This weekend, TTC and the City of Toronto contractors start to rebuild the streetcar track right-of-way at the intersection of Caledonia Road / Caledonia Park Road and St. Clair Avenue West.
The TTC is detouring buses operating on the 47B and 47C Lansdowne branches operating to and from Yorkdale Station during the project. The construction does not affect buses operating on the 47 branch (main route to and from St. Clair Avenue), which continue to turn through Earlscourt Loop. Buses operating on the 312 St.Clair (overnight) and 512 St. Clair services operate along their regular routes.
47B / C Lansdowne
From 6 a.m. on Friday, June 12 until 6 a.m. on Monday, June 15, southbound buses operating from Yorkdale Station proceed along their regular route to Caledonia and Rogers Roads, then detour:
eastward along Rogers;
southward along Old Weston Road; and then
westward along St. Clair Avenue West to Lansdowne Avenue,
resuming their regular route southward along Lansdowne.Northbound buses reverse this detour routing.
You can learn more about this weekend’s construction and view a map of the detour here. (.pdf)
This work at Caledonia and St. Clair is a key part of Phase 3 of the ongoing City of Toronto and TTC project to build a dedicated light rail right-of-way along St. Clair. You can read more about the project here and here.
The Transit Toronto archives contains lots of information on the history of transit along St. Clair Avenue West and Lansdowne Avenue.
- You can read James Bow’s history of the former Earlscourt streetcar route — which also operated along St. Clair — here.
- You can read James Bow’s history of the former Bay streetcar route — which operated along St. Clair West to and from Earlscourt Loop here.
- You can read James Bow’s account of the history and future of streetcar service along St. Clair, including a profile of the 512 St. Clair route here.
- You can read a history of the former 47 Lansdowne trolley coach route here.