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Finch West LRT - Rowntree Mills: TTC detour, September 28



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Metrolinx contractors continue building the Finch West light rail transit line between Humber College and Finch West subway station in the Etobicoke and North York areas of Toronto.


According to a TTC news release, from 6 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, September 28, the transit agency is detouring buses along this route “to accommodate construction and road work associated with the Finch West LRT:”

  • 37 Islington.

The work zone blocks part of the intersection of Finch Avenue West at Islington Avenue, near the future Rowntree Mills LRT stop.


37B Islington

From 6 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, September 28, southbound buses start their trips in Steeles / Islington Loop, as usually, then proceed:

westward along Steeles Avenue West;
southward along Islington Avenue; and then
eastward along Finch Avenue West to Islington Avenue,
resuming their regular path southward along Islington.

Southbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Steeles Avenue West at Islington Avenue,
  • on Islington Avenue at Humber Summit Lane and Muir and Vanhill avenues, beyond Rowntree Mill Road, across from Milady Road and at Aviemore Drive and Finch Avenue West.

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

  • on Kipling Avenue beyond Steeles Avenue West, at Kidron Valley, Beaconhill, Annabell and Mount Olive drives and Stevenson Road.

Northbound buses reverse the southbound detour routing.

Northbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Islington Avenue beside #2185 Islington, at Milady Road, beyond Duncanwoods Drive, across from Vanhill Avenue, at Millwick Drive and beyond Thorold Gate.

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

  • on Finch Avenue West beyond Islington Avenue and at the walkway to Farr Avenue,
  • on Kipling Avenue beyond Finch Avenue West, across from Stevenson Road, at Panorama Court, beyond Rowntree Mill Road, across from Beaconhill and Kidron Valley drives and at Steeles Avenue West and
  • on Steeles Avenue West at Markbrook Lane.