Service changes for September 3, 2000

Main

Service changes for October 2000

Bloor-Danforth Subway

Step-back operation

• Service will be improved during peak periods from Monday to Friday by the introduction of new operating procedures at Kennedy Station and Kipling Station which will reduce the time that trains spend at the terminals. This will reduce delays for customers on trains waiting to enter the terminal stations, and will also allow a more-frequent service to be operated over the whole line. During the morning peak period, the service will be improved from every 2 min 27 s to every 2 min 24 s. During the afternoon peak period, the service will be improved from every 2 min 38 s to every 2 min 34 s.

Running time increase

• The round trip running time will be increased in the midday from Monday to Friday, to improve the reliability of service. The service will be changed from every 4 min 43 s to every 4 min 53 s.

Service increase

• Three new round trips will be added, leaving from Kennedy Station between 8:45 and 9:00 a.m. from Monday to Friday, to reduce the overcrowding that occurs on the present westbound trips at this time.

Service improvements, service increase

• The capacity of the line will be improved at all times of the week. During the morning peak periods from Monday to Friday, the running time will be reduced and new operating procedures will be introduced to reduce the time required at the terminals. Service will be improved from every 3 min 50 s to every 3 min 30 s. During the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday, the running time will be reduced and one train will be added, and the service will be improved from every 4 min 36 s to every 3 min 40 s. At all other times, the running time will be reduced, and the service will be improved from every 5 min 45 s to every 5 min 30 s.

• During the peak periods these changes will increase the capacity of the service, but not enough to deal with the present overcrowding, nor to accommodate all of the customers who would prefer to ride the Scarborough RT but who are now using bus services in the area as an alternative. To accommodate more customers, an express bus service will be introduced during the peak periods from Monday to Friday between Kennedy Station and Scarborough Centre Station, on the 131 Nugget route.

6 Bay

Removal of 6A branch in morning

• The schedule of the 6 Bay route will be changed in the morning peak period from Monday to Friday so that buses operate on only two branches, the 6 (Dupont-Jarvis via Docks) and 6B (Bloor-Dundas) branches. The 6A (Bloor-Front and Lake Shore) branch will no longer operate in the morning, but will continue in the afternoon peak period.

Service increase

• Service will be increased at the beginning and end of the midday from Monday to Friday, to reduce overcrowding. Between 9:15 and 10:20 a.m., and between 2:15 and 3:00 p.m., service will be improved from every 9 min to every 7 min 30 s.

49 Bloor West 

Running time increase

• The round-trip time will be increased during the morning and afternoon peak periods from Monday to Friday, to improve the reliability of service. Service will change from every 7 min to every 7 min 30 s in the morning, and from every 9 min 20 s to every 10 min in the afternoon.

506 Carlton

Temporary route change — Streetcar track reconstruction

• A project to rebuild the track at High Park Loop will require a change to the 506 Carlton route. For approximately two weeks when the track is under construction, streetcars will be diverted away from High Park, and a replacement bus service will be operated.

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the midday from Monday to Friday, to reduce overcrowding. Service will be improved from every 6 min 20 s to every 5 min 45 s.

87 Cosburn  

Vehicle type change

• The schedule will be changed so that buses which run only during the peak periods from Monday to Friday will be assigned standard 40-foot buses instead of lift-equipped buses. The route will remain a designated accessible route, and, as on other accessible routes, service during the midday and evening from Monday to Friday and at all times on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays will be operated entirely with accessible buses.

Service increase

• Service will be increased in the evening from Monday to Friday to reduce overcrowding. Between 6:30 and 8:00 p.m., service will be improved from every 7 min 30 s to every 6 min 30 s. Between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m., service will be improved to every 11 min 30 s from every 13 min 20 s.

108 Downsview

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the afternoon on Saturdays, to reduce overcrowding. The service will be improved from every 15 min to every 11 min.

Service reduction

• Service will be reduced during the early morning on Saturdays, before 7:00 a.m. to allow service to be increased on other routes to reduce overcrowding. The service will be changed from every 15 min to every 20 min.

