Major Update October 10 at 12:50pm: Additional information on bus bay assignments at various stations, on street stop arrangements pending Line 5 opening, and service changes not mentioned in earlier versions of this post. Also added are various tables and charts of fleet allocations and other information.
Updated October 10 at 11:30pm: The spreadsheet showing detailed before and after service designs for affected routes is now available.
The service changes planned for October 12 include four major groups:
- First stage of route reorganization for Line 5 Crosstown opening.
- Construction begins on Queen Street between Broadview and the Don River.
- Construction begins on College Street at McCaul.
- Construction ends in November at King & Dufferin.
History of This Article
As I publish this on Thursday, October 9 at 10:45am, the TTC has still not issued its usual detailed memo of pending service changes although the information has been floating around for weeks in various sources.
On October 9, there was a press release accompanying Mayor Chow’s media appearances, but this release only gives a hint of what is happening beyond the headline announcement of improved Line 2 subway service. That release includes a link to a page with more details, although regular TTC site readers would never find it.
Updated 5 pm October 9: A separate press release has been issued with the details of changes omitted from the first one. There are now separate pages for each modified route linked from a common page regarding the Line 5 changes. Maps showing the revised routes have been added to the end of this article.
There is an “Updates” page, separate from the regular “Service Changes” page, which can be accessed through the “Riding the TTC” page assuming you know it exists. It includes a link to the service changes, but there is no link from the TTC home page to this information. The Service Changes page gives details, but only for a handful of routes. Automatic links from route schedule pages are generated only for Service Changes items, and so the information on the Updates page is not linked for riders looking at route schedules.
Updated 10:50am October 9: The TTC Home Page now includes a link to the Updates post.
Updated 9:30am October 10: There are now route-level pages detailing the changes on the “Service Changes” page
Updated October 10: The detailed memo of service changes was issued mid morning today.
The TTC recently trumpeted its proposed Wayfinding Strategy which includes a strong digital component given the many riders who access information through online channels. Their own website badly needs overhaul, but even in its current state, information is not published in a consistent location.
The article following the break is a compendium of information from various sources.
Line 2 Service Improvements
Service on Line 2 Bloor-Danforth will be restored to the pre-pandemic level on weekdays during all time periods and on Sunday evenings. Here is a comparison of the current and planned headways.
Note that until Line 2 has a new signal system, service cannot be operated more frequently than every 140 seconds (2’20”), and even with that, there are limits due to constraints in turnaround time at terminals. Running more frequent trains will also place demands on capacity at major stations and on the traction power supply. This is reflected in TTC Capital plans, but funding for all of the work is uncertain.
| AM Peak | Midday | PM Peak | Early Eve | Late Eve | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekdays | 2’38” > 2’20” | 4’04” > 3’20” | 3’23” > 2’30” | 4’52” > 3’41” | 5’23” > 4’51” |
| Sundays | 5’30” > 4’51” | 6’00” > 4’51” |
Line 5 Preliminary Changes (Updated October 10)
In anticipation of Line 5 Crosstown opening sometime soon, some route changes will be implemented now. Maps for the revised routes appear later in the article.
- 13 Avenue Road will operate via Avenue Rd. between Chaplin Cres. and Eglinton Ave. W. There are also service adjustments for reliability.
- 41 Keele and 941 Keele Express will operate northbound through the loop at Keelesdale station as a passenger stop, but the station will not be open. Southbound buses will stop as usual on Trethewey at Eglinton.
- 72 Pape will be extended to Don Valley Station (Don Mills & Wynford). Buses will loop both ways through Thorncliffe Park rather than only counterclockwise as they do now. The route will also loop through a corner of Flemingdon Park via Gateway Blvd.
- 73B Royal York to La Rose Avenue will be extended to terminate at Eglinton & Black Creek (future service to Mount Dennis Station).
