As part of its preventative maintenance program, the TTC continues to schedule monthly overnight overhead inspections, it says, “to ensure reliable streetcar service.”
From 11 p.m. Monday, October 6 until 4 a.m. Tuesday, October 8 and continuing overnight nightly, crews are inspecting the overhead [wiring] in the Spadina Station streetcar terminal and on Spadina Avenue and Crescent between the station and Adelaide Street West.
The transit agency is replacing streetcars with buses along these routes north of Queens Quay West:

Overhead inspection on the Spadina corridor and the resulting TTC service changes continue overnight nightly until October 10 (4 a.m.).
510 Spadina
310 Spadina overnight
From 11 p.m. Monday, October 6 until 4 a.m. Tuesday, October 8 and continuing overnight nightly until 4 a.m. Thursday, October 10, streetcars operate only along Queens Quay West between Spadina / Queens Quay Loop and Union Station.
South- and eastbound** cars start their trips in Spadina / Queens Quay Loop, then proceed:
along their regular path southward along Lower Spadina Avenue.
South- and eastbound cars skip their regular stops
- in Spadina Station streetcar terminal,
- on Spadina Avenue beyond Sussex Avenue and Harbord Street, at Willcocks Street, beyond College and Nassau streets and Dundas Street West, across from Sullivan Street, beyond Queen Street West and at King and Front streets west and
- on Lower Spadina Avenue at Fort York Boulevard.
Shuttle buses replace the cars north of Queens Quay West.
West- and northbound cars operate along their regular path to Queens Quay West at Spadina / Queens Quay Loop, then proceed:
northward into the loop,
ending their trips.West- and northbound cars skip their regular stops
- on Lower Spadina Avenue beyond Queens Quay West and Bremner Boulevard,
- on Spadina Avenue beyond Front and King streets west, at Richmond Street West, beyond Queen Street West, Sullivan Street and Dundas Street West, across from Nassau Street, beyond College Street, at Willcocks Street, beyond Harbord Street and at Sussex Avenue and
- in Spadina Station streetcar terminal.
Shuttle buses replace the cars north of Queens Quay West. Westbound streetcar passengers may board northbound buses on the east side of Lower Spadina Avenue north of Queens Quay West.
310 / 510 Spadina shuttle buses
(The TTC has not detailed how buses turn around at the south end of their path. We’ve based this part of the post on information it supplied about replacement bus service during other detours. Note that this is unofficial information. The TTC may operate buses with a different service pattern during this occasion.)
From 11 p.m. Monday, October 6 until 4 a.m. Tuesday, October 8 and continuing overnight nightly until 4 a.m. Thursday, October 10, buses replace streetcars along the 310 Spadina overnight and 510 Spadina routes north of Queens Quay West.
Southbound buses start their trips in Spadina Station bus terminal, then proceed:
southward along Spadina Road, Avenue, Crescent and Avenue and Lower Spadina Avenue;
westward along Lake Shore Boulevard West;
southward along Dan Leckie Way;
eastward along Queens Quay West; and then
northward along Lower Spadina to just north of Queens Quay,
ending their trips.Southbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops
- in Spadina Station bus terminal,
- on Spadina Avenue at Sussex Avenue, Harbord, Willcocks, College and Nassau streets and Dundas Street West, across from Sullivan Street, at Queen, King and Front streets west,
- on Lower Spadina Avenue [southbound] at Fort York Boulevard and
- on Lower Spadina Avenue [northbound] beyond Queens Quay West.
Buses serve passengers at stops beside the curb, instead of the centre-road “island” streetcar stops.
Southbound bus passengers may board eastbound streetcars on the south side of Queens Quay West east of Lower Spadina Avenue.
Northbound buses start their trips on Lower Spadina Avenue north of Queens Quay West, then proceed:
northward along Lower Spadina and Spadina Avenue, Crescent, Avenue and Road; and then
eastward into Spadina Station bus terminal,
ending their trips.Northbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops
- on Lower Spadina Avenue beyond Queens Quay West and at Bremner Boulevard and Front Street West,
- on Spadina Avenue at King, Richmond and Queen streets west, Sullivan Street and Dundas Street West, across from Nassau Street and at College, Willcocks and Harbord streets and Sussex Avenue and
- in Spadina Station bus terminal.
