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192 Airport Rocket

Service Increase - Effective Sunday, February 18, 2007

  • Service will be increased at most times of the week. During the midday from Monday to Friday, the daytime on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and the evening seven days a week, service will be improved from every 10 minutes to every 9 minutes. During the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday, service will be improved from every 12 minutes to every 11 minutes. After midnight, seven days a week, service will be improved from every 20 minutes to every 15 minutes.

7 Bathurst

Service reduction - Effective Sunday, February 18, 2007

  • Service will be reduced slightly at various times of the week, as the new low-floor buses now used on the route provide increased capacity, compared to the older low-floor buses that they have replaced.

  • During the midday from Monday to Friday, the service will change from every 5 minutes 45 seconds to every 6 minutes 30 seconds. During the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday, the service on the 7 (Bathurst Station -Steeles) branch will change from every 6 minutes 30 seconds to every 7 minutes. During the early evening from Monday to Friday, the service will change from every 7 minutes to every 7 minutes 30 seconds.

  • During the morning on Saturdays, the service will change from every 7 minutes 30 seconds to every 8 minutes 30 seconds, and during the afternoon on Saturdays, the service will change from every 6 minutes to every 6 minutes 30 seconds.

  • During the morning on Sundays and holidays, the service will change from every 8 minutes to every 9 minutes, and during the afternoon on Sundays and holidays, the service will change from every 6 minutes to every 6 minutes 30 seconds.

11 Bayview

Revised service north of Sheppard Avenue - Effective Monday, February 19, 2007

  • All service on the 11 BAYVIEW route during the afternoon peak period on Monday to Friday and the early evening on Saturdays will operate on the 11 (Davisville Station - Steeles) branch. During the afternoon peak period, the service north of Sheppard Avenue will be improved from every 26 minutes to every 15 minutes. The service between Sheppard Avenue and Davisville Avenue will change from every 13 minutes to every 15 minutes.

  • During the early evening on Saturdays, the service north of Sheppard Avenue will be improved from every 32 minutes to every 16 minutes, and there will be no change to the 16 minute service south of Sheppard Avenue. With this change, service will be removed from the on-street loop via Hawksbury Drive and Bayview Mews during the afternoon peak period on Monday to Friday and the early evening on Saturdays.

  • There will be no change to the late evening service on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, which operates only as far north as Sheppard Avenue and will continue to loop via Hawksbury Drive and Bayview Mews.

120 Calvington , 22 Coxwell , 135 Gerrard , 41 Keele , 12 Kingston Rd and 320 Yonge

New accessible service - Effective Sunday, February 18, 2007

  • New accessible service will be operated, using low-floor buses. There will be no change to service levels.

322 Coxwell

Service Increase - Effective Sunday, February 18, 2007

  • One additional eastbound trip will be added, departing from Broadview Station at approximately 1:50 a.m., seven days a week.

108 Downsview

Revised service via Grandravine Drive - Effective Monday, February 19, 2007

  • Service during the peak periods and midday from Monday to Friday will be changed for a trial period, so that every second bus in both directions operates via the 108A (Downsview Station - Jane via Grandravine) branch. This change will provide new westbound morning peak period service, new eastbound afternoon peak period service, and new midday service in both directions on the 108A branch. There will be no change to the service levels or trip times over the combined portion of the route.

505 Dundas

Temporary route change - track work - Effective Monday, February 19, 2007

  • Starting 9:30 a.m., Monday, February 19, track work will begin on Dundas Street, east of Parliament Street. During the construction streetcars will divert in both directions via Gerrard Street and Parliament Street, as shown below.

  • There will be no service on Dundas Street between Parliament Street and Broadview Avenue. There will be no 505 DUNDAS service on Broadview Avenue, between Gerrard Street and Dundas Street (service will continue to be provided by 504 KING streetcars).

  • This route change will be necessary until Don Valley Parkway bridge rehabilitation work is complete, in November 2007. See PDF for map.

29 Dufferin

Schedule Change - Effective Monday, February 19, 2007

  • One northbound 29 DUFFERIN trip will be removed in the early morning, from Monday to Friday, to eliminate an overlap of service with the last northbound 329 DUFFERIN trip.

  • Trip times will be adjusted on three early morning trips on Saturdays between Bloor Street and Wilson Station, to operate a more evenly-spaced service.

Trip details

Monday-Friday

  • Northbound 29 trip leaving Bloor Street (Dufferin Mall) at 5:10 a.m. will be removed. Trip will begin service southbound from Wilson Station at 5:39 a.m.

Saturday

  • First southbound 29 trip leaving Wilson Station will be changed from 4:32 a.m. to 4:28 a.m. Northbound 29 trip leaving Bloor Street (Dufferin Mall) remains unchanged at 4:54 a.m.

  • Second southbound 29 trip leaving Wilson Station will be changed from 4:46 a.m. to 4:50 a.m. Northbound 29 trip leaving Bloor Street (Dufferin Mall) will be changed from 5:09 a.m. to 5:17 a.m.

32 Eglinton West

Service increase - Effective Monday, February 19, 2007

  • A new earlier eastbound trip will be operated on the 32D EGLINTON WEST (Eglinton West Station - Jane & Emmett) branch, from Monday to Friday, departing from Emmett Avenue at approximately 6:13 a.m.

