Shuttle buses

(We’ve based this part of the post on information available from the TTC during other closures of this section of Line 1. Note that this is unofficial information. The TTC may choose to operate with a different service pattern during this closure.)

Southbound buses start their trips in Sheppard West Station bus terminal, then proceed:

westward along Sheppard Avenue West;
southward along William R. Allen Road;
west- and southward along Transit Road and into Wilson Station bus terminal;
southward along Transit;
south- and westward along Billy Bishop Way;
southward along Dufferin Street;
east- and southward along Yorkdale Road;
southward along Yorkdale and Allen;
eastward along Lawrence Avenue West and into Lawrence West Station bus terminal, then continuing
westward along Lawrence West;
southward along Marlee Avenue;
eastward along Eglinton Avenue West;
northward into Cedarvale Station bus terminal, then continuing
eastward along Eglinton West;
southward along Bathurst Street;
eastward along St. Clair Avenue West, into St Clair West Station terminal, then continuing
eastward along St. Clair West;
southward along Spadina Road;
westward along Austin Terrace;
southward along Walmer Road and Kendal Avenue;
eastward along Macpherson Avenue;
southward along Spadina;
eastward into Spadina Station bus terminal, then continuing
southward along Spadina;
eastward along Bloor Street West;
northward along St. George Street;
eastward along Prince Arthur Avenue; and then
southward along Bedford Road to the west access for St George Station,
ending their trips.

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Northbound buses start their trips on Bedford Road north of Bloor Street West, beside the west access for St George Station, then proceed:

westward along Bloor Street West;
northward along Spadina Road;
eastward into Spadina Station bus terminal, then continuing
northward along Spadina;
westward along Davenport Road;
northward along Walmer Road;
eastward along Austin Terrace;
northward along Spadina;
westward along St. Clair Avenue West into St Clair West Station terminal, then continuing
westward along St. Clair West;
northward along Bathurst Street;
westward along Eglinton Avenue West;
northward into Cedarvale Station bus terminal, then continuing
westward along Eglinton West;
northward along William Allen Road;
eastward along Lawrence Avenue West and into Lawrence West Station bus terminal,
westward along Lawrence West;
northward along Allen;
north- and westward along the Yorkdale access Road;
north- and westward along Yorkdale Road (stopping near Yorkdale GO Bus Terminal);
northward along Dufferin Street;
east- and northward along Billy Bishop Way;
north- and eastward along Transit Road, stopping at Wilson Station bus terminal;
northward along Allen; and then
eastward into Sheppard West Station bus terminal,
ending their trips.

Shuttle-bus alternatives

One way that you can reduce the impact of the closure is by planning ahead, leaving earlier than usually and giving yourself more time to get to where you’re going.

Although shuttle buses replacing subway service will be frequent, they may also be crowded.

Regular TTC buses and streetcars provide less frequent, less direct, but, perhaps, less stressful alternatives.

Consider boarding buses and street cars at subway stations on the Yonge branch of the subway line, instead of the University branch. If you’re travelling from the west, keep riding your bus or streetcar until you reach a Yonge-branch station, instead of exiting at a University-branch station. This applies not just to the closed section of the subway, but to stations north and south of the closure, so you can avoid the University branch entirely.

North of the closed section of the subway, ride:

• buses along the 60A / 60B Steeles West route to Finch Station, instead of Pioneer Village Station.
• buses along the 36 Finch West route to Finch Station, instead of Finch West Station.

At the closed section of the subway, ride:

• buses along the 84A Sheppard West route to Sheppard - Yonge Station, instead of Sheppard West Station;
• buses along the 96A / 96B Wilson or 165 Weston Rd North routes to York Mills Station, instead of Wilson Station;
• buses along the 52A / 52B / 52D Lawrence West route to Lawrence Station, instead of Lawrence West Station;
• buses along the 14 Glencairn route to Davisville Station, instead of Glencairn Station;
• Line 5 Eglinton trains or buses along the 34 Eglinton route to Eglinton Station, instead of Cedarvale Station;
• streetcars along the 512 St Clair route to St Clair Station, instead of St Clair West Station; and
• Line 2 Bloor - Danforth subway trains to Yonge Station, instead of St George Station.

South of the closed section of the subway, ride:

• streetcars along the 506 Carlton route to College Station, instead of Queen’s Park Station;
• streetcars along the 505 Dundas route to Dundas Station, instead of St Patrick Station;
• streetcars along the 501 Queen route to the area of Queen Station, instead of Osgoode Station; and
• streetcars along the 504 King route to King Station, instead of St Andrew Station.