As I write this on August 29, the TTC has still not issued the usual memo detailing service changes for the coming schedule changes on September 1. Although information has been published on their website, this is incomplete, and in some cases possibly inaccurate. In particular, the details of travel times and vehicle allocations are only available in the detailed memo, and these allow better understanding of how fleet and staff resources are being shifted around on the system.
Updated August 30 at 12:30 pm: I have received the detailed memo of service changes from the TTC and will be updating this article in stages. Changes in this update:
- The memo confirms that the originally proposed removal of 87 Cosburn service to East York Acres is not happening. Schedules on 87 Cosburn and 64 Main are revised to interline the routes during many time periods on a 10-minute headway.
- Changes in subway gap trains on Lines 1 and 2.
- Several maps added or updated.
- Fleet and service summary tables added.
- Construction project list added.
Updated August 31 at 9:45 am:
- The full spreadsheet showing details of headway, running time and vehicle allocation changes has been added at the end of the article. Note that some of the information in the original version proved to be incorrect when compared with the TTC’s detailed memo due to discrepancies in the TTC’s service change web page.
- A list of routes for which the Summer service cut was not restored in the Fall schedules has been added.
Updated September 1 at 4:25 pm:
- Headway information for the Sheppard corridor revised to match the service implemented, and to reduce complexity of the description.
Updated September 3 at 2:30 pm:
- A reader has pointed out that the TTC’s streetcar night service map incorrectly shows service on routes 303 and 304 heading straight west through Parkdale via King to Roncesvalles rather than via their Shaw/Queen diversion.
See:
- TTC Service Adjustments
- Service improvements for east and northeast Scarborough
- Important changes to 509 Harbourfront
At a recent press conference, Mayor Chow and the TTC announced that many changes were coming in September. Two key points were omitted:
- When the TTC speaks of service restoration relative to pre-pandemic levels, this is based on vehicle hours operated. However, on many routes so-called reliability adjustments extend the travel times and slow the scheduled speeds of buses. The result is that service arrives less frequently, but there is no change in vehicle hours operated.
- Many service increases in September are restorations after the Summer lull when service is normally reduced due to lighter demand, notably on routes serving post-secondary schools.
Construction Projects
Subway Service Changes
Service on Line 1 YUS will improve weekdays throughout the day and early evening.
- AM peak service will rise from about 19 to 21 trains/hour.
- Midday service from about 10.5 to 11.6 trains/hour.
- PM peak service from 17 to 20 trains/hour.
- Early evening service from 12 to 14 trains/hour.
This increase comes primarily from redeploying weekday “gap trains” as part of the scheduled service. In addition, four “trippers” will operate between 1:30 and 8:30 pm. Weekend gap trains have been removed from the schedule.
Service on Line 2 BD will be augmented with gap trains on weekdays.
Streetcar Service Changes
The only daytime service change will be the conversion of the 509 Harbourfront streetcar to bus operation between Union Station and Exhibition Loop. This arrangement will change on Thanksgiving weekend when the second phase of the overhead renewal project begins and streetcars are restored between Union and Spadina. See Harbourfront Overhead Reconstruction on this site.
Night service increases address the shortage of streetcar storage due to still-incomplete work at Russell Carhouse and the fact that planned conversion of part of Harvey Shops as a streetcar depot is still a few years off.
- A new overnight 303 Kingston Road service will operate from Bingham Loop to Roncesvalles and Queen half-hourly via Kingston Road, Queen, King, Shaw and Queen. This is a temporary routing pending completion of construction ends on King West. Scheduled times for 322 Coxwell will be adjusted so that there is a blended 15 minute service between Bingham Loop and the Queen/Coxwell intersection.
- The 306 Carlton night car service will be improved from every 20 minutes to 15 minutes.
- The 312 St. Clair night car service will be improved from every 30 minutes to 20 minutes.
On Sunday mornings before the subway opens, the 504 King and 505 Dundas services will be rebranded as 304 and 305.
Updated September 3, 2024: A reader has pointed out that the night service map incorrectly shows the 303 and 304 services operating via King through Parkdale rather than via Shaw and Queen.
Bus Service Changes
Several routes operating primarily in Scarborough will be rebranded and reorganized.
Lawrence Corridor
- The 54B Orton Park service will be extended to Morningside.
- Some stops on the 954 Lawrence East Express will be removed to compensate for the increased local service east of Orton Park.
- A new route 154 Curran Hall will operate between Kennedy Station and UTSC covering part of the former 54B Orton Park loop.
