Major Update October 10 at 12:50pm: Additional information on bus bay assignments at various stations, on street stop arrangements pending Line 5 opening, and service changes not mentioned in earlier versions of this post. Also added are various tables and charts of fleet allocations and other information.
Updated October 10 at 11:30pm: The spreadsheet showing detailed before and after service designs for affected routes is now available.
The service changes planned for October 12 include four major groups:
- First stage of route reorganization for Line 5 Crosstown opening.
- Construction begins on Queen Street between Broadview and the Don River.
- Construction begins on College Street at McCaul.
- Construction ends in November at King & Dufferin.
History of This Article
As I publish this on Thursday, October 9 at 10:45am, the TTC has still not issued its usual detailed memo of pending service changes although the information has been floating around for weeks in various sources.
On October 9, there was a press release accompanying Mayor Chow’s media appearances, but this release only gives a hint of what is happening beyond the headline announcement of improved Line 2 subway service. That release includes a link to a page with more details, although regular TTC site readers would never find it.
Updated 5 pm October 9: A separate press release has been issued with the details of changes omitted from the first one. There are now separate pages for each modified route linked from a common page regarding the Line 5 changes. Maps showing the revised routes have been added to the end of this article.
There is an “Updates” page, separate from the regular “Service Changes” page, which can be accessed through the “Riding the TTC” page assuming you know it exists. It includes a link to the service changes, but there is no link from the TTC home page to this information. The Service Changes page gives details, but only for a handful of routes. Automatic links from route schedule pages are generated only for Service Changes items, and so the information on the Updates page is not linked for riders looking at route schedules.
Updated 10:50am October 9: The TTC Home Page now includes a link to the Updates post.
Updated 9:30am October 10: There are now route-level pages detailing the changes on the “Service Changes” page
Updated October 10: The detailed memo of service changes was issued mid morning today.
The TTC recently trumpeted its proposed Wayfinding Strategy which includes a strong digital component given the many riders who access information through online channels. Their own website badly needs overhaul, but even in its current state, information is not published in a consistent location.
The article following the break is a compendium of information from various sources.
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