Service changes for August 5, 2001

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Service changes for September 2001

111 East Mall and 32 Eglinton West

Temporary schedule change - City of Toronto bridge reconstruction

  • The City of Toronto is rebuilding the Eglinton Avenue bridge over Mimico Creek (just east of the East Mall). The road has remained open over the  bridge, but is restricted to one lane in each direction. This project began in May, and will last through to the fall. All trips on the 111 East Mall route and on the 32B Eglinton West (Renforth/Skyway-Eglinton Stn) branch will continue to operate over the present route. To reduce the effects of traffic delays, additional time will be added to the schedules. There will be no change to service levels. Some departure times will change.

504 King and 303 Don Mills

Track reconstruction

  • Two track reconstruction projects will take place on Broadview Avenue. The track from Dundas Street to Queen Street will be rebuilt in a project which will last approximately four weeks. The track at the intersection of Broadview and Dundas will be rebuilt, in a project that will be done over the extended Labour Day weekend.

  • During the Dundas-Queen track project, streetcars on the 504 King route will operate in both directions via Dundas and Parliament. Streetcars on the 505 Dundas route will operate over  their normal routing. Buses on the 303 Don Mills overnight route will operate southbound via Dundas Street and River Street. During the extended Labour Day weekend when the Dundas/Broadview intersection is closed during reconstruction, cars on both the 504 King and 505 Dundas routes will divert both ways via Gerrard and Parliament, and buses on the 303 Don Mills route will divert via south on Broadview, west on Gerrard, south on River, east on Queen, north on Carlaw, west on Gerrard, and north on Broadview. There will be no change to the service levels for any of these routes.

  • During the construction, there will be no 504 King service to the stops on Queen between Broadview and King, or to the stops on King between Queen and Parliament. No replacement bus service will be operated. Customers who normally use these stops should travel instead on 501 Queen cars, 502 Downtowner cars (Monday-Friday peak periods and midday only), or 503 Kingston Rd. cars (Monday-Friday peak periods only), or should walk to 504 King cars at Dundas Street or at Parliament Street.

  • All service will return to the usual routings on Tuesday, September 4, 2001.

Routing details

504 streetcars, westbound: From Broadview Station, south on Broadview Avenue, west on Dundas Street, south on Parliament Street, west on King Street, north on Roncesvalles Avenue, north on Dundas Street to Dundas West Station.

504 streetcars, eastbound: From Dundas West Station, south on Dundas Street, south on Roncesvalles Avenue, east on King Street, north on Parliament Street, east on Dundas Street, north on Broadview Avenue to Broadview Station.

303 buses, southbound: From Don Mills Road & Steeles Avenue, east on Steeles, south on Townsend Road, west on Freshmeadow Drive, south on Don Mills, west on Overlea Boulevard, south on the Leaside Bridge, south on Pape Avenue, west on Danforth Avenue, south on Broadview Avenue, west on Dundas Street, south on River Street to Queen Street.

303 buses, northbound: From River Street & Queen Street, east on Queen Street, north on Broadview Avenue, east on Danforth Avenue, north on Pape Avenue, north on the Leaside Bridge, east on Overlea Boulevard, north on Don Mills Road to Steeles Avenue.

501/301 Queen and 508 Lake Shore

Track reconstruction ends

  • The project to rebuild the streetcar track on the Queensway and at the Roncesvalles/King/Queen intersection will end earlier than previously planned. Normal streetcar service on the 501/301 Queen and 508 Lake Shore routes will resume on Sunday, August 5, 2001.

512 St Clair

Track reconstruction

  • A project to rebuild the track at four car stops on St. Clair Avenue and on Bathurst Street will require that streetcars on the 512 St Clair route be replaced with buses on Saturdays and Sundays in August. Replacement buses will operate every six to seven minutes during the day, and every seven to ten minutes early in the morning and in the evening. Streetcars will operate as usual on Simcoe Day, Monday, August 6. Normal streetcar service will resume on Sunday, September 2, 2001.

  • At stops with passenger islands, buses will serve the islands; at all other stops, buses will serve stops at the curb.

HOLIDAY SERVICE

Details for service on the Simcoe Day civic holiday weekend are:

  • Saturday, August 4, 2001 - A regular Saturday service will be operated.

  • Sunday, August 5, 2001 - A regular Sunday service will be operated.

  • Simcoe Day civic holiday, Monday, August 6, 2001 - A regular holiday service will be scheduled on the civic holiday, Monday, August 6, 2001. This means that routes which operate on Sundays in August will operate at the same levels of service as on Sundays, but service will start earlier in the morning, at about the same time as on Saturdays.