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King West / Portland track repairs: TTC detours, overnight, starting late October 28



From 11 p.m. Monday, October 28 until 4 a.m. Tuesday, October 29 and from 11 p.m. Tuesday until 4 a.m. Wednesday, October 30, TTC crews are repairing the streetcar tracks

  • on King Street West at Portland Street.

The TTC is detouring streetcars along these routes, while the crews are working in the track area:

  • 303 Kingston Rd overnight;
  • 304 King overnight; and
  • 504 King.

Shuttle buses replace the cars between Shaw Street and Spadina Avenue.

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304 King overnight
504A / 504B King
303 Kingston Rd overnight

From 11 p.m. Monday, October 28 until 4 a.m. Tuesday, October 29 and from 11 p.m. Tuesday until 4 a.m. Wednesday, October 30, eastbound cars operate along their regular path to King Street East and Shaw Street, then detour:

northward along Shaw;
eastward along Queen Street West; and then
southward along Spadina Avenue to King West,
resuming their regular path eastward along King.

Eastbound cars skip their regular stops

  • on King Street West at Strachan Avenue and Niagara and Tecumseth streets and beyond Bathurst and Portland streets.

Instead, eastbound cars drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Shaw Street at Adelaide and Queen streets west,
  • on Queen Street West at Niagara, Tecumseth and Bathurst streets and Augusta and Spadina avenues and
  • on Spadina Avenue beyond Queen Street West and at King Street West.

Shuttle buses replace the cars between Shaw Street and Spadina Avenue. Eastbound streetcar passengers may board eastbound buses on the south side of King Street West west of Douro Street.

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Westbound cars reverse the eastbound detour path.

Westbound cars skip their regular stops

  • on King Street West beyond Spadina Avenue and at Portland, Bathurst, Tecumseth and Niagara streets, Strachan Avenue and Shaw Street.

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

  • on Spadina Avenue beyond King Street West and at Richmond Street West,
  • on Queen Street West at Augusta Avenue, Bathurst Street and Palmerston and Claremont avenues, across from Strachan Avenue and at Shaw Street and
  • on Shaw Street across from Adelaide Street West and at King Street West.

Shuttle buses replace the cars between Spadina Avenue and Shaw Street. Westbound streetcar passengers may board westbound buses on the north side of King Street West west of Spadina Avenue.

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303 / 304 / 504 King shuttle buses

From 11 p.m. Monday, October 28 until 4 a.m. Tuesday, October 29 and from 11 p.m. Tuesday until 4 a.m. Wednesday, October 30, buses replace streetcars along the 303 Kingston Rd overnight, 304 King overnight and 504A / 504B King streetcars between Shaw Street and Spadina Avenue.

Eastbound buses start their trips in Dufferin Gate Loop, then proceed:

northward along Dufferin Street;
eastward along King Street West;
northward along Spadina Avenue;
eastward along Adelaide Street West; and then
southward along Charlotte Street to Oxley Street,
ending their trips.

Eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

  • in Dufferin Gate Loop,
  • on Dufferin Street at Springhurst Avenue, Liberty Street and King Street West,
  • on King Street West across from Joe Shuster Way, at Atlantic Avenue, Douro and Shaw streets, Strachan Avenue and Niagara and Tecumseth streets and beyond Bathurst and Portland streets,
  • on Spadina Avenue beyond King Street West and
  • on Charlotte Street at Oxley Street.

Eastbound bus passengers may board eastbound streetcars on the south side of King Street West east of Spadina Avenue.

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Westbound buses start their trips on Charlotte Street at Oxley Street, then proceed:

southward along Charlotte;
westward along King Street West,
southward along Dufferin Street;
westward along Springhurst Avenue;
southward along Fort Rouille Street; and then
eastward into Dufferin Gate Loop,
ending their trips.

Westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops

  • on Charlotte Street at Oxley Street,
  • on King Street West beyond Spadina Avenue, at Portland, Bathurst, Tecumseth and Niagara streets, at Strachan Avenue, Shaw and Sudbury streets, across from Jefferson Avenue and at Joe Shuster Way,
  • on Dufferin Street beyond King Street West [unofficial], across from Liberty Street and at Springhurst Avenue and
  • in Dufferin Gate Loop.

Westbound bus passengers may board westbound streetcars on the north side of King Street West east of Sudbury Street.

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