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Queens Quay West construction:
TTC detours, May 7, 8



This weekend, TTC crews are upgrading the streetcar right of way

  • on Queens Quay West between Bathurst Street and the portal to the Bay Street tunnel; and
  • in Queens Quay / Spadina Loop.

The TTC is detouring streetcars operating along these routes:

  • 317 Spadina overnight;
  • 509 Harbourfront; and
  • 510 Spadina,

all day Saturday and Sunday morning and afternoon, while work proceeds.

The TTC is operating shuttle buses to replace the cars:

You may board the shuttle buses by any door at any time, if you have a proof of payment — such as a transfer or pass. PRESTO card users must board by the front door and pay their fares with cash, since the TTC has not yet equipped all buses with PRESTO card readers.

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Crews are working only on the streetcar right-of-way track allowance:

  • Bathurst Street to Lower Spadina Avenue: modifying the top of the poles in the streetcar right-of-way.
  • Bay Street tunnel portal to Queens Quay / Spadina Loop: augmenting the underground communication system with 1,830 metres (6,000 feet) of new fibre-optic cables. Crews will be working inside the underground cable chambers on the streetcar right-of-way and in the loop.

Work continues next weekend, Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15.


509 Harbourfront

All day Saturday, May 7 and until 4 p.m. Sunday, May 8, the TTC replaces streetcars with shuttle buses along the entire route.

509 Harbourfront bus

All day Saturday, May 7 and until 4 p.m. Sunday, May 8, the TTC replaces streetcars with shuttle buses along the entire route.

Eastbound buses start their trips on Manitoba Drive across from Exhibition Loop, then proceed:

eastward along Manitoba Drive and Fleet Street;
north- and eastward along Fort York Boulevard;
southward along Bathurst Street;
eastward along Queens Quay West;
northward along Bay Street;
eastward along Adelaide Street West; and then
southward along Yonge Street to King Street West,
ending their trips.

Eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

  • on Manitoba Drive across from Exhibition Loop and at Strachan Avenue,
  • on Fleet Street at Fort York Boulevard,
  • on Bathurst Street at Fleet Street,
  • on Queens Quay West west of Bathurst Street, Dan Leckie Way and Lower Spadina Avenue and at Rees and York Streets,
  • on Bay Street north of Queens Quay West, at Lake Shore Boulevard West, across from the Air Canada Centre and at Front, Wellington and King Streets West and
  • on Yonge Street at King Street West [King Station].

Westbound buses start their trips on Yonge Street at King Street West, then proceed:

southward along Yonge;
eastward along Wellington Street West;
southward along Bay Street;
westward along Queens Quay West;
northward along Bathurst Street;
westward along Fleet Street and Manitoba Drive;
southward along Canada Drive;
westward along Princes’ Boulevard;
north- and westward along Nunavut Road;
northward along Nova Scotia Avenue; and then
eastward along Manitoba Drive to across from Exhibition Loop,
ending their trips.

Westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

  • on Yonge Street at King and Wellington Streets West,
  • on Bay Street at Front Street West and south of Harbour Street,
  • on Queens Quay West west of York and Rees Streets, Lower Spadina Avenue and Dan Leckie Way,
  • on Bathurst Street north of Queens Quay West,
  • on Fleet Street west of Bathurst Street, at Bastion Street and west of Fort York Boulevard,
  • on Canada Drive at Princes’ Boulevard,
  • on Princes’ Boulevard across from Newfoundland Road,
  • on Nunavut Road beside the Horse Palace and
  • on Manitoba Drive across from Exhibition Loop.
510 Spadina

All day Saturday, May 7 and until 4 p.m. Sunday, May 8, streetcars start and end their trips in Queens Quay / Spadina Loop. The TTC replaces streetcars with shuttle buses between the loop and Union Station.

South- and eastbound cars skip their regular stops

  • on Queens Quay West west of Lower Spadina Avenue and at Rees and York Streets and
  • in the Bay Street tunnel at Queens Quay and Union Stations.

West- and northbound cars skip their regular stops

  • in the Bay Street tunnel at Union and Queens Quay Stations and
  • on Queens Quay West west of York and Rees Streets and
  • on Lower Spadina Avenue north of Queens Quay West.
317 Spadina overnight

From about 2 until 5 a.m. Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8, streetcars start and end their trips in Queens Quay / Spadina Loop. The TTC replaces streetcars with shuttle buses between the loop and Union Station.

South- and eastbound cars skip their regular stops

  • on Queens Quay West west of Lower Spadina Avenue and at Rees and York Streets and
  • in the Bay Street tunnel at Queens Quay and Union Stations.

West- and northbound cars skip their regular stops

  • in the Bay Street tunnel at Union and Queens Quay Stations and
  • on Queens Quay West west of York and Rees Streets and
  • on Lower Spadina Avenue north of Queens Quay West.
317 Spadina overnight bus

From about 2 until 5 a.m. Saturday, May 7 and Sunday, May 8, buses replace streetcars between Spadina / Queens Quay Loop and Union Station.

Eastbound buses start their trips on Dan Leckie Way south of Lake Shore Boulevard West, then proceed:

eastward along Lake Shore West;
southward along Lower Spadina Avenue;
eastward along Queens Quay West;
northward along Bay Street;
eastward along Adelaide Street West; and then
southward along Yonge Street to King Street West,
ending their trips.

Eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

  • on Queens Quay West west of Lower Spadina Avenue and at Rees and York Streets,
  • on Bay Street north of Queens Quay West, at Lake Shore Boulevard West, across from the Air Canada Centre and at Front, Wellington and King Streets West and
  • on Yonge Street at King Street West [King Station].

Westbound buses start their trips on Yonge Street at King Street West, then proceed:

southward along Yonge;
eastward along Wellington Street West;
southward along Bay Street;
westward along Queens Quay West; and then
northward along Dan Leckie Way to Lake Shore Boulevard West,
ending their trips.

Westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

  • on Yonge Street at King and Wellington Streets West,
  • on Bay Street at Front Street West and south of Harbour Street,
  • on Queens Quay West west of York and Rees Streets and Lower Spadina Avenue.
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