TTC Service Changes Effective May 3, 2026

The TTC will make many changes to its schedules and services on Sunday, May 3. Many of these are seasonal adjustments for reduced traffic to school locations, as well as summer-only routes. Some routes will see service changes, and some construction projects will, at long last, finish. Toronto gets a reprieve for the World Cup period from major road disruptions, but this will not last long.

Other changes include some streetcar stop removals to attempt to speed up service. We will see just how effective these are after a month’s operation.

Updated May 2, 2026: Route description for 329 Night Bus corrected. Note about additional early morning trips added.

Updated May 3, 2026 at 6:30pm: The spreadsheet showing details of changes to service plans is now available.

Updated May 3, 2026 at 11:30pm: There are few destination sign changes, but a list of them has been added.

Details of Service Plans

The details of route-by-route changes to service plans are in the following spreadsheet.

Schedule Change Dates and the World Cup

Because of the timing of World Cup matches, there are separate dates for service changes in coming months on the bus, streetcar and subway networks.

  • Bus/Subway/LRT:
    • May 3 – June 20
    • June 21 – July 25
  • Streetcar:
    • May 3 – June 6
    • June 7 – July 25

Line 5 Eglinton Service Changes

Service changes implemented on April 5 are now incorporated into the schedules. Travel times and service improve in all time periods.

Line 5 Eglinton hours of service are extended so that cars run until 1:20am every day. Service will begin at 5:30am except on Sundays when it will start at 7:30am.

  • The late night Line 5 shuttle bus will be removed.
  • Trippers on 35 Jane intended for emergency use on 5 Eglinton will be reassigned to 935 Jane Express during periods when it operates. They will be added to 35 Jane in the late evening.
  • Service will remain on 34 Eglinton every 20 minutes during normal hours, and on the 334 Eglinton Night bus overnight.

The number of peak trains has been reduced by Metrolinx request. “Service will operate with 26 trains and will gradually increase based on vehicle availability from the maintainer” according to the service memo. Note that the Line 5 fleet is 78 cars or 39 2-car trains. This gives a very generous 50% spare ratio.

Single operator step backs will continue at both terminals to ensure that operators have sufficient breaks between trips.

Construction Projects

Bay & College

The diversion for water main and track work at Bay & College ends and 506 Carlton cars resume their normal route via College and Carlton between McCaul and Parliament. The 506 shuttle bus will no longer operate. The 19 Bay bus returned to its normal route on March 28.

Travel times and car allocations will be reduced with the removal of the diversion, but Saturday afternoon service will be improved from every 10 to every 8 minutes.

For the week of May 3-8, the diversion and bus shuttle will continue between 11pm and 4am to allow completion of overhead maintenance.

Further diversions are planned for track and water main replacement from Bay to Church through the summer after the World Cup period.

Queen & Broadview

The split operation of 504 King with streetcars terminating at Distillery Loop and a 504D bus shuttle from Parliament to Broadview Station ends. Streetcar service will operate over the full route with the 504B cars running from Dufferin Loop to Broadview Station. Regular night car service on 304 King also returns.

Service on each of the 504A/B branches will run every 10 minutes with a combined service of 5 minutes between Sumach and Dufferin.

Normal routing of 501/301 Queen cars and 503 Kingston Road buses resumed on April 27 between Broadview and Parliament.

Running times and vehicle allocations on 501 Queen will be adjusted to reflect the shorter route during some periods, but with no change to service levels. Service on 301 Queen Night Car will be widened from every 15′ to every 20′ with cars shifted to 304 King.

Peak period service on 503 Kingston Road will be reduced to every 6 minutes reflecting the return of 501 streetcars to Queen Street.

Further diversions are planned in the fall for reconstruction of King and York, and for track and water main work west from Dufferin to Close.

Carhouse routings from Russell and Leslie Barns changed back to normal via Queen Street:

  • 310/510 Spadina: To/From Leslie Barns via Queen and King Streets.
  • 511 Bathurst: To/From Leslie Barns via Queen and King Streets.
  • 312/512 St. Clair:
    • From Leslie Barns via Queen, Broadview, Dundas, Parliament, Carlton & Bathurst.
    • To Leslie Barns via College, Carlton, Parliament, Gerrard, Broadview & Queen.

