New Year's Eve events affect transit services, December 31

New Year’s Eve events affect transit services is Brampton, Mississauga and Toronto Wednesday, December 31.

The events affect service along these routes:

Brampton Transit — 2 Main, 502 Züm Main.
GO Transit — 01 Lakeshore West trains; 09 Lakeshore East trains; 21 Milton trains; 31 Kitchener trains; 61 Richmond Hill trains; 65 Barrie trains; 71 Stouffville trains.
MiWay — 3 Bloor, 6 Credit Woodlands, 8 Cawthra, 26 Burnhamthorpe.
Toronto Transit Commission — Line 1 Yonge - University, 19 Bay, 114 Queens Quay East, 121 Esplanade - River, 307 Bathurst overnight, 310 Spadina overnight, 320 Yonge overnight, 509 Harbourfront, 510 Spadina, 511 Bathurst, Bathurst Station express, Sherbourne Station express.
Union Pearson Express — UP Express trains.

Brampton

Main Street North between Theatre Lane / Nelson Street West and Queen Street,
Main Street South between Queen and Wellington streets

and other streets in downtown Brampton Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning to accommodate the event in Garden Square.

Brampton Transit is detouring buses, while the streets are closed. You can ride Brampton Transit free of fare after 7 p.m.

2 Main

From 5 p.m. New Year’s Day, Wednesday, December 31 until 1 a.m. New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, southbound buses operate along their regular path to Main Street North and Theatre Lane / Nelson Street West, then detour:

southward along Nelson West;
southward along McMurchy avenues north and south; and then
eastward along Harold Street to Main South,
resuming their regular path southward along Main.

Southbound buses skip their regular stops

on Main Street South at Wellington Street West and across from Woodbrook Drive and Clarence Street.

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

on McMurchy Avenue North at Queen Street West and

on McMurchy Avenue South at Royce Avenue, McHardy Court [north] and Corby Crescent.

Northbound buses reverse the southbound detour path.

Northbound buses skip their regular stops

on Main Street South at Clarence Street, beyond Guest Street and Woodbrook Drive and at Wellington Street East and

on Main Street North beyond Queen Street East.

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

on McMurchy Avenue South beyond Harold and Frederick streets, across from McHardy Court [north] and at Jessie Street and Queen Street West and

on McMurchy Avenue North at Nelson Street West.

502 Züm Queen

From 5 p.m. New Year’s Day, Wednesday, December 31 until 1 a.m. New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, southbound buses operate along their regular path to Main Street North and Theatre Lane / Nelson Street West, then detour:

southward along Nelson West;
southward along McMurchy avenues north and south; and then
eastward along Harold Street to Main South,
resuming their regular path southward along Main.

Southbound buses skip their regular stop

at Wellington Z&umml;m station.

Northbound buses reverse the southbound detour path.

Northbound buses skip their regular stop

at Wellington Z&umml;m station.

Mississauga

The City of Mississauga is closing

Burnhamthorpe Road West between Confederation Parkway and Hurontario Street,
Kariya Gate,
Living Arts Drive between Princess Royal Drive and Burnhamthorpe Road West

and other streets in the City Centre area Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning to accommodate the event in Celebration Square.

MiWay is detouring buses, while the streets are closed. You can ride MiWay free of fare after 7 p.m.

3 Bloor

From 11:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31 until 12:30 a.m. New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, eastbound buses operate along their regular path to City Centre Drive and Robert Speck Parkway West, then detour:

eastward along Robert Speck West; and then
southward along Hurontario Street to Elm Drive,
resuming their regular path eastward along Elm East.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stops

on City Centre Drive across from Robert Speck Parkway West and at Kariya Gate,

on Kariya Drive across from Enfield Place [north and south] and

on Elm Drive West beyond Kariya Drive.

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

on Robert Speck Parkway West at Hurontario Street,

on Hurontario Street at Burnhamthorpe Road West and beyond Matthews Gate.

Westbound buses reverse the eastbound detour path.

Westbound buses skip their regular stops

on Elm Drive West at Kariya Drive,

on Kariya Drive at Enfield Place [north] and Burnhamthorpe Road West,

on Kariya Gate at City Centre Drive and

on City Centre Drive at Robert Speck Parkway West.

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

on Hurontario Street across from Matthews Gate and at Burnhamthorpe Road East and

on Robert Speck Parkway West at City Centre Drive.

26 Burnhamthorpe

From 11:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31 until 12:30 a.m. New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, eastbound buses operate along their regular path to Burnhamthorpe Road West and Confederation Parkway, then detour:

northward along Confederation;
eastward along Rathburn Road West, passing City Centre Terminal;
southward along City Centre Drive;
eastward along Robert Speck Parkway West; and then
southward along Hurontario Street to Burnhamthorpe,
resuming their regular path eastward along Burnhamthorpe East.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stops

on Burnhamthorpe Road West at Confederation Parkway, Duke of York Boulevard and Sussex Gate.

