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Union Station — boarding platforms
Construction closes platforms #3 and #4. Board trains operating along the 01 Lakeshore West, 09 Lakeshore East, 31 Kitchener, 61 Richmond Hill and 71 Stouffville lines from different platforms than usual.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 3 post for more information.
Construction continues until May, 2014.
Highway 427 — overnight construction
The work blocks the northbound on-ramp from Dundas Street West from 8 p.m. tonight until 6 a.m. tomorrow.
MiWay is detouring buses operating along the 11 / 11A / 11B Westwood, 35 / 35A Eglinton and 57 Courtneypark MiLocal routes and the 109 Meadowvale MiExpress route. The TTC is likely detouring buses operating along the 191 Highway 27 rocket and 192 Airport rocket routes.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 17 post for more information.
Construction continues until 6 a.m. June 21.
Milton seniors can ride the bus free of fare today
Milton Transit celebrates seniors Wednesdays during June — Seniors Month.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 10 post for more information.
Short-term construction projects
Short-term construction projects affect transit services in the City of Toronto and the Regions of Peel and York and elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area.
City of Toronto
Kingston Road
The TTC is replacing the streetcar tracks. In this phase of the project, it’s storing and welding sections of rail together, blocking streetcars from operating.
Shuttle buses replace the cars between Bingham and Queen / Kingston Road Loops. Streetcars operating along the 502 Downtowner and 503 Kingston Rd tripper cars start and end their trips in Queen / Kingston Road Loop.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 1 post for more information.
Construction on this phase of the project continues until June 22.
Leslie Street
City and TTC contractors are working to upgrade the infrastructure and install new streetcar tracks between Lakeshore Boulevard East and Commissioners Street.
They’re blocking the northbound curb lane from south of Commissioners to Lake Shore East.
The new tracks connect the future Leslie Barns streetcar storage and maintenance facility with Queen Street East.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 17 post for more information.
Work on this part of the project continues until June 21.
Region of Peel
English Street Brampton
Brampton Transit is detouring buses operating along the 24 Van Kirk route during sewer construction.
Read Transit Toronto’s March 9 post for more information.
Construction continues until June 30.
Region of York
Closing lanes between Highway 404 and Bayview Avenue
Contractors are:
- closing multiple lanes between Highway 404 and Bayview Avenue from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. each day. Work continues until June 21.
- closing multiple lanes between Highway 404 and Bayview Avenue from 8 p.m. tonight until 6 a.m. tomorrow and continuing overnight nightly. Work continues until 6 a.m. June 30.
- closing east- and westbound lanes at East Beaver Creek Drive from 8 p.m. tonight until 6 a.m. tomorrow and continuing overnight nightly. Work continues until 6 a.m. June 30**.
- closing the northbound left lane on Commerce Valley Drive East from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. each day. Work continues until June 30.
- closing the curb lane on Commerce Valley Drive East. Work continues until June 30.
- closing the northbound curb lane on Bayview Avenue from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. each day. Work continues until July 12.
Closing lanes between Warden Avenue and Highway 404
Contractors are:
- closing multiple lanes at the ramp from Highway 407 onto Warden Avenue from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. each day. Expect heavier traffic than usual. Work continues until June 21.
- closing the southbound lanes on Warden Avenue between Cedarland Drive and Highway 407 from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. each day. Work continues until June 30.
- closing Cedarland Drive to traffic overnight nightly from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m.
- closing Kelsey’s driveway just east of Lunar Crescent. Work continues until today.
- closing east- and westbound lanes between Town Centre Boulevard / South Town Centre Boulevard and Allstate Parkway / East Valhalla Drive — from 8 p.m. tonight until 6 a.m. tomorrow and continuing overnight nightly: Work continues until 6 a.m. June 21.
- closing the northbound right-turn lane south of Highway 7 on Woodbine Avenue from 7 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. each day. Work continues until June 21.
- closing various lanes at the ramps onto and from Highway 404 from 6 p.m. tonight until 7 a.m. tomorrow and continuing overnight nightly. Expect heavier traffic than usual and noise. Work continues until 7 a.m. June 30.
- closing various lanes at the ramps onto and from Highway 404 from 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day. Expect heavier traffic than usual and noise. Work continues until June 30.
