Update — Friday, January 7, 7:43 p.m.: Buses operate to and from the temporary terminal at Wilson Station, starting Monday, January 17.
The TTC is making minor changes to its routes and services, starting Sunday, January 2.
Due to “operator workforce shortages”, the TTC temporarily decreased the frequency of service along Line 2 Bloor - Danforth subway, one streetcar route and 57 bus routes, starting Sunday, November 21. The TTC says it’s made “provisions… to protect service on the busiest corridors in the system during the busiest periods.” The November decreases continue through January and early February.
Due to fewer riders boarding buses resulting from social distancing and lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, the TTC continues to suspend service along these express routes:
- 141 Downtown / Mt Pleasant express;
- 142 Downtown / Avenue Rd express;
- 143 Downtown / Beach express;
- 144 Downtown / Don Valley express; and
- 145 Downtown / Humber Bay express.
The TTC also continues to suspend service along these routes due to the pandemic:
- 176 Mimico GO shuttle;
- 508 Lake Shore.
The TTC continues to suspend service along this route due to Metrolinx construction of the Eglinton Crosstown light rail transit line:
- 103 Mt Pleasant North.
As a pilot project, the TTC continues to combine route 503 service with the former 502 Downtowner route, as it has since September 9, 2019.
Sources:
- TTC: “TTC Service Changes”, here;
- Steve Munro: “TTC Service Changes Effective January 2, 2022”, here.
The TTC is revising service along these routes: 29 Dufferin; 75 Sherbourne; 78 St Andrews; 82 Rosedale; 95 York Mills; 96 Wilson; 97 Yonge; 104 Faywood; 115 Silver Hills; 122 Graydon Hall; 160 Bathurst North; 165 Weston Rd North; 501 Queen; 503 Kingston Rd; 929 Dufferin express; 995 York Mills express; 996 Wilson express.
Specifically, the TTC is: increasing the frequency of service along a route; decreasing the frequency of service along routes; revising the path for streetcars along a route; and making other changes to service along routes.
Increasing the frequency of service along a route
501 Queen
The TTC is adjusting the schedules for streetcars along the route to accommodate the longer detour route to Bathurst Street. By adjusting the schedules, the TTC is also increasing and decreasing the frequency of service along the route during various time periods.
Starting Monday, January 3, streetcars drop off or pick up passengers at stops on the route:
- every 8 minutes, instead of every 8½ minutes, Mondays to Fridays during afternoon rush hours.
Decreasing the frequency of service along routes
503 Kingston Rd
The TTC is decreasing the frequency of service to “match service with [passenger] travel” along the route. It’s restoring the May 2021 schedules for the route.
Starting Monday, January 3, cars drop off or pick up passengers at stops on the route Mondays to Fridays:
- every 9 minutes 15 seconds, instead of every 8 minutes, during morning rush hours;
- every 10 minutes, instead of every 8 minutes, from about 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.; and
- every 10 minutes, instead of every 8½ minutes, during afternoon rush hours.
82 Rosedale
The TTC is again interlining at South Drive and Glen Road buses along route 82 with buses along the 75 Sherbourne route weekend evenings.
It’s also decreasing the frequency of service along the route during those time periods.
Starting Sunday, January 2, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops on the route:
- every 30 minutes, instead of every 20 minutes, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays after about 7 p.m.
501 Queen
The TTC is adjusting the schedules for streetcars along the route to accommodate the longer detour route to Bathurst Street. By adjusting the schedules, the TTC is also increasing and decreasing the frequency of service along the route during various time periods.
Starting Sunday, January 2, streetcars drop off or pick up passengers at stops on the route:
- every 10 minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, Sundays and holidays before about 8 a.m.;
- every 9½ minutes, instead of every 8½ minutes, from about 8 a.m. until noon; and
- every 8 minutes, instead of every 7½ minutes, from about noon until 7 p.m.
Starting Saturday, January 8, the cars serve passengers at stops:
- every 8 minutes, instead of every 7 minutes, Saturdays from about noon until 7 p.m.; and
- every 9 minutes, instead of every 8½ minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.
Revising the path for streetcars along a route
501 Queen
The TTC is extending the long-term detour for streetcars along the route due to building construction on Charlotte Street. Cars continue to operate along King Streets East and West east of Parliament, but continue to operate further westward to Bathurst Street.
