A Marathon of Transit Disruptions

On the weekend of October 16-18, the Toronto Waterfront Marathon will cause extensive disruption to transit service downtown. This is on a scale we have not seen for previous events, and begs the question of just how serious Toronto is about maintaining transit service even when promoting the TTC as the best way to get to the event.

Marathon closures will also affect motorists. See the Race Weekend Schedule and scroll down to the detailed list of road closures.

There are two marathons: a 5k run on Saturday, October 17 and a full/half marathon on Sunday, October 18.

Transit service will be suspended on many routes including the creation of some “transit deserts” through the combined effect of overlapping changes. This article consolidates information in many TTC service notices. Some of these have changed while I built this article. Readers are advised to check for further updates on their day of travel on the TTC’s site.

Although it is listed on the TTC’s Marathon Page, there are no details for the 501/301 Queen Streetcar service changes. If they appear, I will update this article.

Maps and a table showing the service changes are in the next section following the “more” break.

Route	Date/Time	Service Suspended
19 Bay	Fri Oct 16 10am to Sun Oct 18 9pm	No service from Dundas to Richmond. Note that this is replaced by larger diversions during specific periods shown below.
	Sat Oct 17
19 Bay	4am to 7:45am	No service between Gerrard and Front.
	7:45am to 1pm	No service south of Gerrard
97/320 Yonge	4am to 1pm	97C southern loop changed from Front/Bay/King to Queens Quay/Bay/Harbour
97C Yonge	7pm to 3am	Diverted via Carlton, Church and Shuter. No service on Yonge from Carlton to Shuter.
114 Queens Quay East	4am to 1pm	No service north of Harbour
121 Esplanade	4am to 1pm	Downtown loop changed to Yonge/Front/Church
202 Cherry	4am to 1pm	No service north of Harbour
301/501 Queen	TBA	TBA
503 Kingston Rd	7am to 12:30pm	No service from Church to University
504 King	6:50am to 12:30pm	No service from Church to Spadina
510 Spadina	7:30am to 11:30am	No service south of King to the Waterfront
	Sun Oct 18
300 Bloor Night	7am to 8am	No service on Bloor from Christie to Church
13 Avenue Road	7am to 11:30am	No service south of Davenport
19 Bay	5am to 5pm	No service south of Davenport
64 Main	8am to 3:30pm	No service at northbound stops on Southwood Drive and all stops south of Glen Stewart Crescent.
65 Parliament	8am to 4pm	No service south of King to the Waterfront
72 Pape	8am to 4pm	No service south of Eastern to the Waterfront
75 Sherbourne	8am to 4:15pm	No service south of King to the Waterfront
80 Queensway	5am to 2pm	No service at all stops from The Queensway/Windermere to Keele Station
83 Jones	8am to 4:15pm	No service south of Eastern to the Waterfront
92 Woodbine S	8am to 3:30pm	No service south of Queen Street East, northbound stops on Woodbine Avenue between Queen Street East and Kingston Road.
94 Wellesley	7:30am to 11:15am	No service between Wellesley and Ossington Stations
97C Yonge 320 Yonge Night	3am to 11am	320 service diverted south of Davenport via Church and Jarvis to Queens Quay. 97C buses suspended. No service on Yonge from Davenport to Queens Quay.
	11am to 5:15pm	South end loop changed to Adelaide/Church/King
121 Esplanade	8am to 5:15pm	No service south of King & River. Buses divert via King to loop via Jarvis, Adelaide and Sherbourne
114 Queens Quay East	5am to 2pm	No service north of Harbour
	2pm to 5:15pm	Downtown loop changed to run via Front and Yonge to Queens Quay.
301/501 Queen	TBA	TBA
503 Kingston Road	7am to 5:30pm	No service from Church to University
504 King	7am to 5:30pm	No service from Church to Dufferin
305/505 Dundas	6am to Noon	505/305 buses run from Dundas West Station to Ossington looping via Dufferin, Queen and Ossington.
	6:30am to 11:30am	505 streetcars turn back from Church Street. No service on Dundas between Ossington and Church.
306/506 Carlton	6am to Noon	Carlton buses operate a meandering route from High Park to Broadview diverting via Ossington, Dupont, Davenport and Church.
	6:30 to 11am	Carlton streetcars operate between Parliament and Main Station.
509 Harbourfront	6:30am to 2:30pm	No service west of Spadina to Exhibition. Streetcars will loop north on Spadina to Adelaide.
307/511 Bathurst	7 to 11:30am	No service between Bathurst Station and Exhibition Loop

The 19 Bay bus will wander around downtown changing routes from time to time. Note that the first map covers the entire period from Friday through Sunday, while the other maps cover specific time periods.