Service changes for February 14, 2000
Service changes for February 1999

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Service changes for March 2000
Yonge - University - Spadina Subway PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Service increase

  • The TTC has added subway trains to reduce crowding on the Yonge-University-Spadina (YUS) line during morning and afternoon rush hours. Two trains, with a total capacity of 2400, began service this morning and three trains, with 3600 capacity, begin operation this afternoon. Rush hour trains are about 2 1/2 minutes apart.

  • Customers looking to further ease their rush hour travel are advised to leave 10 minutes early, arriving at Bloor-Yonge before 8:15 a.m. and to move to the south end of the Y-U-S platforms, to access the less full subway cars.

  • Midday service has also increased by one train. To cut the wait time between trains to less than 5 minutes, weekend service and after-10 p.m. service daily have been boosted by four trains.

  • More trains will be added to the Bloor-Danforth line beginning March 20

192 Airport Rocket    PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

New route - 2000 Service Plan

  • A new route will operate between Kipling Station and Pearson Airport Terminals 2 and 3, during the peak periods and midday from Monday to Friday. Buses will serve bus stops only at Kipling Station, Dundas Street/The East Mall, and at the two airport terminals. At Kipling Station, the route will use the same bus bay used by the 30 Lambton and 191 Highway 27 Express routes. Regular TTC fares will be charged for this service, which operates entirely within the Toronto fare zone.

Routing details

Northbound - From Kipling Station, north on Aukland Road, west on Dundas Street, north on Highway 427, and west into Pearson Airport. Buses will serve the arrivals level at Terminal 3 and then the arrivals level at Terminal 2.

Southbound - From Terminal 2, east and south on Highway 427, east on Dundas Street, and south on Aukland Drive to Kipling Station.

First and last trip times

Northbound from Kipling Stn: 5:40 a.m. (first); 7:10 p.m. (last)

Southbound from Pearson Airport: 6:00 a.m. (first); 6:45 p.m. (last)

Destination signs

192 ROCKET / TO KIPLING STN
192 AIRPORT ROCKET / TO AIR TERMINALS 2 & 3
192S SHORT TURN

511 Bathurst PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Round-Trip time increases

  • The round-trip time will increase between 7:00 and 8:30 p.m. from Monday to Friday, to allow a more-reliable service to be operated. One streetcar will be added to the route, the round-trip time will increase from 40 to 43 minutes, and the time between streetcars will change from 10 min to 8 min 40 sec.

Service increase - Ridership monitoring and service adjustment

  • Service will increase during the early evening on Saturdays, to reduce overcrowding. One streetcar will be added between 6:00 and 11:00 p.m., and the time between streetcars will be reduced from 10 min to 8 min 40 s.

6 Bay 

Schedule adjustments

  • During the morning peak period from Monday to Friday, service will improve for customers who are travelling south of Dundas Street.  The revised operation will encourage customers who are travelling to points north of Dundas Street to use buses on the 6B (Bloor-Dundas) branch and reduce crowding for customers travelling south of Dundas.

  • Buses on the northern end of the line for the 6A (Bloor-Front and Lake Shore) branch and the 6B (Bloor-Dundas) branches will wait facing south on Bay Street at Bay Station, to allow customers to board while the buses are waiting for their departure time. A second bus stop will be established at Bay Station, so that buses on the 6B branch can wait and receive customers separately from buses on the 6/6A branches.

  • The full morning peak period service will begin approximately 30 minutes earlier, at 7:15 a.m. (time southbound from Bay Station).

  • Buses on the 6B branch will be scheduled to depart from Bay Station two minutes ahead of buses on the 6/6A branches.

  • The afternoon peak period service will begin about 30 minutes later than at present, at 3:15 p.m. The afternoon peak period service will continue until approximately 5:30 p.m.

9 Bellamy 

Additional trip

  • A new school trip will be added from Monday to Friday to relieve crowding caused by customers travelling from R.H. King and Cardinal Newman secondary schools. The trip will depart from Warden Station at approximately 3:13 p.m. and arrive at Scarborough Centre Station at approximately 3:48 p.m.