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

on Confederation Parkway at Princess Royal and Prince of Wales drives and Rathburn Road West,

on Rathburn Road West at Living Arts Drive and Duke of York Boulevard, beside City Centre Terminal at platform L and at City Centre Drive,

on City Centre Drive at Square One Drive and

on Robert Speck Parkway West at Hurontario Street.

Westbound buses reverse the eastbound detour path.

Westbound buses skip their regular stops

on Burnhamthorpe Road West at Kariya Gate, Duke of York Boulevard, Living Arts Drive and Confederation Parkway.

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

on Robert Speck Parkway at City Centre Drive,

on Rathburn Road West beyond Station Gate Road (City Centre Terminal platform O) and at Living Arts Drive and

on Confederation Parkway at Square One and Parkside Village drives, Arbutus Way and Burnhamthorpe Road West..

8 Cawthra

From 11:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31 until 12:30 a.m. New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, southbound buses start their trips in City Centre Terminal, as usually, then proceed:

eastward along Rathburn Road West;
southward along City Centre Drive;
eastward along Robert Speck Parkway West; and then
southward along Hurontario Street to Elm Drive,
resuming their regular path eastward along Elm East.

Southbound buses skip their regular stops

on Living Arts Drive beyond Rathburn Road West and at Prince of Wales and Princess Royal drives and Burnhamthorpe Road West,

on Burnhamthorpe Road West at Duke of York Boulevard,

on Kariya Drive across from Enfield Place [north and south] and

on Elm Drive West beyond Kariya Drive.

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

on Robert Speck Parkway West at Hurontario Street,

on Hurontario Street at Burnhamthorpe Road West and beyond Matthews Gate.

Northbound buses reverse the eastbound detour path.

Northbound buses skip their regular stops

on Elm Drive West at Kariya Drive,

on Kariya Drive at Enfield Place [north] and Burnhamthorpe Road West,

on Burnhamthorpe Road West at Duke of York Boulevard and Living Arts Drive,

on Living Arts Drive at City Centre, Princess Royal, Prince of Wales and Square One drives and Rathburn Road West and

on Rathburn Road West at Duke of York Boulevard.

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

on Hurontario Street across from Matthews Gate and at Burnhamthorpe Road East and

on Robert Speck Parkway West at City Centre Drive.

6 Credit Woodlands

From 11:30 p.m. New Year’s Eve, Wednesday, December 31 until 12:30 a.m. New Year’s Day, Thursday, January 1, eastbound buses operate along their regular path to Webb Drive and Confederation Parkway, then detour:

northward along Confederation; and then
eastward along Rathburn Road West to Living Arts Drive,
resuming their regular path eastward along Rathburn West.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stops

on Webb Drive across from Duke of York Boulevard,

on Burnhamthorpe Road West at Living Arts Drive and

on Living Arts Drive at City Centre, Princess Royal, Prince of Wales and Square One drives and Rathburn Road West.

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

on Burnhamthorpe Road West at Confederation Parkway,

on Confederation Parkway at Princess Royal and Prince of Wales drives and Rathburn Road West and

on Rathburn Road West at Living Arts Drive.

Westbound buses reverse the eastbound detour path.

Westbound buses skip their regular stops

on Living Arts Drive beyond Rathburn Road West and at Prince of Wales and Princess Royal drives and Burnhamthorpe Road West,

on Burnhamthorpe Road West at Duke of York Boulevard and

on Webb Drive beyond Duke of York Boulevard and at Confederation Parkway.

Toronto

The City of Toronto is closing

Bay Street, southbound lanes between Front Street West and Queens Quay West,
Queens Quay West, eastbound lanes and
York Street, northbound lanes between Queens Quay West and Front Street Westbound

to accommodate the City’s New Year’s Eve event on the Central Waterfront.

GO Transit and Union Pearson Express are operating later trains to help you get home safely. The TTC is detouring buses and streetcars during and after the event and operating later service. It’s also providing special express buses after the event to whisk you from the waterfront to Line 2 Bloor - Danforth subway trains.

You can ride trains, buses and streetcars from all three agencies free of fare from 7 p.m. until 8 a.m.

If you are travelling to Union Station after midnight, you can only enter the station through the doors on Bay Street, just south of Front Street. This will lead you into the station through the Brookfield Place entrance.

Staff may ask you to wait before entering the station, depending on how many people are there. If that happens, line up on the sidewalk southward along Bay Street. TTC staff will let you know when you can enter the station. Alternatively, TTC passengers may choose to walk to St Andrew, King, Osgoode or Queen stations to board Line 1 subway trains.