YRT is also:
- detouring eastbound Viva buses serving the pink and purple routes along High Tech Road, instead of Highway 7, during construction of “Bayview Towers” — the station at Highway 7 and Bayview Avenue. The buses serve a temporary eastbound Bayview vivastation at the southeast corner of High Tech and Bayview.
Read Transit Toronto’s February 12, 2012 post for more information about the detour.
The detour continues until June 29.
Davis Drive — rapidway construction
Contractors are:
- blocking curb lanes at Davis Drive and Patterson Street.
- Read Transit Toronto’s June 10 post for more details.
- Construction continues until today.
- installing hydro poles at Davis and Main and along Davis between Prospect and Huron Heights. They’ll be temporarily blocking two lanes of traffic on both sides of the street until June 17.
- Read Transit Toronto’s May 21 post for more information.
- building a new retaining wall and building a culvert, blocking the eastbound curb lane in front of 230 Davis Drive.
- Read Transit Toronto’s February 2 post for more information.
- Work continues until July.
- building a new retaining wall in front of 291 Davis Drive.
- Read Transit Toronto’s April 3 post for more information.
- Work continues until July.
- building a retaining wall in front of Newmarket Plaza, blocking traffic lanes and sidewalks and restricting pedestrian and motorist access to the plaza.
- Read Transit Toronto’s March 28 post for more information.
- Work continues until September 20.
- building a retaining wall in front of 251 - 259 Davis Drive that extends west along Davis.
- read Transit Toronto’s April 13 post for more information.
- Work continues until October.
- moving the Union Hotel at Davis Drive and Main Street north of its current site so that they can later widen Davis Drive to accommodate the rapidway.
- Read Transit Toronto’s April 24 post for more information.
- Work continues until October 25.
- widening and rebuilding the north side of the Keith Bridge across the Holland River.
- Read Transit Toronto’s February 14 post for more information.
- Work continues until February, 2014.
- reducing traffic lanes between Main and Yonge Streets to prepare for upcoming work. They’ve set up multiple lane shifts and closures to relocate or replace hydro, gas, phone and cable lines and storm-drains, water-mains and sewers.
- read Transit Toronto’s March 16 post for more information.
- Work continues until the end of the project.
- realigning traffic between Lorne Avenue and Parkside Drive.
- Read Transit Toronto’s April 24 post for more information.
- Work continues until the end of the project.
Cornell Centre Boulevard Markham
YRT is detouring buses operating along the 4A Major Mackenzie route.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 1 post for more information.
Construction continues until July 7.
Richmond Hill GO Station parking lot
Construction to improve the station building blocks some parking spots north of the building close to the bus loop.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 10 post for more information.
Work on this phase of the project continues until June 18.
Unionville GO Station — renovations
GO has closed the north side of the platform, but has reopened the south side **. It’s also opening a new entrance into the station building and new ticket sales and waiting areas.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 16 post for more information.
Construction continues until summer.
Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Area
Guelph Central GO Station
GO is paving the east end of the station platform. Board and exit trains at the five westernmost coaches of the train.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 16 post for more information.
East-end paving continues until June 28.
Long-term construction projects
Long-term construction projects affect transit services in the City of Toronto, Durham, Halton and Peel Regions and elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
City of Toronto
Union Station
GO Transit continues upgrading the train shed and other railway infrastructure.
Read Transit Toronto’s January 10, 2010 post for more information.
Work continues until 2015.
GO is restricting access between Platform 26-27 and the Great Hall, Front Street and the GO Concourse and you may have to use another route within the station to get to and from trains, while contractors set up a crane. The work blocks access for about six weeks, while the crane remains until the end of the project in 2015.
The TTC is adding a second platform to Union subway station. Construction reduces Bay Street and Front Street West to just one lane in each direction.
The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 6 Bay, 72A Pape via Commissioners, 97B Yonge and 320 Yonge overnight routes while the street is blocked.
Read Transit Toronto’s May 29, 2011 post for more information.
Construction restricts pedestrian access between the train station and the subway station.
Read Transit Toronto’s February 10 and March 10 posts for information about the pedestrian access.
Starting October 16, 2012, the City is closing Front Street West east of Bay Street. The TTC is further detouring buses operating along the 72A Pape via Commissioners route.