Route Changes

Exhibition Place Changes (Corrected):

  • The 307 Bathurst night bus will divert around the temporary FIFA streetcar platforms on Fleet Street eastbound via Strachan and Lake Shore to Fort York Boulevard.
  • The 329 Dufferin night bus will terminate at Exhibition Loop rather than operating through Exhibition Place to Dufferin Loop.

Highland Creek Changes:

  • Route 154 Curran Hall will be extended via Conlins Road, Canmore Boulevard and Morrish Road, replacing service previously provided by the 905A Eglinton East Express. Service will be removed from the University of Toronto Scarborough Bus Loop and Military Trail, south of Ellesmere Road.
  • Route 905 Eglinton East Express will be changed so that all trips end at the UTSC bus loop.

Jane corridor Changes:

  • Service on 35 Jane and 27 Jane South will interline trips on weekday late evenings, and on weekend early and late evenings to provide a transfer-free trip between the routes north and south of Eglinton.
  • Trippers used as Line 5 emergency relief buses formerly scheduled on 35 Jane will be shifted to 935 Jane Express. Late evening, when the 935 does not operate, the trippers will run as 35 Jane locals.

Mount Dennis Station Changes:

161 Rogers Road, 168 Symington and 989 Weston Express will be rerouted at Mount Dennis Station to use Photography Drive as shown below.

Seasonal Route Changes

  • 92 Woodbine South: Weekend service will be improved to handle traffic to Woodbine Beach.
  • Holiday service to Woodbine Beach:
    • 22 Coxwell will be extended to Lake Shore and Northern Dancer.
    • 92 Woodbine South will alternate trips with 22 Coxwell at Lake Shore and Northern Dancer.
    • Schedules on both routes are adjusted to align headways for interlining.
  • University of Toronto Scarborough Campus:
    • Service to UTSC on 38B Highland Creek and 938 Highland Creek Express will be removed for the summer. Service on the 38A to Rouge Hill GO will be improved to partly offset this change.
  • Centennial College Services:
    • The 102A Markham Road to Centennial College service will be removed for the summer.
    • The 902 Markham Road Express school trip leaving Warden Station at 7:47am will be removed for the summer.
    • The 903 Kennedy-Scarborough Express will operate on weekdays with half of the trips running through to Centennial College as 903A and half ending at Scarborough Centre as 903B. All weekend trips will run as 903B to STC only.
    • 134 Progress: Weekday evening service will increase to every 12 minutes, and departures from Scarborough Centre Station will be interleaved with service on the 903A.
  • Humber College Service:
    • School trips on 927A Highway 27 express to Humber College during the weekday midday will be removed for the summer.
  • George Brown College Services:
    • 65 Parliament: Service reduced in the early morning, AM and PM peaks.
    • 75 Sherbourne: Service reduced in the early morning, AM peak, midday and PM peak.
    • 114 Queens Quay East: Service reduced in the early morning, AM peak and midday.
  • Seasonal Services:
    • The 200 Toronto Zoo bus will operate from morning to early evening periods on weekends and holidays. Weekday service will be added in late June.
    • The 201 Bluffer’s Park bus will operate from morning to early evening periods on weekends and holidays. Weekday service will be added in late June.
    • The 202 Cherry Beach bus will run during the midday, PM peak and early evening on weekdays, and from the morning through evening on weekends and holidays.
    • The 203 High Park bus will run weekdays during the AM peak, midday and PM peak with service every 20 minutes.