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the midday from Monday to Friday, to reduce overcrowding. Service will be improved from every 5 min to every 4 min 40 s.

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the afternoon on Saturdays, to reduce overcrowding. Between 1:30 and 6:40 p.m., service will be improved from every 5 min 45 s to every 5 min.

Running time increase

• The running time will be increased during the evening from Monday to Friday, to improve the reliability of service. There will be no change to departure times.

End of temporary service change

• The temporary additional service and running time which was added for the City of Toronto reconstruction of the bridge on Eglinton Avenue over Mimico Creek will be removed. This project was deferred by the City, and will now take place next year.

Revised routing

• Four trips will be added on this route at the beginning of the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday, operating from Marshall McLuhan Secondary School, on Avenue Road, north of Eglinton, to Eglinton West Station.

In service to Eglinton West Station — From Marshall McLuhan Secondary School, counter-clockwise through the school bus roadway, then west on Roselawn Avenue, south on Avenue Road, west on Eglinton Avenue to Eglinton West Station. Buses will serve all stops on Avenue Road and on Eglinton Avenue.

Additional trip

• An additional trip will be added from Monday to Friday on the 32C branch via Trethewey Avenue, to reduce overcrowding at times when nearby schools let out. The new trip will depart Jane and Lawrence at 3:11 p.m., and will operate to Eglinton West Station only.

End of temporary service change

• The temporary additional service and running time which was added for the City of Toronto reconstruction of the bridge on Eglinton Avenue over Mimico Creek will be removed. This project was deferred by the City, and will now take place next year.

15 Evans

End of temporary service change

• The temporary additional service and running time which was added for the City of Toronto reconstruction of the bridge on Royal York Road over Mimico Creek will be removed. This project was deferred by the City, and will now take place next year.

Retirement of articulated buses and service increase

• The TTC's fleet of Ikarus articulated buses is being retired before September 2000 because of premature corrosion. These buses are now used on the 39 Finch East and 53 Steeles East routes, primarily on the 39E and 53E express branches. The articulated buses will be replaced by 40-foot buses. Because of the lower capacity of the 40-foot buses, a greater number of 40-foot buses will be used to replace the articulated buses, and service will operate more frequently. In addition to the replacement of the articulated buses, service will be increased on this route because of increasing ridership.

• In the afternoon peak period, the 39A (Finch Stn-McCowan) and 39B (Finch Stn-Birchmount) local branches will be rescheduled, so that they are evenly-spaced every 3 to 4 minutes and so that they, along with the express service, provide an evenly-spaced service every one-to-two minutes from Finch Station.

Service increase

• Service will be increased in the late evening from Monday to Friday to reduce overcrowding. Between 10:00 and 11:00 p.m., the service will be improved from every 20 min to every 16 min.

509 Harbourfront

End of seasonal service and end of construction

• Evening service will be eliminated, seven days a week, for the winter. Because seasonal activity remains high along Queens Quay into September, service will continue to operate on Sundays and holidays until mid-October. Evening, Sunday, and holiday service on this route will resume in May 2001. Service to Exhibition Place will also be changed to start at approximately 9:00 a.m., seven days a week, about one hour later than during the summer.

• Service levels will be reduced at other times, because the 510 Spadina streetcar service will return to Queens Quay after the temporary bus replacement in July and August.

First and last trip times   

• The new 38 Highland Creek route will replace part of the present 95 York Mills route, and will provide a new connection from the Scarborough RT at Scarborough Centre Station to the University of Toronto at Scarborough and the eastern part of the city. The new route will be scheduled together with the present 133 Neilson route to provide an evenly-spaced frequent service on Ellesmere Road between Scarborough Centre Station and Neilson Road.

• The new route will run every 11 to 12 minutes during peak periods, and every 15 to 20 minutes at off-peak times. Service will be provided from approximately 6:00 a.m. to 1:00 a.m., Monday to Saturday.

38 westbound — From Rouge Hill GO Station, west on Lawrence, north on Port Union, west on Lawson, north on Highland Creek Overpass, west on Old Kingston Rd, northwest on Military Trail, loop to U of T Scarborough bus stop, northwest on Military Trail, west on Ellesmere, north on McCowan, west on Triton to Scarborough Centre Station.

