Update — Friday, February 17, 8:06 a.m.: Exhibition Loop reopens 5 a.m. Saturday, February 18, 2017.
The TTC has diverted services from Exhibition Loop since January 3, 2016. While the loop has been closed, TTC and Metrolinx contractors have been upgrading the tracks in the loop and improving nearby Exhibition GO Station.
The TTC has been further detouring buses and streetcars since Tuesday, September 27, 2016, due to the large number of events taking place in Exhibition Place last fall and early this winter.
Starting Sunday, November 20, 2016, the TTC replaced streetcars operating along the 511 Bathurst route with buses. The buses operated to and from Princes’ Gate Loop.
Starting Friday, January 20, it’s resuming buses through Exhibition Place, although the loop remains closed for the ongoing construction projects.
It’s revising service, or continuing to detour service, along these bus and streetcar routes:
- 29C Dufferin (Princes’ Gates);
- 307 Bathurst overnight;
- 329 Dufferin overnight;
- 363 Ossington overnight;
- 509 Harbourfront; and
- 511 Bathurst.
Construction in Exhibition Loop and the TTC detours continue until March 25. Bus and streetcar service through the loop resumes Sunday, March 26.
511 Bathurst
From 6 a.m. Friday, January 20 until Saturday, March 25, southbound buses operate along their regular route to Manitoba Drive and Canada Boulevard, then proceed:
southward along Canada;
westward along Princes’ Boulevard;
north- and westward along Nunavut Road;
northward along Nova Scotia Avenue; and then
eastward along Manitoba Drive to a stop across from Exhibition Loop,
ending their trips.Southbound buses skip the regular route 511 streetcar stop
- in Exhibition Loop.
Instead, southbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- on Princes’ Boulevard across from Newfoundland Road,
- on Nunavut Road beside the Horse Palace and
- on Manitoba Drive across from Exhibition Loop.
Northbound buses start their trips on Manitoba Drive across from Exhibition Loop, then proceed:
eastward along Manitoba to Canada Boulevard,
resuming their regular route eastward along Manitoba.Northbound buses skip the regular route 511 streetcar stop
- in Exhibition Loop.
Instead, northbound buses pick up passengers at a temporary stop
- on Manitoba Drive across from Exhibition Loop.
307 Bathurst overnight
Buses are already detouring, due to long-term construction at Exhibition Loop.
From Tuesday, September 27, 2016 until Saturday, March 25, southbound buses operate along their regular route to Manitoba Drive and the Exhibition Loop access road, then proceed:
southward along Canada Boulevard; and then
eastward into Princes’ Gate Loop,
ending their trips.Southbound buses skip their regular stop
- in Exhibition Loop.
Instead, southbound buses drop off passengers at a temporary stop
- in Princes’ Gate Loop.
Northbound buses start their trips in Princes’ Gate Loop, then proceed:
northward along Canada Boulevard to Manitoba Drive,
resuming their regular route westward along Manitoba.Northbound buses skip their regular stop
- in Exhibition Loop.
Instead, northbound buses pick up passengers at a temporary stop
- in Princes’ Gate Loop.
29C Dufferin (Princes’ Gate)
Starting 6 a.m. Friday, January 20, buses resume their regular route.
329 Dufferin
Starting Thursday, December 1, 2016, buses resume their regular route.
509 Harbourfront
From Tuesday, September 6, 2016 until Saturday, March 25, eastbound cars start their trips in Fleet Loop, then operate along their regular route eastward along Fleet Street.
Eastbound cars skip their regular stops
- in Exhibition Loop,
- on Manitoba Drive at Strachan Avenue and
- on Fleet Street east of Fort York Boulevard.
Westbound cars operate along their regular route to Fleet Loop, ending their trips.
Westbound cars skip their regular stops
- on Fleet Street west of Fort York Boulevard,
- on Manitoba Drive west of Strachan Avenue and
- in Exhibition Loop.
Buses operating along the 511 Bathurst route replace the cars west of Fleet Loop. Westbound streetcar passengers may transfer to westbound buses on Fleet Street west of Bathurst Street.
363 Ossington
Buses are already detouring, due to long-term construction at Exhibition Loop.
From Tuesday, September 27, 2016 until Saturday, March 25, southbound buses operate along their regular route to Manitoba Drive and the Exhibition Loop access road, then proceed:
southward along Canada Boulevard; and then
eastward into Princes’ Gate Loop,
ending their trips.Southbound buses skip their regular stop
- in Exhibition Loop.
Instead, southbound buses drop off passengers at a temporary stop
- in Princes’ Gate Loop.
Northbound buses start their trips in Princes’ Gate Loop, then proceed:
northward along Canada Boulevard to Manitoba Drive,
resuming their regular route westward along Manitoba.Northbound buses skip their regular stop
- in Exhibition Loop.
Instead, northbound buses pick up passengers at a temporary stop
- in Princes’ Gate Loop.