The 54A and 54B services will operate on the same headways as in previous months in most periods with only minor changes. The 154 Curran Hall bus will operate every 22-25 minutes.
Sheppard Corridor
Services on Sheppard will be rebranded with separate route numbers for each type of service.
- The portion of route 85 between Don Mills Station and Yonge Street will be rebranded as 185 Sheppard Central. There is no change in service frequency.
- The main part of route 85 will be modified by rebranding the Meadowvale Loop service as 85B to match the 985B express service.
- Service to the Zoo will operate as 85C. 85A Rouge Hill buses will no longer serve the Zoo enroute.
- The 985A express service between Don Mills and Kennedy Stations will be rebranded as 904 Sheppard-Kennedy.
Service level changes [Corrected and consolidated from original version]:
- Midday: 904 Sheppard-Kennedy will operate every 12 minutes rather than every 15 on the former 985A.
- Service to Rouge Hill GO and to the Zoo will be rebalanced with each branch operating on the same headway. This improves Rouge Hill service and cuts service to the Zoo.
- Weekdays:
- Midday: 15′
- PM Peak: 18′
- Early Evening: 15′
- Weekends:
- Morning: 16′
- Afternoon: 12′
- Weekdays:
- Sunday Early Morning: The 85B service from Yonge to the Zoo operating every 20 minutes will be replaced by the 385 night bus operating roughly every
3020 minutes.
Other Bus Changes
- School trips on many routes are restored from the summer cuts, but they will now operate local rather than express.
- Several routes remain on their Summer schedules during some periods due to low ridership:
- 20 Cliffside
- 54 Lawrence East
- 70 O’Connor
- 89 Weston
- 113 Danforth
- 123 Sherway
- 133 Neilson
- 168 Symington
- 900 Airport Express
- 953 Steeles East Express
- 7 Bathurst: Weekend service will be scheduled with articulated buses, and headways will be widened slightly during some periods.
- 12 Kingston Road: Service restored from Summer cuts.
- 22 Coxwell: Service reduced during several periods for reliability.
- 23 Dawes: Service reduced during several periods for reliability. Service improved Sunday early evenings.
- 24/924 Victoria Park: PM peak service will begin at 2pm rather than 3pm to reduce crowding.
- 31 Greenwood: Buses will continue to operate to Coxwell Station, but will loop both ways through Greenwood Station Loop pending completion of the new elevator at that station.
- 34 Eglinton East: Travel times increased during several periods with wider headways as a result.
- 334 Eglinton East night bus: Start and end times adjusted to blend with 34 daytime service.
- 935 Jane Express: Weekday early evening service restored.
- 38/938 Highland Creek: Winter service plan restored.
- 939 Finch East: Service changed to use articulated buses.
- 40 Junction: Service reduction in weekday peaks and midday.
- 41 Keele: Service increase to every 10 minutes on weekdays.
- 944 Kipling South Express: Service restored weekday peaks and midday.
- 47 Lansdowne: Minor service adjustments on weekends.
- 57 Midland: Service improvements weekdays except late evenings, and Saturdays late morning and afternoon.
- 60/960 Steeles West: Service restored from Summer cuts.
- 63 Ossington: Service improved slightly during several periods.
- 64 Main: Service interlined with 87 Cosburn and improved during several periods. Slight reduction in the AM Peak and weekday late evenings.
- 65 Parliament: Service restoration from Summer cuts in peak periods.
- 72 Pape: Northern destination changed from “Thorncliffe” to “Thorncliffe Park”. Late evening service aligned to fit with 325 Don Mills night bus.
- 73 Royal York: Interline between 73B La Rose service and 76B Royal York South Grand Avenue discontinued.
- 74 Mt. Pleasant: Service improvement during weekdays except late evening.
- 75 Sherbourne: Seasonal service restoration on weekdays. Interline with 82 Rosedale on weekend evenings discontinued.
- 76 Royal York South: Interline between 76B Grand Avenue service and 73B Royal York to La Rose discontinued. AM peak school trippers scheduled as 76C to The Queensway.
- 79 Scarlett Road: AM peak seasonal service restoration.
- 80 Queensway/176 Mimico GO: Mimico GO service rebranded as 80B and extended to Sherway Mall. No change to the half-hourly service level.
- 82 Rosedale: Weekend daytime service changed from 20 to 25 minutes for reliability. Evening service changed from 24 to 20 minutes, and the interline with 75 Sherbourne is discontinued.
