501 Queen

Starting Sunday, February 13, eastbound cars start their trips in Wolseley Loop — on the west side of Bathurst Street north of Queen Street West — then proceed:

southward along Bathurst to Queen West,
resuming their regular route eastward along Queen.

Eastbound cars skip their regular stops

• in Long Branch Loop,
• on Lake Shore Boulevard West at Thirty-Seventh Street, Long Branch Avenue, Thirty-First, Twenty-Eighth, Twenty-Seventh and Twenty-Second Streets and Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive, across from Fifteenth Street, at Thirteenth, Tenth, Seventh, Fifth, Third and First Streets, Royal York and Miles Roads, Norris Crescent, across from Mimico Avenue, at Superior Avenue and across from Burlington and Louisa Streets and Legion Road, at Marine Parade Drive [west] and beside #s 2155 and 2111 Lake Shore West,
• in Humber Loop,
• on The Queensway beyond South Kingsway, Windermere and Ellis Avenues and Colborne Lodge Drive, at Parkside Drive, across from Glendale Avenue and at King Street West,
• on Queen Street West at Triller, Beaty, Jameson and Dunn Avenues, across from Brock Avenue and at Dufferin, Sudbury and Abell Streets, Dovercourt Road, Lower Ossington Avenue, Shaw Street, Strachan Avenue, Niagara, Tecumseth and Bathurst Streets.

Instead, eastbound cars pick up passengers at temporary stops

• in Wolseley Loop and
• on Bathurst Street at Queen Street West.

The TTC is cancelling eastbound route 501 service to temporary stops

• on King Street West beyond Bathurst and Portland Streets, Spadina Avenue, Blue Jays Way, John Street, University Avenue and Bay Street,
• on King Street East beyond Yonge and Church Streets and at Jarvis, Sherbourne, Ontario and Parliament Streets and
• on Parliament Street at Adelaide and Queen Streets East.

It’s resuming eastbound route 501 streetcar service to permanent stops

• on Queen Street West at Augusta and Spadina Avenues, Peter and John Streets, University Avenue and York, Bay and Yonge Streets and
• on Queen Street East at Victoria, Church, Jarvis, Sherbourne, Ontario and Parliament Streets.

Shuttle buses replace the cars west of Bathurst Street from Humber Loop and from Long Branch Loop.

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Westbound cars operate along their regular route to Queen Street West and Bathurst Street, then detour:

northward along Bathurst Street; and then
eastward into Wolseley Loop,
ending their trips.

Westbound cars skip their regular stops

• on Queen Street West at Palmerston Avenue, Claremont Street, across from Strachan Avenue, at Shaw Street, Ossington Avenue, Dovercourt Road and Beaconsfield and Gladstone Avenues, beyond Dufferin Street and at Brock, O’Hara, Lansdowne, Sorauren, Triller and Roncesvalles Avenues and
• on The Queensway at Glendale Avenue and Parkside Drive, beyond Colborne Lodge Drive, Ellis and Windermere Avenues and at South Kingsway,
• in Humber Loop,
• on Lake Shore Boulevard West across from #s 2111 and 2155 Lake Shore West, beyond Park Lawn Road, at Legion Road, Louisa, Burlington and Superior Streets, Mimico and Hillside Avenues, Symons Street and Royal York Road, beyond Dwight Avenue, at Third and Fifth Streets, Islington Avenue, Tenth, Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets, Kipling Avenue, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Sixth, Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth Streets and across from Long Branch Avenue, Thirty-Seventh and Thirty-Ninth Streets and
• in Long Branch Loop.

Instead, westbound cars drop off or pick up passengers at a temporary stop

• in Wolseley Loop.

The TTC is cancelling westbound route 501 service to temporary stops

• on Parliament Street at Richmond, Adelaide and King Streets East,
• on King Street East at 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 and Bathurst Streets and
• on Bathurst Street at Queen Street West.

It’s resuming westbound route 501 streetcar service to permanent stops

• on Queen Street East at Ontario, Sherbourne, Jarvis, Church, Victoria and Yonge Streets and
• on Queen Street West at Bay Street, across from York Street, at University Avenue, St. Patrick, John and Soho Streets, Spadina and Augusta Avenues and Bathurst Street.