- 74 Mount Pleasant will be split back into routes 74 and 103 Mount Pleasant North with both routes serving Eglinton Station. The 103 route between Doncliffe Loop and Eglinton Station is its old route. The 74 Mount Pleasant will run west via Eglinton to Eglinton Station rather than using its old terminus at Mount Pleasant Loop (Mt. Pleasant & Eglinton). Route 103 will operate from Eglinton Division.
- 88 South Leaside will be rerouted to serve Laird Station. Buses now operate via Wicksteed and Brentcliffe. This will be replaced with a route via Laird, Eglinton and Brentcliffe.
- 90 Vaughan will operate to Eglinton West Station (Cedarvale) instead of looping at Oakwood & Eglinton.
- 161 Rogers Road extended to Mount Dennis Station.
- 164 Castlefield: New route between Mount Dennis and Eglinton West Stations by way of Keelesdale Station. This route will operate from Mt. Dennis Division.
- 168 Symington is extended to Eglinton & Black Creek (future Mount Dennis Station service).
- 171 Mount Dennis extended south to Jane & Alliance partly replacing 161 Rogers Road.
- 191 Underhill: New route between York Mills Rd at Valley Woods Rd and Gervais Dr at Eglinton Avenue East (Don Valley Station). This route will operate from Eglinton Division.
Because Line 5 is not open yet, planned changes to some major routes are not yet implemented.
- 32/34 Eglinton West/East combination as 34 Eglinton
- 54 Lawrence East reroute to Don Valley Station
- 51 Leslie combination with 56 Leaside running to Donlands Station, and revised 162 Lawrence-Donway.
- 91 Woodbine
- 35/935/335 Jane
- 47 Lansdowne
Other Service Changes (Updated October 10)
- 15 Evans / 76 Royal York South: School trips from Bishop Allen Academy and the Etobicoke School of the Arts are reallocated from route 15 to route 76. This change has operated informally since September and is now included in the schedules.
- 42 Cummer destination signs will be changed to reflect the removal of branched service.
- 65 Parliament service will be improved in early morning, AM peak and PM peak due to seasonal demand to George Brown College Waterfront Campus.
- 92 Woodbine South: Seasonal service reduction.
- 200 Toronto Zoo, 201 Bluffer’s Park and 202 Cherry Beach will cease operation for the winter after Thanksgiving Day, October 13.
- 505/305 Dundas: The stops both ways at Munro Street will be removed as they are close to Broadview Avenue.
- 509 Harbourfront service will be reduced to a seasonal drop in demand in the PM peak and early evening weekdays; in the morning, afternoon and early evening on Saturdays, and on Sunday afternoons.
In order to reduce the number of pull-ins at Malvern Garage after 2am, late evening service will be adjusted on some routes:
- 86 Scarborough: Late evening service reduction.
- 95 York Mills: Some trips will go out of service at UTSC instead of at York Mills Station.
- 116 Morningside: Some trips will go out of service on Morningside Ave at Ellesmere Rd instead of Kennedy Station or Morningside Ave at Finch Ave E. This will also reduce late evening service.
Construction Projects List
Queen/Broadview Construction Changes
Toronto Water will begin reconstruction on Queen west from Broadview to Davies (east of the Don Bridge). This work will continue through the winter. After this completes, the TTC will rebuild tracks in the same area. This work will not start immediately with the October 12 schedule change allowing some routes to operate normally through what will be the construction area. Once the watermain work begins, only buses will continue to run on Queen Street west of Broadview
Diversion plans for the Fall-Winter watermain work:
- 501 Queen:
- Before construction, cars will operate on their normal route.
- After construction starts, cars will divert both ways via Broadview, Dundas and Parliament.
- 503 Kingston Road buses:
- Before construction, buses will run west via Queen and King on their normal route.
- After construction starts, buses will run west on Queen to Parliament and then south to the regular route on King. (This provides service on Queen between River and Parliament.)
- 504 King streetcars: Beginning October 12, all cars will terminate eastbound at Distillery Loop. Westbound service varies depending on the completion of the King/Dufferin project.
