A major transit project in Toronto has been delayed yet again, though officials are hopeful to get it operational by the end of the year.

There are “performance and reliability” issues with trains on the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit system as they are pushed through their paces, said Metrolinx CEO Michael Lindsay.

The provincial agency had hoped to begin a 30-day “revenue service demonstration” in September, but it did not meet that target.

“The target that we had for passenger service in September, unfortunately, is not going to be achieved,” Lindsay said at an unrelated transit announcement on Friday.

“But now, our new focus is on making sure that hopefully it’s just a matter of a couple of weeks.”

The project was first awarded in 2015 and was scheduled to open in 2020, but

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