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College / Bay construction: TTC resumes bus service through area, starting March 28



Today, Saturday, March 28, the TTC is resuming bus service through

  • the intersection of College Street with Bay Street

— weeks ahead of schedule.

The City of Toronto closed the intersection to all traffic starting Monday, March 2 to accommodate contractors who replaced sewer infrastructure and renewed streetcar tracks.

Buses along this route resume their regular path, starting March 28:

Streetcars along these routes continue to detour:

  • 306 Carlton overnight; and
  • 506 Carlton.

The TTC continues to detour the cars while it tests the new tracks over the next few weeks. It expects to resume regular streetcar service Sunday, May 3.

In the meantime, shuttle buses replace the cars between McCaul and Parliament streets. The shuttle buses no longer divert around the work zone and operate through the intersection.

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Contractors return to the area and the transit agency will further detour service after the FIFA World Cup 2026™, so the City and TTC can replace sewers on College Street between Bay and Yonge streets and renew the streetcar infrastructure on College and Carlton streets between Bay and Church streets. They expect to complete the projects in December.

The City and TTC originally expected this phase of construction to continue until mid-April.


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Starting Saturday, March 20, buses resume their regular path.

Southbound buses no longer drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Wellesley Street West at Queen’s Park Crescent East and
  • on Queen’s Park at College Street.

Instead, southbound buses resume serving passengers at their regular stops

  • on Bay Street beyond Wellesley Street West and at Grosvenor and College streets and Gerrard Street West.

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Northbound buses no longer drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Yonge Street beyond Carlton Street and at Alexander Street and
  • on Wellesley Street West at Bay Street.

Instead, northbound buses resume serving passengers at their regular stops

  • on Bay Street beyond Gerrard Street East and at College and Grosvenor streets and Wellesley Street West.

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306 Carlton overnight

Starting Monday, March 2, eastbound streetcars operate along their regular path to College and McCaul streets, then detour:

southward along McCaul;
eastward along Dundas streets west and east; and then
northward along Parliament Street to Gerrard Street East,
resuming their regular path eastward along Gerrard East.

Eastbound cars skip their regular stops

  • on College Street at University Avenue and Elizabeth, Bay and Yonge streets,
  • on Carlton Street at Church, Jarvis, Sherbourne, Ontario and Parliament streets and
  • on Parliament Street at Gerrard Street East.

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

  • on Dundas Street West at University Avenue and Chestnut, Bay and Yonge streets,
  • on Dundas Street East at Church, Jarvis, Sherbourne, Ontario and Parliament streets and
  • on Parliament Street at Oak Street and Gerrard Street East.

(List of temporary stops is unofficial.)

Shuttle buses replace the cars between McCaul and Parliament streets. Eastbound streetcar passengers may board eastbound buses on the south side of College Street west of McCaul Street.

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Westbound cars reverse the eastbound detour path.

Westbound cars skip their regular stops

  • on Parliament Street at Carlton Street,
  • on Carlton Street at Ontario, Sherbourne, Jarvis, Church and Yonge streets and
  • on College Street at Bay and Elizabeth streets and across from McCaul Street.

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

  • on Parliament Street across from Oak Street and at Dundas Street East,
  • on Dundas Street East at Ontario, Sherbourne, Jarvis, Church and Yonge streets,
  • on Dundas Street West at Bay and Chestnut streets, University Avenue and McCaul Street and
  • on McCaul Street at College Street.

(List of temporary stops is unofficial.)

Shuttle buses replace the cars between Parliament and McCaul streets. Westbound streetcar passengers may board westbound buses on the north side of Gerrard Street East east of Sackville Street.

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306B / 506B Carlton shuttle buses

Since Monday, March 2, buses have replaced streetcars along the 306 Carlton overnight and 506 Carlton routes between McCaul and Parliament streets.

Starting Saturday, March 28, eastbound buses start their trips in Spadina Station bus terminal, then proceed:

southward along Spadina Road, Avenue, Crescent and Avenue;
eastward along College and Carlton streets;
southward along Parliament Street;
eastward along Gerrard East;
northward along St. Matthews Road;
eastward along Jack Layton Way; and then
southward along Broadview Avenue to Gerrard,
ending their trips.

Eastbound buses likely drop off or pick up passengers at stops

  • in Spadina Station bus terminal,
  • on Spadina Avenue at Sussex Avenue and Harbord and Willcocks streets,
  • on College Street at Beverley and McCaul streets, University Avenue and Bay and Yonge streets,
  • on Carlton Street at Church, Jarvis, Sherbourne, Ontario and Parliament streets,
  • on Gerrard Street East beyond Parliament Street and at Sackville, Sumach and River streets and
  • on Broadview Avenue at Gerrard Street East.

Eastbound bus passengers may board eastbound streetcars on the south side of Gerrard Street East west of Sackville Street.

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Westbound buses start their trips southbound on Broadview Avenue at Gerrard Street East, then proceed:

westward along Gerrard East;
northward along Parliament Street;
westward along Carlton and College streets;
northward along Spadina Avenue, Crescent, Avenue and Road; and then
eastward into Spadina Station bus terminal,
ending their trips.

Westbound buses likely drop off or pick up passengers at stops

  • on Broadview Avenue at Gerrard Street East,
  • on Gerrard Street East at St. Matthews Road and River, Sumach, Sackville and Parliament streets,
  • on Parliament Street at Carlton Street,
  • on Carlton Street at Ontario, Sherbourne, Jarvis, Church and Yonge streets,
  • on College Street at Bay and Elizabeth streets, at Queen’s Park, across from McCaul Street and at St. George Street and Spadina Avenue,
  • on Spadina Avenue at Willcocks and Harbord Street, Sussex Avenue and Bloor Street West and
  • in Spadina Station bus terminal.

Westbound bus passengers may board westbound streetcars on the north side of College Street east of St. George Street.

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