Update — December 19, 10 a.m.: Regular service has resumed along the entire route between Dundas West and Broadview Stations.
Tomorrow, Friday, December 18 from 11 p.m. until 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 19, the City of Toronto will connect the watermain it recently installed to the main feeder watermain a long Dundas Street West between Bathurst Street and Ossington Avenue.
The bad news about this means that the TTC must further detour the streetcars operating along the 505 Dundas route. The good news is that the City will have finished its watermain project and that streetcars again roll along all of Dundas Street West between Dundas West Station and Yonge Street.
505 Dundas
After 11 p.m. on Friday, December 18 and before 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 19, eastbound streetcars operate along their regular route to Dundas Street West and College Street, then detour:
eastward along College; and then
southward along Spadina Avenue to Dundas West,
resuming their regular route eastward along Dundas.
The TTC is operating buses to replace streetcar service along Dundas Street West between Ossington and Spadina Avenues.
505 Dundas shuttle bus
After 11 p.m. on Friday, December 18 and before 10 a.m. on Saturday, December 19, eastbound buses start their trips at Ossington Station, then proceed:
southward along Ossington Avenue; and then
eastward along Dundas Street West to Spadina Avenue,
ending their trips.Westbound buses reverse the routing.
The watermain project has required the TTC to divert streetcars from Dundas Street West since Sunday, June 21. the TTC revised the detour on Tuesday, September 8. On Monday, November 9, the TTC introduced a shorter detour route and on Friday, November 14, the TTC stopped operating buses to replace the streetcars.
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