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cryogen said:

Line 6 Finch West weekend closure for system upgrades​


May 8 - Metrolinx, in coordination with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), will undertake a multi-day service closure of Line 6 Finch West beginning on Friday, May 15 at 2:30 a.m. through Tuesday, May 19 at 4 a.m. over the Victoria Day long-weekend. Regular service is scheduled to resume at the start of the day on Tuesday.

During the closure, replacement shuttle buses will operate along Finch Avenue West, ensuring customers can continue to travel across the corridor. Customers should visit TTC.ca for alternate transit planning and more information related to service adjustments.


The closure will temporarily suspend all service across the entire line to complete important upgrades and enhancements to further improve system reliability and performance. Completing this work in a single, coordinated closure reduces the need for multiple repeated service interruptions later.

Since the beginning of the project, Metrolinx and the TTC have worked in close collaboration to ensure the effectiveness of the project, with Metrolinx as the owner and constructor of the line and the TTC as the operator. This coordinated closure also provides TTC with the opportunity to train additional staff for key positions, using this window for hands-on training not possible while trains are running.

Since opening, Line 6 Finch West has demonstrated steady operational improvements. On-time performance has increased every month, with a 25 per cent improvement since launch, while round-trip travel times have been reduced by 16 minutes. The work completed during this closure will help support further reductions in scheduled travel times.

The work has been strategically scheduled to prepare the line for increased ridership demand during upcoming major events, including 2026 FIFA World Cup™, while also strengthening infrastructure to support consistent service for future winter weather conditions. Early ridership figures indicate approximately 475,000 riders use Line 6 each month, including about 20,000 daily weekday riders and 9,500 daily weekend riders.

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Hopefully this means that the long awaited second phase of TSP is being installed on the line.
It was supposed to happen in May.
 
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taylortbb said:
Payment before boarding makes boarding faster, there's a reason it's quite common for LRT systems globally (and even in Ontario for ION).

IMO fare enforcement doesn't have to be absolute, it just has to be good enough. Not paying has to come with enough risk/frustration/etc that 99% of people pay. I think a partial solution would be fare gates at the subway entrances, not just for Line 6 at Finch West but for places like the 510 Streetcar at Spadina. With Presto it's a free transfer, so if you've already tapped at the Line 6 station it doesn't cost anything, but given lots of trips involve the subway I think it would force lots of people that would otherwise evade to pay.
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With a "two-hour transfer", maybe one assumes they don't have to tap upon transferring from a cross-traffic bus.
 
Obsidian said:
Hopefully this means that the long awaited second phase of TSP is being installed on the line.
It was supposed to happen in May.
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Where are the "all the equipment is installed, they just haven't turned it on" people now...

Pretty obvious it's not a simple TSP programming OFF->ON issue.
 
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Today (Sat May 9).

This trip was with the driver opening the doors at each station for no more than 5 seconds and running many yellow lights.
 
urbanclient said:
How long do you think you were slowing for and stopped at red lights?
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I can't give an exact number as I don't recall, but each time we stopped the pedestrian counter for the opposing traffic was always between 5-15 secs. (So we probably had to wait between 20-30 secs at each light). I also can't say how many we stopped at but out of all of them I'd say we had to wait at 60% of the red lights.

At Duncanwoods, I believe a door got jammed which caused us to wait an extra two minutes at the station.

Also, the trains feel like they are about to fall apart. At every turn, they rattle and shake a lot. I'm no engineer, but could it be because the tracks are embedded within the concrete instead of being raised like they are on the underground (maybe at-grade part too?) of Line 5 and portions of the Hazel McCallion Lrt.

Edit: Forgot to mention but the portion between Kipling/Mt Olive and Humber College was bizarrely slow, even in sections where the vehicles have the chance to get up to speed, such as between Westmore and Martin Grove. On a positive note, my past trips have had the vehicles drive into Finch West station at crawling speeds (between 5-15km/h), while today we drove in at 40km/h.
 
ayl5402 said:
On a positive note, my past trips have had the vehicles drive into Finch West station at crawling speeds (between 5-15km/h), while today we drove in at 40km/h.
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I've had a similar experience in early winter, that's good to hear.

ayl5402 said:
(So we probably had to wait between 20-30 secs at each light). I also can't say how many we stopped at but out of all of them I'd say we had to wait at 60% of the red lights.
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Based on there being 23 red lights, that's about 5 to 7 minutes time at red lights. 33 to 35 minutes is very possible then.
 
urbanclient said:
I've had a similar experience in early winter, that's good to hear.


Based on there being 23 red lights, that's about 5 to 7 minutes time at red lights. 33 to 35 minutes is very possible then.
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Agreed, hopefully with the Victoria Day long weekend closure some equipment and infrastructure is upgraded to roll out stronger signal priority and fix any remaining defects.
 
ayl5402 said:
Also, the trains feel like they are about to fall apart. At every turn, they rattle and shake a lot. I'm no engineer, but could it be because the tracks are embedded within the concrete instead of being raised like they are on the underground (maybe at-grade part too?) of Line 5 and portions of the Hazel McCallion Lrt.
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Despite the appearance of being embedded in concrete, there is a rubber boot encasing the rail and therefore preventing any direct contact between the two.

No, what you are feeling is the effect of riding on a vehicle built particularly poorly.

Dan
 
yoshirocks702 said:
I noticed recently that the left turn light timings went back to their original settings on major intersections (Islington, Weston etc.) i.e. left turn before green.
Not sure why, minor intersections still have the left turn after the green.
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Really not even sure what in the world ttc/the city is doing with the lights. The lights don't have any form of dynamic response to incoming transit vehicles, and it's been explained many times that shifting around the phases with no dynamic timing doesn't actually change green time for transit. So they're basically just playing around right now looking busy.

Despite what some people on social media say/think, no, lagging lefts are not a win and change nothing really.
 
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