Read Transit Toronto’s October 15, 2012 post for more information.
The City of Toronto is renovating and restoring the building, installing new retail space and building a new connection from the station to the underground PATH pedestrian network.
Queens Quay West
The City has closed the street to all eastbound traffic, as contractors start rebuilding the street and moving the streetcar tracks. The TTC has also revised the route of the buses that replace the cars along the 509 Harbourfront route.
Read Transit Toronto’s July 24, 2012 and July 26, 2012 and November 3, 2012 posts for more information.
Construction continues until spring 2013.
Lower Spadina Avenue
The TTC is upgrading the centre-road, “island” platforms to accommodate new low-floor streetcars. Buses replace the streetcars between King Street West and Queens Quay West.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 13, 2012 and November 17, 2012 posts for more information.
Construction continues until May.
York University subway station
Brampton Transit, GO Transit, the TTC and York Region Transit are detouring buses around the site of the future subway station at the east end of the Harry W. Arthurs Commons.
Read Transit Toronto’s July 16, 2011 post for more information.
Keele Street south of Finch Avenue West
Subway tunneling continues 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 41 Keele and 107 Keele North routes, starting today.
Read Transit Toronto’s January 13, 2012 and August 21, 2012 posts for more information.
Allen Road north of Sheppard Avenue West
Subway tunneling blocks the northbound high-occupancy vehicle lane.
Contractors are demolishing part of the tracks and the ventilation shaft north of Downsview Station, as part of the project to extend the TTC’s 1 Yonge - University - Spadina subway northwestward to York University and Vaughan.
Passengers riding TTC buses operating along the 104 Faywood, 105 Dufferin North, 117 Alness and 196 York University rocket routes seven days a week and GO buses operating along the 47G Hamilton - York U route Saturdays, Sundays and holidays shoule expect detours and delays.
Work continues Mondays to Saturdays 7 a.m. until 7 p.m.
Read Transit Toronto’s March 15, 2012 post for more information.
Steeles Avenue West near York University
Work on the subway project restricts traffic to just two lanes in each direction between Murray Ross Parkway and Founders Road, as contractors relocate underground utilities.
Read Transit Toronto’s April 6, 2012 post for more information.
The work also blocks the sidewalk on the the south side of Steeles Avenue West between Murray Ross Parkway and Founders Road until April 2013.
Read Transit Toronto’s September 26, 2012 post for more information about sidewalk construction.
The work also blocks lanes of traffic between Northwest Gate and Founders Road until April.
Read Transit Toronto’s October 8, 2012 post for more information.
Eglinton - Scarborough Crosstown LRT
Contractors are:
building parts of the station headwalls at the future Caledonia station, restricting traffic on Eglinton Avenue West from east of Gabian Way to west of Croham Road.
building parts of the station headwalls at the future Keele station, restricting traffic on Eglinton Avenue West between Municipal Drive / Bicknell Avenue and the eastern leg of Keele Street.
Passengers riding buses operating along the 32 Eglinton West route should expect delays and the TTC may also relocate bus stops.
Read Transit Toronto’s April 10 post for more information.
- blocking curb lanes and sidewalks in both directions between William R. Allen Road and Yonge Street to install ground-movement monitoring equipment.
Read Transit Toronto’s February 13 post for more information.
The work continues until summer.
Yonge subway — north of Eglinton Station
The TTC continues its long-term project to upgrade the tunnel liners north of Eglinton Station after 12:30 a.m. every morning except Sunday mornings.
Frequent accessible buses operate between Finch and Eglinton Stations until about 1:30 a.m., stopping in each subway station bus terminal.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 18, 2008 post for more information.
Construction continues until December.
Dufferin Street bridge
The City is closing the bridge to all motor traffic.
The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 29 Dufferin, 316 Ossington overnight and 329 Dufferin overnight routes, while the bridge is closed.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 12 post for more information.
The bridge and the detours continue until late 2014.
Kipling Avenue, Martin Grove Road and Highway 27 bridges
Metrolinx contractors are working to add new spans to all three bridges to accommodate more tracks below as part of the project to expand the Georgetown South Rail corridor and build the Air Rail Link.
Read Transit Toronto’s September 15, 2012 post for more information.