GO Transit

65 Barrie trains

GO is operating later northbound trains along the line.

Trains start their trips in Union Station at 12:54 and 2:24 a.m. They end in Allandale Waterfront GO Station at 2:37 and 4:07 a.m.

Another train starts in Union at 3:54 a.m. It ends in Bradford GO Station at 5:09 a.m.

31 Kitchener trains

GO is operating later westbound trains along the line.

Trains start their trips in Union Station at 1:04 and 2:04 a.m. They end in Bramalea GO Station at 1:47 and 2:47 a.m.

More trains start in Union at 12:34, 1:19, 2:34, 4:34 and 7:34 a.m. They end in Mount Pleasant GO Station at 1:30, 2:15, 3:30, 5:25 and 7:25 a.m.

Another train starts in Union at 1:34 a.m. It ends in Kitchener GO Station at 3:31 a.m.

09 Lakeshore East trains

GO is operating later eastbound trains along the line.

Trains start their trips in Union Station at 12:35, 12:50, 1:20, 1:50, 2:20, 3:20, 5:20 and 7:20 a.m. They end in Durham Oshawa GO Station at 1:42, 1:57, 2:27, 2:57, 3:27, 4:22, 6:27 and 8:27 a.m.

01 Lakeshore West trains

GO is operating later westbound trains along the line.

Trains start their trips in Union Station at 12:32, 1:02 and 1:47 a.m. They end in Burlington GO Station at 1:38, 2:08 and 2:53 a.m.

More trains start in Union at 12:47, 2:47 and 3:47 a.m. They drop off or pick up passengers in all stations (except the Hamilton GO Centre) and end in Confederation GO Station at 2:29, 4:29 and 5:24 a.m.

Even more trains start in Union at 1:17 and 2:17 a.m. They serve passengers in all stations (except West Harbour GO Station) and end in the Hamilton GO Centre at 2:48 and 3:48 a.m.

And, even more trains start in Union at 5:47 and 7:47 a.m. They serve passengers in all stations (except the Hamilton GO Centre) and end their trips in West Harbour at 7:15 and 9:15 a.m.

21 Milton trains

GO is operating extra westbound trains along the line.

Extra trains start in Union Station at 12:55 and 2:55 a.m. They end in Milton at 1:55 and 3:55 a.m.

61 Richmond Hill trains

GO is operating an extra northbound train along the line.

The train starts in Union Station at 1:15 a.m. It ends in Bloomington at 2:21 a.m.

71 Stouffville trains

GO is operating later northbound trains along the line.

A train starts its trip in Union Station at 1 a.m. It ends in Mount Joy GO Station at 1:56 a.m.

More trains start in Union at 2:42 and 4:12 a.m. They end in Old Elm GO Station at 3:54 and 5:24 a.m.

Toronto Transit Commission

511 Bathurst

The TTC is extending the path so that streecars operate to and from Union Station from about 11 p.m. until 3 a.m.

From 11 a.m. until 3 p.m., southbound cars operate along their regular path to Bathurst and Fleet streets, then proceed:

southward along Bathurst;
eastward along Queens Quay West; and then
northward through the Harbourfront streetcar tunnel (under Bay Street) to Union Station,
ending their trips.

Southbound cars skip their regular stops

on Fleet Street beyond Bathurst and Bastion streets and Fort York Boulevard,

on Manitoba Drive beyond Strachan Avenue and

in Exhibition Loop.

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

on Queens Quay West beyond Bathurst Street, Dan Leckie Way and Lower Spadina Avenue, at Rees Street and beside the Harbourfront Centre and

in the Harbourfront streetcar tunnel

at Queens Quay / Ferry Docks Station and

at Union Station.

Northbound cars reverse the southbound path from 11 p.m. until 3 a.m.

Northbound cars skip their regular stops

in Exhibition Loop,

on Manitoba Drive at Strachan Avenue,

on Fleet Street beyond Fort York Boulevard, across from Bastion Street and at Bathurst Street.

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

in the Harbourfront streetcar tunnel

at Union Station and

at Queens Quay / Ferry Docks Station.

on Queens Quay West beyond York and Rees streets, Lower Spadina Avenue and Dan Leckie Way and

on Bathurst Street beyond Queens Quay West.

Connect with streetcars along the 509 Harbourfront route at Bathurst and Fleet streets to travel to and from Exhibition Loop after 11 p.m.

The TTC has not provided information about when the last northbound car leaves Union Station, but it likely would be just before 3 a.m. We do know that the last northbound car leaves Bathurst Street south of Fort York Boulevard at 3:12 a.m. The last southbound car leaves Bathurst / Fort York at 3:06 a.m.