- 984 Sheppard West Express: Seasonal service restoration with peak service improved and offpeak service restored.
- 86 Scarborough: Service increase weekday midday and evenings. Off-peak 86B Kingston Road service added.
- 87 Cosburn: Headways standardized at 10 minutes during all periods. Service to East York Acres was to be cut according to an early version of the TTC service change web due to problems in inclement weather. This change has been withdrawn.
- 89 Weston: Service cut on weekend mornings.
- 989 Weston Express: Service improved in peak periods.
- 90 Vaughan: Service improved in most periods.
- 92 Woodbine South: Weekend service reduced from Summer to Winter levels.
- 995 York Mills Express: Seasonal service restored to every 10 minutes.
- 100 Flemingdon Park: Service improved in peaks and weekday midday.
- 102 Markham Road: Service to Major Mackenzie improved (York Region request). Service to Centennial improved after Summer cuts.
- 106 Sentinel: Service and reliability improvements during most periods.
- 108 Driftwood: Seasonal service restoration in peak and weekday midday periods.
- 111 East Mall: Seasonal service restoration in peak and weekday midday periods.
- 113 Danforth: Peak service improved. Reliability changes during other periods reduce service frequency.
- 114 Queens Quay East: Seasonal service restoration in peak and weekday midday periods.
- 118 Thistle Down: Reliability and service improvements during most periods.
- 122 Graydon Hall: Seasonal service restoration weekdays.
- 123 Sherway: Departures from Kipling Station revised to better space service on route branches.
- 125 Drewry: Weekday midday service restored to 15 minutes from 30 minutes.
- 126 Davenport: Weekday service reliability and improvement.
- 131 Nugget: Weekday service reduction.
- 168 Symington: Service improved weekday evenings and Sundays.
- 900 Airport Express: AM peak service reduced, PM peak and early evening service improved.
- 903 Kennedy-STC Express: Seasonal service restoration with most trips operating east to Centennial College as 903A.
- 905 Eglinton East Express: Service restoration from Summer cuts.
- 927 Highway 27 Express: Service improved weekday evenings and Saturday afternoons. Weekday midday extra trips for students restored. Saturday service aligned with Line 2 BD service hours.
- 200 Toronto Zoo: Weekday service discontinued.
- 201 Bluffers Park: Weekday service discontinued.
- 203 High Park: Weekend service discontinued.
Run As Directed Bus Allocations
Bus Bay Reassignments
The loading positions for buses at several terminals will change due to route renumbering and the use of articulated buses on 939 Finch East Express.
Budgeted and Scheduled Hours
The scheduled hours for September 2024 are below budget because the budget includes provision for operation of Lines 5 and 6.
The scheduled hours in September 2019 were 185,388 for regular service plus 9,007 for construction service for a total of 194,395.
Steve Munro 
Thank you Steve! I greatly appreciate your effort. Why are you not the minister of transportation??
Best regards,
Maria
Steve: In this government? Surely you jest!
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Copied from their website: “The TTC is committed to providing timely, accurate and complete information to our customers and stakeholders.”
(Insert laughter here)
The “service summary” document (in transit planning) used to be posted at the start of a board period, now it is weeks late, if ever posted (current period ending Saturday is MIA)
The service changes were put out starting Tuesday only after a political photo-op by Olivia et al., and appeared on the website in at least 6 different updates during the day, again despite allegedly being available.
Maybe, just maybe now that we are finished polishing Mr. Leary’s apple all day long, they can get back to the BUSINESS of running a transit system.
Any bets??
Steve: I have been very disappointed in the lack of real engagement in improving the TTC over the past year.
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When I see “Service reliability changes”, it really means to me, a reduction in service. Expect to wait longer for the next vehicle.
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They further reduce service on the struggling 900 again. They reduce service for the summer , despite Pearson calling for increased air travel. Now TTC reduces service for Sept. 900 is always bunched up. And they always have the surplus airport buses on other routes. Ridiculous.
I hear more service increase will come in October.
Can Bruce Macgregor make any changes, or is he there simply to maintain the status quo until another interim CEO is in place. I would assume the former. I’m sure there was some agreement to that when they appointed him.
Steve: Macgregor’s job is to tide them over to an Interim CEO, as per Myers’ interview on CBC this morning.
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Any idea if the regular routes of the 501 & 504 will be restored? The track construction on King from Shaw to Dufferin is done, but the overhead has been mostly pulled out of the way and there’s a bit of lane painting that has to happen on the North side from what I saw walking by yesterday.