Work on this phase of the project continues until August 31.
Etobicoke North GO Station
GO has closed 18 parking spots in the north parking lot, so that contractors working on the project to expand the Georgetown South Rail corridor and build the Air Rail Link can store construction equipment.
Read Transit Toronto’s September 15, 2012 post for more information.
Construction continues until August 31.
West Donlands construction
The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 72A Pape via Commissioners route, so that buses no longer operate through the Distillery District.
Read Transit Toronto’s April 22, 2012 post for more information.
Ray Avenue railway bridge
Metrolinx contractors are widening the bridge over Ray Avenue as part of the Georgetown South corridor and Union Pearson Express projects.
The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 71B Runnymede route.
Read Transit Toronto’s May 20 post for more information.
St. Clair / Old Weston Road
Some work continues to block southbound buses operating along the 41 Keele route from making right turns from Old Weston Road to St. Clair Avenue West.
Read Transit Toronto’s December 22, 2009 post for more information.
Region of Durham
Ajax GO Station
GO Transit contractors are building a multi-level parking structure just west of the station building beside the bus loop. The new structure will include new elevators, a tunnel for passengers to reach the train platforms, a space to store bicycles and a new “Kiss ‘n’ Ride” — where motorists can drop off and pick up passengers.
The project adds about 1,000 more parking spaces for commuters.
During construction, GO will close most of the parking lot immediately south of the train platforms, leaving just a few remaining spots for reserved parking and the “Kiss ‘n’ Ride”.
All other parking at Ajax GO Station remains, including the 300 spots that GO recently opened just off O’Brien Court.
GO is also closing the west end of the station platform. Trains stop 450 feet off of the end station platform and therefore GO staff will not open the doors to the four east-end coaches, the first four from the locomotive.
Read Transit Toronto’s August 21, 2011 post for more information.
Construction on the parking structure continues until early 2013.
Pickering GO Station
GO Transit and the City of Pickering are building a new parking structure for commuters at the Pickering Town Centre on the north side of Highway 401. A new pedestrian bridge crosses the 401, linking the Town Centre and the GO Station.
Read Transit Toronto’s November 30, 2010 post for more information about the construction project.
Pickering Village — Ajax
DRT is detouring buses operating along the 291 / 292 Ajax community bus routes during construction at 92 Church Street.
Read Transit Toronto’s April 3 post for more information.
Construction continues until the end of September.
Region of Halton
Burlington GO Station
GO is upgrading the station building and facilities. It’s closing the south station building and the south bus loop.
Burlington Transit is detouring buses operating along the 1 Plains, **Brant**, [6](/archives/weblog/2012/11/26-burlington.shtml#bu6”>2 Headon Forest, 10 New / Maple, 21 Fairview and 101Express routes. GO Transit is detouring buses operating along the 12 Niagara Falls / Burlington, 15 McMaster and 18 Lakeshore West routes.
Read Transit Toronto’s November 26, 2012 post for more information.
Construction on the south bus loop continues until August.
It’s also building a new covered pedestrian walkway. It’s closing off a section of the north end of the parking lot closest to the station building, placing the motorcycle parking spaces out of service and relocating the barrier-free spaces to the area of the parking lot just south of the passenger drop-off and pick-up area — the “kiss ‘n’ ride”.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 14 post for more information.
Construction on the covered walkway continues until March, 2014.
Lakeshore Road Burlington — water mains
Burlington Transit is detouring buses operating along the 3 Guelph route. It’s also providing dial-a-ride to replace service along south Guelph Line and Lakeshore Road during construction.
Read Transit Toronto’s May 20 post for more information.
Construction continues until November.
Cavendish Drive Burlington — watermains and roadway
Expect delays along Burlington Transit’s 2 Brant and 3 Guelph routes.
Read Transit Toronto’s May 1 post for more information.
Construction continues until November 1.
Main Street Milton overpass
The Town is restricting traffic to just one lane in each direction during construction of an overpass across the railway tracks east of Ontario Street.
The work may delay passengers traveling on GO Transit buses operating along the 21 Milton / Toronto and 27 Milton / North York routes and Milton Transit buses operating along the 1 Steeles / Martin, 2 Main and 5 Yates routes.
