{"id":511815,"date":"2026-03-03T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511815\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T15:08:09","slug":"can-torontos-new-line-5-eglinton-beat-a-ttc-subway-train-in-a-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/511815\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Toronto’s new Line 5 Eglinton beat a TTC subway train in a race?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Speeds are already improving on the new Line 5 Eglinton within weeks of the problem-plagued project’s February opening<\/a>, but how does Toronto’s newest transit line stack up to a subway route built in the 1960s?<\/p>\n

Before the opening of Line 5, the fastest way across the 19-kilometre route covered by the LRT via TTC was through a combination of buses and the Line 2 Bloor-Danforth subway. Which begs the question of how much time commuters are actually saving by using the new route.<\/p>\n

We put these questions to the test with a race from Mount Dennis Station to Kennedy Station, pitting a Line 5 trip against a combined bus and subway trip to determine just how much of a difference the new LRT makes.<\/p>\n

@blogto<\/a> Line 5 VS Line 2: Which is really faster \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f\ud83c\udfa5 @betabriii \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f\ud83c\udfa5\ud83d\udcbb @antonwongvideo \u266c original sound – blogTO<\/a><\/p>\n

In the end, a trip along the full length of Line 5 took just seconds more than an hour, while the combined bus and subway trip from the same start and end points took almost one hour and twenty-three minutes \u2014 a clear win for the LRT.<\/p>\n

It’s also worth pointing out that this time trial was conducted before the TTC began to roll out signal priority on Line 5<\/a>, which is expected to significantly improve travel speeds along the line’s surface section in the weeks to come.<\/p>\n