The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is planning to increase subway and streetcar closures in 2025, with a 54% rise in full weekend closures and a 30% increase in early closures. The TTC cites the need for state of good repair work and modernization as the reason for the increase.
A Toronto Transit Commission sign is shown at a downtown Toronto subway stop Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graeme Roy
In addition, the TTC says it will also be exploring the possibility of lengthening early closures to begin at 10 p.m. instead of 11 p.m.; expanding closure areas to include even longer stretches of the subway line; and exploring multi-day or multi-week closures for stretches of the system. However those options are expected to be explored in the coming months and presented to the TTC Board in late 2025.
City crews do some work in the overnight hours, but the TTC says those times are not sufficiently long to carry out all the work that is needed to keep the system running properly. “A full weekend subway closure offers the equivalent of approximately five weeks of regular night work as it provides up to 50 uninterrupted hours of work, allowing for multiple work groups to participate,” TTC staff say in their report. “TTC service diversions are co-ordinated internally, as well as with the City of Toronto, to keep the level of disruption to TTC customers and city commuters to a minimum.
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