West Toronto Railpath 2026 Update

Last week, the City of Toronto confirmed the West Toronto Railpath had finally reopened to the public; a closure which has happened for the past four years as part of improvements to Bloor GO station. I also found out from the Urban Toronto forums that a new multi-use path is currently under construction along the Barrie GO line which would connect with the West Toronto Railpath Extension. This afternoon, I checked it out as well as some other infrastructure in the area.

I rode along Bloor Street, Bartlett Avenue, and Hallam Street to Dufferin Street to check out some of the new bikeways installed last year as part of the Wallace Emerson Neighbourhood Streets Plan.

The contraflow on Millicent Street has a good-sized pour in curb at Duffferin.

Along Emerson Avenue.

Wallace Avenue has a contraflow for only one block from St. Clarens to Lansdowne.

Unfortunately, no progress was made with the Davenport Greenway at Wallace, so I continued to the West Toronto Railpath. Note the entrances show the street names in orange text.

A new plaza with seating and pollinator gardens was installed between Wallace and Ernest Avenues.

Randolph Avenue has a new accessible entrance to the Bloor GO station.

Unfortunately, the graffiti on the other side of the glass walls undermines the entrance names.

The addition of a new track along the Kitchener Line meant the Railpath was moved right against this building which meant any trees that were there before had to be removed. This building still shows outlines of where the trees and vines used to be.

When I got to the Perth Avenue entrance, I noticed a new black mass timber building that wasn’t there before.

This path connecting the Railpath to Perth Avenue was installed in 2023 and will come in handy when another closure of the Railpath is expected from Perth to Dundas Street later this year. Fingers crossed this is the last one and that construction on the extension also starts later this year.

A new trail and ramp are being installed along the Barrie Line which is expected to connect the Davenport Greenway – which will go to Davenport Road – to the West Toronto Railpath Extension.

Here’s the ramp construction from the No Frills parking lot.

Last, but not least, I noticed this new crossride on Lansdowne Avenue which will likely serve the Davenport Greenway and the West Toronto Railpath in the future.

Here’s a map Metrolinx provided of the improvements happening within Davenport. One could only wonder if either of these two multi-use paths will be extended north in the future.

While it’s nice to see the West Toronto Railpath open again and work associated with the Davenport Greenway (and hopefully the Railpath Extension) move forward, it could be another few years before we see the extension to Abell Street finished.