- Michael Kras
- 22 Nov 2023
Hamilton LRT route will no longer include new bridge over Highway 403
Changes are being made to the planned 14 km route for Hamilton’s forthcoming Light Rail Transit (LRT) system. A release from Metrolinx explains that the LRT route will be refined thanks to the Cit...
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- Michael Kras
- 21 Apr 2023
Hamilton proposes brand new citywide HSR route plan
Hamilton had unveiled a proposed overhaul of the Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) route network: the first major redesign in more than a century. The redesigned network was presented by the city’s Pu...
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- Michael Kras
- 29 Jul 2022
VIDEO: This is how Hamilton LRT will be constructed
Though Hamilton’s forthcoming Light Rail Transit (LRT) infrastructure hasn’t formally broken ground yet, a new video has been released that will give locals a better idea of how its construction i...
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- Craig Clark
- 27 May 2021
Metrolinx and MTO will pitch Hamilton LRT to city next week
A plan to build a light rail transit system in Hamilton might not be dead like we originally thought. Metrolinx and the Ministry of Transportation will present a plan to the city council to build the...
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- Michael Kras
- 12 May 2021
Federal government will invest $1.7B in Hamilton’s rapid transit project
The Canadian government has announced a multibillion dollar investment into transit projects within the greater Toronto and Hamilton area. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has committed to a contribution...
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- Michael Kras
- 09 Feb 2021
Hamilton LRT is back on the table, pending federal funding
Hamilton’s long-troubled Light Rail Transit (LRT) project is officially back on the table with $1 billion in support from the province. Officials from the Ford government have said they will be subm...
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- Michael Kras
- 03 Dec 2020
Metrolinx set to demolish 21 Hamilton properties starting today
Hamilton residents lining King Street East have been alerted that demolition on 21 vacant properties lining the strip is set to begin today, December 3rd. The neighbours of 9 of the 21 properties in q...
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- Michael Kras
- 22 Oct 2020
21 properties purchased for Hamilton LRT will be demolished next month
In spite of impassioned calls from locals to convert the properties into affordable housing, transit company Metrolinx is nonetheless moving ahead in their plans to demolish 21 empty buildings origina...
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- Michael Kras
- 12 Sep 2020
21 properties purchased for Hamilton LRT set to be demolished
Transit company Metrolinx has announced that they will be demolishing the 21 properties purchased along Hamilton’s former LRT route on King Street East, in spite of the transit project’s tenuous f...
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- Michael Kras
- 10 Apr 2020
LRT is back on the table for Hamilton
Members of the province-appointed Hamilton Transportation Task Force (HTTF) have determined that the $1 billion in provincial funding allocated to city transit should still be spent on a Light Rail Tr...
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