36 Finch West

Service reliability improvement  - Effective Sunday, February 18, 2007

  • Additional time will be added to the schedules during evenings on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, to improve the reliability of the service. During the early evenings there will be no change to the service levels, but specific trip times will change. During the late evenings, the service will change from every 12 minutes to every 13 minutes.

191 Highway 27 Rocket

Schedule change - Effective Sunday, February 18, 2007

  • The time of the first southbound trip on Sundays will be changed, to better connect with the first subway train at Kipling Station. The first southbound departure from Steeles Avenue will be at 8:15 a.m., instead of 8:20 a.m., and will arrive at Kipling Station at 8:45 a.m., in time for customers to connect to the first train at 8:49 a.m.

37 Islington

Service change - Effective Monday, February 19, 2007

  • Northbound departure times from Islington Station between approximately 7:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., Monday to Friday, will be adjusted to more-evenly space trips on the 37 (Islington Station - Steeles) and 37A (Islington Station - Humberwood via Woodbine) branches.

311 Islington

Service on Kipling Avenue - Effective Sunday, February 18, 2007

  • The north end of the route will be changed to an on-street loop via north on Islington Avenue, west on Steeles Avenue, through the Steeles/Kipling Loop, south on Kipling Avenue, east on Finch Avenue, and south on Islington Avenue, for a trial period. This change will bring new overnight service to Kipling Avenue, between Steeles Avenue and Finch Avenue. Southbound overnight service on Islington Avenue between Steeles Avenue and Finch Avenue will no longer be provided. There will be no change to service levels. See PDF for map and Routing Details.

35 Jane

Service increase - Effective Monday, February 19, 2007

  • A new earlier southbound 35E (Jane Station - York University Express) trip will be added from York University at the start of the afternoon peak period, departing at 2:36 p.m.

134 Progress

Service increase - Effective Sunday, February 18, 2007

  • One earlier southbound trip will be added on Sunday mornings, departing from Finch Avenue at approximately 8:36 a.m.

71 Runnymede

Service reliability improvement - Effective Saturday, February 24, 2007

  • Additional time will be added to the schedules during the daytime on Saturdays, to improve the reliability of the service. The service will change from every 24 minutes to every 30 minutes.

86 Scarborough

Later service from Toronto Zoo - Effective Friday, March 9, 2007

  • Later service will be provided from the Toronto Zoo in the early evening from Monday to Friday, beginning on Friday, March 9, 2007. The last trip will leave from the zoo at approximately 7:00 p.m.

85 Sheppard East

Later service from Toronto Zoo - Effective Saturday, March 10, 2007

  • Later service will be provided from the Toronto Zoo in the early evening on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, beginning on Saturday, March 10, 2007. The last trips to Don Mills Station and Rouge Hill GO Station will leave from the zoo at approximately 7:00 p.m.

123 Shorncliffe

Service increase - Effective Saturday, February 24, 2007

  • An additional southbound trip on the 123B (Kipling Station - Sherway via East Mall) branch will be operated in the early mornings on Saturdays, departing from Kipling Station at approximately 6:35 a.m.

512 St Clair

Full streetcar service resumes - Effective Sunday, February 18, 2007

  • Full streetcar service between St Clair Station and Gunns Loop (west of Keele Street) will resume. Streetcars will operate every three to nine minutes during the daytime, and every seven to 15 minutes during the evenings.

  • Replacement bus service will end and customers should board streetcars at island stops on St. Clair Avenue. The curb stops will no longer be served.

124 Sunnybrook

Revised service via Lawrence Avenue - Effective Monday, February 19, 2007

  • The 124A (Lawrence Station - Sunnybrook Hospital via Mildenhall) branch will be eliminated, for a trial period, and all service will operate via the 124 (Lawrence Station - Sunnybrook Hospital) branch. The last day of service on Dawlish Avenue and Mildenhall Road (westbound/northbound in the morning peak period, southbound/eastbound in the afternoon peak period) will be Friday, February 16, 2007.

89 Weston

Service reliability improvement - Effective Monday, February 19, 2007

  • Additional time will be added to the schedules during the peak periods and early evening from Monday to Friday, to improve the reliability of the service. During the morning peak period, the service will change from every 6 minutes to every 6 minutes 30 seconds. During the afternoon peak period, the service will change from every 7 minutes 48 seconds to every 8 minutes 30 seconds. During the early evening, the service will change from every 10 minutes to every 11 minutes.

96 Wilson

Revised service on Albion Road - Effective Monday, February 19, 2007

  • The west end of the 96C (York Mills Station - Islington via Albion Rd) branch will be changed for a trial period to shorten the route and improve the reliability of service. The 96C service will terminate at Thistledown Boulevard, and will no longer operate to Islington Avenue. All service will be removed from the on-street loop via Barkwin Drive and Wardlaw Crescent. The last day of service on Barkwin Drive and Wardlaw Crescent will be Friday, February 16, 2007.

  • There will be no change to service levels. The branch will be renamed 96C (York Mills Station - Thistledown via Albion Rd). See PDF for routing details and map.