17 Birchmount

Additional trip

  • A new southbound trip will be added, to leave from Sheppard Avenue at approximately 3:10 p.m. This trip will reduce the crowding that now occurs on southbound trips.

303 Don Mills

Route change

  • This overnight route will operate via Thorncliffe Park Drive. There will be no change to the time between buses, or to departure times from transfer points along the route. Some late-night and early-morning trips on 25 Don Mills, when 81 Thorncliffe Park does not operate, will be designated as 303 Don Mills trips and will operate via Thorncliffe Park Drive.

Routing details

Northbound - North on the Leaside Bridge, east on Overlea Boulevard, south, east, and north on Thorncliffe Park Boulevard, east on Overlea Boulevard and north on Don Mills Road.

Southbound - South on Don Mills Road, west on Overlea Boulevard, south, west, and north on Thorncliffe Park Drive, west on Overlea, and south on the Leaside Bridge.

143 Downtown/Beach Express  PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Trip time increase

  • The scheduled trip time will be increased for the last three trips in the afternoon peak period, which are regularly delayed by auto congestion on Adelaide Street. The new departure times from downtown in the afternoon peak period will be 4:10, 4:40, 5:10, 5:40, and 6:10 p.m.

34 Eglinton East PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Trip time increase

  • The scheduled trip time will increase on the 34C (Eglinton Station-Kennedy Station) branch during the early evening on Sundays. Six minutes of additional round-trip time will be added, and one bus will be added.

15 Evans

School trip adjustment

  • A school trip that currently departs from Sherway Gardens at 2:53 p.m. serving Father John Redmond Secondary School, then operating along Evans Avenue and north on Royal York Road, will be changed so that the bus operates east on Evans Avenue and south on Royal York Road to Lake Shore Boulevard. Changing this trip to operate south will reduce the need for customers to transfer to travel south on Royal York Road.

Destination sign

15S EVANS / SHORT TURN / TO ROYAL YORK / and LAKE SHORE

36 Finch West  accesslogo.gif (1013 bytes)  PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Destination sign change

  • The destination sign display for westbound buses on the 36D branch will include mention of Weston Road.

Destination signs

36D FINCH WEST / TO WESTON RD / and MILVAN

Trip time increase

  • The scheduled trip time will increase, between 7:30 and 10:00 a.m. (times eastbound from Humberwood) on Saturdays. The round-trip time will be increased from 90 min to 95 min, and five minutes of recovery time is scheduled at Finch Station. One bus will be added, and there will be no change to the 10 min time between buses.

121 Front-Esplanade PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Route change 

139 Huntingwood PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Trip time reduction

  • A construction project to repair the overpass of Sheppard Avenue over Highway 404 has ended and the extra three minutes of trip time in the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday that were added for the construction will be removed.

37 Islington PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

New service

  • New Sunday and holiday evening service will be operated on the 37A (Islington Station-Humberwood via Rexdale & Woodbine Centre) branch. Buses will operate every 30 minutes. There will be no change to the present departure times on the 37 (Islington Station-Steeles) branch.

New last trip times on the 37A branch

Northbound from Islington Station: 1:17 a.m.
Southbound from Humberwood: 12:34 a.m. (to Islington Station); 1:04 and 1:25 a.m. (to Bergamot & Islington only).

35 Jane PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Additional trip

  • An additional southbound trip on the 35 (Jane Station-Steeles) branch will be added, from Monday to Friday, to reduce crowding very early in the morning. The new trip will depart from Steeles at approximately 5:15 a.m.

Trip time increase

  • The scheduled running trip will increase during the evening from Monday to Friday, from 7:30 to 11:00 p.m. (times at Jane Station).

41 Keele PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Trip time change

  • Scheduled departure times will change slightly in the morning peak period. Northbound buses which now depart Keele Station between 7:42 and 8:18 a.m. will be scheduled to depart two minutes earlier.  Buses which now depart southbound from Steeles between 7:38 and 8:17 a.m. will be scheduled to depart two minutes earlier.