- While the intersection is closed, the 504A will operate to Dundas West Station via Shaw and Queen, and the 504B will operate to Wolseley Loop at Bathurst & Queen.
- After the intersection reopens, the 504A will operate to Dundas West Station, and the 504B will operate to Dufferin Loop.
- 504 King shuttle buses will operate from Broadview Station to King and Parliament looping via Parliament, Front and Berkeley. They will run through the construction zone on Queen. Buses will use the King streetcar platform at Broadview Station.
- Overnight service will be provided by the 301B Queen night bus running from Broadview Station to King & Parliament
- Carhouse trips that normally operate via Queen Street will divert via Broadview, Dundas and Parliament.
These routings will change slightly when the track replacement on Queen begins in 2026.
King/Dufferin Project
The project to replace the intersection at King and Dufferin started almost a month later than planned, and will continue into the October-November schedule period that was designed assuming the work would be complete. Routes 504/304 King, 503 Kingston Road and 29/329/929 Dufferin will continue to use their diversion routes until the intersection re-opens likely in early November.
This will mean that trip predictions on the diversion routes will not work properly because the schedule used by various apps will not include these from October 12 onward.
College/McCaul Project
The TTC will replace the intersection of College & McCaul Streets and upgrade overhead in the area. 506/306 Carlton service will divert both ways via Spadina, Dundas and Bay. This should be a slightly shorter project than other recent jobs because it is a “T” intersection with only three legs rather than four. However, work on overhead upgrades will require the diversion to continue until the end of 2025.
Service on the 94 Wellesley bus will be improved during this diversion so that all vehicles run as 94A to Ossington Station rather than half of them turning back from Wellesley Station. The intent is to provide better service parallel to College. However, with the reconstruction of Hoskin/Harbord still incomplete, the Wellesley buses are on Bloor Street eastbound between Ossington and Bathurst, and westbound between Spadina and Ossington. They are expected to return to their normal route in November, date TBA depending on the road works.
Updated October 10 at 9:30am: Sunday service on 94 Wellesley will begin just before 6am on the new schedules compared to just before 8am on the current ones.
See the Harbord/Hoskin Reconstruction report for a discussion of issues regarding this project.
Streetcar Route Maps
Note that these maps show the arrangement following the start of construction on Queen west of Broadview expected in mid-October and restoration of normal service through King & Dufferin expected in November.
Maps of Route Changes
501 Queen Diversions Effective When Construction Begins west of Broadview
Note that this map confusingly shows the 301B Queen night bus on Broadview. During the daytime, service will be provided by the 504D bus (see next map).
504 King and 503 Kingston Road Diversions Effective Oct. 12/25
506 Carlton Diversion Effective October 12/25
Map replaced October 10 to show 94 Wellesley route.
Bus Routes Effective October 12/25
Bus Bay Assignments / Temporary Stop Locations
With the change in many bus routes, bay allocations at some stations will be modified. For future Line 5 stations, on street stops will be provided as shown below.
Fleet Allocation
600 Run As Directed Bus Allocations
Temporary Additional Service
Due to the temporary surplus of operators pending Lines 5 and 6 opening, additional service will operate on the following routes.
44 Kipling South
45 Kipling
54 Lawrence West
68 Warden
79 Scarlett Rd
80 Queensway
86 Scarborough
108 Driftwood
119 Torbarrie
944 Kipling South Express
927 Highway 27 Express
960 Steeles West Express
eBus Scheduling Limitations
Budgeted and Scheduled Vehicle Hours
Note that for all the changes happening in the October board period, the number of scheduled vehicle hours actually declines slightly from September, although the total hours are running 3% above budget.
