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In advance of another weekend shutdown of part of the Yonge line for work to modernize the signalling system, the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has released a new video on YouTube which explains just what the transit operator is doing, and why. Anyone who travels the system on a regular basis will appreciate the details of how it plans to carry more people in the future. Replacement of the current technology with up-to-date equipment will allow closer spacing of trains.
The shutdown will close the Yonge-University-Spadina line from Bloor to St Andrew stations over three weekends, starting this weekend: March 8-9, followed by the weekends of March 22-23 and April 5-6. Subway trains will terminate at Bloor and St Andrew stations on Line 1. The TTC will operate 47 shuttle buses on Yonge St. between Rosedale and King stations, and over to St Andrew Station. Union subway station will be closed, with no access from the subway station to the main train station. Customers going to the Air Canada Centre will need to walk from King or St Andrew stations or take the 6 Bay bus.
In the meantime, other efforts to modernize the system include the recent appearance of Line 1 and Line 2 signage at Bloor-Yonge Station. The new signs will go up at St George station soon too, and the public's comments will be taken into account before expanding the new numbering system beyond those two stations. The Yonge-University-Spadina line, the first to have a section open, is being numbered Line 1 while the Bloor Danforth line is number 2. The Scarborough RT will be Line 3, the Sheppard subway will be Line 4, while the Crosstown LRT will be Line 5 when it opens.
