Starting 5 a.m. Good Friday, Friday, April 15, TTC crews are repairing tracks and concrete
- on Queen Street East between Boulton and Broadview Avenues.
If the crews can complete these repairs before schedule, they may also repair the concrete
- on Queen Street East at Booth Avenue.
(Note that a TTC notice, likely an error, has announced that crews are also repairing more tracks on Queen East at Coady Avenue.)
The TTC is also detouring streetcars along these routes to accommodate the repair project:
Shuttle buses replace the cars east of Broadview Avenue.
Track repairs on Queen East and the resulting TTC detours continue until April 17 (4 a.m.)
Note that the TTC continues to operate shuttle buses along two other routes due to ongoing construction at the intersection of Queen Street West / King Street West / The Queensway / Roncesvalles Avenue. Be sure to check bus destination signs if you’re travelling westbound on Queen East between River and Church Streets or eastbound between Ontario Street and Broadview Avenue.
To add to the confusion this weekend, the TTC will also short-turn the buses from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Easter, Sunday, April 17 to accommodate the annual Beaches Easter Parade.
The TTC intends this project to return the area to a state of good repair. Crews mostly work in the track area to excavate and remove the old concrete, repair the rail and place new concrete.
Thursday, April 14, crews start early saw-cutting of concrete in the area. A track crew will set up the work zone at 5 a.m. Friday, April 15. By 7 a.m., they start removing concrete to complete the necessary repairs.
The TTC explains that, “While most work typically ends at 10 p.m., work of this nature requires periods of around-the-clock work to ensure quality installation of new rail and concrete.”
While crews repair the rail, they also cut, weld and grind the rail. They’ll pour concrete in the track area and set it to cure. The new concrete requires curing time before the crews can remove the work zone and motorists can again operate their vehicles along the streetcar right of way.
The work zone will restrict traffic to just one lane in each direction during this project. The City of Toronto will temporarily prohibit on-street parking near the work zone. Motorists won’t be able to turn left onto or off of Queen East near the work zone.
501 Queen
301 Queen overnight
From 4 a.m. Good Friday, Friday, April 15 until 4 a.m. Easter Monday, Monday, April 17, westbound cars start their trips on Broadview Avenue at Queen Street East, then proceed:
along their regular route westward along Queen East.
Westbound cars skip their regular 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 and at Boulton and Broadview Avenues.
Instead, westbound cars pick up passengers at a temporary stop
- on Broadview Avenue at Queen Street East.
Shuttle buses replace the cars east of Broadview Avenue.
Eastbound cars operate along their regular route to Queen Street East and Parliament Street, then detour:
northward along Parliament;
eastward along Dundas Street East; and then
southward along Broadview Avenue to Queen East,
ending their trips.Eastbound cars skip their regular stops
- on Queen Street East at 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.
Instead, eastbound cars drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- on Parliament Street at Shuter Street and Dundas Street East,
- on Dundas Street East Sackville, Sumach, River and Munro Streets and Broadview Avenue and
- on Broadview Avenue at Queen Street East.
Shuttle buses replace the cars east of Broadview Avenue. Eastbound streetcar passengers may transfer to eastbound buses at stops on Queen Street East between Jarvis and Parliament Streets.
301 / 501 Queen shuttle buses
From 4 a.m. Good Friday, Friday, April 15 until 4 a.m. Easter Monday, Monday, April 17, buses replace streetcars along the 301 Queen overnight and 501 Queen routes east of Broadview Avenue.
Westbound buses start their trips in Neville Park Loop, then proceed:
eastward along Queen Street East to Church Street,
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 and Carroll, River, Sumach, Sackville, Parliament, Ontario, Sherbourne, Jarvis and Church Streets.
Westbound bus passengers may transfer to westbound streetcars at stops on Queen East between Broadview Avenue and Church Street.
Eastbound buses start their trips westbound on Queen at Church Street, then proceed:
northward along Church;
eastward along Shuter Street;
southward along Jarvis Street;
eastward along Queen Street East; and then
southward into Neville Park Loop,
ending their trips.Eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops
- on Queen Street East at 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.
(Unofficial: Note that the TTC also will likely set up a temporary eastbound stop near the intersection of Queen East / Jarvis — possibly on the south side of Queen beyond Jarvis.)
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