501/301 Queen, 502 Downtowner, 503 Kingston Rd, 504 King, 508 Lake Shore, and 303 Don Mills
Track and bridge reconstruction
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The first two of several major track and bridge reconstruction projects in 2002 affecting the streetcar service on Queen Street, The Queensway, and Lake Shore Boulevard, will begin. The Queen Street bridge over the Don River will be reconstructed by the City of Toronto in a project which will start in early April and finish in late August. During this reconstruction, Queen Street will be closed to all traffic over the Don River bridge. King Street will also be closed between River Street and Queen Street. Service on the 501/301 Queen, 502 Downtowner, 503 Kingston Rd, 504 King routes will continue to be operated with streetcars, but will be diverted away from the Don River bridge both ways via Broadview, Dundas, and Parliament. During the busiest part of the morning peak period, every second car on the 504 King route will be diverted both ways via Broadview, Gerrard, and Parliament, instead of via Broadview, Dundas, and Parliament, in order to reduce congestion on Dundas Street. The 303 Don Mills overnight bus route will be diverted via Dundas Street and River Street.
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There will be no replacement bus service for the Queen/Don River Bridge project. As a result, there will be no service on Queen Street between Broadview Avenue and Parliament Street, and no service on King Street between Queen Street and Parliament Street. Customers will have to walk to stops on Dundas Street, Parliament Street, or Broadview Avenue.
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At the same time as the Queen/Don River bridge project begins, the TTC will reconstruct the streetcar track on Lake Shore Boulevard between Dwight Avenue and 17th Street. This project will begin in early April and will finish in early May. As a result, 501/301 Queen and 508 Lake Shore streetcars will operate as far west as Humber Loop only.
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A replacement 501/301 Queen bus service will operate between Long Branch Loop and Humber Loop (the replacement bus service cannot be operated to downtown, because of a shortage of buses). There will be a timed transfer at Humber Loop overnight between 301 Queen streetcars and 301 Queen buses. Because buses cannot enter Humber Loop via the streetcar tracks, the temporary bus service will operate in both directions via Park Lawn Road and The Queensway.
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There will be no service on Lake Shore Boulevard between Park Lawn and Humber Loop, and customers using stops on this section of the route will have to walk to stops at Park Lawn and Lake Shore, or through the pedestrian walkway into Humber Loop. All trips on the 508 Lake Shore route will operate with streetcars as far west as Humber Loop only, and 508 Lake Shore customers travelling beyond Humber Loop will have to transfer to and from 501 Queen replacement buses.
11 Bayview
Trip time change
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A trip currently departing from Steeles Avenue at 2:55 p.m. will be changed to depart at 2:56 p.m., to better serve students leaving St. Joseph Morrow Park High School.
17 Birchmount
Service increase
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A trip currently departing southbound from Silver Springs Loop on McNicoll Avenue at Kennedy Road at 3:04 p.m. will be changed to depart three minutes later at 3:07 p.m., to better serve students leaving Mary Ward High School.
45 Kipling
Additional trip
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An additional northbound trip will be scheduled to leave Kipling Station at approximately 4:32 p.m. from Monday to Friday on the 45E (Kipling Stn-Steeles Express) branch, to reduce crowding.
44 Kipling
South
Additional trip
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A new northbound trip will be added from Monday to Friday, leaving Colonel Samuel Smith Park Loop at approximately 3:14 p.m., and arriving at Kipling Station at 3:30 p.m. This trip is required to reduce crowding which occurs when Humber College classes end.
Trip time change
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The timing of a trip which serves Lake Shore C.I. from Monday to Friday, will be adjusted to better match the school dismissal time. The 3:40 p.m. northbound trip will be changed to arrive at the school at 3:19 p.m., depart from the school at 3:22 p.m., and arrive at Kipling Station at approximately 3:36 p.m.
102 Markham Rd
Earlier trip
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A new first southbound trip will be added from Monday to Friday, leaving Markham Road and Sheppard Avenue at 5:12 a.m., to better connect with the first westbound train on the Bloor-Danforth Subway at Warden Station.
116 Morningside
and 132 Milner
Walking transfer
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A walking transfer is now permitted between the 116 Morningside route, at Morningside Avenue and Milner Avenue, and the 132 Milner route, at Milner Avenue and Murison Boulevard.
133 Neilson
Service increase
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Service will be increased at the beginning of the afternoon peak period, to reduce crowding. Between approximately 3:00 and 3:30 p.m., service will be increased from every 15 min to every 10 min. At the same time, two trips which leave from Finch and Baldoon, at 3:07 and 3:20 p.m. will be removed.
65 Parliament
Vehicle type change
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All service on this route, every day, will be operated by low-floor buses, replacing lift-equipped buses.
510 Spadina
Later trip
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A later trip will be operated on Saturday nights (early Sunday morning), departing northbound from Queens Quay & Spadina for Spadina Station at 2:30 a.m. The car will depart southbound from Spadina Station for King Street at 2:45 a.m., and will then continue east on King Street to Greenwood & Queen.
106 York
University
Trip time change
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A trip currently departing from C.W. Jefferys C.I. at 3:14 p.m. will be changed to 3:16 p.m., to better match the dismissal time of the school.