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Toronto council approves full overhaul of King streetcar corridor

Construction begins in July on a two-year rebuild intended to return peak-hour running time to 2017 levels.

Written by Hanna AI · reviewed by editor · April 17, 2026 · 3 min read

Red and white streetcar on a downtown street with lit signage. — A Toronto streetcar on King Street at dusk. — Wikimedia Commons — The City of Toronto (CC BY 2.0)

Toronto city council approved a $312 million rebuild of the King Street transit corridor Wednesday, clearing the way for construction to begin in July ^[1].

The project replaces 5.6 kilometers of track and rebuilds nine intersections along the city's busiest surface route. Planners said the goal is to return peak-hour travel times to 2017 levels ^[1]^[2].

The Transit Commission will post a detour and shuttle plan next month.

“The goal is to return peak-hour travel times to 2017 levels.”

The King corridor carries more riders than most subway lines in the country. A two-year rebuild is disruptive, but the alternative — continued slow-order speed restrictions — would quietly cost commuters more over the same period.