For those who have been wondering where my usual wrap-up of coming service changes is, it seems to be stuck in the managerial bowels of the TTC. A few weeks ago I was led to believe that its release was imminent, but as of the evening of February 11, crickets.
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Major changes to routes in the Parkdale and Liberty Village area are coming on February 18, and the details have been posted for a while elsewhere. Time for me to catch up. When the service memo comes out, I will flesh this out with service frequency details. Here is a map showing the wandering routes in the west end.
King Street will be closed between Shaw and Dufferin for water main and track work. This is a multi-stage project, although from a transit point of view it will have two configurations.
Effective February 18, 2024:
King Street will close between Shaw and Dufferin. Various routes will change to provide service, such as they can.
63 Ossington will no longer loop northbound via Atlantic and King to Shaw, but will be extended west via Liberty, Dufferin and King to Sunnyside Loop west of Roncesvalles.
29/929 Dufferin routes are not affected at this stage of the project.
501 Queen will vary by time of day. The eastern terminus remains at McCaul Loop, but the western terminus will change.
- Until 10pm, all 501 Queen cars will run only as far west as Dufferin Street, and they will turn south to Dufferin Loop (CNE Western Gate).
- After 10pm, all 501 Queen cars will run through to Long Branch as they do now replacing the 507 Long Branch car.
301 Queen night car bus service will continue to operate between Neville and Long Branch.
504 King cars will also vary by time of day:
- Cars on both the 504A and 504B branches will divert via Shaw and Queen to Roncesvalles.
- 504A Dundas West cars will run north to Dundas West Station at all times.
- 504B cars that would normally run to Dufferin Loop will run west on Queen.
- Before 10pm, 504B cars will run through to Humber Loop replacing the 501 Queen service which will divert to Dufferin Loop.
- After 10pm, 504B cars will terminate at Roncesvalles.
- Note that streetcar service to Broadview Station will be restored and so the 504B cars will no longer end at Distillery Loop, but will run to their normal east end destination.
304 King night service will operate between Broadview and Dundas West Stations diverting via Shaw and Queen. [Updated Feb. 12 at 11:40am] The TTC media release confirms that the night service will operate with streetcars.
507 Long Branch service is not affected.
508 Lake Shore cars will divert via Shaw and Queen, but will otherwise operate on their normal route.
Effective Late June 2024
Note: The work at King & Dufferin has been postponed to 2025.
The intersection of King & Dufferin will close for complete reconstruction of the track. This will require changes in the 501 Queen and 63 Ossington diversions, as well as a revised south end for the 29/929 Dufferin services, but details have not yet been announced.
Effective August 2024
With the completion of work at King & Dufferin, routes should revert to the February configuration, but nothing is definite about TTC plans as riders know well. Stay tuned.
The work is supposed to continue until “early December” according to the TTC site, but until “November” according to the City site. Normally, the schedule change would occur in late November, and so it is not clear just what date they are aiming at. The usual December change is for the two-week holiday schedules just before Christmas.
Steve Munro 