38 eastbound — From Scarborough Centre Station, east on Triton, south on McCowan, east on Ellesmere, southeast on Military Trail, east on Old Kingston Rd, south on Highland Creek Overpass, east on Lawson, south on Port Union, east on Lawrence to Rouge Hill GO Station.

38 HIGHLAND CREEK / TO SCARBOROUGH CTR

38 HIGHLAND CREEK / TO ROUGE HILL GO STN / VIA U of T SCARBOROUGH

38S HIGHLAND CREEK / SHORT TURN

38S HIGHLAND CREEK / SHORT TURN / TO U of T SCARBOROUGH

Temporary route change

• A City of Toronto road construction project at the Highland Creek Overpass is now affecting operations on the 95 York Mills route and will affect the new 38 Highland Creek route until late November. The route will be diverted around the construction at some times, and the schedule will be adjusted to allow for increased travel time.

Revised routing

• Two trips on this route in the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday will start from Nelson A. Boylen C.I., on Falstaff Avenue, just west of Culford Road, at approximately 3:20 p.m.

In service to Steeles — From Nelson A. Boylen C.I., west on Falstaff Avenue, north on Jane over the regular 35C Jane route.

In service to Jane Station — From Nelson A. Boylen C.I., west on Falstaff Avenue, south on Jane over the regular 35 Jane route.

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the afternoon on Sundays and holidays, to reduce overcrowding. The service will be improved from every 17 min to every 14 min.

Reliability initiatives

• A number of initiatives to improve the reliability of service will be introduced. TTC-funded paid-duty police officers will be used to rigorously enforce traffic regulations on King Street, in order to reduce delays to streetcars, and this will be accompanied by a public information campaign, aimed at motorists. TTC personnel will be stationed at busy stops on the route to allow customers to load at the rear doors.

Later trip

• A later trip will be added in each direction during the evening on Saturdays (early Sunday morning), at time when there is considerable activity in the downtown area, after bars and clubs let out. The new last trip will depart Dundas West Station at approximately 2:50 a.m., and Broadview Station at approximately 2:30 a.m.

Running time increase

• During the evening on Sundays, the round-trip time will be increased, to allow a more-reliable service to be operated. The service will change from every 12 min to every 12 min 30 s.

Bus bay change

• The bus bay arrangement for this route at Kipling Station will be changed, to reduce conflicts between buses on separate branches. The 45 Kipling route will continue to use the same two bays as it does now; the western bay will be used by the 45 (Kipling Stn-Steeles) and 45A (Kipling Stn-Disco via Belfield) branches, and the eastern bay will be used by the 45E (Kipling Stn-Steeles Express) branch.

Running time increase

• The running time will be increased during the morning peak period from Monday to Friday, to improve the reliability of service. The service will change from every 8 min to every 9 min.

Reliability initiatives

• A number of initiatives to improve the reliability of service will be introduced. TTC-funded paid-duty police officers will be used to rigorously enforce traffic regulations on King Street, in order to reduce delays to streetcars, and this will be accompanied by a public information campaign, aimed at motorists. TTC personnel will be stationed at busy stops on the route to allow customers to load at the rear doors.

Running time increase

• The scheduled running time will be increased during the peak periods from Monday to Friday to improve the reliability of service on this route. There will be minor changes to trip times.

Trip time changes

• Three trips will be added and five present trips will be revised at the beginning of the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday to accommodate customers who are travelling from the schools along the route.

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the morning peak period from Monday to Friday, to reduce overcrowding. The service east of Pearson Airport will be improved from every 8 min to every 7 min.

Service reduction

• The first eastbound trip from Westwood Mall from Monday to Friday, departing at 5:10 a.m., will be eliminated west of Pearson Airport, because of low ridership. With this change, the first eastbound trip from Westwood will be at 5:41 a.m.

• From Monday to Friday, the last westbound trip to Westwood Mall from Monday to Friday, and the last westbound trip to and eastbound trip from Westwood Mall on Sundays (early Monday morning) will be eliminated west of Pearson Airport, because of low ridership.