Steve Munro 
Will the 32D Eglinton West Jane & Emmett bus continue to run UNTIL Line 5 opens? Will the 32D disappear on October 12th? Will BOTH 32D and 73B run along Emmett Avenue until Line 5 opens? Or will people will have to transfer to a 32A Eglinton bus at Jane & Eglinton or Weston & Eglinton to continue to the Eglinton West Station (I mean Cedarvale Station)?
Steve: The 32D is included in the October schedules. It will not disappear until Line 5 opens and the Eglinton Avenue bus services are reorganized.
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Hey Steve what will be the changes for the 91 when line 5 opens.
Steve: One of the maps showing the proposed routes has the 91 Woodbine cut back to Lawrence with the 191 Underhill bus taking over the loop north to York Mills. However, although the 191 begins with the new schedules, the 91 Woodbine will still run to York Mills. It is not clear yet when/if it will be shortened as proposed.
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And do you know what the 191 destination sign will look like?
Steve: Based on the information in the GTFS schedules:
191 UNDERHILL / DON MILLS & WYNFORD
191 UNDERHILL / YORK MILLS
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Hi Steve,
If the new LRT lines are close to opening, when are TTC going to update the system maps? When the Spadina subway extension opened this happened well in advance?
Regards,
James Fozard
Steve: I have no idea. I very much doubt they will publish an interim map with the system partly converted.
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Also sorry for so many questions when is the 100B Into service?
Steve: The loop proposed for the 100B is currently served by a branch of 34 Eglinton East. I suspect you will see both routes change at the same time.
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Now taking bets on whether they will reactivate the two protected left turn signals they installed on Broadview for a previous extended diversion. I’m putting down for no on a two leg parlay because betting on TTC and city traffic departments being morons is the safe play.
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The TTC has put out an RFP to redesign the website. Hopefully it won’t be a years long disaster like the last time.
Steve: I will have a look at the RFP to see how well it addresses known shortcomings in the site. Some of these are procedural within the TTC and won’t be fixed with a shiny new site. After all, the current one was supposed to be the greatest thing imaginable when it was rolled out.
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Hi Steve, do you have any thoughts as to why 74 and 103 have been split again?
Steve: Service on the 74 will be more frequent than on the 103 according to the GTFS schedules.
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What will be the divisions for the new routes?
Steve: When I get the detailed TTC service memo, I will have this information. Stay tuned.
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I am actually enjoying taking Line 2 Bloor-Danforth now on rush hour in the evning at times. I would finish class downtown, and be surprised at times at Spadina, I would miss the subway, then peek at the tunel that there’s a train already behind it, then that came, another is behind it. It’s not that crowded at times anymore going eastbound across the Don. Noticed this two weeks ago; thought Return to Office work order made that change, or is that change already what you noted for the Line 2 service improvements or add on to that?
Surprised, not true can be said the same for Line 1.
Steve: If you have experienced less crowding on Line 2 recently, that’s from more reliable service or a shift in demand. The schedule change does not take effect until Tuesday, October 14, the first weekday.
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Hey Steve,
What are your plans for the first day when Line 5 opens? Will you ride it from end to end?
Steve: Of course, but I will not be out for the first train.
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Hi Steve, do you know what will be the first 103 bus to arrive at Yonge and Eglinton? On October 12th, Sunday.
Steve: The first southbound 103 leaves Doncliffe Loop at 7:31 and arrives at Eglinton Station at 7:46 on the Sunday schedule. It is scheduled to leave at 7:53 as the first northbound trip.
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For the 171 Mount Dennis changes, I think you mean “ extended south to Jane & Alliance partly replacing 161 Rogers Road”not the 168 Symington.”
Steve: Yes, of course, the 168 ends now at Avon Loop. Fixed.
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Hi Steve, the new 164 Castlefield route in fact runs between Mount Dennis and Cedarvale Stations.
Steve: Yes, it connects with Keelesdale but originates at Mount Dennis. Thanks for the catch.
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Hi Steve,
Great article as always detailing the changes!
