Streetcars galore and free-ish eastbound service (on weekends and holidays, between a few stops)

We recently saw a post on Transit Toronto about increased service to the 510 and 509 routes a seasonal adjustment when tourists and Torontonians start to flood the streetcars on their way to Queens Quay and Exhibition.

The gist: we're seeing increase of streetcar traffic for the weekend.

Also, as you know, the TTC usually doesn't take fares on parts of harbourfront so you can pay when you get to Union Station.

On Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays from Sunday, May 10 until Labour Day, Monday, September 7, TTC operators are not collecting fares at Harbourfront. If you’re waiting for an eastbound streetcar on Queen’s Quay West at Bathurst Street, Dan Leckie Way, Lower Spadina Avenue, Rees Street, Lower Simcoe Street or York Street — or at the northbound platform at Queen’s Quay Station — you may board streetcars by either the front or centre door. You don’t have to pay a cash or token fare and the operators won’t give you a paper transfer.

We haven't thought about this until now, but of course, for us QQ residents, this kinda means weekend free inter-waterfront travel if you're going Eastbound. Say I live at Spadina and want to get to Sobeys, I guess I could take the TTC free for two stops... Sweet, easy grocery shopping.

By the way, they didn't have this Union Station collection thingy in place last weekend