43 Kennedy PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Service increase

  • Service will increase in the afternoon on Sundays, when crowding regularly occurs. One bus will be added between 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., and the time between buses will improve from 22 min to 17 min. One bus will be added between 6:00 and 7:00 p.m., and the time between buses will improve from 30 min to 22 min.

45 Kipling PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Trip time increase

  • The scheduled trip time will increase, after 7:30 a.m. on Saturdays. From 7:30 to 8:45 a.m., the round-trip time will increase from 56 min to 60 min. No buses will be added, and there will be no change to the 12 min time between buses. From 8:45 a.m. to 7:40 p.m., the round-trip time will increase from 68 min to 70 min. There will be no change to the 10 min 15 sec. time between buses or the number of buses on the route.

Change to express stopping pattern

  • The stops served by the 45E Express branch will be changed, so that buses on this branch operate in local service between Steeles Avenue and Belfield Drive. This will add back two stops to the express service, at Belfield Drive and at Bethridge Road. Stopping the express buses at these two stops will allow customers to use either the local or express service, and will reduce crowding on the local buses. There is sufficient time in the schedule for the express buses to serve these stops, and there will be little additional delay for express customers.

30 Lambton PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Schedule change

  • The schedule will change so that all scheduled layovers during the peak periods and midday from Monday to Friday are at High Park Station, and no layovers are scheduled at Kipling Station. This will reduce conflicts at the present bus bay at Kipling Station, which will be shared with two other routes, 191 Highway 27 Express, and the new 192 Airport Rocket.

51 Leslie  accesslogo.gif (1013 bytes)  PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Accessible service and service increase

  • The 51 Leslie route will be designated as an accessible route, to be operated with New Flyer low-floor D40LF buses. Every run on this route will be scheduled to use the D40LF buses, but some individual trips, such as school trips, may continue to use standard 40-foot buses.

  • Service on this route will be increased during the midday from Monday to Friday, to compensate for the smaller capacity of the D40LF buses. One bus will be added, and the time between buses will be improved from 30 minutes to 20 minutes.

102 Markham Rd  PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Trip time increase

  • The scheduled trip time will increase in the afternoon peak period, to improve the reliability of service. This change requires the addition of one bus to the schedule. The time between buses will be improved slightly, from 6 min 45 sec. to 6 min 30 sec.

116 Morningside

Additional trips

  • A new southbound trip will be added, to leave from Pope John Paul II School at approximately 2:40 p.m. From the school, the trip will run east on Military Trail and south on Morningside, continuing over the regular route to Kennedy Station.

  • A new southbound trip will be added, to leave from Old Finch Avenue at approximately 3:00 p.m.

131 Nugget PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Route change

  • The route will change, to travel on Morningview Trail, Littles Road, and Old Finch Avenue. The present route on Old Finch Avenue, just east of Morningview Trail, will no longer be used. There will be no change to the departure times from Scarborough Centre Station.

Routing details

Before 3:00 p.m., seven days a week - North on Morningside Avenue, east and north on Morningview Trail, west on Old Finch Avenue, south on Littles Road, and west on Morningview Trail to Morningside Avenue.

After 3:00 p.m., seven days a week - North on Morningside Avenue, east on Morningview Trail, north on Littles Road, east on Old Finch Avenue, and south and west on Morningview Trail to Morningside Avenue.

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Route change

  • These routes will not run on Northhumberland Street after 11:00 p.m. each day. There will be no change to the scheduled round-trip time, time between buses, departure times from the station. (This change requires that the City of Toronto change Concord Avenue from one-way to two-way, between Bloor Street and the Ossington Station entrance/exit; if this change is not made by February 13, the routing change will not take place until the street is changed.)

Route details

63 Ossington northbound - North on Ossington Avenue, west into the south side of Ossington Station. Then south on Concord Avenue, east on Bloor Street, and north on Ossington Avenue.

63 Ossington southbound - South on Ossington, west on Bloor Street, north on Concord Avenue, then to the southbound platform at Ossington Station.

