Trainwreck: a documentary about Light Rail Transit in Hamilton
The $3.4 billion Hamilton Light Rail Transit (LRT) line promises sleek infrastructure and modern transit—but at what cost? As construction clears a path through the city’s lower east-west corridor, more than 90 properties have been expropriated, displacing at least 168 tenants and threatening small businesses along the way.
Trainwreck is a powerful new documentary that explores the untold side of this development boom. Through voices of tenants, shop owners, activists, and researchers, it reveals how transit-led gentrification is reshaping Hamilton’s communities—and who’s being pushed out in the name of progress.
👉 Discover the real story behind the Hamilton LRT on the Trainwreck Film site.
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The HCLT is a non-profit corporation that owns land in the name of citizens and leases it back to social-purpose organizations and individuals in order to help meet needs that are prioritized by the community.