Like Line 2 is about to experience, could we see similar increased service to Line 1 once more of the Reduced Speed Zones are fixed? I remember you saying once in one of your older articles that it was a big reason why the TTC could not run increased Line 1 service.
Steve: There are plans for Line 1 for the November schedule change.
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Hi Steve, the 171 Mount Dennis is in fact partly replacing the 161 Rogers Rd.
Steve: Thanks for catching this. I have fixed the text.
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Frankly it’s not the website that needs a redesign it’s their entire digital footprint. Not having an app is ridiculous at this point (relying on transit app and others is also ridiculous).
In the cities I have used that have integrated transit apps the features and benefits are much higher than the website can ever provide, and much more beneficial to the city overall than transit app or others can provide.
Stuff like information in multiple languages for visitors, notifications, status bars, bike share integration, parking integration…renewable passes, being able to acquire passes before arriving in town, improved and very specific mapping…and most of all location specific alerts (ie we know your on the bus that is about to get short turned)…refunds, feedback, data…etc etc.
Anyways, I know the city is adverse to apps for legacy reasons from the 2000s…but time to move on…
Steve: I agree that none of the transit apps is suitable for access to the wide variety of information, and the TTC puts itself at the mercy of app developers for functionality.
There was a certain arrogance when the current site rolled out about the absence of search function, for example. “We don’t need one. Use Google.” they said. That might have been barely acceptable on the old site which had static navigation, but the current site uses a lot of dynamic pages and so a search engine will only “find” dependent pages if the sitemap.xml file is kept up to date.
Just in the last day, the route-by-route descriptions have shown up in the regular, static, Service Changes page when they were formerly on a dynamic menu, or in a branch of the site that did not auto-link to the schedules.
I have the sense the site functionality was not fully thought out during development, and pieces have been added on an ad hoc basis. This might suit the internal organization and division of responsibility for various types of content, but it drives users mad. To build this article, I had to troll through several parts of the site plus some City pages to assemble as complete a picture as possible. Imagine someone on a street corner wondering what is going on. (I still do not have a copy of the detailed memo which sets out all of the changes, and this forced me to do things the “hard way”.)
I have not yet had a chance to review the RFP for web redesign services in detail, but like so many TTC proposal calls it is mostly procurement/legal boilerplate, not concrete specifications. I suspect a lot of those will be nailed down during workshops, but there is always the danger that a small group decides what the site should do on behalf of the organization and external users, and we get another dysfunctional site. It’s a classic IT mismanagement problem, and I hope TTC manages to avoid it.
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I notice that the 162 bus was not mentioned in the your article nor in the TTC announcement. With the Line 5 opening, route 162 was to be extended to Don Valley Station with a future branch of route 51 serving the Donway instead 162. Last December, the bus stop posts were relabeled for these changes, and new posts were added for 162. Is this a TTC oversight, or has the TTC changed its plan?
Steve: The 162 is bound up with the 51/56 Leslie reorganization which won’t happen until Line 5 actually opens.
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How is it that with King/Dufferin construction, the diversions are so far from the intersection? One must walk forever now. to get to a ttc stop. Buses could easily have diverted from the intersection and still have
served the neighbourhood. The planning is absurd in that so many are currently inconvenienced.
Steve: There is no set of streets north of King to bypass the Dufferin intersection, and to the south a bus would have to use Liberty and Springhurst for the east-west route. Springhurst would probably be tight for two-way operation. I suspect that’s why there is no shuttle bus.
An alternative might have been to run a shuttle from Sunnyside to west of Dufferin looping via Tyndall, Springhurst and Spencer.
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Will the TTC only open Line 5 & 6 on one of its designated service change days (Nov 17 or Dec 22) or can it pick any day?
Steve: With the LRT operators floating as spares when they’re not running trial service, in theory the TTC could begin any time as a “soft opening”. However, the concurrent bus route changes would occur on a board period date.
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Steve said: Of course, but I will not be out for the first train.