94 Wellesley - North on Ossington, west on Bloor Street, north on Concord Avenue, to the 94 Wellesley platform at Ossington Station. Exit via east through the station and south on Ossington Avenue.

72 Pape accesslogo.gif (1013 bytes)  PDF Adobe Acrobat Document  and 121 Front-Esplanade PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Route change

  • Eastbound buses on these routes will travel south on Parliament Street, east on Mill Street, and south on Cherry Street. Both routes will operate on Cherry Street and Mill Street in both directions, and service will be removed from Parliament Street, south of Mill Street, and from the section of Lake Shore Boulevard between Parliament Street and Cherry Street. There is no change to the time between buses or to the departure times from the terminals.

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67 Pharmacy PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Schedule adjustments

  • The schedule will change between 2:50 and 3:20 p.m., Monday to Friday.   Up to three minutes more round-trip time will be scheduled during this time period.

171 Progress East

Service increase

  • Service will increase in the morning peak period from Monday to Friday, to reduce overcrowding. One bus will be added and the time between buses will be five minutes.

501 Queen  PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Service increase

  • Service will increase during the daytime and early evening on Saturdays, to reduce overcrowding. Two cars will be added during the daytime, from approximately 12:00 noon to 7:00 p.m. During this time, streetcars should arrive at stops every seven minutes.  Four cars will be added during the early evening, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. During this time, streetcars should arrive at stops every seven & a half minutes, instead of nine minutes.

109 Ranee PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

New service

  • New Saturday late evening service will operate on this route. One bus will be added, and the new service will operate every 45 minutes. The bus will operate on the 109B (Eglinton West Stn-Neptune via Marlee & Flemington) branch.

Trip times

From Eglinton West Stn - 10:45 and 11:30 p.m., and 12:15 a.m.
From Neptune - 10:23, 11:08, and 11:53 p.m.

73 Royal York PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Route change

  • On Saturdays and Sundays, the route of 73A (Royal York Stn-Dixon) will change. Buses will travel north on Royal York Road, east on Dixon Road, south on Scarlett Rd, west on Lawrence Avenue, and south on Royal York. There will be no change to time between buses or departure times from Royal York Station.  The route of the 73A bus during the peak periods from Monday to Friday will not change.

Destination sign
73A ROYAL YORK / TO DIXON RD / and SCARLETT RD

Trip time increase

  • Scheduled running time will be increased during the early evening from Monday to Friday. There will be no change to the overall round-trip time or the headways.

512 St Clair  PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Minor route change

  • When running back to Roncesvalles Carhouse, all streetcars will operate through Bathurst Station, and will pick up customers at the 511 Bathurst southbound platform. These cars will then continue south on Bathurst Street, and west on King Street to the carhouse. A timing point at Bathurst Station will be added to the 512 St Clair route. This change will increase service on the 511 Bathurst route, and will make the southbound routing consistent with the northbound routing, which has always operated through the station.

79 Scarlett Rd  accesslogo.gif (1013 bytes)  PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Revised route

  • A new branch serving St. Clair Avenue will operate during peak periods from Monday to Friday. Every second northbound bus will run via St. Clair in the morning peak period, and every second southbound bus will run via St. Clair in the afternoon peak period. There will be no change to the time between buses, or departure times from the terminals. Buses on this new branch will be designated 79B (Runnymede Stn-Lawrence & Jane via St Clair).

Route details

Northbound, morning peak period - North on Runnymede Road, west on St. Clair Avenue, and north on Scarlett Road.

Southbound, afternoon peak period - South on Scarlett Road, east on St Clair Avenue, and south on Runnymede Road.

First and last trip times on the 79B branch

Northbound trips departing from Runnymede Stn - 5:45 a.m. (first); 8:50 a.m. (last)
Southbound trips arriving at Runnymede Stn - 3:12 p.m. (first); 7:29 p.m. (last)

Destination signs

79B SCARLETT RD / TO RUNNYMEDE STN / VIA ST CLAIR
79B SCARLETT RD / TO JANE & LAWRENCE / VIA ST CLAIR
79S SCARLETT RD / SHORT TURN / TO ST CLAIR

85 Sheppard East accesslogo.gif (1013 bytes)  PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Trip time reduction

  • A construction project to repair the overpass of Sheppard Avenue over Highway 404 has ended for the winter, and the extra three minutes of running time in the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday that were added for the construction will be removed. This allows the removal of one bus from the route in the afternoon peak period.

