511 Bathurst
A 511 Bathurst streetcar atFront Street
Overview
Locale	Toronto, Ontario
Termini	Bathurst (north)[1] Exhibition Loop (south)
Website	Official route page
Service
Type	Streetcar route
System	Toronto streetcar system
Route number	511
Operator(s)	Toronto Transit Commission
Depot(s)	Leslie Barns,Russell Carhouse
Rolling stock	Flexity Outlook
Daily ridership	15,389 (2022, weekdays)[2]
History
Opened	1885; 140 years ago (1885)
Technical
Line length	5.3 km (3.29 mi)[3]
Track gauge	4 ft 10+7⁄8 in (1,495 mm)
Electrification	600 V DCoverhead
Route map Show interactive map Legend Route: Connection 00  Terminus 00  Bloor–Danforth line Bathurst Station  7  Lennox Street Harbord Street  94  Ulster Street College Street  506  Nassau Street Dundas Street West  505  Robinson Street / Carr Street & Eden Place Wolseley Loop Queen Street West  501  King Street West  504  Wellington Street West CN Oakville sub. &CP MacTier sub. Fort York Boulevard  121  509 toUnion Station Bathurst Street Fleet Street Fleet & Bathurst  509  Bastion Street (Lake Shore Boulevard) Fleet Loop Fort York Boulevard Strachan Avenue Fleet Street Private Right-of-Way Exhibition Loop  29  509  This diagram: view talk edit Show route diagram

The511 Bathurst is aToronto streetcar route operated by theToronto Transit Commission inOntario, Canada.

The 511 Bathurst operates betweenBathurst station andExhibition Loop north–south alongBathurst Street in mixed traffic, and east–west along Fleet Street in a dedicated streetcar right-of-way shared with route509 Harbourfront.^[4]

Late at night, the 511 Bathurst is replaced by the 307 BathurstBlue Night bus, which also includes the route of the 7 Bathurst bus route, operating from Exhibition Loop to the city limits atSteeles Avenue.

Route 511 was once primarily operated with shorterCLRVs. However, during special events atExhibition Place, such as theCanadian National Exhibition (CNE), additional service was provided using largerALRVs and, since 2015,Flexity Outlook streetcars.^[5][6]

Streetcar service on Bathurst Street started on July 27, 1885, when theToronto Street Railway opened ahorsecar line between Bloor Street and College Street. The line was extended to King Street in December 1889, and to Front Street on September 5, 1892. TheToronto Railway Company electrified the line on April 19, 1894, and extended it north to Dupont Street on July 10, 1894.^[7] The railway corridor south of Front Street remained a barrier until August 25, 1916, when a bridge was constructed at a southwest angle over the railway tracks. South of the rail corridor, streetcars ran along the edge of Fort York to provide seasonal service to Exhibition Place.^[8]

On December 21, 1921, theToronto Transportation Commission extended the line to St. Clair Avenue.^[7] In 1931, the bridge over the railway corridor south of Front Street was realigned in a north–south alignment. On June 22, 1931, streetcar service started on Fleet Street, which became part of the "Fort" route.^[8]

Just prior to the opening ofLine 2 Bloor–Danforth on February 25, 1966, Bathurst Street was served by two streetcar routes, Fort and Bathurst. The Fort route ran from Vaughan Loop (an on-street loop utilizingVaughan Road and St. Clair Avenue) toExhibition Loop. The Bathurst route ran south from Vaughan Loop to Adelaide Street turning east on that street, then south on Church Street, west on King Street to return north on Bathurst Street.^[9] However, before the city converted Adelaide Street to a one-way, eastbound street in 1960, Bathurst streetcars would loop downtown north from Adelaide Street on Church Street, west on Richmond Street, south on York Street to return westbound on Adelaide Street.^[10][8]

With the Line 2 Bloor–Danforth opening, service north of Bloor Street to Vaughan Loop was discontinued, with cars terminating at the then-newBathurst station. Service north of Bloor was replaced with the 7 Bathurst bus, although the tracks there remain today for non-revenue use to connect theSt. Clair streetcar line and theHillcrest Complex to the rest of the streetcar network. Bathurst streetcar service along Adelaide Street was also terminated, with the tracks being ultimately abandoned with the exception of one track between Victoria and Church streets. The Fort and Bathurst routes were merged, and the "Fort" name was discontinued.^[11][8] With these changes, the Bathurst route resembled today's 511 Bathurst.

In June 1995, the old Exhibition Loop at the site of today's Trade Centre was closed, and a new loop was opened next toExhibition GO station on June 16, 1996.^[8]

On July 21, 2000, the509 Harbourfront route shared tracks with 511 Bathurst from Bathurst Street west to Exhibition Loop.^[8]

Between September 2007 and March 2008, the tracks along Fleet Street were rebuilt in a private right-of-way. Also, during this time, the overhead wire was rebuilt to allow for subsequent pantograph operation along Fleet Street, the first location to be so equipped.^[12][13]

Starting in 2015, the TTC introduced summer service usingFlexity Outlook streetcars to handle events such as the2015 Pan American Games at the "CIBC Pan Am / Parapan Am Park" and theCanadian National Exhibition.^[5][6]

Due to a streetcar shortage caused by late delivery of theBombardierFlexity Outlook streetcars, the route was operated using buses rather than streetcars since November 20, 2016.^[14] TTC streetcar service on 511 Bathurst returned from May 7, 2017,^[15] until September 4, 2017,^[16] when the 511 Bathurst route reverted to replacement bus service due to an ongoing streetcar shortage.

On February 18, 2018, streetcars returned to the route,^[17] followed by another period of bus replacement that began on September 2, 2018.^[18] On June 23, 2019, streetcars returned to 511 Bathurst, ending the temporary replacement bus service. It operated using a mixture of both CLRVs and Flexities^[19] until December 28, 2019, the last day for CLRVs on this route. The 511 Bathurst route was the last route inToronto to run CLRVs seven days per week.^[20]

From April 20, 2020, until January 3, 2021, buses temporarily replaced streetcars on 511 Bathurst in order to accommodate several TTC and City of Toronto construction projects.^[21][22] Regular streetcar service resumed on the 511 Bathurst route on January 4, 2021.

In November 2025, work started to reserve the centre lanes along Bathurst Street between Bathurst station and Lakeshore Boulevard West for the exclusive use of streetcars. Along this 3.4-kilometre (2.1 mi) stretch, the centre lanes are to be painted red and all on-street parking will be prohibited. This work was given priority to support the2026 FIFA World Cup by improving the service reliability of the 511 streetcar. This work was part of a plan calledRapidTO, which also encompassed reserved lanes painted red for certain bus routes.^[23]

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