Service Adjustments

  • 14 Glencairn and 28 Bayview South: Schedules adjusted in all time periods for reliability.
  • 329 Dufferin Night Bus: Two short trips that originated northbound at Lawrence will be replaced by trips from Princes’ Gates Loop at 4:16 and 4:46am to reduce crowding.
  • 37/337 Islington:
    • 37 Islington: The first southbound 37B trip from Steeles on weekdays will be changed to depart at 5:14 rather than 5:19am to improve reliability and better align with following trips.
    • 337 Islington Night Bus: To improve the transition to 37B weekday morning service, the existing trip from Kipling & Steeles at 4:49am will be adjusted to leave Steeles & Islington at 5:01am and operate to Islington & Birmingham.
  • 50 Burnhamthorpe: Reliability adjustments due to Islington Station Easier Access Project.
  • 57 Midland: Midday service reduced to 11′ to match demand.
  • 68B Warden service to Major Mackenzie will be improved in the AM and PM peaks at York Region’s request to reduce crowding. 68A service to Steeles will be improved in the PM peak to ensure blending of headways with the 68B.
  • 74 Mount Pleasant: A school trip southbound from Broadway will be changed to 3:23 from 3:35pm. The northbound trip from St. Clair Station will change from 3:43 rather than 3:55pm.
  • 80 Queensway: A trip will be added from Newcastle and Windsor Streets (Mimico GO Station) at 7:42am to reduce crowding.
  • 123 Sherway: A northbound trip at 4:05pm on the 123D Sherway via East Mall branch has been removed due to low ridership.
  • 925 Don Mills Express: The break/relief point for crews will be changed to Broadview Station. There is no change in scheduled service.
  • 929 Dufferin Express: Early evening service will be added on Saturdays running every 8 minutes in anticipation of a World Cup match on June 20. Additional improvements will appear in the next round of schedule changes.
  • 507 Long Branch: Three trips at 10:05, 10:15 and 10:25pm on weekends will be removed as these overlap scheduled 501 Queen service.
  • 508 Lake Shore: Westbound travel times in the schedule will be adjusted to correct an error, but there will be no change in service levels.
  • St. Clair:
    • 512 St. Clair service will be reduced in the early evening on weekdays to every 10′.
    • Early Sunday morning service will be provided by the 312 St. Clair night car during the period before service begins on 1 Yonge-University.
    • Routes 312 and 512 will shift from Russell Carhouse to Leslie Barns.

Vehicle Type Changes

  • 129 McCowan North & 904 Sheppard-Kennedy Express: Service will operate with 40-foot buses at al times due of a shortage of articulated buses. There is no change in service levels.
  • 953 Steeles East Express: Some trips will operate with articulated buses. Most vehicles on weekdays will be artics. There is no change in the scheduled headways.

RapidTO Adjustments

  • Service on 511 Bathurst will be revised to reflect shorter travel times with the red lane implementation on Bathurst. One car will be removed weekday midday, PM peak and evening. On car will be removed Saturday afternoon and evening. There are minor changes to early evening frequencies, but otherwise service levels are unchanged.
  • Double operator step backs on the 511 at Bathurst Station will be scheduled on Victoria Day except in the early morning as a trial for World Cup service.

Stop Removals

In the name of improving route performance or for “operational reasons” (depending on which notice you read) the TTC will eliminate some closely-spaced streetcar stops.

  • 501/301 Queen:
    • Queen & Abell both ways
    • Queen & Victoria both ways (not currently in service due to Ontario Line construction)
  • 501/301 Queen, 507 Long Branch, 508 Lake Shore:
    • Lake Shore & 15th both ways
  • 505/305 Dundas:
    • Dundas & Sheridan both ways
  • 504 King & 505 Dundas:
    • Stops at Erindale and Broadview and at Broadview & Danforth southbound will no longer be served by 504 King and 505 Dundas cars. The stop at Erindale will disappear, but the stop at Danforth will continue to be served by 304/305 night cars as well as by 8 Broadview and 62 Mortimer buses while they operate an extended route south to Gerrard. The stop at Danforth was already bypassed by 504/505 streetcars during peak periods.

600-Series Runs As Directed Buses

The charts below slow the number of RAD buses to be provided from each garage on weekdays, weekends and holidays. Note that the lower right chart is for holidays.

Streetcar Route Maps

Vehicle Allocations

As the reconstruction at Russell Carhouse proceeds and space becomes available, operation of 506/306 Carlton will shift from Leslie to Russell.

Schedules have been adjusted for eBus operation at Arrow Road, Birchmount, Eglinton, Malvern, Mount Dennis, McNicoll and Wilson Divisions in all time periods “to better reflect eBus fleet availability” according to the service memo. There are no details of the changes.

Budgeted and Scheduled Service Hours

13 thoughts on “TTC Service Changes Effective May 3, 2026

  1. “The number of peak trains has been reduced by Metrolinx request.”

    Since the headway is flat or improved despite the removal of one train, I presume this is purely a budget play to benefit from the reduced travel time, getting the same or better service with one fewer operator?

    Steve: No. Metrolinx has been having problems getting enough working equipment to meet the schedule. This problem was flagged when the line opened.

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  2. “Metrolinx has been having problems getting enough working equipment to meet the schedule.”

    I was aware of this difficulty, but didn’t realize it was so deep a problem that moving from 27/39 to 26/39 would have a material impact. Yikes.

