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CTV News
3 days ago
- General
- CTV News
The TTC is shutting down parts of the subway for maintenance work. Here's when and where
A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown at a downtown Toronto subway stop on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy Commuters taking the subway this week may face some discomfort as the TTC is planning some maintenance work for both lines this week. Line 1 will be shut for planned track work from Monday until Thursday between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m. All subway stations except Lawrence and North York Centre will remain open for customers to purchase fares and connect to surface routes, TTC says in a service alert. Extra Wheel-Trans buses will operate between Finch and Eglinton stations for any customers requiring assistance. Line 2 will be closed for planned track work between Woodbine and Broadview stations on Saturday and Sunday. Shuttle buses will be available for commuters during the seven-station shutdown and TTC staff will be available for any assistance. Extra Wheel-Trans buses will operate between the affected stations for any customers requiring assistance. All stations except Chester Station will be open for customers to purchase fares and connect to surface routes, TTC says.
CTV News
26-05-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Service resumes at St. Andrew Station after flooding: TTC
A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown at a downtown Toronto subway stop on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The TTC says regular service has now resumed on the Yonge-University line after flooding prevented trains from stopping at St. Andrew Station. The issue, according to the TTC, was first reported early Monday morning. The city saw a particularly wet weekend, with periods of rain on both Saturday and Sunday. Service resumed at around 6:30 a.m.
CTV News
21-05-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
No subway service on Line 1 between Lawrence and Bloor-Yonge stations
A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown in Toronto on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy There is no subway service on a portion of Line 1 due to an injury on the tracks, the TTC says. Shuttle buses are servicing stations between Lawrence and Bloor-Yonge stations instead of trains. It is unclear when regular service will resume. Service was initially suspended between Lawrence and St. Clair just before 5:45 p.m. The TTC announced just after 6:30 p.m. that trains would also not be running from St. Clair to Bloor-Yonge stations, leaving many riders waiting for shuttle buses in the rain.
CBC
14-05-2025
- Science
- CBC
Dundas Subway Station will be renamed 'TMU Station'
The Toronto Transit Commission Board has unanimously voted to rename Dundas Subway Station to TMU Station. The move is part of a research partnership between the TTC and Toronto Metropolitan University.
CTV News
14-05-2025
- Business
- CTV News
Dundas Station to be renamed TMU Station: TTC board
The Toronto Transit Commission has approved the renaming of Dundas Station to TMU Station, in which the university will pay for all costs. A name change is coming for a popular subway station in downtown Toronto after the TTC board approved the decision at its monthly meeting on Wednesday. A report before the board proposed that Dundas Station, at Yonge and Dundas streets, be renamed 'TMU Station,' to reflect 'the evolution of both the local neighbourhood and [Toronto Metropolitan University].' In the report, the TTC's Chief Strategy and Customer Experience Officer also said the name change will align Dundas Station with the transit system's current practice of naming stations after institutions and destinations, citing York, Museum, Queen's Park, and Osgoode stations as examples. 'The area around Dundas Station has changed dramatically with the rapid growth of TMU, and the TTC station has become fully integrated with the TMU campus and student life,' it reads. On Wednesday, the TTC board agreed to move forward with the renaming decision, which will see the university covering the full cost of the change. 'No taxpayer money will be spent on the renaming,' TTC Board Chair Jamaal Myers said to reporters on Wednesday. 'All costs associated with the renaming of Dundas Station to TMU Station will be borne by Toronto Metropolitan University.' The approved proposal also includes a partnership between TMU and the TTC to create an 'innovation hub' aimed at developing and trialing solutions to TTC service problems. 'This is a win-win situation for both TTC and TMU,' said TMU President Mohamed Lachemi at Toronto City Hall on Wednesday. 'We do have a lot of expertise, a lot of research teams that are actually working in the field, and we want to make sure that those facilities and expertise we have are used to serve our city and the TTC.' 'It's recognizing that travel patterns have changed, how you deliver transit has changed, and now we have a research partner who can actually help us focus on these issues and address them in a meaningful way rather than trying to figure it out as we go,' added Myers. 'They actually have the innovation and the muscle, and we have the platform in order to test these solutions out in the real world.' In late 2023, Toronto City Council approved renaming Yonge-Dundas Square to Sankofa Square after numerous studies of academic research found that Henry Dundas – the square's namesake – was involved in delaying the abolition of the Transatlantic slave trade. The Jane/Dundas Public Library was renamed the Daniel G. Hill Branch as part of those efforts, and the Dundas West Station is also on the list of 'Dundas-linked city assets' waiting for a name change. 'To be clear, the TTC is not taking any position on Henry Dundas,' said Myers. 'We are solely responding to a request that was brought forward to us from council. Neither is TMU taking any position on Henry Dundas… Some of this is just timing. We wanted to time this with the work that was happening on Line 6.' The report called the station renaming 'time-sensitive' and 'unique,' pointing to the upcoming roll-out of 'customer information changes' for the new Line 6 Finch West LRT route, saying that the renaming could be aligned with those changes to save on costs.
