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You can ride YRT and Viva buses free of fare
Free rides continue until March 31. You can also ride TTC buses and GO Transit buses operating along the 69 Sutton / Newmarket route free of fare, while the buses operate in York Region.
Read Transit Toronto’s February 2 post for more information.
Service to colleges and universities
GO Transit is operating less bus service to and from Durham College’s Oshawa Campus, McMaster University’s Main Campus, the University of Guelph’s Main Campus, Ontario University Institute of Technology (UOIT) and York University’s Keele Campus.
Grand River Transit is operating less service to and from Conestoga College’s Doon campus.
Guelph Transit is providing less service to and from the University of Guelph’s Main Campus.
Niagara Falls Transit is providing no service to and from Brock University.
Peterborough Transit is operating less service to and from Trent University’s Symons Campus.
The St. Catharines Transit Commission is operating less service to and from Brock University.
Short-term construction projects
Short-term construction projects affect transit services in the City of Toronto, York Region and elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe.
City of Toronto
Bakersfield Street Downsview
The City of Toronto is closing the street between St. Regis Crescents North and South, as contractors continue to work on extending the 1 Yonge - University - Spadina subway northwestward to York University and the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre.
The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 107 Keele North route, while the street is closed.
Read Transit Toronto’s November 1 post for more information.
Washrooms at Kipling Station
The TTC has closed the facilities for repairs. It plans to reopen them Friday, March 16.
Read Transit Toronto’s February 19 post for more information.
Washrooms at Bloor - Yonge Station
The TTC is closing the facilities for repairs. It plans to reopen them Friday, March 30.
Read Transit Toronto’s February 19 post for more information.
Region of York
Highway 7, west of Jane Street
Subway tunneling blocks eastbound lanes between Interchange Way and Jane Street.
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 post for more information.
Construction continues until February.
Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Construction takes place in Guelph.
Gordon Street Guelph
GO Transit is detouring buses operating along the 29 Guelph / Mississauga and 48 Guelph / York U routes. Guelph Transit is detouring buses operating along the 5 South Gordon and 21 Hanlon Industrial routes.
Read Transit Toronto’s February 18 post for more information.
Construction continues until February 24.
Long-term construction projects
Long-term construction projects affect transit services in the City of Toronto, Durham, Halton, Peel and York 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, starting today.
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 post for more information.
The construction also blocks some pedestrian access to Union Station**.
Read Transit Toronto’s February 10 post for more information about pedestrian access.
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.
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 post for more information.
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.
Pape Station
During roadway construction in the bus terminal, the TTC is detouring buses operating along the 81 Thorncliffe Park route to Donlands Station
Read Transit Toronto’s June 26 post for more information.
Agincourt GO Station
GO is building a new overpass to carry the train tracks across Sheppard Avenue East. The work blocks access to the south parking lot. GO is maintaining access to the station building, north lot and all other parking spaces.
Read Transit Toronto’s November 13 post for more information.
Oriole GO Station
York University GO Station
GO is extending the platforms to accommodate 12-car trains in the near future.
Work proceeds Mondays to Fridays from about 8:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Read Transit Toronto’s January 22 post for more information.
Weston GO Station pedestrian access
GO is restricting access to the station from below the Lawrence Avenue West bridge, because it’s starting work widening the bridge.
Read Transit Toronto’s October 8 post for more information.
Keele Street south of Finch Avenue West
Subway tunneling continues 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
Passengers riding TTC buses operating along the 41 Keele and 107 Keele North routes should expect detours and delays.
Read Transit Toronto’s January 13 post for more information.
24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week construction continues until March.
Allen Road north of Sheppard Avenue West
Subway tunneling blocks the northbound high-occupancy vehicle lane.
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.
Read Transit Toronto’s January 13 post for more information.
Construction continues to block the lane until spring.
Sony Centre
Construction blocks westbound lanes of The Esplanade between Scott and Yonge Streets.
The TTC is detouring buses operating along the 72A Pape via Commissioners route.
Read Transit Toronto’s January 28, 2010 post for details.
Construction continues until 2013.
Exhibition GO Station
Contractors are building a new elevator and extending the tunnel to improve access to and from Atlantic Avenue, north of the station. They’re also installing a snow-melt system on the platform.
Read Transit Toronto’s August 10 post for more information.