Steve.. you’re getting old. 😉
I still have a picture with Yourself and Andrew Jeanes at Bathurst Station during the flexity sneak peak ride in 2014.
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What will be the 72 destination signs? I’m curious.
Steve: The southbound destinations are unchanged. Northbound the destination will be “EGLINTON & DON MILLS via PAPE STATION” according to data in the GTFS schedules.
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Also there are now speed humps on Springhurst and all the north-south streets between Jameson and Dufferin, and I understand TTC doesn’t like running buses over those. And Jameson is usually clogged with cars heading to the Gardiner. No easy options in that area.
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The bus routes with “Keelesdale Road” as a terminal likely means there should be bus stops on Keelesdale Road south of Eglinton Avenue West and be terminal bus stops. Benefit being next door to the No Frills supermarket. If so, the buses will likely actually use the Mt. Dennis bus bays as a loop and a washroom break point.
Unless they mean the bus stops on Eglinton Avenue West will be the terminal bus stops. Which would not be of benefit for shoppers who want to use either the No Frills or the patrons of the York Recreation Centre, located at 115 Black Creek Drive at Eglinton Avenue West.
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So the 71 will not be going to Runnymede station?
Steve: There is no change to 71 Runnymede.
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Steve – thanks as always for this. I noticed on the map for the 171, it appears as 171A. Does that mean that there will be different branches?
Steve: There is an early morning 171B that runs between Eglinton and the garage. The rest of the time, the 171A runs.
As well, when you mention that changes to the Jane routing have not yet been implemented, should you include the 27 Jane South?
Steve: Yes the 27 will be part of that when the split occurs, but not yet.
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Looks like the 72 Pape to Eastern branch is finally eliminated. There’s still a bus stop at Pape and Eastern. I assume this will be a permanent change? Even after the OL is completed?
Steve: The OL is even further in the mist than Line 5 Crosstown. Who knows what the service designs will be by then.
And is 72 Pape getting the EV buses that TTC promised some months ago after 10pm?
Steve: It is a mystery. We will have to wait and see, but many of the buses on 72 Pape stay out all day and are therefore not suitable for operation with eBuses unless the TTC builds change-offs into the schedule. I think this is a detail that never occurred to anyone back when promises were made about where eBuses would run.
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Have you heard what the service levels will be like on line 5 (and 6)? Will TTC treat it like the subway where it has a guaranteed ~5-minute base headway regardless of vehicle load, or will it be subject to the same calcs as the streetcar network where it starts at 10-minute headways and service frequency only goes up when loading exceeds a certain threshold? And is there a world where (e.g.) every other vehicle turns back at Don Mills because the unfavourable signals on the surface section east of there end up causing havoc to reliability and the ridership on that section isn’t high enough to justify the disruption?
Steve: No, I have not heard specifics about service levels. One issue is that if TTC specifies more service, that drives up the count of vehicles that must be available. Since the province is paying an operating subsidy for these lines, it will be interesting to see whose version of “service standards” applies. As for the traffic signals, that’s an “own goal” by the City, and it will be interesting to see if there is pushback to improve things for transit once the line is actually running. “RapidTO” is a great name, but the City undermines its own supposedly pro-transit position too often.
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Hi Steve and thank you for your work. Is there any idea as to when Eglinton West Station will become Cedarvale??
Steve: I have not heard anything about this, but will inquire next week after the holiday weekend.
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Hi Steve,
Do you have plans for the bus bays at Mount Dennis Station?
Steve: No.
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How does a route have 3.5 buses?
Steve: When a route has no branches, the total vehicles will be the round trip time divided by the headway. When there are branches and buses alternate between them, the round trip time on each branch will be a multiple of the headway plus half a headway. In effect, the round trip for a trip on branch “A” plus branch “B” is an integer times the headway, but for individual branches the trip time includes half a headway. Hence the bus count for each branch includes “.5”. There are other variations on this with one quarter and one third of a bus.
