The first station on Toronto’s years-delayed Eglinton Crosstown LRT has opened for commuter trains, but there is still no word on when the route itself will actually launch.

On Sunday, Mount Dennis Station opened its doors to GO train passengers and people riding the UP Express, marking the first part of the Eglinton LRT to start accepting passengers.

Introducing GO train service for the area will turn a 40-minute downtown trip into a 16-minute train ride, Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said on Monday.

“Truly, truly transformational for the people in this area,” he said.

“You’ll see between the trains that we have operating here — whether it’s GO train, the UP Express or eventually when we have the Eglinton Crosstown — every 10 minutes there will be a train coming through

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