Additional trip

  • A new, later trip will be added in the evening on the 85A Sheppard East (Sheppard Stn-Rouge Hill GO Stn) branch. The new trip will leave Sheppard Station at 9:40 p.m., and will arrive at Rouge Hill GO Station at 10:43 p.m.

88 South Leaside  accesslogo.gif (1013 bytes)  PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Accessible service and service increase

  • The 88 South Leaside route will be designated as an accessible route, to be operated with new accessible buses.

  • Service on this route will increase during the midday from Monday to Friday. One bus will be added, and the time between buses should now at stops every 13 minutes, instead of 20.

510 Spadina PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Trip time increase

  • Scheduled round-trip time will increase during the day on Saturday.   Three minutes of round-trip time will be added.

Service increase

  • Service will increase in early evening on Saturday, to reduce crowding.

24 Victoria Park PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

Trip time increase

  • Scheduled trip time will increase during the morning peak period by eight minutes.

Trip time change

  • Two school trips that leave Senator O’Connor Secondary School at 4:00 p.m. (one northbound and one southbound) will now leave the school at 2:55 p.m. to better serve the new afternoon dismissal time.

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Route change 

112 West Mall  PDF Adobe Acrobat Document

New service

  • New Monday-Friday early evening service will run north of Eglinton Avenue to Disco Road. One bus will be added, and the new service will operate every 33 min 20 s. The bus will operate northbound on the 112F (Kipling Station-Disco Rd via Carlingview & Rangoon) and southbound on the 112C (Kipling Station-Disco Rd via Skyway & Rangoon). There will be no northbound service via the 112C and no southbound service via the 112F at this time of day. There will be no change to departure times from Kipling Station.

Last trip times

From Kipling Stn - 9:42 p.m.
From Disco Rd - Approximately 10:30 p.m.

96 Wilson

Destination sign change

  • The destination sign display for westbound buses on the 96G (York Mills Stn-Clayson) branch will be changed, to include mention of Jane Street, so customers will know the bus travels that far.

Destination signs

96G WILSON / TO JANE / and CLAYSON

Running time change

  • Adjustments will be made to the round-trip time during the morning peak period, in order to reallocate scheduled recovery time to eastbound running time. Arrow Road Division staff have found that the scheduled recovery time is regularly needed as part of the running time. There will be no change to headways or the number of buses on the route.

91 Woodbine

Trip change

  • The routing of a school trip in the afternoon peak period will change, to take customers closer to their destinations. The trip leaves Milne Valley Middle School at 3:10 p.m. and will travel south on Underhill Drive, east on Lawrence Avenue, south on Victoria Park Avenue, west on Sweeney Drive, south on Sloane Avenue, east on Eglinton Avenue, south on Victoria Park Avenue, west on Sunrise Avenue, south on O’Connor Drive, and south on Woodbine Avenue to Woodbine Station.

Destination sign

91D WOODBINE / TO WOODBINE STN / VIA SUNRISE

95 York Mills

Service increase

  • Service will increase on Sundays and holidays, to reduce crowding. Four buses will be added, the time between buses will improve from 15 min to 10 min.

Destination sign changes

  • The destination signs will change for eastbound trips which end at or divert to the University of Toronto’s campus at Ellesmere Road and Military Trail. This campus was previously named Scarborough College, but is now called the University of Toronto at Scarborough.

Destination signs

95C YORK MILLS / TO KINGSTON RD / VIA U of T SCARBOROUGH
95 YORK MILLS / TO YORK MILLS STN / VIA U of T SCARBOROUGH
95S YORK MILLS / SHORT TURN / TO U of T SCARBOROUGH