Steve: I don’t think that you will see this until the mid-November schedule change.
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The new GTFS schedule is loaded into TransSee, so you can see some details there. The subway routes aren’t included, although I could set up a place where the version of the GTFS that includes subways could be reviewed.
Steve: Thanks. I have been browsing some of the GTFS data manually, but really want the TTC’s detailed memo as it has additional info including vehicle allocations, budgets and construction plans.
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I’ve only glanced at the comments, will read comprehensively later, but I’m far from being the only cynic on this.
Steve writes:
[Although information has been published on their website, this is incomplete, and in some cases possibly inaccurate.]
I used to read these releases decades ago with a sense of belief and relief.
No longer. My comment nowadays? “Whatever…”.
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Steve,
Am I the only one who thinks 985A – 904 rebranding doesn’t make sense? Like.. why bother extending the 985A to Kennedy when they were just going to rebrand it… What’s your take on this?
Steve: It is claimed that this and other such changes are for wayfinding because people are confused by the multiplicity of “85” routes. “904” is intriguing as a Sheppard Subway extension. But there is very little by way of new service. Shuffling deck chairs on the Titanic?
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Would you know the reason why 303 Kingston Road is so much longer (Roncesvalles) than the 503 daytime equivalent (Spadina)? I would have expected 303 to loop via Church/Wellington/York given that 301 Queen does not use it. Is 503 expected to return to Church/Wellington/York once the York/Richmond/Adelaide tracks are available for 501 Queen?
Steve: I think that the idea is to provide a combined frequent service on King.
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One of the so called improvements make it 3 minutes quicker….oh gee thanks TTC
The Curran Hall route is just to get election brownie points to one of the Councillors along the route.
When that Councillor made the request, the Councillor’s child went to UTSC. This should be conflict of interest.
As well 2, maybe 3 of the Scarborough Councillors went to UTSC themselves, including the local Councillors. Again conflict of interest.
As someone that lived in Guildwood and would take 54 to Morningside then 116 south to my home for 12 years. Barely anyone used the Brimorton loop stops.
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Do you know what division would operate the 154 Curran hill route or will there be any division shifts during this board period change?
Steve: No. That detailed info is in the service change memo I have not yet received.
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Looking at the 80B QUEENSWAY replacing the 176 MIMICO GO, I think Steve this means the 80B has partially replaced the 145 DOWNTOWN/HUMBER BAY EXPRESS which formally became redundant after the 507 LONG BRANCH was resurrected and the 508 LAKE SHORE extended to Broadview Station back in June.
For the rest of the Downtown Express routes, it safe to say the 143 got its successor: the 150 EASTERN but not yet implemented and the 144 is also replaced by the new 191 UNDERHILL, which is to replace both the 91C/D and 144. As for the 141 and 142, both service on Avenue Road is still served by the 13 and 61 and Mount Pleasant Road is serviced by 74 and 103 buses with them paralleling Line 1. Given the TTC has no bus service on Jarvis Street at all, have they thinking of considering introducing it between St. Clair to Queens Quay to replace the 141? It’s a tough challenge because people living on Jarvis have to take the 75 SHERBOURNE bus which is 400m to Sherbourne Street. They need to enhance service on the 13/61 and 74/103 during rush hours to compensate the loss of the 141 and 142.
Steve: The 14x downtown express routes are pretty much dead and buried, although stops for them live on thanks to the TTC’s inability to clean up after discontinued routes. I very much doubt we would see a bus on Jarvis Street or Mt. Pleasant south of St. Clair which is mostly in a valley. The 141 and 142 were “lost” years ago, and they were very lightly used with 155 and 245 passengers per day in 2019.
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Is the 87 East York Acres change taking effect on September 1st?
Steve: Yes, it is supposed to, although I notice that the TTC has deleted this info from their online description of changes to 87 Cosburn since I wrote this article. Also, the GTFS version of the schedule still has “via East York Acres” trips in it. This change might have been pulled.
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154 Curran Hall will be operated out of Eglinton Division. 93 Parkview Hills moves back to Birchmount Division interlining with 92 Woodbine South
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What makes people living on Jarvis so special that they can’t walk 400mm to a bus stop on Sherbourne? There are plenty of other places in the city where nearest bus stop is at least 400 meters away. My nearest bus stops are 500, 800 or 900m away (3 different routes).
What is the 191 Underhill route? I don’t recall seeing a description of that one.
Steve: It is one of the proposed new routes connecting to Line 5 Crosstown whenever that opens. It lops off the north end of 91 Woodbine.
