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Main Street Markham railway track repairs:
GO, TTC detours, June 23 to 26



The City of Markham is closing:

  • Main Street North north of Parkway Avenue / Snider Drive

from 8 p.m. Friday June 23 until 4 a.m. Monday, June 26, as Metrolinx contractors repair the railway crossing.

Closing the street likely affects GO Transit bus service along the 54 Markham / York U and 71 Stouffville / Toronto routes, but GO hasn’t yet announced detour-routing information.

The TTC is detouring buses operating along this route, while the street is closed:

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102D Markham Rd

From 8 p.m. Friday June 23 until 4 a.m. Monday, June 26, southbound buses operate along their regular route to Markham Road and 16th Avenue, then detour:

eastward along 16th;
south- and eastward along Fincham Avenue;
southward along Paramount Road; and then
westward along Parkway Avenue to Main Street North,
resuming their regular route southward along Main North.

Southbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Markham Road at 16th Avenue and
  • on Main Street North at Springdale Avenue, Station Street and Bullock Drive.

Instead, southbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on 16th Avenue at Fincham Avenue,
  • on Fincham Avenue at Noel Street and
  • on Parkway Avenue west of Orchard Street and at Main Street North.

Northbound buses reverse the southbound detour routing.

Northbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Main Street North at Ramona Boulevard, across from Springdale Avenue and at 16th Avenue.

Instead, northbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Parkway Avenue across from Paramount Road,
  • on Fincham Avenue across from Noel Street and
  • on 16th Avenue at Markham Road.