Construction continues until winter 2012.
Scarborough GO Station — parking
GO has closed an area just south of the station building and two areas at the south-west corner near the new pedestrian walkways for more construction.
Read Transit Toronto’s December 10 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.
Read Transit Toronto’s August 21 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.
Region of Halton
Milton GO Station parking lot
GO Transit is expanding the lot to add 300 more parking spaces.
Read Transit Toronto’s October 2 post for more information.
Construction continues until the end of 2011.
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.
Erindale GO Station
Contractors are building a new parking structure, with 1,500 spaces. They’re also building a new bus loop, walkways and a pedestrian bridge.
Read Transit Toronto’s April 15 post for more information.
Construction on the project continues until October, 2012.
GO is also closing the pedestrian bridge across Burnhamthorpe Road West until summer. A covered pedestrian walkway replaces the bridge while it’s closed.
Region of York
Bayview / Highway 7 rapidway
Due to construction of the new bus-only lanes along Highway 7, YRT is detouring eastbound Viva buses serving the pink and purple route along High Tech Road, instead of Highway 7. The buses serve a temporary eastbound Bayview vivastation at the southeast corner of High Tech and Bayview.
Read Transit Toronto’s February 12 post for more information.
The detour continues until early 2013.
Maple GO Station
A development company has started to rebuild Hill Street, beside the station, including widening the roadway and installing traffic signals at the intersection with Major Mackenzie Drive West. The work reduces Hill Street to just one lane until July.
You can only enter the east parking lot from Hill Street from 6 a.m. until noon and only exit the lot from noon until 8 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. To avoid congestion during the construction period, consider parking in the lot off Eagle Rock Way.
Centennial GO Station
GO is extending the platforms to accommodate 12-car trains in the near future.
Work proceeds Mondays to Fridays from about 7:30 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Read Transit Toronto’s November 13, 2010 post for more information.
Langstaff GO Station
As GO works to extend the platform to accommodate 12-car trains in the future, it’s also restricting passenger access to the trains now.
If you’re traveling to and from Langstaff, you can only board the six south-end coaches of the train starting with the accessible coach, the fifth coach from the locomotive, to avoid the construction.
Read Transit Toronto’s May 21 post for more information.
Rutherford GO Station
GO is extending the platforms and installing a snow-melt system, more lighting, a public-service announcement system and closed-circuit television cameras.
Read Transit Toronto’s August 13 post for more information.
Milliken GO Station
Contractors are extending the south end of the platform, installing more lighting, and closed-circuit television cameras.
GO is closing the south half of the platform to passengers, restricting access to trains. That means you can only board the first five coaches from the locomotive, if you’re traveling to and from Milliken.
Read Transit Toronto’s May 8 post for more information.
Aurora GO Station
GO is building more parking space and a new “Kiss ‘n’ Ride” facility where motorists can drop off and pick up passengers.
Read Transit Toronto’s September 21 post for more information.
Also, starting Monday, November 7, construction blocks part of the platform. Board and exit from the six north-end cars if you’re traveling to and from Aurora.
Read Transit Toronto’s November 6 post for more information about platform restrictions.
Mount Joy GO Station
GO is building more parking at the station, and improving access from Regional Highway 48 / Main Street North.
Read Transit Toronto’s August 10 post for more information.
King City GO Station
GO is extending the platform to accommodate longer trains. Construction restricts passenger access to just some of the coaches of the trains.
Read Transit Toronto’s October 29 post for more information.
Elsewhere in the Greater Golden Horseshoe
Construction takes place in Bradford, Guelph and St. Catharines.
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.
Construction continues until this winter.
Downtown Guelph terminal
Construction continues on the new terminal for GO Transit, Guelph Transit and intercity buses and the future GO train station.
The terminal opens in spring 2012. GO is operating four trains — two in the morning and two in the afternoon — Mondays to Fridays through the station, starting today. GO’s renaming the 31 Georgetown line the 31 Kitchener line. The trains link Kitchener with Union Station.
Welland Canal Parkway / Government Road St. Catharines
The St. Catharines Transit Commission is detouring buses operating along the 14 / 114 Scott St. route while contractors repair the wall of the Welland Canal.
Construction continues until April.
Read Transit Toronto’s November 23 post for more information.
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