Update — Thursday, March 16, 3:07 p.m.: The TTC is slightly revising the detour overnight March 17 / March 18 to accommodate City of Toronto watermain construction west of Yonge Street.
Metrolinx contractors continue building the future Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line between Mount Dennis and Kennedy.
The contractors successfully removed the cutting head of one of two tunnel-boring machines from an extraction shaft on Eglinton Avenue East at Holly Street — just east of Yonge Street — this morning, Monday, March 13. Removing the cutting face also marks the official end of tunneling for the project to build the Eglinton - Crosstown light rail transit line.
(You can learn more about this move at Urban Toronto.)
Tonight, crews operate a crane to lift the cutting face onto a truck to haul it away to storage. One by one, the contractors will remove all parts of the first tunnel boring machine mornings this week and then load each piece onto a truck the following evening and night.
The City of Toronto is closing
- Eglinton Avenue East between Dunfield Avenue and Holly Street
from 9 p.m. tonight until 5 a.m. tomorrow and overnight nightly until 5 a.m. Saturday, March 18 to accommodate the evening work.
The TTC is detouring buses operating along these routes, while the street is closed:
- 34 Eglinton East;
- 51 Leslie;
- 54 Lawrence East;
- 56 Leaside;
- 332 Eglinton West overnight;
- 334 Eglinton East overnight; and
- 354 Lawrence East overnight.
This map shows detour routings overnight from March 13 / March 14 until March 16 / 17.
This map shows detour routings overnight March 17 / March 18.
Most of these buses are already detouring to accommodate other work on the project.
34 Eglinton East
From 9 p.m. Monday, March 13 until 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 14 and continuing overnight nightly until 5 a.m. Friday, March 17 and from 9 p.m. Friday until 8 a.m. Saturday, March 18, westbound buses operate along their regular route to Eglinton Avenue East and Redpath Avenue, then detour:
northward along Redpath;
westward along Roehampton Avenue;
southward along Yonge Street;
westward along Berwick Avenue; and then
northward into Eglinton Station bus terminal,
ending their trips.Westbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East across from Dunfield Avenue.
Instead, westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at a temporary stop
- on Yonge Street south of Eglinton Avenue West.
From 9 p.m. Monday, March 13 until 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 14 and continuing overnight nightly until 5 a.m. Saturday, March 18, eastbound buses operate along their regular route to Duplex Avenue and Eglinton Avenue West, then detour:
northward along Duplex;
eastward along Orchard View Boulevard;
southward along Yonge Street;
eastward along Roehampton Avenue; and then
southward along Redpath Avenue to Eglinton Avenue East,
resuming their regular route eastward along Eglinton East.Eastbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East at Dunfield Avenue.
334 Eglinton East overnight
From Tuesday, March 14 until Saturday, March 18, westbound buses operate along their regular route to Eglinton Avenue East and Redpath Avenue, then detour:
northward along Redpath; and then
westward along Roehampton Avenue to Yonge Street,
resuming their regular route southward along Yonge.Westbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East across from Dunfield Avenue.
Eastbound buses operate along their regular route to Duplex Avenue and Eglinton Avenue West, then detour:
northward along Duplex;
eastward along Orchard View Boulevard;
southward along Yonge Street;
eastward along Roehampton Avenue; and then
southward along Redpath Avenue to Eglinton Avenue East,
resuming their regular route eastward along Eglinton East.Eastbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East at Dunfield Avenue.
332 Eglinton West overnight
(The TTC is detouring these buses because it interlines them with buses operating along the 334 Eglinton East overnight route.)
From Tuesday, March 14 until Saturday, March 18, eastbound buses operate along their regular route to Eglinton Avenue West and Duplex Avenue, then detour:
northward along Duplex;
eastward along Orchard View Boulevard;
southward along Yonge Street;
westward along Berwick Avenue; and then
northward into Eglinton Station bus terminal,
ending their trips.Eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at a temporary stop
- on Yonge Street south of Eglinton Avenue West.
Westbound buses operate along their regular route.
54 Lawrence East
From 9 p.m. Monday, March 13 until 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 14 and continuing overnight nightly until 5 a.m. Friday, March 17 and from 9 p.m. Friday until 8 a.m. Saturday, March 18, westbound buses operate along their regular route to Eglinton Avenue East and Redpath Avenue, then detour:
northward along Redpath;
westward along Roehampton Avenue;
southward along Yonge Street;
westward along Berwick Avenue; and then
northward into Eglinton Station bus terminal,
ending their trips.Westbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East across from Dunfield Avenue.
