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2016 Supercrawl Detours Sept 8th – 11th
Supercrawl is taking place on the weekend of September 9-11, 2016. The event will result in the closure of the following streets:
- James Street, between King Street (north leg) and Strachan Street
Thursday, September 8 at 2:30 am until 4 am on Monday, September 12. - York Blvd., between Bay Street and Hughson Street
Thursday, September 8 at 2:30 am until 4 am on Monday, September 12.
Remembrance Day Detours November 8th, 2015
There will be a procession for Remembrance Day on Sunday, November 8, 2015. The procession this year will return to the Cenotaph in Gore Park after last year being temporarily relocated to Liuna Station during Gore Park construction. A small procession will depart the James Street Armouries at 10:15 am and proceed south on James to the south side of King Street. The road closures in the surrounding area of the Cenotaph should begin around 10:30 am.
The ceremonies will begin at the Cenotaph at 10:45 am and will continue until 11:30 am. During this time, there will be no vehicle traffic allowed on the following streets:
- King Street (North Side) – Catharine to James
- Hughson Street – King to Main
- John Street – King to Main
There will be two minutes of silence observed at 11:00 am, at which time all traffic (including buses) in the surrounding area will not be permitted to move.
All of the MacNab Terminal routes will service the Route 5 bus stop on Main at MacNab.
2015 Supercrawl Detours Sept 11th – 13th
Supercrawl is taking place on the weekend of September 11, 12 & 13, 2015. The event for this year has been extended to include James Street between King and Main. A summary of the associated road closures is below:
- James Street, between Main and King Street (north leg) >> Thursday, September 10th at 6 PM until 1:00 AM on Monday, September 14th
- James Street, between King (north leg) and Murray >> Friday, September 11th at 10:00 AM until 1:00 AM on Monday, September 14th
- York Blvd.,/Wilson Street between Bay Street and Hughson Street >> Friday, September 11th at 10:00 AM until 1:00 AM on Monday, September 14th
- A bus only lane, complete with barricade fencing, will be enforced on King Street, between John and MacNab >> Friday, September 11th at 10:00 AM until 1:00 AM on Monday, September 14th
The below detours are for Friday morning. Click here for the detours effective Thursday evening and overnight.
Additionally the HSR will be providing a free shuttle between the Locke Street Festival and Supercrawl during the festival. Click here for shuttle information.
Events Sunday may Delay Routes Downtown
In addition to the closure of James Street North for Open Streets Hamilton, two other events in downtown Hamilton on Sunday may cause delays to multiple routes.
Supercrawl Festival Downtown Detours September 12th – 14th
Supercrawl is taking place on the weekend of September 12, 13 & 14, 2014. The event for this year has been extended to include all day Friday and Sunday, in addition to Saturday and will result in the closure of the following roads:
- James Street, between King (north leg) and Barton – Friday, September 12th at 10:00 AM until 1:00 AM on Monday, September 15th.
- York Blvd / Wilson Street between Bay Street and Hughson Street – Friday, September 12th at 10:00 PM until 1:00 AM on Monday, September 15th.
East/West cross traffic will be maintained by Hamilton Police at King, Cannon and Barton. However, this year, the intersection of York/Wilson and James will be closed to all traffic. To assist HSR buses in making the left turn from westbound King to southbound James, there will be police officers present at the intersection.
2014 Labour Day Parade Downtown Detours
The 2014 Hamilton Labour Day parade will be held on Monday, September 1, 2014 from 9:30am until 12:00pm. The parade will assemble on York Blvd. between Dundurn and Queen starting at 9:00am.
At 10:30 AM, the parade will travel south on Queen, east on Main, north on Bay, and west on York Blvd. to Dundurn Park. The parade will arrive at Dundurn Park at approximately 12:00 PM. The parade will result in the closure of the following streets between 9:30am and 12:00pm.
- York Blvd. between Dundurn and Bay
- Bay Street between Main and Cannon
- Main Street between Queen and MacNab
- King Street between Queen and MacNab
Due to the road closures routes 4 BAYFRONT, 5 DELAWARE (all branches), 7 LOCKE, 8 YORK, 9 ROCK GARDENS, 34 UPPER PARADISE and 99 WATERFRONT SHUTTLE will be detoured between approximately 9:30am until 12:00pm.
The detours are as follows:
Spring 2014 Schedule Changes
The Hamilton Street Railway has issued the Spring 2014 edition of their quarterly Bus News (their website has yet to be updated). Several routes have minor modifications while one route (35 COLLEGE) has reverted to previous routing.
Below are the changes that will take effect Sunday March 23rd, 2014.
Fall 2013 Schedule Changes
The Hamilton Street Railway has updated their website with the fall 2013 timetables. Several routes return to their regular weekday schedules after running on reduced summer schedules since June. There aren’t any major changes to any routes although five routes will see minor modifications.
Below are the changes that will take effect Sunday September 1st, 2013.
FALL SCHEDULES
The below routes will return to regular schedules after operating on reduced summer frequencies on weekdays.
- 3 CANNON
- 4 BAYFRONT
- 6 ABERDEEN
- 7 LOCKE
- 8 YORK
- 21 UPPER KENILWORTH
- 22 UPPER OTTAWA
- 23 UPPER GAGE
- 24 UPPER SHERMAN
- 27 UPPER JAMES
- 35 COLLEGE
Open Street Hamilton Detours – June 23rd
On Sunday June 23rd the City of Hamilton will be closing James Street North between King St and Guise St for the Open Streets Hamilton festival. The event takes place between 10am until 5pm and the roadway will be closed to traffic from at least one hour before and one hour after the event.
As such several routes will be on a temporary detour during much of service this Sunday. The following routes are affected: 2 BARTON, 3 CANNON, 4 BAYFRONT, 6 ABERDEEN, 7 LOCKE, 8 YORK, 9 ROCK GARDENS and 99 WATERFRONT SHUTTLE.
9 ROCK GARDENS Detoured June 9th in Woodland Cemetary
Due to the West End Decoration at Woodland Cemetery, the access gate at Woodland Cemetery (west end of Spring Garden Road) will be closed from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM. HSR will not be able to service the Woodland Cemetery during these times.
This ceremony will not affect Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
On the outbound trip at the corner of Botanical Drive and Spring Gardens Road, the 9 ROCK GARDENS bus will turn left (east) on Spring Garden Road rather than turning right to go to Woodland Cemetery. The regular routing to Holy Sepulchre Cemetery can then be resumed on Spring Garden, east of Botanical.
Operations will monitor and implement the regular routing as soon as the ceremony is concluded and the gate reopens.