Trip time changes

• One trip will be removed and one trip will be revised at the beginning of the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday, to adjust the service to properly accommodate customers travelling from the schools along the route. The southbound trip which leaves from Sheppard Avenue at 2:24 p.m. will be removed. The trip which leaves from Warden Station at 3:14 p.m. will be changed to leave at approximately 3:17 p.m.

Service increase

• One additional northbound trip will be added, between approximately 10:00 and 10:40 p.m., from Monday to Friday, to reduce overcrowding.

Trip time changes

• Two trips will be added at the beginning of the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday to accommodate customers who are travelling from the schools along the route.

3:00 p.m., southbound from Lawrence Avenue to Kennedy Stn

3:10 p.m., southbound from Ellesmere Road to Kennedy Stn

Service reduction

• Service will be reduced in the morning peak period from Monday to Friday, to allow service to be increased on other routes to reduce overcrowding. The service will be improved from every 12 min to every 16 min.

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the early evening on Saturdays to reduce overcrowding. Between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m., the service will be improved to every 8 min (every 4 min combined service on Eglinton Avenue) from every 12 min (every 6 min combined service).

Express extension to Kennedy Station

• The 131 Nugget route will be extended from Scarborough Centre Station to Kennedy Station during peak periods from Monday to Friday. The extension will allow customers on the 131 Nugget route who are travelling to the Bloor-Danforth Subway to have a direct ride to Kennedy Station, and will also allow customers to transfer from other routes at Scarborough Centre Station to travel to Kennedy Station by bus, instead of on the overcrowded Scarborough RT.

• The new service will operate every seven-to-eight minutes. Buses will follow the regular 131 Nugget route from Old Finch Avenue to Scarborough Centre Station, will serve the station, and then will operate non-stop via Brimley Road and Eglinton Avenue to Kennedy Station. From Kennedy Station, the buses will return to Scarborough Centre Station and then continue over the regular route to Old Finch Avenue. There will be no change to the service at other times of the week.

Westbound — From Scarborough Centre Station, west on Triton Road, south on Brimley Road, west on Eglinton Avenue, east and south via service roads to Kennedy Station. Buses will serve all stops to Scarborough Centre Station, and then will stop only at Kennedy Station.

Eastbound — From Kennedy Station, west via service road, east on Eglinton Avenue, north on Brimley Road, east on Triton Road to Scarborough Centre. Buses will serve stops at Kennedy Station, Scarborough Centre Station, and all stops north of Scarborough Centre Station.

131E NUGGET EXPRESS / TO SCARBOROUGH CTR / and KENNEDY STN
131E NUGGET EXPRESS / TO OLD FINCH/MORNINGVIEW / VIA SCARBOROUGH CTR

Service increase

• Service will be increased in the early evening on Saturdays to reduce overcrowding. Between 6:10 and 7:00 p.m., and the service will be improved from every 16 min to every 10 min.

Vehicle type change

• The schedule will be changed so that buses which run only during the peak periods from Monday to Friday will be assigned standard 40-foot buses instead of lift-equipped buses. The route will remain a designated accessible route, and, as on other accessible routes, service during the midday and evening from Monday to Friday and at all times on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays will be operated entirely with accessible buses.

End of temporary route change

• The temporary route change necessary during City of Toronto reconstruction of Prince Edward Drive will end, as the road work is scheduled to be finished by mid-August.

Track reconstruction

• The track reconstruction project on Queen Street between Yonge Street and Niagara Street will end, and a smaller project will begin. Tangent track on Queen Street between Shaw Street and Fennings Street (one block east of Dovercourt Road), and the intersection of Shaw Street and Queen Street, will be rebuilt.

• All streetcars on the 501/301 Queen routes will be diverted, when required, in both directions via Shaw Street and King Street. Additional time will be added to the schedules to accommodate the diversion. As soon as the project is complete, streetcars will return to the regular route.