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The TTC is adjusting the schedules for cars along the route to accommodate the revised path. By adjusting the schedules, it increases and decreases the frequency of service during various time periods.

Starting Monday, February 14, drop off or pick up passengers at stops

• every 10 minutes, instead of every 8 minutes, Mondays to Fridays before about 7 a.m.

Starting Saturday, February 19, streetcars drop off or pick up passengers at stops:

• every 7 minutes, instead of every 8 minutes, Saturdays from about noon until 7 p.m.

501H Queen / Humber shuttle buses

Buses replace streetcars along the 501 Queen route west of Bathurst Street. Buses along route 501H don’t operate Saturday, Sunday and holiday evenings and late Monday-to-Friday evenings.

Mondays to Fridays before 10 p.m. and Saturdays, Sundays and holidays before 7 p.m., starting Thursday, January 6, eastbound buses start their trips in Humber Loop, then proceed:

westward along The Queensway;
through High Street Loop;
eastward along The Queensway and Queen Streets West and East;
northward along Broadview Avenue; and then
westward along Gerrard Street East to just beyond Broadview,
ending their trips.

Eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

• in Humber Loop,
• on The Queensway [westbound] across from #125 Queensway;
• on The Queensway [eastbound] beside #125 Queensway, beyond South Kingsway, Windermere and Ellis Avenues and Colborne Lodge Drive, at Parkside Drive, across from Glendale Avenue and at King Street West,
• on Queen Street West at Triller, Beaty, Jameson and Dunn Avenues, across from Brock Avenue and at Dufferin, Sudbury and Abell Streets, Dovercourt Road, Lower Ossington Avenue, Shaw Street, Strachan Avenue, Niagara, Tecumseth and Bathurst Streets, Augusta and Spadina Avenues, Peter and John Streets, University Avenue and York, Bay and Yonge Streets,
• on Queen Street East at Victoria, Church, Jarvis, Sherbourne, Ontario, Parliament, Sackville, Sumach and River Streets, across from Carroll Street and at Broadview Avenue,
• on Broadview Avenue at Dundas Street East and across from Mountstephen Street and
• on Gerrard Street East beyond Broadview Avenue.

Eastbound bus passengers may transfer to eastbound streetcars at stops on Queen Street East between Parliament Street and Broadview Avenue.

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Westbound buses start their trips on Gerrard Street East west of Broadview Avenue, then proceed:

westward along Gerrard East;
southward along River Street;
westward along Queen Streets East and West and The Queensway to High Street Loop;
through High Street Loop; and then
eastward along The Queensway to Humber Loop,
ending their trips.

Westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

• on Gerrard Street East beyond Broadview Avenue and at St. Matthews Road and River Street,
• on River Street at Dundas and Queen Streets East,
• on Queen Street East at Sumach, Sackville, Parliament, Ontario, Sherbourne, Jarvis, Church, Victoria and Yonge Streets,
• on Queen Street West at Bay Street, across from York Street and at University Avenue, St. Patrick, John and Soho Streets, Spadina and Augusta Avenues, Bathurst Street, Palmerston Avenue and Claremont Street, across from Strachan Avenue, at Shaw Street, Ossington Avenue, Dovercourt Road and Beaconsfield and Gladstone Avenues, beyond Dufferin Street and at Brock, O’Hara, Lansdowne, Sorauren, Triller and Roncesvalles Avenues,
• on The Queensway [westbound] at Glendale Avenue, at Parkside Drive, beyond Colborne Lodge Drive, Ellis and Windermere Avenues and at South Kingsway and across from #125 Queensway,
• on The Queensway [eastbound] beside #125 Queensway and
• in Humber Loop.

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The TTC is increasing the frequency of shuttle-bus service along both route 501H and the 501L Queen / Long Branch route every day.

Starting Sunday, February 13, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops west of The Queensway / Windermere Avenue:

• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, Sundays and holidays from about 8 a.m. until noon;
• every 9 minutes, instead of every 9½ minutes, from about noon until 7 p.m.;
• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 9 minutes, instead of every 9 minutes 15 seconds, after about 10 p.m.

