The TTC is closing Line 1 Yonge - University between Sheppard - Yonge and St Clair Stations Saturday, January 18 and Sunday, January 19. Line 1 subway trains operate only between Finch and Sheppard - Yonge stations and between St Clair and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre stations this weekend.
Shuttle buses partly replace subway service. The buses operate on the street, dropping off or picking up passengers at stops near each station on the closed section of the line. TTC staff will be available to help direct you to the appropriate shuttle-bus boarding and offloading locations, which will vary from station to station.
(Or, consider a shuttle-bus alternative.)
All stations on this section of Line 1 remain open, so you can buy fares or connect to other TTC subway trains, buses or streetcars. However, note that the TTC has temporarily closed the Old York Mills Road entrance / exit at York Mills Station. Enter or exit the station, instead, in the York Mills Centre or Yonge Corporate Centre or at the northwest corner of Yonge Street and Wilson Avenue.
The TTC is closing this part of Line 1 to accommodate Metrolinx work on the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line and the LRT’s future Eglinton Station.
Current and upcoming Crosstown work in the area of Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue includes construction below the TTC’s Eglinton Station, shifting the TTC’s platform to the north and building and installing a new TTC tunnel-ventilation system at the north and south ends of the subway platform.
During this closure, TTC crews are also maintaining the tracks. According to a TTC news release, “While the TTC does most subway maintenance at the conclusion of service each night, it continues to require weekend and early weeknight closures to complete critical infrastructure and ATC upgrades.”
The TTC is closing this section of Line 1 once more this month:
- Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26 — Sheppard - Yonge to St Clair — Eglinton - Crosstown light rail transit construction.
Shuttle buses
(The TTC has not confirmed shuttle-bus routing information during this closure. We’ve based this section of the post on information it supplied about routing during previous occasions it closed Line 1 north of St Clair Station. Consider this information to be “unofficial”)
Southbound shuttle buses likely start their trips in the bus terminal at Sheppard - Yonge Station, then proceed:
eastward along Sheppard Avenue West; and then
southward along Yonge Street to St. Clair Avenue.
Southbound passengers can expect to exit from buses on the north side of St. Clair Avenue East, just east of Yonge Street, beside the main entrance for St Clair Station. The buses then proceed:
eastward along St. Clair East;
southward along Avoca Avenue;
westward along Pleasant Boulevard; and then
northward into St Clair Station [lower] bus terminal,
ending their trips.
Northbound passengers board the buses in the lower bus terminal.
The buses then proceed:
westward along Pleasant Boulevard;
northward along Yonge Street;
westward along Sheppard Avenue West; and then
northward into Sheppard - Yonge Station terminal,
ending their trips.
Shuttle-bus alternatives
Plan your trips on the subway ahead of time this weekend to avoid stress and crowds. Leave extra time in your schedule and expect longer traveling times those days.
While shuttle buses operate frequently, they will be crowded.
Regular TTC buses and streetcars provide less frequent, less direct, but, perhaps, less stressful alternatives. Consider travelling along the University branch, instead of the Yonge branch, to and from downtown Toronto and avoid the shuttle buses entirely this weekend. Or board buses along the 97 Yonge route to travel to and from stops on Yonge north of Davisville Avenue / Chaplin Crescent.
Ride buses or streetcars on routes serving streets north or south of the closure to reach stations on the University branch.
At the closure area:
- Buses along the 84 Sheppard West or 984 Sheppard West express routes and board the subway at Sheppard West Station, instead of Sheppard - Yonge Station.
- Buses along the 96 Wilson or 165 Weston Rd North routes and board the subway at Wilson Station, instead of York Mills Station.
- Buses along the 52 Lawrence West route and board the subway at Lawrence West Station, instead of Lawrence Station.
- Buses along the 32 Eglinton West route and board the subway at Eglinton West Station, instead of Eglinton Station.
- Streetcars along the 512 St. Clair route and board the subway at St. Clair West Station, instead of St. Clair Station.
South of the closure area:
- Trains along Line 2 Bloor - Danforth and board Line 1 Yonge - University at St. George Station, instead of Yonge Station.
- Streetcars along the 506 Carlton route and board the subway at Queen’s Park Station, instead of College Station.
- Buses along the 505 Dundas route and board the subway at St. Patrick Station, instead of Dundas Station.
- Streetcars along the 501 Queen route and board the subway at Osgoode Station, instead of Queen Station.
- Streetcars along the 504A / 504B King route and board the subway at St. Andrew Station, instead of King Station.
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