• There will be no replacement bus service during this project. Customers who normally use the streetcar stops on Queen Street will have to walk to King Street or Dundas Street, or to any of the intersecting north-south transit services.

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the morning peak period from Monday to Friday, to reduce overcrowding. The service will be improved from every 12 min to every 10 min 20 s.

End of temporary service change

• The temporary additional service and running time which was added for the City of Toronto reconstruction of the bridge on Royal York Road over Mimico Creek will be removed. This project was deferred by the City, and will now take place next year.

Route eliminated

• This route will be eliminated, because of unacceptable financial performance. The last day of service will be Friday, September 1, 2000. To partially replace the service, two trips will be operated to the 35 Jane route in the afternoon from Monday to Friday from Nelson A. Boylen C.I.

Trip time change

• The time of a trip which leaves from Kingston Road at Brimley Road, near Cardinal Newman school, will be changed. The trip will now leave at approximately 2:50 p.m. from Monday to Friday, instead of 3:14 p.m.

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the early evening on Saturdays to reduce overcrowding. Between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m., the service will be improved to every 8 min (every 4 min combined service on Eglinton Avenue) from every 12 min (every 6 min combined service).

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the evening from Monday to Saturday, to reduce overcrowding. In the evening from Monday to Friday, two additional northbound trips will be added at approximately 7:00 p.m. and approximately 9:00 p.m. From Monday to Saturday, between 10:00 and 11:30 p.m., the service will be improved from every 60 min to every 30 min.

Revised routing

• Two trips on this route in the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday will be changed so that buses load in front of St. Basil the Great Secondary School.

In service to Sheppard Station — From St. Basil the Great Secondary School, west on Starview Lane, north on Weston Road, east on Sheppard Avenue to Sheppard Station.

Service increase

• Service will be increased between 1:30 and 3:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, to reduce overcrowding. The service will be improved from every 20 min to every 15 min.

Running time increase

• The running time will be increased at the end of the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday, until 7:30 p.m., to improve the reliability of service. There will be no change to the service frequency.

End of temporary route change

• The temporary replacement with buses which was necessary during City of Toronto construction on Spadina Avenue will end, and streetcar service will return. Streetcars on the 510 Spadina route will resume operating to Union Station.

Service increase

• Service will be increased north of King Street during the midday and afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday, and the daytime on Sundays and holidays, to reduce overcrowding. During the midday, the service will be improved from every 2 min 35 s to every 2 min 07 s. During the afternoon peak period, the service will be improved from every 2 min 30 s to every 2 min. On Sundays, the service will be improved from every 3 min 40 s to every 3 min 08 s.

Retirement of articulated buses

• The TTC's fleet of Ikarus articulated buses is being retired before September 2000 because of premature corrosion. These buses are now used on the 39 Finch East and 53 Steeles East routes, primarily on the 39E and 53E express branches. The articulated buses will be replaced by 40-foot buses. Because of the lower capacity of the 40-foot buses, a greater number of 40-foot buses will be used to replace the articulated buses, and service will operate more frequently.

Running time increase

• The scheduled running time will be increased during the peak periods from Monday to Friday to improve the reliability of service on this route.

Trip time changes

• Two trips will be revised at the beginning of the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday to properly accommodate customers who are travelling from Brйbeuf College and St. Joseph Morrow Park schools. The two eastbound trips will be scheduled to leave from Brйbeuf College at 2:45 and 2:55 p.m.

Running time increase

• The round-trip running time will be increased at the end of the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday, to improve the reliability of the service. Between 6:15 and 7:30 p.m., the service will be improved from every 12 min to every 9 min.

Vehicle type change

• The schedule will be changed so that buses which run only during the peak periods from Monday to Friday will be assigned standard 40-foot buses instead of lift-equipped buses. The route will remain a designated accessible route, and, as on other accessible routes, service during the midday and evening from Monday to Friday and at all times on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays will be operated entirely with accessible buses.

Extension to Major Mackenzie Drive

• The 24D Victoria Park (Highway 7-Victoria Park Stn) branch will be extended, at the request of Markham Transit, to serve new residential and commercial areas. The service, which operates during the peak periods from Monday to Friday, will be improved from every 32 min to every 30 min.

