The Sunday, March 12 event affecting transit services is: the St. Patrick’s Day Race.

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The event affects these TTC routes — 19 Bay; 72B Pape via Commissioners and Queens Quay; 121 Esplanade - River.

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St. Patrick’s Day Race

The City of Toronto is closing traffic lanes on several streets in downtown Toronto on from 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Sunday to accommodate the annual run, including:

• Bremner Boulevard, westbound lanes, between Lower Spadina Avenue and Lower Simcoe Street;
• Clarence Square, between Wellington Street West and Spadina Avenue;
• Lower Spadina Avenue and Spadina Avenue, northbound lanes between Bremner Boulevard and Clarence Square; and
• Wellington Street West between Clarence Square and Yonge Street.

Registration fees support Achilles Canada, a non-profit organization that allows people with disabilities to benefit from running.

19 Bay

From about 9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 12, southbound buses operate along their regular path to Bay Street and King Street West, then detour:

eastward along King Streets West and East;
southward along Church Street;
westward along Wellington Street East;
southward along Yonge Street; and then
westward along Front Street East to Bay,
resuming their regular path southward along Bay.

Southbound buses skip their regular stops

• on Bay Street at King, Wellington and Front Streets West.

Instead, southbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

• on King Street West beyond Bay Street and
• on King Street East beyond Yonge Street.

Northbound buses operate along their regular path to Bay Street and Front Street West, then detour:

eastward along Front Streets West and East;
northward along Church Street; and then
eastward along King Streets East and West to Bay,
resuming their regular path northward along Bay.

Northbound buses skip their regular stops

• on Bay Street at Wellington and King Streets West.

Instead, northbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

• on Front Street West beyond Bay Street,
• on King Street East beyond Church Street and
• on King Street West beyond Yonge Street.

The St. Patrick’s Day Parade also affects service along this route Sunday, March 12.

121 Esplanade - River

From about 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17, westbound buses operate along their regular path to The Esplanade and Yonge Street, then detour:

southward along Yonge;
westward along Queens Quay West to Bay Street,
ending their trips.

Westbound buses skip their regular stops

• on Yonge Street at Front Street East and
• on Front Street West beyond Bay Street.

Eastbound buses start their trips on Queens Quay West at Bay Street, then proceed:

northward along Bay to Front Street West,
resuming their regular path eastward along Front West.

Eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at all regular stops. They also serve passengers at temporary stops:

• on Bay Street beyond Queens Quay West and at Lake Shore Boulevard West.

72B Pape via Commissioners and Queens Quay

From about 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17, westbound buses operate along their regular path to Yonge and Front Streets, then detour:

westward along Front Street West to Bay Street,
ending their trips.

Westbound buses skip their regular stops

• on Yonge Street at Front Street East and
• on Bay Street at Front Street West.

Eastbound buses start their trips on Front Street West at Bay Street, then proceed:

along their regular path southward along Bay.

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