The TTC has announced a diversion of 501/301 Queen streetcar service between Shaw and Roncesvalles for work by Toronto Hydro. This will begin at 9pm on September 21 and run until 4am on October 15.
I checked with TTC Media Relations that this is an all-day diversion for over three weeks, not the more common overnight diversion for smaller scale repairs.
Streetcars will run both ways via Shaw and King to the Queen/Roncesvalles intersection and then via their normal route west to Humber Loop. Buses will run on Queen between Bathurst (Wolseley Loop) and Roncesvalles (Sunnyside Loop).
This announcement appears only on the TTC’s Service Changes page, and is not linked from the schedule pages for routes 501 or 301 as of 3:15pm on September 21.
It is not yet clear how the eastbound transfer connection at Roncesvalles will work as the streetcar stop is farside and there is no stop on the west side of the intersection, only a small curb between the streetcar tracks and three eastbound traffic lanes.
In the past they’ve had the streetcar (or bus) stop farside on King just south of Queensway after making the turn onto King. Watch for a temporary stop cardboard to appear, or maybe not. Then customers get to cross the absurdly wide right lane of King hoping not to get creamed.
I’m more excited by the nine-month diversion of the 504 coming up, presumably with no turn priority at KQQR.
Steve: Yes, I suspect that’s what they will do, but the diversion notice doesn’t seem to acknowledge this. We will see soon just what the arrangement is. It’s a particular problem for night time operation when visibility will be poor for passengers.
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Sooo … EB cars and WB buses … only? How does that work? Is there enough parking at either end for the vehicles that aren’t going back the other way?
What other useful details did the TTC omit from their announcement (and maybe their actual ops plan)?
Steve: You missed the words “both ways”.
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Thanks for posting this! I live in the area and the only info I could find was about the upcoming changes to the King st car being diverted onto Queen in November.
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