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Renforth,[2][3] referred to during planning as Renforth Gateway,[4] is a bus station on the border of the cities of Mississauga and Toronto, in Ontario, Canada. Located at Eglinton Avenue and Renforth Drive (although the station entrance is on Commerce Boulevard), it is the eastern terminus of the Mississauga Transitway and is close to the interchange between Highway 401 and Highway 427.

Renforth
Renforth station platform looking west
General information
Location	5001 Commerce Boulevard Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°39′48″N 79°35′27″W
Owned by	Metrolinx
Bus operators	MiWay Toronto Transit Commission GO Transit
Connections	19  Mississauga/North York  40  Hamilton/Richmond Hill MiWay buses  7  Airport  24  Northwest  35  Eglinton  39  Britannia  43  Matheson–Argentia  57  Courtneypark  74  Explorer  87  Meadowvale–Skymark  100  Airport Express  107  Malton Express  109  Meadowvale Express TTC buses  32  Eglinton West  112  West Mall Line 5 Eglinton (future)
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: 02661
Fare zone	25
History
Opened	November 22, 2017 (2017-11-22)[1]
Services
Preceding station Metrolinx Following station Orbitor toward Winston Churchill Mississauga Transitway Terminus

Service consists of bus rapid transit on the Mississauga Transitway, local MiWay and Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus routes, GO Transit express routes on the Highway 401 / Highway 407 corridor and an express connection to Kipling subway station via Highway 427.[4][5]

Line 5 Eglinton, a light rail transit line under construction along Eglinton Avenue in Toronto, is slated to reach and have a station at Renforth circa 2030.[6]

Planning and construction

The Renforth site was identified by Metrolinx in 2012 as a transportation mobility hub, which would integrate bus rapid transit and local bus service.[7]

Construction of the station began in 2014.[8] The old TTC bus loop located at the northwest corner of Renforth and Eglinton was decommissioned and incorporated into the site.[9]

Bus routes

GO Transit

• 19 Mississauga/North York
• 29 Mississauga/Guelph
• 40 Hamilton/Richmond Hill Pearson Express

MiWay

• 7 Airport
• 24 Northwest
• 35 Eglinton (board on curbside stops outside station)
• 39 Britannia
• 43 Matheson–Argentia
• 57 Courtneypark
• 74 Explorer
• 87 Meadowvale–Skymark
• 100 Airport Express
• 107 Malton Express
• 109 Meadowvale Express

TTC

• 32A Eglinton West
• 112B/C West Mall

Future Line 5 Eglinton

Renforth
Renforth Line 5 station construction hoarding
General information
Location	5001 Commerce Blvd, Mississauga, Ontario Canada
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses Mississauga Transitway MiWay buses
Construction
Structure type	Surface (in trench)
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Under construction
History
Opening	2030 (8 years' time) (2030)[6]
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station Terminus West extension (opens 2030) Martin Grove towards Kennedy

v t e Eglinton West LRT
Legend
Airport extension Link Train Pearson Terminal 1 Union Pearson Express Silver Dart Convair Highway 401 Mississauga Transitway Renforth Highway 427 Mimico Creek Martin Grove Kipling Islington Royal York Scarlett Humber River Jane Mount Dennis to Kennedy

In April 2022, the second phase of Line 5 Eglinton (dubbed the "Crosstown West Extension"), a mostly underground light rail transit line owned by Metrolinx and part of the Toronto subway system, began construction along Eglinton Avenue to the east in Toronto from Mount Dennis station to Renforth station, where it will terminate. The LRT station will be located on the surface (though in an open trench) just north of the transitway station. This will make it unique in the subway system in terms of being constructed at a location after an existing non-TTC suburban rapid transit line station was already in service. In mid-December 2021, parts of the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) that would bore the twin tunnels eastward along Eglinton from a launch shaft at the future station site, arrived and were assembled prior to excavation.[10] On April 11, 2022, the TBMs, dubbed Rexy and Renny (the latter name being a reference to Renforth Drive), began tunnelling 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) eastwards towards Scarlett Road, near where the extraction shaft will be located.[11]

A proposed third phase of the line would be extended to turn north where it would terminate at the proposed Pearson Regional Transit Centre located north of Toronto Pearson International Airport Terminals 1 and 3.[12] As an interim project, land has been preserved for future dedicated bus lanes to the airport.[13]

References

External links

• GO Transit station page for Renforth station

• Progress at Renforth Gateway - Mississauga Transitway
• "RENFORTH GATEWAY. Preliminary Design and Transit Project Assessment Process" (PDF). Public Information Centre. GO Transit. June 1, 2011. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
• "Mississauga BRT Planning Guidance: Renforth Station Area" (PDF). Corporate Report. City of Mississauga. April 2009. Retrieved November 8, 2014.

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