Starting Sunday, January 3, westbound cars operate along their long-term detour routing to King Street West and Spadina Avenue, then proceed:
westward along King West;
northward along Bathurst Street; and then
eastward into Wolseley Loop,
ending their trips.Westbound cars skip their regular stops
- on Spadina Avenue beyond King Street West and
- on Charlotte Street at Oxley Street.
TTC streetcars along other routes continue to serve passengers at these stops.
- Spadina: 510 Spadina.
- Charlotte: 503 Kingston Rd.
Instead, westbound cars drop off or pick up passengers at new stops (for this route):
- on King Street West beyond Spadina Avenue and at Portland and Bathurst Streets,
- on Bathurst Street at Queen Street West and
- in Wolseley Loop.
Eastbound cars start their trips in Wolseley Loop, then proceed:
southward along Bathurst Street; and then
eastward along King Street West to Charlotte Street,
resuming their regular route eastward along King West.Eastbound cars skip their regular stop
- on Charlotte Street at Oxley Street.
TTC streetcars along other routes continue to serve passengers at this stop.
- Charlotte: 503 Kingston Rd.
The TTC is also increasing and decreasing the frequency of service along the route during various time periods.
According to transit blogger Steve Munro, “at Charlotte Loop, construction at King Street will partly block the road and this will reduce layover space available. With only the 503 service using the loop, it will be able to lay over south of Adelaide while the 501 cars travel west to Bathurst and then north to Wolseley Loop. Streetcar service via Queen to Bathurst will be restored in the mid-February schedules.”
^ Image: Google Maps via Steve Munro
Making other changes to service along routes
160 Bathurst North
29A / 29C Dufferin
929 Dufferin express
104 Faywood
The TTC is shortly starting a project to rebuild the driveway and surrounding area of the lower level of the bus terminal at Wilson Station. It’s built a temporary terminal in a parking lot at the station for buses to serve passengers during construction.
(Updated — Friday, January 7, 7:43 p.m.) Starting
Monday, January 10Monday, January 17, buses along the routes pick up passengers in the temporary terminal.
Image, TTC via Steve Munro
Buses along all other routes continue to operate to and from their regular platforms in the upper level of the bus terminal at Wilson Station.
Construction in the lower level terminal of Wilson Station and the resulting TTC service changes continue “until December 2022”, meaning as late as until December 31.
122 Graydon Hall
Thursday, December 23, 2021 was the last day that buses operated through a temporary York Mills Station terminal on the northwest corner of Yonge Street and Wilson Avenue.
Starting Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24, buses again drop off or pick up passengers in the regular terminal at York Mills Station.
The TTC had diverted buses to the temporary terminal since Sunday, October 15, due to construction in the regular terminal.
82 Rosedale
Starting Sunday, January 2, the TTC interlines at South Drive and Glen Road buses along the route with buses along the 75 Sherbourne route Saturdays, Sundays and holidays after about 7 p.m.
It’s also decreasing the frequency of service along the route.
75 Sherbourne
Wednesday, December 22, City of Toronto contractors finished working for the season on the project (.pdf) to rebuild the water main on Sherbourne Street between Dundas and King Streets West. That day, the TTC also ended its detour around the work zone.
Water-main construction on Sherbourne Street and the resulting TTC detour resume in the spring.
The TTC is also adjusting the schedules for buses along the route to accommodate the shorter path, starting Sunday, January 2. By adjusting the schedules, it again interlines at South Drive and Glen Road buses along route 75 with buses along the 82 Rosedale route Saturdays, Sundays and holidays after about 7 p.m.
115 Silver Hills
78 St Andrews
165 Weston Rd North
96A / 96B / 96D Wilson
996 Wilson express
97B / 97F Yonge
95A / 95B / 95C York Mills
995 York Mills express
Thursday, December 23, 2021 was the last day that buses operated through a temporary York Mills Station terminal on the northwest corner of Yonge Street and Wilson Avenue.
Starting Christmas Eve, Friday, December 24, buses again drop off or pick up passengers in the regular terminal at York Mills Station.
The TTC had diverted buses to the temporary terminal since Sunday, October 15, due to construction in the regular terminal.
Transit agencies often interline buses along two or more routes with a common terminal to save resources — human resources (meaning: drivers) and physical resources (meaning: buses).
For example, Saturday, Sunday and holiday evenings when a northbound bus along the 75 Sherbourne route arrives at intersection of South Drive with Glen Road, it then completes a round trip along the 82 Rosedale route before returning to the intersection. It then proceeds southward along route 75.
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