Instead, westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at a temporary stop
- on Yonge Street south of Eglinton Avenue West.
From 9 p.m. Monday, March 13 until 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 14 and continuing overnight nightly until 5 a.m. Saturday, March 18, eastbound buses operate along their regular route to Duplex Avenue and Eglinton Avenue West, then detour:
northward along Duplex;
eastward along Orchard View Boulevard;
southward along Yonge Street;
eastward along Roehampton Avenue; and then
southward along Redpath Avenue to Eglinton Avenue East,
resuming their regular route eastward along Eglinton East.Eastbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East at Dunfield Avenue.
354 Lawrence East overnight
From Tuesday, March 14 until Saturday, March 18, westbound buses operate along their regular route to Eglinton Avenue East and Redpath Avenue, then detour:
northward along Redpath;
westward along Roehampton Avenue; and then
southward along Yonge Street to Eglinton,
resuming their regular route southward along Yonge.Westbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East across from Dunfield Avenue.
Eastbound buses operate along their regular route to Duplex Avenue and Eglinton Avenue West, then detour:
northward along Duplex;
eastward along Orchard View Boulevard;
southward along Yonge Street;
eastward along Roehampton Avenue; and then
southward along Redpath Avenue to Eglinton Avenue East,
resuming their regular route eastward along Eglinton East.Eastbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East at Dunfield Avenue.
56 Leaside
From 9 p.m. Monday, March 13 until 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 14 and continuing overnight nightly until 5 a.m. Friday, March 17 and from 9 p.m. Friday until 8 a.m. Saturday, March 18, southbound buses operate along their regular route to Duplex Avenue and Eglinton Avenue West, then detour:
northward along Duplex;
eastward along Orchard View Boulevard;
southward along Yonge Street;
eastward along Roehampton Avenue; and then
southward along Redpath Avenue to Eglinton Avenue East,
resuming their regular route eastward along Eglinton East.Southbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East at Dunfield Avenue.
From 9 p.m. Monday, March 13 until 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 14 and continuing overnight nightly until 5 a.m. Saturday, March 18, northbound buses operate along their regular route to Eglinton Avenue East and Redpath Avenue, then detour:
northward along Redpath;
westward along Roehampton Avenue;
southward along Yonge Street;
westward along Berwick Avenue; and then
northward into Eglinton Station bus terminal,
ending their trips.Northbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East across from Dunfield Avenue.
Instead, northbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at a temporary stop
- on Yonge Street south of Eglinton Avenue West.
51 Leslie
From 9 p.m. Monday, March 13 until 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 14 and continuing overnight nightly until 5 a.m. Friday, March 17 and from 9 p.m. Friday until 8 a.m. Saturday, March 18, southbound buses operate along their regular route to Eglinton Avenue East and Redpath Avenue, then detour:
northward along Redpath;
westward along Roehampton Avenue;
southward along Yonge Street;
westward along Berwick Avenue; and then
northward into Eglinton Station bus terminal,
ending their trips.Southbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East across from Dunfield Avenue.
Instead, southbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at a temporary stop
- on Yonge Street south of Eglinton Avenue West.
From 9 p.m. Monday, March 13 until 5 a.m. Tuesday, March 14 and continuing overnight nightly until 5 a.m. Saturday, March 18, northbound buses operate along their regular route to Duplex Avenue and Eglinton Avenue West, then detour:
northward along Duplex;
eastward along Orchard View Boulevard;
southward along Yonge Street;
eastward along Roehampton Avenue; and then
southward along Redpath Avenue to Eglinton Avenue East,
resuming their regular route eastward along Eglinton East.Northbound buses skip their regular stop
- on Eglinton Avenue East at Dunfield Avenue.
Transit agencies often interline two or more routes sharing a common terminal to save resources — meaning the number of drivers and buses to provide the services. In this case, a westbound buses operating along the 334 Eglinton East overnight route continues westward along the 332 Eglinton West overnight route after it arrives at Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue. Similarly, eastbound route 332 buses continue eastbound along route 334 after arriving at Yonge and Eglinton.