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Line 6 Finch West
Line 6 Finch West, also known as Finch West LRT, is a light rail transit line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) as part of the Toronto subway, the 10.3-kilometre (6.4 mi), 18-stop line extends from Finch West station on Line 1 Yonge–University at Keele Street to Humber College station at the North Campus of Humber Polytechnic in the district of Etobicoke. The line operates in a dedicated at-grade right-of-way segregated from street traffic, much of it within the median of Finch Avenue West. It uses standard gauge rather than the broad Toronto gauge used by the three older heavy rail subway lines.
The line is forecast to carry about 14.6 million rides a year or 40,000 a day by 2031. It replaced the 36C Finch West bus route (west from Finch West station) branch, which was one of the three busiest bus routes in Toronto. In the 2010s, the route had approximately 42,600 passengers per weekday, with forecast demand in 2031 that would have resulted in 32 to 39 articulated buses or 45 to 55 standard buses being required to serve the route.
The provincial agency Metrolinx announced in October 2025 that the line had achieved substantial completion, and the TTC officially opened the line on December 7, 2025.
In March 2007, Toronto mayor David Miller announced the 17-kilometre (11 mi) Etobicoke–Finch West LRT as part of the Transit City project to build several light-rail lines within the city. The western terminus of the line would be built in the Highway 27 / Humber Polytechnic (then Humber College) area in Etobicoke. The line would run along Finch Avenue West eastward, terminating at Finch station in North York.
On April 1, 2009, the Government of Ontario announced that it would provide funding for construction of this line from Humber College to Don Mills station via Finch West and Finch stations, opening in 2013. In March 2010, the Ontario government budgeted less for building transit. As a result, it eliminated the proposed section of the line east of Finch West station.
In December 2010, Mayor Rob Ford cancelled the line after taking office. However, in February 2012, city council voted to restore the project, along with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (later renamed Line 5 Eglinton), as part of a new transit plan, restoring some of the elements of the Transit City proposal over Mayor Ford's objections.
In April 2012, Metrolinx proposed to start construction on the Finch West LRT in 2015, with the line opening in 2018. By November 2012, when the city and province signed an LRT master agreement, construction for the line was to begin in 2015 for completion in 2020. In April 2015, the province announced that construction of the line would start in 2016 for completion in 2021.
In September 2015, the Government of Ontario announced that its agency, Infrastructure Ontario, would search for a contractor to design, build, finance and maintain the Finch West LRT – with the successful contractor to be chosen by 2017. In February 2016, Infrastructure Ontario invited three consortia to respond to a request for proposals – Humber Valley Transit Partners (a consortium of SNC-Lavalin and Graham), Mosaic Transit Group (a consortium of ACS Infrastructure Canada, Aecon, and CRH Canada Group) and FACT Partners (a consortium of EllisDon and Bechtel).
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Line 6 Finch West
Line 6 Finch West, also known as Finch West LRT, is a light rail transit line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) as part of the Toronto subway, the 10.3-kilometre (6.4 mi), 18-stop line extends from Finch West station on Line 1 Yonge–University at Keele Street to Humber College station at the North Campus of Humber Polytechnic in the district of Etobicoke. The line operates in a dedicated at-grade right-of-way segregated from street traffic, much of it within the median of Finch Avenue West. It uses standard gauge rather than the broad Toronto gauge used by the three older heavy rail subway lines.
The line is forecast to carry about 14.6 million rides a year or 40,000 a day by 2031. It replaced the 36C Finch West bus route (west from Finch West station) branch, which was one of the three busiest bus routes in Toronto. In the 2010s, the route had approximately 42,600 passengers per weekday, with forecast demand in 2031 that would have resulted in 32 to 39 articulated buses or 45 to 55 standard buses being required to serve the route.
The provincial agency Metrolinx announced in October 2025 that the line had achieved substantial completion, and the TTC officially opened the line on December 7, 2025.
In March 2007, Toronto mayor David Miller announced the 17-kilometre (11 mi) Etobicoke–Finch West LRT as part of the Transit City project to build several light-rail lines within the city. The western terminus of the line would be built in the Highway 27 / Humber Polytechnic (then Humber College) area in Etobicoke. The line would run along Finch Avenue West eastward, terminating at Finch station in North York.
On April 1, 2009, the Government of Ontario announced that it would provide funding for construction of this line from Humber College to Don Mills station via Finch West and Finch stations, opening in 2013. In March 2010, the Ontario government budgeted less for building transit. As a result, it eliminated the proposed section of the line east of Finch West station.
In December 2010, Mayor Rob Ford cancelled the line after taking office. However, in February 2012, city council voted to restore the project, along with the Eglinton Crosstown LRT (later renamed Line 5 Eglinton), as part of a new transit plan, restoring some of the elements of the Transit City proposal over Mayor Ford's objections.
In April 2012, Metrolinx proposed to start construction on the Finch West LRT in 2015, with the line opening in 2018. By November 2012, when the city and province signed an LRT master agreement, construction for the line was to begin in 2015 for completion in 2020. In April 2015, the province announced that construction of the line would start in 2016 for completion in 2021.
In September 2015, the Government of Ontario announced that its agency, Infrastructure Ontario, would search for a contractor to design, build, finance and maintain the Finch West LRT – with the successful contractor to be chosen by 2017. In February 2016, Infrastructure Ontario invited three consortia to respond to a request for proposals – Humber Valley Transit Partners (a consortium of SNC-Lavalin and Graham), Mosaic Transit Group (a consortium of ACS Infrastructure Canada, Aecon, and CRH Canada Group) and FACT Partners (a consortium of EllisDon and Bechtel).