TTC Service Changes Effective March 15, 2026

The TTC will alter services on March 15, but with far less upheaval than the February round of updates for the opening of Line 5 Eglinton Crosstown.

The primary changes are:

Late evening service added on 6 Finch West.
Service at Exhibition Place by 29/329 Dufferin modified for the World Cup.
Service to Thorncliffe Park and to Leaside by 88 South Leaside changed for Ontario Line Construction.

Details follow the “more” break.

Full Service on Line 6 Finch West

Service on Line 6 will be extended to 1am, and this appears to be considered as the final version of the service plan. There will still be a gap between the end of LRT service and the end of connecting subway service which is after 2am. Riders will use the 336 Finch Night bus.

	Finch West Stn WB			Humber College EB
	Weekdays	Saturday	Sunday	Weekdays	Saturday	Sunday
First Trip	5:08	6:00	7:59	5:28	5:30	8:08
Last Trip	1:05	1:05	1:05	1:30	1:30	1:30

There is no change in the scheduled travel time in most periods. The round trip times will be set at 90 minutes (down from 98) on weekend service early morning and through the evening including the extended hours.

The Metrolinx Line 6 FAQ still claims substantially better travel times than the scheduled values.

Light rail vehicles on the Finch West LRT will take approximately 33-34 minutes to travel from end to end, for an average speed of 20-21 km/h (including stops). LRVs will reach a top speed of 60 km/h. [Finch West FAQ, March 12]

Supplementary Bus Service to Backfill 6 Finch

The TTC provides extra service on nearby routes to 6 Finch so that buses can be easily “borrowed” when things go wrong. Affected routes are 36 Finch West, 84 Sheppard West and 927 Highway 27 Express.

Ongoing Construction Projects

Diversion of routes 501 Queen, 503 Kingston Road and 504 King for construction on Queen west of Broadview continues. Judging by recent state of the work, the diversion could end well before the announce late April date, but the bus substitutions will not change until the next schedules at the start of May. This diversion began on February 23.

503 Kingston Road Bus service will be improved in the peak periods to compensate for the diversions around the Queen/Broadview project.

The diversion of 506 Carlton and 19 Bay continues during reconstruction of the Bay/College intersection. This diversion began on March 2.

Saturday afternoon service on 506 Carlton is reduced from every 8 to every 10 minutes.

Early Sunday service will now be provided by the 306 night car and shuttle bus.

These changes are described in detail in my Where Is My Streetcar page.

South Leaside Route Restructuring

Metrolinx Ontario Line construction north of Thorncliffe Park will close Beth Nealson Drive for an extended period. This street connects Thorncliffe Park with the east end of the Leaside industrial district, and is part of the large loop through the area by 88 South Leaside.

Service will be restructured into three routes:

88A South Leaside will run from St. Clair Station to Thorncliffe Park via Millwood and Overlea.
88B South Leaside will run from St. Clair Station to Laird Station looping via Wicksteed Avenue.
156 Millwood will run from Thorncliffe Park to Laird Station looping via Wicksteed Avenue. It will operate every 20-25 minutes daytime only 7 days/week.

World Cup Adjustments

Service through Exhibition Place to Princes Gates Loop will be suspended on 29 Dufferin. Night service will take an alternate route north of the closed area.

Miscellaneous Schedule Adjustments

508 Lake Shore will make two additional trips eastbound from Roncesvalles to Distillery Loop providing added AM peak capacity on King West. Two added PM peak westbound trips destined to Roncesvalles will be signed as 504 King to avoid confusion with through cars to Long Branch.

Trips inbound from Long Branch	6:46, 7:06, 7:24, 7:44, 8:04
Trips inbound from Roncesvalles	7:32, 7:52, 8:00, 8:10, 8:20, 8:30, 8:50
Trips outbound from Distillery to Long Branch	4:22, 4:42, 5:02, 5:22, 5:42
Trips outbound from Distillery to Roncesvalles	4:52, 5:12

512/312 St. Clair run in/out trips from Leslie Barns operate via Broadview, Dundas and Bathurst due to the College/Bay project.

114 Queens Quay East will now stop to unload passengers northbound on Bay at Front to reduce the transfer distance to Union Station.

203 High Park service resumes weekends during the daytime every 20 minutes.