The TTC has announced that it is operating buses, instead of streetcars along the 504 King route between Queen Street West / Triller Avenue and Distillery Loop from 10 p.m. Sunday, August 1 until 1 a.m. Emancipation Day, Monday, August 2.
(It has not explained why it’s temporarily changing operation modes for this brief overnight period.)
It’s revising the path for buses along this route during the “streetcar restrictions”:
- 504Q King shuttle buses.
Since Sunday, March 28, the TTC has replaced streetcars with buses along the 504Q route between Queen West / Triller and Princes’ Gate Loop during ongoing construction at the intersection of Queen Street West / King Street West / The Queensway / Roncesvalles Avenue. Since Sunday, May 9, the TTC has also replaced streetcars along route 504 between Broadview Station and King Street East / Parliament Street during water-main construction on Broadview Avenue. It also replaced streetcars with buses along the entire 304Q King overnight route that day. Buses operate along the 304 overnight route from about 1 until 5 a.m.
504 King
From 10 p.m. Sunday, August 1 until about 1 a.m. Emancipation Day, Monday, August 2, streetcars don’t operate along the route. Buses along the 504Q King shuttle-bus route replace the cars.
Theses eastbound route 504 stops do not receive streetcar service during this period:
- Dufferin Gate Loop,
- Dufferin Street at Liberty Street and King Street West,
- King Street West across from Joe Shuster Way, at Atlantic Avenue, Douro and Shaw Streets, Strachan Avenue, Niagara and Tecumseth Streets, beyond Bathurst and Portland Streets, Spadina Avenue, Blue Jays Way, John Street, University Avenue and Bay Street,
- King Street West beyond Yonge, Church and Jarvis Streets, at Sherbourne Street, across from Ontario Street and at Parliament, Sackville and Sumach Streets,
- Cherry Street at Front Street East and
- Distillery Loop.
TTC vehicles along other routes continue to serve passengers at these stops.
- Dufferin Gate Loop; Dufferin Street: 29 Dufferin; 329 Dufferin overnight.
- King Streets West and East: 304 King overnight; 504Q King shuttle bus.
- Sumach Street; Cherry Street; Distillery Loop: 504Q King shuttle bus.
Theses westbound route 504 stops do not receive streetcar service during this period:
- Distillery Loop,
- Cherry Street at Front Street East,
- King Street East at Sackville, Parliament, Ontario and Sherbourne Streets and beyond Jarvis and Church Streets and
- King Street West beyond Yonge and Bay Streets, University Avenue, John and Peter Streets and Spadina Avenue and at Portland, Bathurst, Tecumseth and Niagara Streets, Strachan Avenue, Shaw and Sudbury Streets, across from Jefferson Avenue and at Joe Shuster Way and Dufferin Street,
- Dufferin Street across from Liberty Street and at Springhurst Avenue and
- Dufferin Gate Loop.
TTC vehicles along other routes continue to serve passengers at these stops.
504Q King shuttle buses
From 10 p.m. Sunday, August 1 until about 1 a.m. Emancipation Day, Monday, August 2, eastbound buses operate along their regular route to King Street West and Strachan Avenue, then proceed:
eastward along King Streets West and East;
southward along Sumach and Cherry Streets; and then
eastward into Distillery Loop,
ending their trips.Eastbound buses skip their regular stops
- on Strachan Avenue at Canniff and East Liberty Streets and Manitoba Drive and
- in Princes’ Gate Loop.
Instead, eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- on King Street West at Niagara and Tecumseth Streets, beyond Bathurst and Portland Streets, Spadina Avenue, Blue Jays Way, John Street, University Avenue and Bay Street,
- on King Street West beyond Yonge, Church and Jarvis Streets, at Sherbourne Street, across from Ontario Street and at Parliament, Sackville and Sumach Streets,
- on Cherry Street at Front Street East and
- in Distillery Loop.
Westbound buses reverse the eastbound detour routing.
Westbound buses skip their regular stops
- in Princes’ Gate Loop and
- on Strachan Avenue beyond Fleet Street and at Wellington Street West.
Instead, westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- in Distillery Loop,
- on Cherry Street at Front Street East,
- on King Street East at Sackville, Parliament, Ontario and Sherbourne Streets and beyond Jarvis and Church Streets and
- on King Street West beyond Yonge and Bay Streets, University Avenue, John and Peter Streets and Spadina Avenue and at Portland, Bathurst, Tecumseth and Niagara Streets and Strachan Avenue.