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45 minutes ago, Ed T. said:

I saw a Flexity on the Dundas bridge over the Don River last night, about 10 PM. Was there a diversion at that time, or is the TTC testing the tracks?

I would assume track testing.
 

And kind of related, I was on a 504 streetcar last week which short turned at Broadview and Dundas. Was heading north on broadview, then dropped us all off, and turned left onto Dundas and probably looped back down to King via Parliament. So I assume the tracks are available for use

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4 hours ago, Ed T. said:

I saw a Flexity on the Dundas bridge over the Don River last night, about 10 PM. Was there a diversion at that time, or is the TTC testing the tracks?

Most likely neither.

After the 505 streetcar service was removed in Feb 2018, the tracks on Dundas between Parliament and Broadview have always remained in use for short turns on 504, and 501.

Since September 2019, that stretch is also used in regular service one-way from Broadview to Parliament by the 508 Lake Shore tripper in the afternoon peak.

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31 minutes ago, ttc rider said:

Most likely neither.

After the 505 streetcar service was removed in Feb 2018, the tracks on Dundas between Parliament and Broadview have always remained in use for short turns on 504, and 501.

Since September 2019, that stretch is also used in regular service one-way from Broadview to Parliament by the 508 Lake Shore tripper in the afternoon peak.

Well, the 508 is run by buses these days. And 10 PM is some hours after the 508 has been put to bed. So I think my question stands.

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1 minute ago, Ed T. said:

Well, the 508 is run by buses these days. And 10 PM is some hours after the 508 has been put to bed. So I think my question stands.

It's possible they've been sending some test cars onto Dundas considering it will use pantos when it returns and also considering it returns March 29th, which isn't that long from now.

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1 hour ago, CLRV4094 said:

It's possible they've been sending some test cars onto Dundas considering it will use pantos when it returns and also considering it returns March 29th, which isn't that long from now.

Hmm. It was too dark to see if the panto was up. Well, and I was driving down the DVP.

There really shouldn't be any issue with track. That section has been used for several recent diversions of Queen cars and I think Carlton. I've seen streetcars on there during the whole Dundas 505 bustitution. But checking if the panto works, yeah I can see that.

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4 hours ago, Ed T. said:

Well, the 508 is run by buses these days. And 10 PM is some hours after the 508 has been put to bed. So I think my question stands.

The 508 has reverted to streetcar operation effective Tuesday, January 14.

The first few days they had some trouble putting out all five runs in both peak periods, so 1 or 2 runs continued  to be run with buses. However, for more than a week now, they have been consistently dispatching all scheduled service with streetcars (5 cars in the AM, 5 cars in the PM).

Coming back to your question, the overhead on that section has not been signed off for pantograph use. 

So my educated guess is that it was most likely a 504B short turn that you saw at that time of the day

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Bus sightings for week of January 27 to February 1

TTC

*x* for didn’t see that number

*u* for unknown car

*SV* for Service Vehicle 

[AM]\[PM] for AM sighting/PM sighting

9 Bellamy - 

16 McCowan - (31)3123, 8560

21 Brimley- (31)1611, 3448, 3567, 3544

38 Highland Creek - (31)1393[PM], 1201

39 Finch East - (27)3475, 1232. (28)1404, 3538. (29)3430, 1676, 3559. (30)3514, 3482. (31)1337[39A], 3482[39B], 1534[39B], 3430. (1)3561

54 Lawrence East - N/A

85 Sheppard East - (28)1550, 3416, 3522, 3555, 3460. (31)1403, 3424. (1)1566, 1402, 3508, 3532, 1650

86 Scarborough - N/A

102 Markham Rd. - (1)3114, 8501

116 Morningside - (1)8639

129 McCowan North - (31)1393[AM]

131 Nugget - (27)9071, 9009. (28)1338, 3487, 3412. (30)1573, 3508. (31)3411, 3473. (1)3514

132 Milner -  (27)3479. (30)1500. (31)3499, 1392

133 Neilson - (27)3476, 3491, 3516. (28)3489, 3483. (29)3476, 3460, 3557, 3509, 3400, 3469. (30)3457. (31)3408, 3416, 3488, 3568

134 Progress -  (31)9095, 9063, 9090, 9081, 9086, 9079[134C]. (1)3568

902 Markham Rd. Express - N/A

905 Eglinton East Express - N/A

913 Progress Express - N/A

939 Finch Express - (31)1400, 1655, 1404

985 Sheppard East Express - (28)9097, 9009. (31)9088. (1)9095, 9005, 9001

Wheel Trans/Other - (27)9080(Training), 9099(Training), W237, 8879(CP Rail)

GO Transit - N/A

Not in Service - (1)3523

Out of Service (in Malvern Division) - N/A

P.S: My ears still hurt from riding 1337 (RIP it’s hybrid motor 2007-2020)

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(I feel like I’m the only one occasionally fanning training buses, I’m starting my own trend)

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This is may be the last time, I’m posting pics, because nobody tends to notice them, like I have an iPhone XR for crying out loud, what more do you want?!! Also, I feel I’m the only one occasionally fanning training buses, so I’m starting my own trend
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