Starting Monday, February 14, the buses serve passengers at the stops:

• every 7½ minutes, instead of every 8 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during morning rush hours;
• every 9½ minutes, instead of every 10 minutes, from about 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.;
• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, during afternoon rush hours;
• every 9½ minutes, instead of every 10 minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 7 minutes, instead of every 7 minutes 15 seconds, after about 10 p.m.

Starting Saturday, February 19, buses serve passengers:

• every 9 minutes, instead of every 9½ minutes, Saturdays before about noon;
• every 8 minutes, instead of every 8½ minutes, from about noon until 7 p.m.;
• every 7 minutes, instead of every 7½ minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, after about 10 p.m.

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Starting Sunday, February 13, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops east of Queensway / Windermere:

• every 4 minutes 15 seconds, instead of every 4½ minutes, Sundays and holidays from about 8 a.m. until noon;
• every 4½ minutes, instead of every 4 minutes 45 seconds, from about noon until 7 p.m.;
• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 9 minutes, instead of every 9 minutes 15 seconds, after about 10 p.m.

Starting Monday, February 14, the buses serve passengers at the stops:

• every 3 minutes 45 seconds, instead of every 4 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during morning rush hours;
• every 4 minutes 45 seconds, instead of every 5 minutes, from about 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.;
• every 4 minutes 15 seconds, instead of every 4 minutes 45 seconds, during afternoon rush hours;
• every 4 minutes 45 seconds, instead of every 5 minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 7 minutes, instead of every 7 minutes 15 seconds, after about 10 p.m.

Starting Saturday, February 19, buses serve passengers:

• every 4½ minutes, instead of every 4 minutes 45 seconds, Saturdays from about 8 a.m. until noon;
• every 4 minutes, instead of every 4 minutes 15 seconds, from about noon until 7 p.m.;
• every 7 minutes, instead of every 7½ minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, after about 10 p.m.

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501L Queen / Long Branch shuttle buses

Buses replace streetcars along the 501 Queen route west of Bathurst Street.

Since 5 a.m. Tuesday, December 14, eastbound buses start their trips in Long Branch Loop, then proceed:

eastward along Lake Shore Boulevard West;
northward along Windermere Avenue;
eastward along The Queensway and Queen Streets West and East;
northward along Broadview Avenue; and then
westward along Gerrard Street East to just beyond Broadview,
ending their trips.

Eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

• in Long Branch Loop,
• on Lake Shore Boulevard West at Thirty-Seventh Street, Long Branch Avenue, Thirty-First, Twenty-Eighth, Twenty-Seventh and Twenty-Second Streets and Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive, across from Fifteenth Street, at Thirteenth, Tenth, Seventh, Fifth, Third and First Streets, Royal York and Miles Roads, Norris Crescent, across from Mimico Avenue, at Superior Avenue and across from Burlington and Louisa Streets and Legion Road, at Marine Parade Drive [west] and beside #s 2155 and 2111 Lake Shore West,
• on The Queensway beyond Windermere and Ellis Avenues and Colborne Lodge Drive, at Parkside Drive, across from Glendale Avenue and at King Street West,
• on Queen Street West at Triller, Beaty, Jameson and Dunn Avenues, across from Brock Avenue and at Dufferin, Sudbury and Abell Streets, Dovercourt Road, Lower Ossington Avenue, Shaw Street, Strachan Avenue, Niagara, Tecumseth and Bathurst Streets, Augusta and Spadina Avenues, Peter and John Streets, University Avenue and York, Bay and Yonge Streets,
• on Queen Street East at Victoria, Church, Jarvis, Sherbourne, Ontario, Parliament, Sackville, Sumach and River Streets, across from Carroll Street and at Broadview Avenue,
• on Broadview Avenue at Dundas Street East and across from Mountstephen Street and
• on Gerrard Street East beyond Broadview Avenue.

Eastbound bus passengers may transfer to eastbound streetcars at stops on Queen Street East between Parliament Street and Broadview Avenue.

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Westbound buses start their trips on Gerrard Street East west of Broadview Avenue, then proceed:

westward along Gerrard East;
southward along River Street;
westward along Queen Streets East and West and The Queensway;
southward along Windermere Avenue;
westward along Lake Shore Boulevard West; and then
northward into Long Branch Loop,
ending their trips.

Westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

• on Gerrard Street East beyond Broadview Avenue and at St. Matthews Road and River Street,
• on River Street at Dundas and Queen Streets East,
• on Queen Street East at Sumach, Sackville, Parliament, Ontario, Sherbourne, Jarvis, Church, Victoria and Yonge Streets,
• on Queen Street West at Bay Street, across from York Street and at University Avenue, St. Patrick, John and Soho Streets, Spadina and Augusta Avenues, Bathurst Street, Palmerston Avenue and Claremont Street, across from Strachan Avenue, at Shaw Street, Ossington Avenue, Dovercourt Road and Beaconsfield and Gladstone Avenues, beyond Dufferin Street and at Brock, O’Hara, Lansdowne, Sorauren, Triller and Roncesvalles Avenues,
• on The Queensway at Glendale Avenue, at Parkside Drive, beyond Colborne Lodge Drive and Ellis Avenue,
• on Lake Shore Boulevard West across from #s 2111 and 2155 Lake Shore West, beyond Park Lawn Road, at Legion Road, Louisa, Burlington and Superior Streets, Mimico and Hillside Avenues, Symons Street and Royal York Road, beyond Dwight Avenue, at Third and Fifth Streets, Islington Avenue, Tenth, Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets, Kipling Avenue, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Sixth, Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth Streets and across from Long Branch Avenue, Thirty-Seventh and Thirty-Ninth Streets and
• in Long Branch Loop.

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The TTC is increasing the frequency of shuttle-bus service along both route 501L and the 501H Queen / Humber route every day.

Starting Sunday, February 13, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops west of The Queensway / Windermere Avenue:

• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, Sundays and holidays from about 8 a.m. until noon;
• every 9 minutes, instead of every 9½ minutes, from about noon until 7 p.m.;
• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 9 minutes, instead of every 9 minutes 15 seconds, after about 10 p.m.

Starting Monday, February 14, the buses serve passengers at the stops:

• every 7½ minutes, instead of every 8 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during morning rush hours;
• every 9½ minutes, instead of every 10 minutes, from about 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.;
• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, during afternoon rush hours;
• every 9½ minutes, instead of every 10 minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 7 minutes, instead of every 7 minutes 15 seconds, after about 10 p.m.

Starting Saturday, February 19, buses serve passengers:

• every 9 minutes, instead of every 9½ minutes, Saturdays before about noon;
• every 8 minutes, instead of every 8½ minutes, from about noon until 7 p.m.;
• every 7 minutes, instead of every 7½ minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, after about 10 p.m.

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Starting Sunday, February 13, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops east of Queensway / Windermere:

• every 4 minutes 15 seconds, instead of every 4½ minutes, Sundays and holidays from about 8 a.m. until noon;
• every 4½ minutes, instead of every 4 minutes 45 seconds, from about noon until 7 p.m.;
• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 9 minutes, instead of every 9 minutes 15 seconds, after about 10 p.m.

Starting Monday, February 14, the buses serve passengers at the stops:

• every 3 minutes 45 seconds, instead of every 4 minutes, Mondays to Fridays during morning rush hours;
• every 4 minutes 45 seconds, instead of every 5 minutes, from about 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.;
• every 4 minutes 15 seconds, instead of every 4 minutes 45 seconds, during afternoon rush hours;
• every 4 minutes 45 seconds, instead of every 5 minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 7 minutes, instead of every 7 minutes 15 seconds, after about 10 p.m.

Starting Saturday, February 19, buses serve passengers:

• every 4½ minutes, instead of every 4 minutes 45 seconds, Saturdays from about 8 a.m. until noon;
• every 4 minutes, instead of every 4 minutes 15 seconds, from about noon until 7 p.m.;
• every 7 minutes, instead of every 7½ minutes, from about 7 until 10 p.m.; and
• every 8½ minutes, instead of every 9 minutes, after about 10 p.m.

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301 Queen overnight

Starting Thanksgiving, Monday, October 11, due to the multiple construction projects in the Queen / Queensway / Lake Shore corridor, the TTC has replaced streetcars with buses and extended the path so that the buses operate between Long Branch and Neville Park loops, avoiding the necessity for passengers to transfer.

