Shuttle buses

(We’ve based this part of the post on information available from the TTC during other closures of this section of Line 1. Note that this is unofficial information. The TTC may choose to operate with a different service pattern during this closure.)

Southbound buses start their trips in Sheppard West Station bus terminal, then proceed:

westward along Sheppard Avenue West;
southward along William R. Allen Road;
west- and southward along Transit Road and into Wilson Station bus terminal;
southward along Transit;
south- and westward along Billy Bishop Way;
southward along Dufferin Street;
east- and southward along Yorkdale Road, stopping beside Yorkdale GO Bus Terminal;
southward along Yorkdale and Allen;
eastward along Lawrence Avenue West and into Lawrence West Station bus terminal,
ending their trips.

Northbound buses start their trips in Lawrence West Station bus terminal, then proceed:

eastward along Lawrence Avenue West;
northward along William Allen Road;
north- and westward along the Yorkdale access Road;
north- and westward along Yorkdale Road (stopping near Yorkdale GO Bus Terminal);
northward along Dufferin Street;
east- and northward along Billy Bishop Way;
north- and eastward along Transit Road, stopping at Wilson Station bus terminal;
northward along Allen; and then
eastward into Sheppard West Station bus terminal,
ending their trips.

Shuttle-bus alternatives

One way that you can reduce the impact of the closure is by planning ahead, leaving earlier than usually and giving yourself more time to get to where you’re going.

Although shuttle buses replacing subway service will be frequent, they may also be crowded.

Regular TTC buses and streetcars provide less frequent, less direct, but, perhaps, less stressful alternatives.

Consider boarding buses and street cars at subway stations on the Yonge branch of the subway line, instead of the University branch. If you’re travelling from the west, keep riding your bus or streetcar until you reach a Yonge-branch station, instead of exiting at a University-branch station. This applies not just to the closed section of the subway, but to stations north and south of the closure, so you can avoid the University branch entirely.

North of the closed section of the subway, ride:

• buses along the 60 Steeles West route to Finch Station, instead of Pioneer Village Station.
• buses along the 36 Finch West route to Finch Station, instead of Finch West Station.

At the closed section of the subway, ride:

• buses along the 84 Sheppard West route to Sheppard - Yonge Station, instead of Sheppard West Station;
• buses along the 96 Wilson or 165 Weston Rd North routes to York Mills Station, instead of Wilson Station;
• buses along the 52 Lawrence West route to Lawrence Station, instead of Lawrence West Station;

South of the closed section of the subway, ride:

• buses along the 14 Glencairn route to Davisville Station, instead of Glencairn Station;
• buses along the Line 5 Eglinton shuttle or the 34 Eglinton routes to Eglinton Station, instead of Cedarvale Station;
• streetcars along the 512 St Clair route to St Clair Station, instead of St Clair West Station.
• Line 2 Bloor - Danforth subway trains to Yonge Station, instead of St George Station;
• streetcars along the 506 Carlton route to College Station, instead of Queen’s Park Station;
• streetcars along the 505 Dundas route to Dundas Station, instead of St Patrick Station;
• streetcars along the 501 Queen route to the area of Queen Station, instead of Osgoode Station; and
• streetcars along the 504 King route to King Station, instead of St Andrew Station.