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The first phase of the {{convert|19|km|adj=on}} line will include 25 stops along [[Eglinton Avenue]], from [[Mount Dennis station]] mostly underground to [[Laird station]], after which it will run predominantly at-grade within the street's [[median strip|median]] to [[Kennedy station]], where it will connect underground with [[Line 2 Bloor–Danforth]]. This first phase has an estimated cost of {{CAD|12.82{{nbsp}}billion|link=yes}};<ref name="TheStar-2022-12-08" /> the cost when the contract was awarded was pegged at $9.1{{nbsp}}billion, although the cost was originally estimated at $11{{nbsp}}billion.<ref name="TheStar-2015-11-03" /> It is incomplete and has no scheduled opening date.
A second phase, a {{Convert|9.2|km|adj=on}} westward extension from Mount Dennis, will run mostly underground or elevated to [[Renforth station]], with seven new stations. The second phase is expected to cost $4.7{{nbsp}}billion and to be completed by 2031. Construction of the westward extension to
Two future extensions are planned. An eastern extension to the [[University of Toronto Scarborough]]<ref name="June2011">{{cite web |url=http://www.metrolinx.com/en/docs/pdf/presentations/EglintonCrosstownSlidesCombinedPresentationFINAL.pdf |title=Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown Update |publisher=Metrolinx |date=June 23, 2011 |access-date=July 28, 2011 |archive-date=November 5, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105234642/http://www.metrolinx.com/en/docs/pdf/presentations/EglintonCrosstownSlidesCombinedPresentationFINAL.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> and a northwestern extension towards [[Toronto Pearson International Airport]] were approved by Toronto City Council in 2016<ref name="Crosstown Council Approves East West">{{Cite web |title=Agenda Item History |url=http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2016.EX13.3 |access-date=September 7, 2020 |website=app.toronto.ca |archive-date=March 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160317014722/http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2016.EX13.3 |url-status=live}}</ref> The eastern extension was approved by the Toronto Transit Commission, but the extension was split into [[Eglinton East LRT|its own line]] in 2022.
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