After four months of deliberation, 900 submissions and more than 1,000 votes cast, Metrolinx introduced the new 海角社区官网themed aliases for the Ontario Line’s聽subway tunnel boring machines.
“Libby” and “Corkie” were the winning submissions of the naming contest that began in June. The names were submitted by聽Jason Paris, who said they are a tribute to 海角社区官网neighbourhoods Liberty Village and Corktown, according to a聽.听
The machines will now dig their way through six kilometres of tunnels beneath the city for the Ontario Line project which will run from Exhibition Place to the Eglinton Crosstown LRT stop at Don Mills Road.听
ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW
Libby and Corkie first arrived in Canada from Germany on June 9 and will start tunneling in early 2026, according to the transportation company.
Metrolinx ran a similar contest in 2021 that resulted in 鈥淒iggy Scardust鈥 being the winning name for the Scarborough Subway Extension machine and 鈥淩exy and Remy鈥 winning for the two the Eglinton Crosstown West Extension machines.
The company says residents will also get to name the next set of machines set to tunnel the northern section of the Ontario Line.听
Kristjan Lautens is a staff reporter, working out of the Star鈥檚
radio room in Toronto. Reach him via email: klautens@thestar.ca
To join the conversation set a first and last name in your user profile.
Sign in or register for free to join the Conversation