Metrolinx is extending GO Transit’s 09 Lakeshore East line to Bowmanville, as part of the GO Expansion Program.
Metrolinx has started “early-works” construction for the Bowmanville extension project. It’s replacing the Simcoe Street Bridge over the Canadian Pacific Kansas City Railway (CPKC) Belleville subdivision tracks in Oshawa. The bridge is more than 100 years old and nearing the end of its service life. The new bridge will be higher and longer and Metrolinx will realign it “to meet current engineering standards.” It’s also expanding the rail corridor in the area and adding a new GO train track.
^ An aerial view of where the work will be taking place. Image, Metrolinx
Since Monday, January 12, the Region of Durham has closed:
- Simcoe Street South [Regional Road 2] between Avenue and Albany streets
in the City of Oshawa to accommodate the work.
Metrolinx explains that “This closure is necessary to ensure the safety of both the public and crews as they work on multiple construction activities,” including:
- demolishing and removing the old bridge structure;
- installing new foundations and piling to support the new bridge; and
- completing other road and utility works resulting from the project.
Durham Region Transit has been detouring buses along these routes, while the street is closed:
Starting Monday, July 13, DRT revises the detour paths due to another construction project that blocks Park Road South.
GO Transit started detouring its buses Saturday, January 3 to prepare its passengers for the construction. GO buses along these routes are detouring:
Construction of the Simcoe Street South bridge and the resulting DRT and GO detours continue “for approximately two years,” meaning as late as until January 31, 2028.
Metrolinx and GO plan to accommodate more passengers and increase service along the Lakeshore East line, as part of the GO Expansion Program (formerly “regional express rail”).
Durham Region Transit
PULSE 901A
Starting Monday, July 13, southbound buses operate along their regular path to Centre Street South and Gibb Street, then detour:
westward along Gibb;
southward along Stevenson Road South; and then
eastward along Bloor Street West to Simcoe Street South,
resuming their regular path southward along Simcoe South.Southbound buses skip their regular stops
- on Simcoe Street South beyond Royal Street, at Mill Street, across from First Avenue and at Bloor Street West.
Southbound buses also skip their temporary detour-path stops
- on Park Road South at Marland and Hillside avenues.
Instead, southbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at ongoing temporary stops
- on Gibb Street at Nassau and Montrave streets, beyond Grenfell Street and beside #450 Gibb,
- on Stevenson Road South beyond Gibb Street and at Laval Drive and
- on Bloor Street West beside #555 Bloor West, at Park Road South [west and east], beside #249 Bloor West, across from Oxford Street and at Simcoe Street South.
Northbound buses operate along their regular path to Simcoe Street South and Bloor Street West, then detour:
westward along Bloor West;
northward along Stevenson Road South;
eastward along Gibb Street;
southward along Centre Street South; and then
eastward along Fairbanks Street to Simcoe South,
resuming their regular path northward along Simcoe.Northbound buses skip their regular stops
- on Simcoe Street South beyond Bloor Street East, at Albany Street and First Avenue and across from Royal Street.
Northbound buses also skip their temporary detour-path stops
- on Park Road South beyond Montrave Avenue and at Quebec Street.
Instead, northbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at ongoing temporary stops
- on Bloor Street West at Oxford Street, across from Park Road South [east] and at Park Road South [west] and
- on Gibb Street at Grenfell and Nassau streets and Centre Street South.
Route N2
Starting Monday, January 12, southbound buses operate along their regular path to Centre Street South and Olive Avenue, then detour:
eastward along Olive;
southward along Ritson Road South;
westward along Bloor Street East; and then
southward along Simcoe Street South to just south of Erie Avenue,
ending their trips.Southbound buses skip their regular stops
- on Simcoe Street South beyond Royal Street, at Mill Street, across from First Avenue and at Bloor Street West.
Instead, southbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- on Olive Avenue across from Court Street and beyond Drew Street,
- on Ritson Road South at McNaughton Street and Bloor Street East and
- on Bloor Street East at Merritt Street and Simcoe Street South.
Starting Monday, July 13, northbound buses operate along their regular path to Bloor Street West and Park Road South [west], then detour:
westward along Bloor West;
northward along Stevenson Road South to Gibb Street,
resuming their regular path northward along Stevenson South.Northbound buses skip their regular stops
- on Park Road South beyond Montrave Avenue and at Quebec Street and
- on Gibb Street beyond Grenfell Street and beside #450 Gibb.
Instead, northbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- on Stevenson Road South at Laval Drive and Gibb Street.
GO Transit
56 Oshawa / Oakville
52 Oshawa / Vaughan
92 Oshawa / Yorkdale
Starting Saturday, January 3, westbound buses operate along their former path to Bloor Street West and Stevenson Road South, then proceed:
northward along Stevenson South; and then
eastward along Gibb Street to Simcoe Street South,
resuming their former path northward along Simcoe South.Westbound buses pick up passengers at a new stop:
- on Gibb Street east of Stevenson Road South.
Eastbound buses operate along their regular path to Centre Street South and Gibb Street, then detour:
westward along Gibb; and then
southward along Stevenson Road South to Bloor Street West,
resuming their regular path eastward along Bloor West.Eastbound buses pick up passengers at a new stop:
- on Gibb Street at Stevenson Road South.
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