TTC had a lot of issues hours before New Year and up to 10 minutes before the year ended. Got on an westbound train at Warden that arrived about 2 minutes after the one I miss. After leaving Victoria Park, we came to a crawl in the tunnel to Main Station and stop for a few minutes as we crawling into Main. Gable gable was hear over the PA system and no clue what was being said. The platform was full as though a train went out of service, but close to haft the riders did not get on the train which indicated there was a problem on the line. We then crawl, stop, sit numerous time up to Woodbine. As we slowly travel to Woodbine, a crew member made announcements that there was no service between Woodbine and Broadview with nothing been said about shuttle buses which would be a major problem for routes they got pull off. As we pull into Woodbine, no announce was made about the train going out of service to deal with the no service issue. This meant the issue west of Woodbine had clear up. It was slow going to Broadview where I got off to get the 504.
After checking out the Distillery District, I decided to walk back to the loop to get the 504 than walking in the drizzle to to King St and a mistake on my part not doing it. After waiting 25 minutes at the loop and check the next vehicle info, the info said no service until 2 am which I thought was odd. As I hit King 3 eastbound cars where arriving playing follow the leader and saying there were issues in the west. As I cross the street, a 504A show up and then turn toward the loop. A westbound was pulling up to my stop. After getting off, noticed the next 504A was due in 10 minutes with the next one 30 minute behind it That was odd also as two 504A departed 5 minutes behind each other. There was 18 minutes between the 503 going west.
The 504's and 503's had to deal with southbound traffic on Bay St that were blocking all east-west movements. In fact all southbound traffic was backup for most major roads including Cherry St.
Never saw an 501 on Richmond or Adelaide St. As I was heading to St Andrew, a 501 was turning south and westbound at University Ave. A couple minutes later, another eastbound was heading to York St.
While waiting for a northbound train at St Andrew, a southbound train honk it horn which was odd as there were very few riders on the platform. Walk over to have a look, it was stop at the north end with a red light at the south end. I noticed a supervisor talking to the driver and the the train honk again as it slowly enter the station. The train was out of service and thought they were going to put it in the pocket to deal with Union. I walked back over to my side and notice the display screen saying service had resumed between Museum and Union 10 minutes before New Year. I thought, was this the problem train for no service or a spare?
There was no issues on Line 2 to Islington, but stop and go to Kipling.
The night was a mix bag from no rain at various to drizzle to light rain a time as well. Crowd heading to the waterfront on Bay for the fireworks was light and expected it to be smaller than past years. I chose to not take it in this year due to the rain. Very few people skating at city hall with more watch those who were skating or walking around the area.