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Hi Steve, just wondering. Is line 5 planned to run with 2 cars, or will it run with 3 like how all stations are built to handle 3. If not will it be like a Up express situation where some are running 2 cars and then some 3?
Steve: It’s supposed to be two-car trains. Three car consists are off in the future when demand builds up.
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Thank you for the detailed write-up, Steve and Happy Thanksgiving!
I don’t quite understand how the total number of scheduled vehicle hours us going down, considering the net service being added.
Yes, there obviously is a small net decrease in streetcar service, but I would assume this would be more than compensated for by the extra bus and subway service that’s being added.
Looking at your detailed spreadsheet of the changes, even if one disregards the temporary, “construction” changes, it is obvious that the total number of buses on the road is going up in all operating periods essentially.
Yet in the TTC’s fleet allocation tables, there is essentially no change in the total number of buses on the road in the AM peak and actually a small decrease in the PM peak. This is despite small increases in the RAD stand-by vehicles in both peak periods.
How could that be? Is that a discrepancy on the TTC’s part or am I missing something?
Steve: There are supplementary tables that show the adds and deletions to hours based on type of change and by route. From these it is clear that there are some changes that are not explicitly listed in the Service Change memo. One example is the temporary service operated using spare vehicles and operators. If you look at the details, you will see that the resources for the service additions have come from trimming a lot of unadvertised extra service. The tables are linked below.
Change in Hours by Type
Change in Hours by Route: 1 2 3
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Steve, the new routings are on the map on the TTC site at 10 PM Saturday!!!
Steve: Yes, the new system map is here.
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Thx Steve for all the info::: will streetcars return on Kingston rd once Dufferin-King work is done. What about Wellington St? Will that 503 route go back in service?
Thx Paul A.
Steve: The TTC has not been fully staffing the streetcar side of their operation for some time and this affects both diversion plans and service improvements which are hamstrung by a lack of operators. We are still waiting for the 6-minute service promised for 505 Dundas and 511 Bathurst. November seems to be the time now. But this is made possible by bussing the 503. There is a huge surplus of cars now that the 60 add-ons are almost all here, and yet the TTC seems uninclined to plan for better streetcar service they were intended to provide.
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I never understood why the 81 was suspended in the first place. Riders were already used to getting off at Pape Station anyway and the same goes with 72’s riders going northbound. If anything it makes things more confusing since Pape ends well before Don Mills and Eglinton.
Keep the interline, but designate everything north of Danforth as 81 and everything south as 72. The 100 and 72 interlined in a similar fashion and there was little to no confusion at all. This just makes things way easier to understand.
Steve: This is a temporary arrangement pending reopening of Pape Station Loop which, like so much Metrolinx does, is running rather late.
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I’m assuming that Metrostinx will show its lack of commitment to the disabled and elderly by not having toilets in each station? Not having facilities in new builds is discrimination and it will be hilarious when the lawsuits start rolling in. Probably play the blame game and point finger at TTC and on-and-on.
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The southbound 325 night bus makes the jog and serves that stop. For what reason I’m not exactly sure.
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I would guess to support the Revival Studios. They film a lot of TV series there, and while I’m sure the stars of the show and the directors are not riding the bus, a lot of the lower-paid behind the scenes staff responsible for making it are going there very early in the morning. Many TV shows start having the people who do work like makeup, wardrobe, set decoration and building, and the production assistants (interns) arrive as early as 4:00 a.m. to get everything started and organised for the day. Some may be there well after midnight cleaning everything up.
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Steve, thank you for all these updates! Would you happen to have an updated standalone map for route 13? It seems in part of the write up above that new route is coming in effect starting October. I take that (and 54) currently but seems in future I will have a 3 part commute in the future based on all the changes 😦
Steve: I have added the 13 Avenue Road map to the collection in the article. The only change is that the northbound buses will veer left on Chaplin Crescent and Avenue Road to Eglinton rather than going up Oriole Parkway.
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