TTC running extra subway service this Sunday for the Toronto Santa Claus Parade
Santa Claus is coming to town!
This Sun., Nov. 23, the TTC will be participating in the Toronto Santa Claus Parade with a specially wrapped bus, and up to 40 TTC employees and members of the TTC Honour Guard.
To accommodate customers travelling to the parade, the TTC will be running extra subway service on Line 1 Yonge-University and Line 2 Bloor-Danforth. Additional TTC staff will be deployed to stations and key locations across the downtown core to assist customers.
Customers are encouraged to take transit to view the parade, with several subway stations located along or near the parade route, including Bathurst, Spadina, and St George on Line 2, and Museum, Queen’s Park, St. Patrick, Osgoode, Queen and King stations on Line 1.
This year’s parade starts at 12:30 p.m. at Christie Pitts and will wind its way through the city, ending at St. Lawrence Market. Once again, the Holly Jolly Fun Run will kick off festivities, starting at 11:45 a.m. at 625 Bloor St. W.
Service on streetcar routes, including the 501 Queen, 504 King, 505 Dundas, 506 Carlton, 509 Harbourfront and 510 Spadina, will be operating through gaps in the parade. The following bus routes will be diverting during the Santa Claus Parade and the Holly Jolly Fun Run:
- 13 Avenue Road
- 19 Bay
- 75 Sherbourne
- 94 Wellesley
- 97 Yonge
- 114 Queens Quay East
- 121 Esplanade – River
- 126 Christie
- 300 Bloor-Danforth (from 7 a.m.)
- 503 Kingston Road
The TTC anticipates that many people will be attending the festivities. Customers are reminded that some streets may be closed at short notice, requiring unplanned diversions.
For detailed planned diversions during the Santa Claus Parade, customers are encouraged to check the Service Advisories page on www.ttc.ca.
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