TTC/Summer & Fall bustitution of #510 Spadina streetcar, due to trackwork, other improvements Options

[KevinKorell]

TTC website, 6/14/12:

TTC 510 Spadina route to be replaced by buses starting Monday

The Toronto Transit Commission’s 510 Spadina streetcar route will undergo major investment and renewal work this summer.

Details

[jacorbett70]

Sweat-slicked and decked out in 1980s-styled suits, a five-piece band of middle-aged men marched out of a bus and into the streets Thursday afternoon.

Blasting their prominent 1986 anthem, “Spadina Bus,” the Shuffle Demons were back on the streets of Toronto, performing on a retired TTC bus down and then up Spadina Ave.

A major construction project on Spadina Ave. that began in June has halted the road’s street cars for the next few months in order to build new passenger platforms, replace tracks along the route and modernize the overhead power system.

At peak hours, 34 buses are running to replace the 21 streetcars that normally operate along the route.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transporta...eetcar-shutdown

[KevinKorell]

Related project also affecting 509 Harbourfront streetcars:

509 Harbourfront - Spadina Avenue track and passenger platform rebuild

Streetcars replaced by buses between Spadina Station and Queens Quay Loop.

Continue