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Upcoming TTC service changes to 509 Harbourfront and 511 Bathurst

Feb. 12, 2025

Beginning Mon., Feb. 17, the TTC and the City of Toronto will begin replacing the aging watermain and streetcar tracks at the Bathurst St., Lakeshore Blvd. W. and Fleet St. intersection. This work will impact the 509 Harbourfront and 511 Bathurst streetcars.

“Replacing worn streetcar tracks is crucial to maintaining state-of-good-repair on the TTC system,” said TTC Chair Jamaal Myers. “TTC teams are working hard to ensure that there are alternative routes available for customers and will be monitoring service and making adjustments as needed.”

“We appreciate that construction and route diversions can be challenging, and we are making every effort to ensure that customers are aware of the upcoming diversions, as well as know how to use alternate routes to get to their destinations,” said TTC CEO Greg Percy. “I want to thank customers for their patience as we carry out this critical infrastructure work.”

Beginning Feb. 16 until June 21, 511 Bathurst streetcars will operate from Bathurst Station to King St. W. at Spadina Ave. 511B Bathurst replacement buses will operate from Bathurst St. at Queen St. W. to Exhibition Loop.

Starting Feb. 17 until March 29, 509 Harbourfront streetcars will operate between Union Station and Spadina Ave. only. Customers travelling between Spadina Ave. and Exhibition Loop can transfer to a 509B Harbourfront replacement bus to continue their journey. Customers are encouraged to check www.ttc.ca before beginning their journey, as the routing of the replacement buses may be adjusted slightly to accommodate traffic conditions and construction zones.

From March 30 until June 21, 509 Harbourfront streetcars will be suspended. Customers can use the 510A Spadina streetcar to travel between Union Station and Spadina Ave.

WheelTrans service will remain accessible in all areas where local traffic is permitted.

Work is being carried out in phases to avoid a full closure of the Bathurst St. and Lake Shore Blvd. W. intersection. Details of traffic and pedestrian impacts are available at https://www.toronto.ca/community-pe...rst-street-lake-shore-boulevard-construction/.

Construction is expected to be completed by the end of June 2025. Full details of the service adjustments are available at ttc.ca/BathurstLakeshore. Customers are also encouraged to follow @TTCNotices on X or sign up for eAlerts.
 
I suspect there needs to be some gallows humour to deal with stuff like that.

My wife was on that train today - eastbound at Greenwood. The train stopped partially in the station, after a few minutes they evacuated everyone through the train, and out into the station from one of the front cars.
 
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nfitz said:
I suspect there needs to be some gallows humour to deal with stuff like that.

My wife was on that train today - eastbound at Greenwood. The train stopped partially in the station, after a few minutes they evacuated everyone through the train, and out into the station from one of the front cars.
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Around a decade ago, I watched a middle aged woman end her life at Warden Station.

I was heading downtown to work and while I was watching the train pull in, she jumped.

After she impacted the front of the train she wound up at track level deep under it.

My understanding is that they had to amputate one of her limbs to extricate her but her injuries were quite severe.

She was alive but barely.

Not sure if she survived in the end but that's not something you forget.
 
Line 2 cocked up again this morning with no service Woodbine to Broadview, again. I arrived at Coxwell to see a train stopped mostly in the tunnel... It happens but is very annoying.
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Line 2 cocked up again this morning with no service Woodbine to Broadview, again. I arrived at Coxwell to see a train stopped mostly in the tunnel... It happens but is very annoying. View attachment 631037
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I was forced to offload at Woodbine where it was sheer chaos.

Only 2 westbound shuttles came within around 30 minutes while the crowds piled up onto the road. TPS should have been assisting with traffic management or crowd control but instead sat in their cruiser doing diddly all.

The irony is that the TTC Supervisor on site wanted people to move off the road and back onto the sidewalk so that shuttles could service the station. There were so many people waiting for shuttles that there was no room left on the sidewalk. Someone correctly pointed out that if shuttles actually came then there would not have been an issue with crowd management.

When I eventually got to Broadview I found out that the 504 was stuck at King and River due to a track issue. I had to walk from Broadview and Dundas to work but while doing so found 13 Streetcars stuck in between Distillery Loop and Broadview Avenue.

Today has been a s******w to say the least.
 
nfitz said:
I suspect there needs to be some gallows humour to deal with stuff like that.

My wife was on that train today - eastbound at Greenwood. The train stopped partially in the station, after a few minutes they evacuated everyone through the train, and out into the station from one of the front cars.
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I can appreciate dark, gallows humour, but then again I'm a quirky dude.
 
Amazingly, after all the work, the switch eastbound on Adelaide at Church is now inoperable automatically and the driver has to get out and move it with the stick.
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What's the over under in months on this being fixed before Queen reopens in six years.
 
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Amazingly, after all the work, the switch eastbound on Adelaide at Church is now inoperable automatically and the driver has to get out and move it with the stick.
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What's the over under in months on this being fixed before Queen reopens in six years.
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Possibly jammed with snow/ice. That is quite common and not much one can do about it - apart from heating but ......
 
DSCToronto said:
Possibly jammed with snow/ice. That is quite common and not much one can do about it - apart from heating but ......
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Maybe, though the streetcar in front of this one made a right turn south on Church, so I assume this switch is expected to simply be always set to turns to the north, and a rare turn to the south requires a manual change, which is silly given the new volume of turns here.
 
Jonny5 said:
Maybe, though the streetcar in front of this one made a right turn south on Church, so I assume this switch is expected to simply be always set to turns to the north, and a rare turn to the south requires a manual change, which is silly given the new volume of turns here.
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It would be silly if it was not fully automated but there are quite often southbound turns and I am in the vicinity often and have not seen anyone moving the switches manually so suspect it was jammed - probably ice.
 
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