Read Transit Toronto’s April 12, 2012 post for more information.
Construction continues until 2014.
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Region of Peel
Mississauga busway
The City of Mississauga continues to work on its project to build a bus rapid transit line through central Mississauga.
Construction delays traffic on Eglinton Avenue East, so MiWay is detouring buses operating along the 7 Airport, 35 / 35A Eglinton and 87 Meadowvale - Skymark routes.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 1 post for more information.
Clarkson GO Station
GO is starting construction on a new 1,200 space parking facility, but it’s also decreasing the number of spaces by 300 during construction.
Construction of the new facility continues until 2014.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 18, 2012 post for more information.
Due to heavy construction equipment operating along the west station access road, GO has also removed parking spaces along the road. (The heavy equipment is moving in and out of the site for the future multi-level parking lot.)
GO offers more parking at the Ontario Racquet Club — a 12-minute walk from the station.
Read Transit Toronto’s March 5 post for more information.
Erindale GO Station
Contractors are building a new multi-level, covered parking structure, with 1,500 spaces. They’re also building a new bus loop, walkways and a pedestrian bridge to the tracks.
GO is closing most of the south parking lot during construction. However, it will make more parking available in a temporary lot on the north side of Rathburn Road West.
GO is also closing the pedestrian bridge across Burnhamthorpe Road West. A covered pedestrian walkway replaces the bridge while it’s closed.
The project blocks the MiWay bus stop on Burnhamthorpe Road West west of Creditview Road. Buses operating along the 6 Credit Woodlands and 26 Burnhamthorpe route must use alternate stops.
Read Transit Toronto’s November 8, 2012 post for more information.
Construction at the station also blocks access to part of the parking area and closes the bus loop.
GO buses drop off and pick up passengers at Rathburn Road West and Creditview Road.
Read Transit Toronto’s April 19 post for more information.
Work continues until September.
Region of York
Highway 7, west of Jane Street
Subway construction blocks traffic lanes between Interchange Way / Edgeley Boulevard and Jane Street, near the site of the future Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station.
YRT passengers riding buses operating along the 77 Highway 7 / Centre route and Brampton Transit passengers riding buses operating along the 501 Züm Queen route should expect detours or delays.
Read Transit Toronto’s January 14, 2012 post for more information.
Markham Stouffville Hospital
YRT is detouring buses operating along the 9 Ninth Line and 18 Bur Oak routes during long-term construction at the hospital.
Read Transit Toronto’s November 25, 2010 post for more information.
Unionville GO Station
GO is upgrading the station facilities by expanding the waiting room, installing accessible washrooms and improving ventilation.
Read Transit Toronto’s July 21, 2012 post for more information.
Construction continues until mid-2013.
Warden Avenue Markham
The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 68B Warden route and YRT is detouring buses operating along the 418 Pierre Elliot Trudeau high school special route, during road construction.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 1 post for more information.
Construction continues until December 31.
Maple GO Station construction
Contractors block park of the parking lot and the passenger drop-off and pick-up facility — the “Kiss ‘n’ Ride” — as they start a project to upgrade the station building.
Read Transit Toronto’s April 19 post for more information.
Construction continues until fall.
Snively / Worthington intersection Oak Ridges
YRT is detouring buses operating along the 429 Cardinal Carter / Aurora high school special route, starting today during construction at the intersection.
Read Transit Toronto’s June 1 post for more information.
Construction continues until September 27.
Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Construction takes place in Bradford and Hamilton.
Bradford GO Station
GO Transit is extending the north end of the platform at Bradford GO Station.
The longer platform will have more lighting, a public-address system and closed-circuit television cameras (CCTV). The longer platform sets the stage for GO to accommodate 12-car trains in the future.
Read Transit Toronto’s October 26, 2011 post for more information.
Sanatorium Road Hamilton
The Hamilton Street Railway is detouring buses operating along the 33 Sanatorium and the 41A Mohawk routes during road reconstruction.
Read Transit Toronto’s April 27 post for more information.
Work continues until August 31.
Beckett Drive Hamilton — road reconstruction
The Hamilton Street Railway is detouring buses operating along the 34 Upper Paradise route, during road reconstruction.
Read Transit Toronto’s May 27 post for more information.
Construction continues until August 31.
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