Tonight’s meeting takes place near Eglinton Avenue West and Keele Street.

(Some Transit Toronto readers have suggested that the moving the bridges took much less time than project planners expected and that service may have already resumed.)

By re-introducing adult tickets, the TTC hopes to have enough tokens to meet normal demand in January when fares increase.

Starting Friday, November 20, all day Saturday, November 21 and Sunday, November 22 and early Monday, November 23, the TTC is detouring tranist services during construction at Queen Street West and Dufferin Street.

(Construction contractors are moving the railway bridges that cross at the intersection. We’re not sure which project requires moving the bridges: the project to eliminate the Dufferin Street jog at Queen or the project to expand the Canadian National / GO Transit rail corridor above the same intersection — or both.)

The detour is detouring streetcars and buses operating along the 29 Dufferin, 329 Dufferin overnight, 301 Queen overnight and 501 Queen routes.

(The large number of construction projects may have resulted from provincial and federal funds to create construction jobs and stimulate local economies.)

As winter approaches, many of these projects are winding down and transit services are settling back into their regular schedules and routines for the winter.

Projects affecting transit that we’ve been watching and that have now ended for the season — or permanently — include:

• Burton Avenue in Barrie.
• Bathurst Street — two projects, one in King, Richmond Hill and Vaughan and one in Richmond Hill and Vaughan.
• Highway 7 in Markham and Vaughan.
• Kingston Road — two projects, one in Ajax and one in Pickering.
• Leslie Street in Markham.
• McLaughlin Road North in Brampton.
• Sheridan College’s Davis Campus in Brampton.
• Warden Avenue in Markham.
• Weston Road in Vaughan.
• Yonge Street — two projects in Richmond Hill.

MT expects to continue detouring buses until about 2 p.m.

It will study possible sites for building new rail stations and layover facilities and how to improve current rail lines. GO starts an environmental assessment this week and hopes to finish by summer 2010. It will host the first open houses during the process to consult with members of the public in January.

Mississauga Transit is detouring buses during the project.

Santa is a busy man as Santa Claus Parades and other events affect transit services this weekend.

This week’s posting appears in two parts.

This part describes events in Acton (Halton Hills), Barrie, Beaverton (Brock), Bowmanville (Clarington), Bradford, Brampton, Georgetown (Halton Hills), Holland Landing (East Gwillimbury) and Keswick (Georgina).

Part two describes events in Kitchener, Milton, Newcastle (Clarington), Newmarket, Oakville, Oshawa, Weston (Toronto) and Waterloo.

Santa is a busy man as Santa Claus Parades and other events affect transit services this weekend.

This week’s posting appears in two parts.

This part describes events in Kitchener, Milton, Newcastle (Clarington), Newmarket, Oakville, Oshawa, Weston (Toronto) and Waterloo.

Part one describes events in Acton (Halton Hills), Barrie, Beaverton (Brock), Bowmanville (Clarington), Bradford, Brampton, Georgetown (Halton Hills), Holland Landing (East Gwillimbury) and Keswick (Georgina).

SUGGESTED ALTERNATES INCLUDE: 97 Yonge (during rush hour). The 97 Yonge runs from Steeles to Queens Quay during the AM and PM rush hours. This bus will run in addition to shuttle service. It is infrequent although it makes local stops as well.

Spadina subway line - If you are looking to avoid delays you can also head over to the Spadina subway line and get on the subway at Wilson, Lawrence West, Eglinton West, St Clair West and Glencairn Stations.

To get to the Spadina Line from the Yonge Line take the following buses

96 Wilson from York Mills station to Wilson Station

52 Lawrence West from Lawrence Station to Lawrence West Station

32 Eglinton West from Eglinton Station to Eglinton West Station

14 Glencairn from Davisville Station to Glencairn Station

512 St. Clair from St Clair Station to St. Clair West Station

UPDATE AT 3:15 PM - SUBWAY SERVICE BETWEEN BLOOR AND EGLINTON STATION WILL NOT RESUME UNTIL THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19TH AT THE EARLIEST

(Update: 7:44 p.m.): TTC Chairman Adam Giambrone has spoken to reporters and confirmed that the Yonge subway between Bloor and Eglinton will remain closed for the remainder of the night. Passengers heading north of Bloor can either use the shuttle buses, or avoid some of the chaos by going “round the bend” via Union, travelling up the Spadina subway and taking one of a number of eastbound services from either Eglinton West, Lawrence West, Wilson or Downsview stations.

Giambrone told reporters that the TTC hopes to have the tunnel cleaned up and service resumed in time for tomorrow’s morning rush hour, but there are no guarantees, so continue to pay close attention to local media for updates and be prepared for a longer commute to work tomorrow morning. If subway service is still suspended between Eglinton and Bloor tomorrow, police will block off the curb lanes of Yonge Street for the exclusive use of shuttle buses. This will speed up service (while causing traffic congestion), but these buses will be unlikely to handle the full crowds this section of the Yonge line handles during rush hour. You may have to consider alternates, such as the Spadina subway, or the Don Mills bus (via Pape station, transferring to the Yonge subway at Bloor-Yonge).

We will keep you posted as this story develops.

(Update: 8:29 p.m.): Brad Ross, the TTC’s Director for Corporate Communications, has just announced that subway service is now resuming. Apparently, investigators have checked the tunnel where a contractor working on a project unrelated to the TTC accidentally instigated a partial collapse. The debris has been cleared away and the area has been declared safe to operate. This probably comes as a considerable relief to the TTC and commuters, who were worried about the potential impact a service suspension might have had on the morning commute tomorrow.

Please be patient for the next hour or so as the service readjusts and the crowds clear.

At these open houses, TTC and City staff are presenting the design that they prefer for both the underground and street-level segments of the line. For the surface segments, they will display the final stop and passenger platform locations and how they plan to manage traffic along Eglinton Avenue to guarantee fast and reliable light rail service.