Routing

24D northbound, morning peak period — From Steeles Avenue, north on Victoria Park Avenue, west on Denison Street, north on Woodbine Avenue, west on Lanark Road, south/west/north/east on Cochrane Drive, north on Frontenac Drive, west on Centurian Drive, north on Allstate Parkway, east on Valleywood Drive, north on Renfrew Drive, east on Hooper Road, north on Woodbine Avenue, west on Hillmount Road, and north on Markland Street to Major Mackenzie Drive.

24D northbound, afternoon peak period — From Steeles Avenue, north on Victoria Park Avenue, west on Denison Street, north on Woodbine Avenue, west on Hillmount Road, and north on Markland Street to Major Mackenzie Drive.

24D southbound, morning peak period — From Markland Street, east on Major Mackenzie Drive, south on Woodbine Avenue, east on Denison Street, and south on Victoria Park Avenue to Steeles Avenue, continuing to Victoria Park Station.

24D southbound — From Markland Street, east on Major Mackenzie Drive, south on Woodbine Avenue, west on Hooper Road, south on Renfrew Drive, west on Valleywood Drive, south on Allstate Parkway, south on East Valhalla Drive, west/south/east/north on Cochrane Drive, east on Lanark Road, south on Woodbine Avenue, east on Denison Street, and south on Victoria Park Avenue to Steeles Avenue, continuing to Victoria Park Station.

24 VICTORIA PARK / TO VICTORIA PARK STN

24D VICTORIA PARK / TO MAJOR MACKENZIE

North-end loop change

• The northern loop of the 68B Warden (16^th Avenue-Warden Stn) branch will be changed, at the request of Markham Transit, to serve a new residential area. There will be only minor changes to the present scheduled trip times. Service will continue to operate during the peak periods and midday from Monday to Friday, and during the daytime on Saturday.

68B northbound — From Steeles Avenue, north on Warden Avenue, west on 16^th Avenue, north on Village Gate to Calvert Road.

68B southbound — From Village Gate, east on Calvert Road, south on Warden Avenue to Steeles Avenue, continuing to Warden Station.

Vehicle type change

• The schedule will be changed so that buses which run only during the peak periods from Monday to Friday will be assigned standard 40-foot buses instead of lift-equipped buses. The route will remain a designated accessible route, and, as on other accessible routes, service during the midday and evening from Monday to Friday and at all times on Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays will be operated entirely with accessible buses.

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the late afternoon and early evening from Monday to Friday to reduce overcrowding. Two additional northbound trips will be operated, at approximately 6:40 and 8:50 p.m.

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the morning peak period from Monday to Friday, to reduce overcrowding. The service will be improved from every 8 min to every 7 min 30 s.

Additional trip

• One new trip will be added southbound from Underhill Drive at Milne Valley Middle School at approximately 3:10 p.m. from Monday to Friday, so that there will now be two trips leaving at the same time. This trip will follow the same 91D routing via Sunrise Avenue as the present school trip.

Revised service

• This route will be changed in conjunction with the introduction of the new 38 Highland Creek route, described earlier. The 95 York Mills route will no longer serve Military Trail, Lawson Road, Port Union Road, or Rouge Hill GO Station.

• Service will be provided during all times of the week on the 95 branch between York Mills Station and the cul-de-sac at Kingston Road; this was formerly the 95F branch, which will be renamed as 95. During peak periods, this service will be supplemented by the 95A branch between York Mills Station and Victoria Park Avenue, and by the 95E express service between York Mills Station and the University of Toronto at Scarborough. During the midday and the early evening from Monday to Friday, the 95 branch will be supplemented by the 95B local service between York Mills Station and U of T at Scarborough. Trips on the present 95C branch will no longer serve U of T at Scarborough in the early evening; this service will be provided by the 95B branch and the 38 Highland Creek route.

• The level of service at all stops along the route will be approximately the same as it is now, except that stops along Ellesmere Road between the University of Toronto at Scarborough and McCowan Road will have more frequent service with the addition of the 38 Highland Creek route.

