Starting Friday, May 20, TTC crews are repairing the streetcar tracks
- on Queen Street East between River and Parliament Streets.
During this project, the crews:
- saw-cut the old concrete;
- break and remove the old concrete;
- install new rail; and
- install new concrete.
The transit agency is detouring streetcars along this route, during the project:
- 501 Queen.
Shuttle buses replace the cars between Broadview Avenue and Parliament Street.
The TTC continues to operate buses, instead of streetcars, along the 301 Queen overnight route, so the track-repair project doesn’t affect service along that route.
From 9 a.m. Friday, May 20, crews start concrete saw-cutting, while the TTC maintains streetcar service through the work zone.
From 7 a.m. Saturday, May 21, crews start working at Parliament Street and continue working eastward along the street toward River Street to address various sections of tracks to repair. This requires them to break the concrete to expose the old rail and remove the loose concrete. Typically, crews finish breaking and removing concrete by 10 p.m.
The TTC says, “Rail work of this nature is required around-the-clock to ensure quality installation of new rail and concrete.”
Crews continue repairing the tracks throughout the weekend, requiring them to cut, weld and grind the new rail. Once they’ve finished repairing the rail, they 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 so that all vehicles can resume using the full road by Victoria Day, Monday, May 23 morning.
501 Queen
From 4 a.m. Saturday, May 21 until 4 a.m. Monday, May 23, westbound cars operate along their regular route to Queen Street East and Broadview Avenue, then detour:
northward along Broadview;
westward along Dundas Street East; and then
southward along Parliament Street to Queen East,
resuming their regular route westward along Queen.Westbound cars skip their regular stops
- on Queen Street East at Carroll, River, Sumach, Sackville and Parliament Streets.
Instead, westbound cars drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- on Broadview Avenue at Dundas Street East,
- on Dundas Street East at Munro, River, Sumach, Sackville and Parliament Streets and
- on Parliament Street at Shuter Street and Queen Street East.
Shuttle buses replace the cars between Broadview Avenue and Parliament Street. Westbound streetcar passengers may transfer to westbound buses at stops on Queen Street East between Carlaw and Broadview Avenues.
Eastbound cars reverse the westbound detour routing.
Eastbound cars skip their regular stops
- on Queen Street East at Sackville, Sumach and River Streets, across from Carroll Street and at Broadview Avenue.
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 at Sackville, Sumach, River and Munro Streets and at Broadview Avenue and
- on Broadview Avenue at Queen Street East.
Shuttle buses replace the cars between Parliament Street and Broadview Avenue. Westbound streetcar passengers may transfer to westbound buses at stops on Queen Street East between Carlaw and Broadview Avenues.
501 Queen shuttle buses
From 4 a.m. Saturday, May 21 until 4 a.m. Monday, May 23, buses replace streetcars along the 501 Queen route between Broadview Avenue and Parliament Street.
Westbound buses start their trips on Pape Avenue at Eastern Avenue then proceed:
westward along Eastern Avenue;
northward along Carlaw Avenue;
westward along Queen Street East;
southward along Sherbourne Street; and then
westward along Richmond Street East to Jarvis Street,
ending their trips.Westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops
- on Pape Avenue at Eastern Avenue,
- on Carlaw Avenue beyond Eastern Avenue and at Queen Street East and
- on Queen Street East at Logan Avenue, beyond Booth Avenue, at Boulton and Broadview Avenues and at Carroll, River, Sumach, Sackville, Parliament, Ontario and Sherbourne Streets.
Westbound bus passengers may transfer to westbound streetcars at stops on Queen Street East between Parliament and Sherbourne Streets.
Eastbound buses start their trips on Richmond Street East at Jarvis Street, then proceed:
northward along Jarvis;
eastward along Queen Street East; and then
southward along Pape Avenue to Queen Street East,
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 and at Broadview Avenue, Saulter Street and Empire, Logan, Carlaw and Pape Avenues and
- on Pape Avenue at Eastern Avenue.
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