{"id":590136,"date":"2026-04-08T11:45:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590136\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T11:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T11:45:08","slug":"puzzle-pieces-coming-together-for-torontos-east-harbour-transit-hub","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/590136\/","title":{"rendered":"Puzzle pieces coming together for Toronto\u2019s East Harbour Transit Hub"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO \u2013 Toronto\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.constructconnect.com\/details\/4728236-private-office&amp;find_loc=ON-M4M-0A1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">East Harbour Transit Hub<\/a> continues to take shape with major construction developments being showcased by Metrolinx recently.<\/p>\n<p>According to the agency, concrete is being poured for pile caps and grade beams, which will form the foundation of the main station building; preparations are underway to install girders that will carry new rail tracks over Broadview Avenue; and excavation is complete with backfilling underway to improve ground stability for support structures.<\/p>\n<p>Once complete the hub will feature:<\/p>\n<p>Six tracks \u2013 four for GO and two for the Ontario Line<br \/>\nPassenger concourses for GO and the Ontario Line<br \/>\nAn accessible passenger pick-up and drop-off area<br \/>\nThree island platforms \u2013 two for GO and one for the Ontario Line<br \/>\nStairs and elevators to the rail platforms to enable easy connections<br \/>\nBike parking<br \/>\nConnections to the future Broadview Avenue extension<\/p>\n<p>In March 2025, the Ontario government\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.ontario.ca\/en\/release\/1005684\/ontario-awards-construction-contract-for-east-harbour-transit-hub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">awarded the contract for major construction<\/a> to a joint venture of AtkinsR\u00e9alis and Bird Construction, leading alongside Hatch Ltd.<\/p>\n<p>It is estimated the investment in expanding the GO network will generate 8,300 jobs in the first 12 years of construction and delivery, the province notes.<\/p>\n<p>The project itself is a joint initiative of the Government of Canada, the Province of Ontario and the City of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the provincial government\u2019s Transit-Oriented Communities initiative, the East Harbour site is slated to have housing units in the neighbourhood, as well as day care, parkland, retail and recreation.<\/p>\n<p>The hub is located immediately east of the Don Valley Parkway and south of Eastern Avenue. It will serve the Riverdale, Riverside and Leslieville communities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TORONTO \u2013 Toronto\u2019s East Harbour Transit Hub continues to take shape with major construction developments being showcased by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-590136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}