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  3. I saw the change coming to the artic routes as I’ve emailed TTC/Councillors since these routes have been basically operating non-artics for a while now. However, it seems like a service cut on 904 and 129 – they need to add more frequency to reflect the 40 ft buses and not keep the frequency as is which is intended for artics… They messed with the 129 last year when they changed the schedule for artics to have a weird 15 min gap for the next bus (leaving 40ft 129As packed and 60ft 129Bs empty).

    I’m disappointed about no increase to 154 as it absorbed a lot of the ridership 954 had since it no longer goes to Kennedy Stn. 154 is awful, always late, buses often missing or bunched and crowds spilling over the platform A at Kennedy during rush hour. People on the Lawrence corridor seem to love the one seat ride so I often encounter full buses leaving Kennedy in evenings and weekends too. 22 min frequencies for this corridor is ridiculous, especially during rush hour.

    Steve: This seems to be a classic case where service levels are both inadequate and not managed so that riders get a double whammy. With this restructuring, I will do a review of actual operations after a few months’ data have accumulated.

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  4. The text and map for 329 Dufferin don’t match as the terminal points and route description for both the regular route and the diversion differ.

    Steve: Thanks for catching this. I have fixed the text and also added a note about two extra early morning trips northbound from Princes’ Gates Loop to relieve crowding.

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  5. It looks like this might be the closest the TTC has gotten to full streetcar operation in a while (no major bustititions/closure simultaneously) I’m really curious to see what the passenger load will look like through q2 and q3 with a full* system running again.

    Steve: 503 is still a bus.

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  6. Where is the spreadsheet with the service changes?

    Steve: If you read the note in the article, you will see that I only received the detailed change list on Friday afternoon, but wanted to push out the main update without waiting to complete the spreadsheet. I’m just finishing it up now and it will appear this evening. Stay tuned!

    Updated 6:30pm May 3: The spreadsheet is now available.

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  7. When will you link the destination sign changes?

    Steve: There is only a handful of changes in this update. I have added them to the article.

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  8. Hey Steve: just wondering if you are going to put the stop relocations, because you put the stops removals.

    Thanks

    Steve: The TTC does not list relocations in the service memo, and so I don’t have a master source for info on this across the network.

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  9. Hey Steve, is the reason for some routes getting rid of Arctics that the company has retired some or they just don’t have enough or are they unreliable?

    Steve: Some of the artics are due for retirement, and there is not yet an eArtic to replace them.

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  10. For some reason they seem to be doing the rail repairs on King with asphalt instead of concrete. They were also using skid steers to get water out of pits this morning. This does not seem like good practice.

    Steve: This area is planned for complete replacement in the near future, and this looks like a temporary fix to tide them over the World Cup period. TOInview shows a track replacement project from Shaw to Bathurst in 2027.

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  11. I’ve noticed decreased presence of Articulated buses on 35. Would the service changes to 27/35/935 have affected this? Presumably due to limited space at Jane station? I’d be greatly disappointed if that were the case as Jane sorely needs the improved capacity.

    Steve: The total number of artics in the fleet is declining partly due to age, and there is not yet an “eArtic” to replace them. TTC has not yet changed schedules on affected routes to account for the loss of capacity.

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  12. I sincerely hope the TTC isn’t that stubborn to withhold on ordering new artic buses because they want electric ones. It could be a good while before New Flyer or NovaBus or whoever have a production model ready to go and considering the eBuses we have now aren’t quite as good as hoped, they may wanna take their time in perfecting the technology. It’d be proper foolish if the TTC didn’t at least consider ordering more hybrids. There’s too many routes in the city that need artics, namely the Scarborough shuttles, Dufferin, Jane, Hwy 27, and more. Some routes also deal with horrendous traffic which means adding more busses isn’t really an option either. I guess we’ll see what happens.

    Steve: I agree. They have already ordered some hybrid 40ft buses as a stop gap to keep the fleet going, but I don’t know what they plan for the artics. There is a general problem that the budget to buy replacement buses is substantially unfunded, and this might force the issue of buying the cheaper hybrids.

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  13. It seems to me that hybrid or electric articulated buses might be able to fix the traction and jackknifing problems that leave artics stuck on mild hills when it snows. There’s no reason with electric propulsion that you can’t motorize both the middle and rear axles.

    It doesn’t snow that much in Toronto, but when it does traffic generally is a mess, which extends to transit. And when you pull from service those artics that are still ambulatory and not stuck, say partway up the short little hills on Keele north of Trethewey, well there’s even more trouble.

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