King Street West and Dufferin Street

Planned work

City of Toronto and TTC crews are currently conducting streetcar track renewal work at the King Street West and Dufferin Street intersection.

Work started on September 29, 2025 and is expected to be finished by mid-November 2025, lasting approximately six weeks.

Once the streetcar track work is completed, the City of Toronto will undertake sidewalk replacement and tactile plate installation at the intersection. Learn more about this work on the City of Toronto's project webpage.

Streetcar track renewal at this intersection was initially planned to take place in mid-2024 as part of the King Street West Watermain and Streetcar Track Renewal project (Dufferin Street to Shaw Street) that year; however, due to supply chain challenges, this work was deferred to fall 2025. 

Travel and parking impacts

• The King Street West and Dufferin Street intersection will be closed to through traffic during construction.
• Parking is not permitted within the fenced work zone.

Work hours and noise

• Excavation and removal of old tracks will occur at various times throughout the day.
• Concrete milling and breaking will primarily take place between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
• TTC crews will work 24/7 during rail installation to ensure the integrity of the new tracks and concrete.
• Overnight work and noise should be expected.

Impacts to streetcar and bus service***

From Sunday, September 28, 2025, to mid-November 2025, the following streetcar/bus routes are diverting around the King Street West and Dufferin Street intersection closure:

• 503 Kingston Rd – Replacement buses are operating between King Street West at Joe Shuster Way and Kingston Road at Victoria Park Avenue.
• 504 King and 508 Lake Shore – 504A King and 508 Lake Shore streetcars are diverting via Queen Street West between Shaw Street and Roncesvalles Avenue. 504B King streetcars are being shortened to Bathurst Street.
• 29 Dufferin – 29 Dufferin buses are diverting to King Street West at Joe Shuster Way via Queen Street West and Shaw Street.
• 929 Dufferin Express – 929 Dufferin Express buses are being shortened to Queen Street West.

View a map of these route diversions here

***NOTE: Timing and diversion details are subject to change.

Wheel-Trans and Community bus service 

• The 402 Parkdale Community bus continues to operate on its regular route during construction
• Wheel-Trans services remains accessible in all areas where local traffic is permitted.

Keeping transit moving during construction

In July 2025, City Council approved temporary transit priority measures (TPMs) to support diverted streetcar and bus service during construction.

Key TPMs include:

• Extending existing "No Stopping" prohibitions along Queen Street West (Shaw Street to Roncesvalles Avenue) and Shaw Street (King Street West to Queen Street West).
• Installing turning restrictions at the King & Shaw and Queen & Shaw intersections.
• Supporting the 29 Dufferin bus diversion with additional "No Stopping" prohibitions on certain streets in Liberty Village to facilitate bus turns and end-of-line operations.

These measures aim to improve service speed and reliability for an estimated 91,000 daily streetcar riders and 42,000 bus riders.

City crews have updated parking and traffic signage. Once construction wraps up in mid-November 2025, parking will be restored and turn restriction signage removed.