307 Bathurst

The first northbound bus leaves Exhibition Loop at 4:31 a.m. It leaves Fort York Boulevard east of Iannuzzi Street (the closest stop to the waterfront) at 4:36 a.m.

Bathurst Station Express

From midnight until 2 a.m., frequent express buses operate between the intersection of Queens Quay West / Lower Spadina Avenue and Bathurst Station.

19 Bay

From 11:30 p.m. until 2 a.m., southbound buses operate along their regular path to Yonge and Wellington streets, then detour:

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

Southbound buses skip their regular stops

on Yonge Street at Front Street West and

on Front Street West at Bay Street.

Instead, southbound buses likely drop off passengers at a temporary stop

on Wellington Street West at Bay Street.

Northbound buses start their trips on Wellington Street West at Bay Street, then proceed:

along their regular path northward along Bay.

Northbound buses skip their regular stops

on Front Street West at Bay Street and

on Bay Street at Wellington Street West.

Instead, northbound buses pick up passengers at a temporary stop

on Wellington Street West at Bay Street.

The last northbound bus leaves Front Street West east of Bay Street at 3:19 a.m.

121 Esplanade - River

From 11:30 p.m. until 2 a.m., westbound buses operate along their regular path to Yonge Street and Front Street East, ending their trips,

Westbound buses skip their regular stop

on Front Street West beyond Bay Street.

Eastbound buses start their trips on Yonge Street south of Front Street East, then proceed:

along their regular path eastward along Front East.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stop

on Front Street West beyond Bay Street.

The last northbound bus leaves Front Street West east of Bay Street at 2:49 a.m.

509 Harbourfront

The last eastbound car leaves Exhibition Loop at 2:28 a.m. It leaves Queens Quay West east of Lower Spadina Avenue at 2:39 a.m.

The last westbound car leaves Union Station at 2:47 a.m.

114 Queens Quay East

From 10 p.m. until 2 a.m., westbound buses operate along their regular path to Queens Quay East and Yonge Street, then detour:

northward along Yonge;
westward along Wellington Street West;
southward along Bay Street; and then
eastward along Front Street West to just east of Bay,
ending their trips.

Westbound buses skip their regular stops

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

Instead, westbound buses drop off passengers at a temporary stop

on Yonge Street beyond Queens Quay East and at Front Street East.

Westbound buses continue to drop off passengers at their regular stop

on Front Street West beyond Bay Street.

Eastbound buses operate along their regular path to Front Street West and Yonge Street, then detour:

eastward along Front East; and then
southward along Lower Sherbourne Street to Queens Quay East,
resuming their regular path eastward along Queens Quay.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stops

on Bay Street beyond Front Street West and Harbour Street and

on Queens Quay West beyond Bay Street.

Instead, eastbound buses pick up passengers at temporary stops

on Lower Sherbourne Street at The Esplanade and Queens Quay East.

Westbound buses continue to drop off passengers at their regular stop

on Front Street West beyond Bay Street.

The last eastbound bus leaves Front Street West east of Bay Street 2:45 a.m.

Sherbourne Station Express

From midnight until 2 a.m., frequent express buses operate between the intersection of Queens Quay East / Lower Jarvis Street and Sherbourne Station.

510 Spadina

The TTC’s Routes and Schedules page on the its website indicates that streetcars operate with regular Monday-to-Friday schedules after midnight — about every 10 minutes.

If streetcars operate with regular schedules, the last southbound car leaves Spadina Station at 1:27 a.m.

The last northbound car leaves Union Station at 1:15 a.m.

However, on this page, the TTC announces that it’s extending service along route 510 until 3 a.m.

310 Spadina overnight

The TTC’s Routes and Schedules page on the its website indicates that streetcars operate with regular Monday-to-Friday schedules after midnight — about every 10 minutes.

If streetcars operate with regular schedules, the first southbound streetcar leaves Spadina Station at 1:28 a.m.

The first northbound car leaves Union Station at 1:26 a.m.

However, on this page, the TTC announces that it’s extending service along the 510 *Spadina route until 3 a.m.*

In that case, service along route 310 wouldn’t start until after then.

320A Yonge overnight

The first northbound bus leaves Yonge Street north of Queens Quay East at 1:49 a.m.

Line 1 Yonge - University

The last northbound trains leave Union Station at 2:31 a.m. for Finch Station and 2:27 a.m. for Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station.

Union Pearson Express

UP Express trains

Extra late-night trains from Union Station help you get back from the New Year’s Eve festivities safely. Extra trains start their trips in Union Station every 30 minutes between 1:15 and 3:45 a.m., dropping off passengers in all stations to Pearson Station.

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