Since Wednesday, December 15, eastbound buses start their trips in Long Branch Loop, then proceed:

eastward along Lake Shore Boulevard West;
northward along Windermere Avenue;
eastward along The Queensway and Queen Streets West and East; and then
southward into Neville Park Loop,
ending their trips.

Eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops:

• in Long Branch Loop,
• on Lake Shore Boulevard West at Thirty-Seventh Street, Long Branch Avenue, Thirty-First, Twenty-Eighth, Twenty-Seventh and Twenty-Second Streets and Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive, across from Fifteenth Street, at Thirteenth, Tenth, Seventh, Fifth, Third and First Streets, Royal York and Miles Roads, Norris Crescent, across from Mimico Avenue, at Superior Avenue and across from Burlington and Louisa Streets and Legion Road, at Marine Parade Drive [west] and beside #s 2155 and 2111 Lake Shore West,
• on The Queensway beyond Windermere and Ellis Avenues and Colborne Lodge Drive, at Parkside Drive, across from Glendale Avenue and at King Street West,
• on Queen Street West at Triller, Beaty, Jameson and Dunn Avenues, across from Brock Avenue and at Dufferin, Sudbury and Abell Streets, Dovercourt Road, Lower Ossington Avenue, Shaw Street, Strachan Avenue, Niagara, Tecumseth and Bathurst Streets, Augusta and Spadina Avenues, Peter and John Streets, University Avenue and York, Bay and Yonge Streets,
• on Queen Street East at Victoria, Church, Jarvis, Sherbourne, Ontario, Parliament, Sackville, Sumach and River Streets, across from Carroll Street, at Broadview Avenue, Saulter Street, Empire, Logan, Carlaw, Pape and Caroline Avenues, across from Jones Avenue, at Leslie Street, across from Alton and Greenwood Avenues, at Woodfield Road, Coxwell, Eastern, Sarah Ashbridge and Woodbine Avenues, across from Elmer and Bellefair Avenues and at Wineva Avenue, Glen Manor Drive, Beech and Silver Birch Avenues and Neville Park Boulevard and
• in Neville Park Loop.

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Westbound buses start their trips in Neville Park Loop, then proceed:

westward along Queen Streets East and West and The Queensway;
southward along Windermere Avenue;
westward along Lake Shore Boulevard West; and then
northward into Long Branch Loop,
ending their trips.

Westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

• in Neville Park Loop,
• on Queen Street East at Neville Park Boulevard, Silver Birch and Beech Avenues, Glen Manor Drive, Wineva, Bellefair, Elmer and Woodbine Avenues, Lockwood and Kingston Roads, Coxwell Avenue, Woodfield Road and Greenwood and Alton Avenues, Leslie Street, Jones, Brooklyn, Pape, Carlaw and Logan Avenues, beyond Booth Avenue, at Boulton and Broadview Avenues, Carroll, River, Sumach, Sackville, Parliament, Ontario, Sherbourne, Jarvis, Church, Victoria and Yonge Streets,
• on Queen Street West at Bay Street, across from York Street and at University Avenue, St. Patrick, John and Soho Streets, Spadina and Augusta Avenues, Bathurst Street, Palmerston Avenue and Claremont Street, across from Strachan Avenue, at Shaw Street, Ossington Avenue, Dovercourt Road and Beaconsfield and Gladstone Avenues, beyond Dufferin Street and at Brock, O’Hara, Lansdowne, Sorauren, Triller and Roncesvalles Avenues,
• on The Queensway at Glendale Avenue, at Parkside Drive, beyond Colborne Lodge Drive and Ellis Avenue,
• on Lake Shore Boulevard West across from #s 2111 and 2155 Lake Shore West, beyond Park Lawn Road, at Legion Road, Louisa, Burlington and Superior Streets, Mimico and Hillside Avenues, Symons Street and Royal York Road, beyond Dwight Avenue, at Third and Fifth Streets, Islington Avenue, Tenth, Thirteenth and Fifteenth Streets, Kipling Avenue, Twenty-Second, Twenty-Sixth, Twenty-Ninth and Thirtieth Streets and across from Long Branch Avenue, Thirty-Seventh and Thirty-Ninth Streets and
• in Long Branch Loop.

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