95 YORK MILLS / TO KINGSTON RD

95A YORK MILLS / TO VICTORIA PARK

95B YORK MILLS / TO U of T SCARBOROUGH

95E YORK MILLS EXPRESS / TO U of T SCARBOROUGH

95 YORK MILLS / TO YORK MILLS STN

95E YORK MILLS EXPRESS / TO YORK MILLS STN

Running time increase

• The running time will be increased early in the morning on Sundays, to improve the reliability of service. There will be no change to the frequency of service.

106 York University

Revised evening service

• Service will be reduced on this route during the early evening from Monday to Friday, between 7:00 and 9:15 p.m. The service will change from every 9 min 30 s to every 15 min. At the same time, new early evening service will be operated on the 196 York University Express route, and the amount of service between York University and Downsview Station will be increased, because of the addition of the new express service.

Revised routing

• Buses which leave service at the York University Common will be changed to remain in service southbound to the Sentinel Avenue/Finch Avenue intersection. This will allow customers headed for stops at the south part of the York University campus, including Seneca College, to remain on the bus, and not have to transfer to the following bus.

New evening service

• New service will be operated during the early evening from Monday to Friday on the 196 York University Express route between York University and Downsview Station. The new service will operate approximately every 15 minutes between 7:00 and 9:15 p.m. With this change, continuous service will operate on the 196 York University Express route from 7:00 a.m. to 10:15 p.m., Monday to Friday.

Service increase

• Service will be increased during the morning peak period from Monday to Friday, to reduce overcrowding. The service west of Downsview Station will be improved from every 4 min to every 3 min 20 s, and the service between Downsview Station and Sheppard Station will be improved from every 12 min to every 11 min.

Seasonal route changes

Summer service changes end

• The seasonal route changes and seasonal increases in the hours of service that began on some routes in May and June 2000 will end after Labour Day, Monday, September 4, 2000.

6 Bay — Saturday, Sunday, and holiday evening service will end

29 Dufferin — Route extension into Exhibition grounds to serve Ontario Place will end

509 Harbourfront — Evening service will end]

107 Keele North — Service will return to York University

30 Lambton — Saturday, Sunday, and holiday route extension into High Park will end

80 Queensway — Sunday and holiday service to Lake Shore Boulevard will end

86 Scarborough — Monday-Friday extended evening hours of service to Toronto Zoo will end

86 Scarborough — Saturday, Sunday, and holiday route extension to Toronto Zoo will end

85 Sheppard East — Saturday, Sunday, and holiday extended evening hours of service to Toronto Zoo will end

Summer service change continues

• 165 Weston Rd. North — Saturday, Sunday, and holiday evening service to Canada’s Wonderland will continue until Thanksgiving. This service, which is operated under contract for Vaughan Transit, will operate until Monday, October 9, 2000.

Labour Day, Monday, September 4, 2000

• A regular holiday service will be scheduled on Labour Day, Monday, September 4, 2000. This means that most services will start at approximately 6:00 a.m., or at the same time that they start on a Saturday, and that only services which normally run on Sundays will be provided. Summer service increases, summer route extensions, and summer extensions of hours of service will all be in effect on Labour Day.

Thanksgiving Day, Monday, October 9, 2000

• A regular holiday level of service will be scheduled on Thanksgiving Day, Monday, October 9, 2000. This means that most services will start at approximately 6:00 a.m., or at the same time that they start on a Saturday, and that only services which normally run on Sundays will be provided.

Summer service reductions and increases end

• The seasonal service reductions that were made in peak periods on many routes in May and June 2000 will end on Friday, September 1, 2000, and regular non-summer service levels will resume, starting on Tuesday, September 5.

