TTC suspending service on part of two streetcar routes

The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) will be suspending service on sections of two downtown streetcar routes. The 504 King and 505 Dundas streetcars will be suspended between Parliament Street and Broadview Station.

The changes are effective June 18, though work on the streetcar tracks on Broadview Avenue from Danforth Avenue to Gerrard Street East won’t start until July 4 and is expected to last until November.

“The streetcar tracks on Broadview Avenue from Danforth Avenue to Gerrard Street East and at Broadview Station will be renewed. These improvements are needed so that we can continue to provide service for years to come,” reads the TTC website page announcing the closure.

The TTC will have a 72A Pape bus running southbound from Pape Station to King and Parliament streets, where riders can then get on a westbound 504 King streetcar.

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Riders needing to move along Gerrard Street will have to take a 506C Carlton replacement bus from Castle Frank Station to Victoria Park Station, though Castle Frank Station is currently not accessible as the north sidewalk is currently closed due to construction.

As delays are already taking place on the 501 Queen Streetcar route due to the construction of the new Ontario subway line, the 501B Queen buses will still operate in both directions between Dundas Street East and Broadview Avenue and Queen Street East and River Street.

The regular shuttle buses that service these routes, the 504/304 King and 505 Dundas, will not operate on Broadview Avenue once construction starts as only one northbound lane will be open, and buses cannot safely travel through.

“We recognize there will be some inconvenience for our customers, which is why we’ve started communicating the impacts now,” a TTC Media Relations spokesperson said in a statement to CityNews.

“There is essential TTC and city infrastructure work that is needed to ensure [a] longer-term state of good repair, and we need to manage around that.”

“We will be making a presentation to our June 12 Board meeting that highlights the service impacts on our website,” the TTC spokesperson concluded.