On 20 January 2016, Toronto City Council approved revisions to the Scarborough subway plan that would include reviving much of the original plan for the Scarborough Malvern LRT as a  eastern extension of Line 5 Eglinton to University of Toronto Scarborough, rebranded as "Crosstown East", and later renamed  "Eglinton East" in 2017.
In January 2016, Toronto City Council made changes to the Scarborough subway plan that would revive parts of the original plan for the Scarborough Malvern LRT, transforming it into an eastern branch of Line 5 Eglinton to University of Toronto Scarborough, rechristened as "Crosstown East", and later renamed  "Eglinton East" in 2017.