{"id":152683,"date":"2025-12-12T14:16:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/?p=152683"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:17:17","slug":"runner-laps-torontos-new-2-6-billion-lrt-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/runner-laps-torontos-new-2-6-billion-lrt-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Runner laps Toronto’s new $2.6-billion LRT train"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Toronto runner has shown that the city’s newest $2.6 billion LRT transit line may not be living up to its “rapid” title.<\/p>\n

Six years after construction began on Line 6 Finch West, the 11-kilometre light rail line finally opened this week, promising faster and more reliable service for the 200,000+ commuters along the city\u2019s northern corridor. In an Instagram video, Toronto runner Mac Bauer<\/strong><\/a> demonstrated that he could easily cover the same route on foot faster than the train.<\/p>\n

On Thursday afternoon, Bauer raced the LRT from Humber College, in the city\u2019s northwest, to Finch West Station (a distance of 10.27 kilometres). Bauer, a sub-2:50 marathoner, said he completed the run in 46 minutes (elapsed) through ice and snow. The train, meanwhile, took an hour and four minutes. That’s 4:30 marathon pace.<\/p>\n

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