There will be no subway trains on part 1 of line 1 this weekend, but TTC will step up the service of dozens of bus and tram routes as part of a broader plan to gradually restore services to pre-pandemic levels.
The service improvements will affect 41 different routes and are not related to the partial closure of the Line 1 metro, which is being done to accommodate work on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT.
Here’s what you need to know as you move around the city this weekend:
Subway closure
There will be no metro on line 1 between Lawrence and St. Clair only on Saturday. The shuttles will move and stop at each station along the route. All stations will remain open to connect people with land routes.
Deviations are planned for Sunday
Numerous TTC bus lane routes will be diverted on Sunday morning to accommodate the Sporting Life 10k race in the center.
The affected routes are as follows:
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11 Bayview
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14 Glenkern
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19 bay
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28 Bayview South
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94 Wellesley
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97/320 Yonge
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174 Ontario Place – exhibition
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300 Blur-Danforth
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501 queens
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504 king
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505 Dundas
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506 Carlton
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509 Harbourfront
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512 St. Clair
Improved service
As of Sunday, the service will be increased to 41 routes as part of TTC’s plan to revive the service, which was reduced earlier during the pandemic. The improvements include a major restoration of express bus services, as well as the revival of two seasonal routes along the city’s coast.
“We are making much-needed investment in services at our TTC to meet the growing number of passengers, to help people move around Toronto and to ensure that we move forward in our reopening. “These new service improvements will help the people of our city, and I am proud to live up to our commitment, funded in the Toronto city budget for 2022, to restore service levels before the pandemic,” said Mayor John Torrey in a statement. the press. . “These service improvements are the right thing to do and help keep our TTC safe and secure – it’s so important as our economy recovers and we work to ensure that Toronto returns stronger than always. “
The routes that will have improved service from Sunday are as follows:
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501/301 QUEEN
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512 ST CLAIR
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16 MCCOWAN
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17 BIRCH
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29 DUFERIN
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30 HIGH PARK
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31 GREENWOOD
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33 MOUNTAIN HILL
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36 FINCH WEST
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41 KEELE
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43 KENNEDY
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52 LAURNS WEST
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57 MIDLAND
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60 STEELES WEST
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62 MORTIMER
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68 SUPPLIER
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73 ROYAL YORK
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75 SHERBURN
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76 ROYAL YORK SOUTH
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77 SWANZIA
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81 TORNCLIFE PARK
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83 JONUS
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93 PARKVIEW HILLS
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95 YORK MILLS
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101 DOWNSVIEW PARK
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929 DUFERIN EXPRESS
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939 FINCH EXPRESS
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941 KEELE EXPRESS
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943 KENNEDY EXPRESS
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952 LAWRENCE WEST EXPRESS
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960 STEELES WEST EXPRESS
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968 SHOCKED EXPRESS
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985 SHEPHARD EASTERN EXPRESS
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996 WILSON EXPRESS
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