Seasonal service affects the following routes:

117 ALNESS, afternoon peak period
2 ANGLESEY, morning and, afternoon peak period
4 ANNETTE, morning peak period
61 AVENUE RD NORTH, morning and, afternoon peak period
511 BATHURST, morning peak period
7A BATHURST, morning and, afternoon peak period
6 BAY, morning and, afternoon peak period
11 BAYVIEW, morning and, afternoon peak period
9 BELLAMY, afternoon peak period
17 BIRCHMOUNT, morning peak period
49 BLOOR WEST, morning peak period
21 BRIMLEY, morning and, afternoon peak period
50 BURNHAMTHORPE, morning peak period
506 CARLTON, morning and, afternoon peak period
20 CLIFFSIDE, morning and, afternoon peak period
87 COSBURN, afternoon peak period
42 CUMMER, morning peak period
113 DANFORTH, morning peak period
28 DAVISVILLE, morning and, afternoon peak period
23 DAWES, morning peak period
25 DON MILLS, morning and, afternoon peak period
29 DUFFERIN, morning and, afternoon peak period
105 DUFFERIN NORTH, afternoon peak period
505 DUNDAS, morning and, afternoon peak period
34 EGLINTON EAST, morning and, afternoon peak period
32 EGLINTON WEST, morning and, afternoon peak period
39 FINCH EAST, morning and, afternoon peak period
36 FINCH WEST, morning and, afternoon peak period
100 FLEMINGDON PARK, morning peak period
122 GRAYDON HALL, afternoon peak period
139 HUNTINGWOOD, morning peak period
37 ISLINGTON, morning and, afternoon peak period
110 ISLINGTON SOUTH, morning and, afternoon peak period
41 KEELE, morning and, afternoon peak period
107 KEELE NORTH, afternoon peak period
43 KENNEDY, morning and, afternoon peak period
504 KING, afternoon peak period
12 KINGSTON RD, morning and, afternoon peak period
45 KIPLING, morning and, afternoon peak period
44 KIPLING SOUTH, morning peak period
47 LANSDOWNE, morning and, afternoon peak period
54 LAWRENCE EAST, afternoon peak period
52 LAWRENCE WEST, morning and, afternoon peak period
51 LESLIE, afternoon peak period
58 MALTON, morning peak period
59 MAPLE LEAF, morning peak period
102 MARKHAM RD, morning and, afternoon peak period
46 MARTIN GROVE, morning and, afternoon peak period
16 MCCOWAN, morning and, afternoon peak period
129 MCCOWAN NORTH, morning peak period
57 MIDLAND, morning peak period
116, MorningSIDE, morning peak period
133 NEILSON, morning peak period
131 NUGGET, morning and, afternoon peak period
63 OSSINGTON, morning and, afternoon peak period
72 PAPE, afternoon peak period
171 PROGRESS EAST, morning peak period
501 QUEEN, weekends and holidays
161 ROGERS RD, morning peak period
73 ROYAL YORK, morning and, afternoon peak period
76 ROYAL YORK SOUTH, morning and, afternoon peak period
71 RUNNYMEDE, morning peak period
79 SCARLETT RD, morning peak period
84 SHEPPARD WEST, morning peak period
75 SHERBOURNE, morning peak period
123 SHORNCLIFFE, morning peak period
88 SOUTH LEASIDE, morning peak period
510 SPADINA, daytime and early evening on Sundays
512 ST CLAIR, morning and, afternoon peak period
53 STEELES EAST, morning peak period
168 SYMINGTON, morning peak period
10 VAN HORNE, morning and, afternoon peak period
24 VICTORIA PARK, morning peak period
68 WARDEN, morning and, afternoon peak period
69 WARDEN SOUTH, morning peak period
94 WELLESLEY, morning peak period, midday, and, afternoon peak period
112 WEST MALL, morning peak period
89 WESTON, morning and, afternoon peak period
165 WESTON RD NORTH, morning and, afternoon peak period
96 WILSON, morning and, afternoon peak period
91 WOODBINE, afternoon peak period
106 YORK UNIVERSITY, midday and, afternoon peak
196 YORK UNIVERSITY EXPRESS, morning and, afternoon peak, evening service

Extra trips that are added to the schedules to accommodate school traffic in the morning peak period and at the beginning of the afternoon peak period were removed in June 2000, and will be restored from September 5, 2000.

Some routes, especially those which serve the waterfront, have had summer increases in service levels at certain times. These increases will also end from September 5, 2000