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The Bloor-Yonge-Gerrard-Sherbourne area was already high density, with lots of apartment buildings including lower-rent and supported. Now there are dozens (I think) of 35+ storey condos going in. Transit service in the area is not the greatest, and the Yonge subway is not a great option if you just want to go a bit north or south.
Taking out a ruler, I can see that Cosburn shouldn’t have a bus route, as it’s 400m both to Mortimer and O’Connor.
The problem with a Jarvis bus route is that it will be stuck in traffic, possibly even more than the Sherbourne bus. Of course there was a Church bus back in the day, but that became semi-mythical and then entirely mythical. Bay seems to be trending the same way.
So riding a bicycle is probably the answer (Uber gets stuck in the same traffic, a lot of which are Uber drivers).
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Great updates as usual Steve!
Any word yet about increases to subway service on Line 2 and Line 4, and (if so) how much they will be increased? There have been one or two articles stating that Line 2 service will be increased this October (no exact date was stated though) and nothing about Line 4, so far.
Steve: Line 2 is getting some gap trains this period (I have updated the article). Nothing yet for Line 4 although the restoration of the fourth train is supposed to be in the works.
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I guess the brains at TTC have not yet worked out how to provide proper service!! (“More information will be available on September 4 at ttc.ca.”)
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The 129 and 57 bus terminal change at Kennedy Stn makes no sense. Why not keep all the STC express buses together like they have for the
past year? I don’t understand the change there. 903/904/939 sharing one bay seems like a lot but my assumption is it’s the only artic bus bay in platform B so they don’t have a choice?
Also, on a side note, I wish they reverted 904 back to standard buses as it seems they have difficulty running articulated buses consistently on the current 985A/B. I’ve noticed frequently several artics are not dispatched like the other day when 8 buses during rush hour were standards (40ft). On weekends when they run standards, which seems to be the case, they always get packed as they run on an artic schedule.
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Nice to see both 305 DUNDAS streetcar and 303 KINGSTON ROAD streetcar appear due to the lack shortage of streetcar storage. The 312 ST. CLAIR streetcar was the first night streetcar to return along with the 340 JUNCTION bus (which shows that an extension westward for the 312 and 512 should be considered).
They could have created a 311 BATHURST streetcar from Exhibition Loop to St. Clair Avenue West. With the 307 BATHURST bus running from St. Clair Avenue West to Steeles Avenue West. However, the numbering with the obsolete 310 BATHURST are still confusing for me.
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How does a RAD streetcar work? Do they camp out on McCaul and wait to be needed? The carhouses do not seem to be in convenient places to drop a new streetcar into service.
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When will the College Station construction end? What is the timeline for the Yonge-Bloor station expansion?
Steve: College is supposed to be finished in Q3 2025. The Bloor-Yonge project is very large and complex, and will not finish until after 2030.
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I guess “run as directed” streetcars (mentioned in the “Streetcar Service Changes” section in carhouse allocation tables, and by michaelmhoffman above) could camp out at Wolseley Loop or on Victoria Street. These are downtown-ish and not currently in use by scheduled streetcars. Though to be honest I’d rather the TTC try to short-turn parades of 4 vehicles a little bit more before dedicating a “run as directed” vehicle and driver…
Or they might just be designated hot spares at the yards in case of a vehicle going out of service?
Steve: Victoria is only available between Richmond and Adelaide due to Ontario Line construction, and this is routinely used for cars short turning at Church. Hot spares in the yard are much simpler to manage.
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Any plans to improve the 91 Woodbine service in the future? Service is abysmal and it’s downright unusable with poor frequencies, bunching and 45 minute gaps.
Steve: The next planned change comes when Line 5 opens and the northern section of the route splits off as 191 Underhill. As for new service plans, those have not been published.
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1) Looking at the “reliability” changes on a couple of short routes (Dawes; Woodbine South), it’s interesting to see how much of the in-service time is spent laying over at the terminal at some times. e.g., with the new changes, the Dawes bus will spend 25% of its time laying over in the midday, and the Woodbine South bus will spend 30% of its time laying over in the AM peak.
Steve: This is part of the problem when the TTC claims to be restoring service hours. A non-trivial amount of time is now spent in “recovery” at terminals. In theory this should produce more reliable service, but that does not always seem to be how things work out.
