek Drive. As of Sunday, non-express GO trains on the Kitchener line began accepting passengers at the station. 

Trips between Mount Dennis GO and Union are expected to take approximately 16 minutes, improving travel times for residents in the northwest. 

According to Metrolinx, non-express trains on the Kitchener GO line will run every 30 minutes, with a total of 64 weekday train trips. 

Non-express trains will run every 60 minutes on weekends with a total of 32 trains during service. 

In addition, Line 1 customers can now access the renamed Cedervale Station using three new Line 5 entrances.

“While customers will be able to enter Cedarvale Station from any entrance and connect to Line 1 subway service and buses via Eglinton West Station, access to Line 5 will remain closed until an official opening date has been announced,” the TTC said to Now Toronto in a statement on Monday. 

The TTC confirms that an opening date for Line 5 has not been set.

Although some signage at the station may still say Eglinton West, the TTC says changes to signage will take place over the next several weeks.

Despite the opening of two crosstown stations, the line is still undergoing a Revenue Service Demonstration which commenced on Oct. 7 and paused shortly after two trains collided in the Mount Dennis train yard on Oct 16.

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Despite there being roughly six weeks left in the year, Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay informed reporters at Mount Dennis Station on Monday that an opening this year is still possible. 

“There is absolutely still a chance of 2025, and the project being done. It’s a test, we are applying the most rigorous test that has ever been applied to LRT’s anywhere, and we are doing that precisely because of the experience of the Ottawa LRT,” he said.

Lindsay said the system is showing “great stability” even in the winter months, and says because of this “there is a lot of promise.”