The Finch West LRT is on course to open in Toronto on Dec. 7, sources tell Global News, with the route apparently overtaking the Eglinton Crosstown LRT in the race to open officially.

The news comes as the TTC prepares to take full control of the route from provincial transit agency Metrolinx after it completed 30 days of operational testing unscathed.

The provincial government announced Thursday the revenue service demonstration — a test in which the light-rail transit line operates as if it were open to the public — was complete.

The TTC will assume full operational control of the line no later than Nov. 3, with an opening date to be determined by the TTC as it trains staff and prepares to launch the new light rail service for the public, the government added.

When operational, the

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