2) The new name and number for the 85 west of Don Mills makes a lot of sense… the 85 has always been a completely separate route west of Don Mills anyways since the subway opened. It would’ve simplified the signs in the Don Mills terminal (when it opened, they couldn’t show the route name on the sign leading to the bus bay for that branch, and had to label it instead just as “Route 85 Westbound” for fear that riders wanting to keep going east would get on the wrong bus).
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Also does the TTC plan more increased service for October and November?
Steve: Yes, but no details yet.
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Looking at the service schedule for 506 in the GTFS data, there’s another huge 506/306 schedule reduction they aren’t mentioning.
Streetcars have always been a minimum of every 10 minutes after midnight to subway closing. Now it’s every 15 minutes.
I’m not sure why they are trying to white-wash and hide these frequent 506 service cuts.
How else have hidden that they are screwing us again this month?
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The 385 Sheppard East night bus that replaced the 85 Sheppard on early Sunday mornings still operates every 20 minutes after 5am, not every 30 minutes. We can see that on the TTC website schedules now.
Steve: Yes, contrary to the service memo, the scheduled headway on the “night bus” bounces around in the period between 6 and 8 am Sundays, always below 30 and as short as 15 minutes.
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What is the update on the electric bus fleet in Toronto? It is shameful that while China and India have hundreds of thousands of electric buses, Toronto has a mere 60 and only 20 of which work. I know that Canada cannot match the manufacturing prowess of China and India but only 20 working electric buses is a bit shameful for Toronto.
BBC: How China’s buses shaped the world’s EV revolution
Tribune India: Delhi has 2nd-largest electric bus fleet
Steve: The TTC has 340 electric buses on order with deliveries running from now through to the end of 2025. Note that of the three manufacturers who provided buses for the trial, the Chinese buses were the least reliable, and the American firm, Proterra, has gone out of business.
Both articles you cite note the need for subsidy programs to support the purchase and operation of electric vehicles. Although there is some funding for this in Canada, the TTC only has commitments up to the end of the current orders from Novabus and New Flyer. Also, the BBC article notes that there are problems even for China with cold weather operation and the basic issue of just how “green” the electric bus is depending on the source of electric power.
This is an evolving market and technology, and one must ask whether there is more pollution to be saved by getting people onto transit, even if this means hybrid buses. Simply replacing existing vehicles with more expensive technology while providing no more service could be counterproductive.
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Hi Steve, do you know if the 927 will eventually have artic buses sometime down the line? I have been on that bus many times and have often noticed how crowded the buses can get, to a point where I have seen several buses in a row jam packed with people.
Steve: No, I don’t, sorry.
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The Overnight Streetcar Service map is incorrect. It shows the 303 and 304 cars traveling the length of King West to Roncesvalles instead of the King West/Shaw/Queen West diversion to Roncesvalles, as on the daytime map.
Steve: I have added a note about this to the article. Thanks for catching this.
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Great that the overnight CARLTON service is increased to every 15 mins, although the service is less useful now that it no longer terminates at Dundas West. I note the “306” exists on paper only – for some time all night cars have been signed “506”. This presents some difficulties for app users who are waiting for a “306” vehicle. TTC customer service states the cars should be signed “306”, but that’s not what is on the rails.
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A link was posted today on the Transit Planning page of the TTC website for the September 2024 Service Summary. The problem is – it links to the June 2024 Service Summary!
Customer service at its finest.
The service summary for the previous July board period was never made public either, as far as I know.
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Thanks for all of your work, Steve!
I had a look at the spreadsheet and something caught my eye regarding the weekend changes for Line 1 – what gap trains are being cut? I don’t think they were any gap trains scheduled on the weekend last month or at any time in the recent past for that matter. Looking back at the previous service summaries, they were never accounted for either.
Could this be an error in the TTC’s memo? Or perhaps they were scheduled on an ad-hoc basis and never included in the official service summaries?
On an unrelated note, all articulated buses seem to have been removed from the 953 Steeles East Express service effective this board period.
I have not seen this change being mentioned anywhere officially, but it did happen. The articulated buses have been replaced with standard-sized buses on a 1-to-1 basis. Granted, not all service was running with articulated buses before the change. But nonetheless this is a service cut capacity-wise.
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How many new hybrid articulated buses is the TTC getting? How many of the old articulated buses still remain in service? A few of these were wrecked by reckless TTC drivers, was any action taken against the guilty TTC drivers?
Steve: Delivery of hybrid artics 9400-9468 is a bit over half way complete. According to the roster in the September service summary, 152 of the original diesel artics are still in service, although that number could mean that they have not yet been officially retired.
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