[Monarch Butterfly]

I can't help you with your search for java, but there are and will be lots and lots of connecting buses. The Blue Night network is quite convenient. You just got to get up early to take them.


The 34 will be the surface-running local bus that will run from Mount Dennis to Kennedy Stns. This will run all day, every day, and at limited frequencies.

The service starting at 10pm every night will be the 5 shuttle bus, which will only stop at stations.

Dan

Useful when the elevator (or escalator) is out-of-service due to maintenance or mischief.

 

[ThenWhat]

No bloody map. Is it basically the same as what was approved years ago?

The updated map is in the Winter 2026 Ride Guide. Not on the TTC web site yet.

 

[ShonTron]

This map. Yes, the bus route changes correspond to this, though some of the changes (new bus 164, the reroutes into Mount Dennis Station, etc) have already been implemented.

Edit: Only express route 901 will not yet launch.

 

[T3G]

It will be bitterly cold this weekend. Who is ready for some frozen switches?

I swear, it's like you people want this line to fail.

 

[micheal_can]

So, is there any marathon runners ready to race the train from end to end?

 

[JoMax213]

It will be bitterly cold this weekend. Who is ready for some frozen switches?

Take it back

 

[PL1]

They are playing automated messages on the 34 I am riding regarding the February 8 changes, advising riders to go to TTC dot ca.

 

[A 6264]

Now that this thread is filling up one page per hour, it's probably a lousy time to ask questions. But here's one anyway. If I were to ride to the west end of Line 5, then try to get to the Bloor Subway to go further west, which bus route would you recommend, and which station would it take me to? It doesn't have to be from Mount Dennis, if a station before that would be more ideal.

 

[hw621]

I swear, it's like you people want this line to fail.

Nah, it's called reasonable expectations. Finch West failed not because everyone wanted it to...

 

[McGillicuddy]

Now that this thread is filling up one page per hour, it's probably a lousy time to ask questions. But here's one anyway. If I were to ride to the west end of Line 5, then try to get to the Bloor Subway to go further west, which bus route would you recommend, and which station would it take me to? It doesn't have to be from Mount Dennis, if a station before that would be more ideal.

Trick question: your best approach is to switch to the UP Express and board up at Dundas West. It runs about as often as most buses do on Sundays, and even with the walking transfer, you'll almost certainly do it quicker.

 

[Jane2021]

Now that this thread is filling up one page per hour, it's probably a lousy time to ask questions. But here's one anyway. If I were to ride to the west end of Line 5, then try to get to the Bloor Subway to go further west, which bus route would you recommend, and which station would it take me to? It doesn't have to be from Mount Dennis, if a station before that would be more ideal.

27 Jane South to Jane Stn or 73B Royal York to Royal York Stn

 

[duffo]

Now that this thread is filling up one page per hour, it's probably a lousy time to ask questions. But here's one anyway. If I were to ride to the west end of Line 5, then try to get to the Bloor Subway to go further west, which bus route would you recommend, and which station would it take me to? It doesn't have to be from Mount Dennis, if a station before that would be more ideal.

Take the Kitchener GO line from Mt Dennis to Dundas West. If the timing isn't going to work out, the 989 from Mt Dennis to Keele is the only express option.

 

[6ixGod]

Nah, it's called reasonable expectations. Finch West failed not because everyone wanted it to...

NotJustBikes said it best. If people were aware of how the streetcars were being operated, then nobody should have been surprised about Finch West. Eglinton will suffer from the same problems.

I just hope the public keeps the pressure on these TTC, Metrolinx and City Hall yobs and force them to introduce the very minimum of tram service….operational speeds over 50km/h and full TSP.

I know full well they’re buying time and are hoping people in Toronto just forget and accept this trash 2nd class service as ok. I hope I’m wrong.

 

[crs1026]

I just hope the public keeps the pressure on these TTC, Metrolinx and City Hall yobs and force them to introduce the very minimum of tram service….operational speeds over 50km/h and full TSP.

I know full well they’re buying time and are hoping people in Toronto just forget and accept this trash 2nd class service as ok. I hope I’m wrong.

I'm actually optimistic that this has been a tipping point moment and the city won't be going back..

There's no question that both Lines 5 and 6 were designed and built with tradeoffs assumed that led to mediocrity. Some of the mediocrity was baked in by Council and TTC decisions that have become culture - ie surface LRT is a streetcar and streetcars can only be slow and any effort to improve on that is rocking the boat and cannot be tolerated. The faction that has labelled transit priority as a "war on cars" has prevailed, and both city staff and TTC staff have figured out which side of the fence is safer for their career security. So nobody was suggesting anything ambitious.

Thanks to Line 6, the public - and some of the more apathetic pols - have concluded that look, if we are going to spend this much money on a transit line, it better perform with excellence. And at the moment the many voters riding on a tram have more leverage than the three guys trying to turn left in their Cybertrucks.

The TSP debate has gone on for years and to this point it has been suppressed by the City with the support of the majority of Council. The turnaround in that debate is impressive. The King Street transit zone failed because nobody wanted to mess with drivers, but now we have pols actually worrying about how well Line 5 will measure up, and are complaining that TSP isn't going fast enough. Ford is slinking away and hiding, where before he would undoubtedly have sided with the TSP opponents.

I am hoping it will all stick. If it does, the point made today that the whole streetcar network can be improved by TSP and other changes in road configuration might also stick around.

- Paul

 

[urbanclient]

Nah, it's called reasonable expectations. Finch West failed not because everyone wanted it to...

No comment on what the future holds after a week of service, plus higher speed limits in March and TSP in May. However, I do think that expectations should be tempered for Sunday. Unless you want disappointment.

Also:
Credit to @CYYC2CYYZ from Reddit:
"Line 5 Published Timetable (from TTC's Timetable Data / GTFS Released Today)"

I suspect that time stuck at red lights was not included.