With the mid-period update of schedules for opening of the 6 Finch line, TTC has published a revised Scheduled Service Summary. There are only a few changes, and they are listed here for convenience.
6 Finch
Here is the service summary for the new LRT line and the late evening shuttle bus. Note that the shuttle bus is interlined with the 37S Islington short turn service from Humber College to Humberwood Loop, although this is not mentioned in the summary.
Note that the scheduled speed of the bus is much higher than the LRT, and the buses get generous recovery time.
The peak requirement is 15 cars out of the 18 in the fleet.
37 Islington
In the December 7 summary, a 37S Islington short turn service is shown between Humber College and Humberwood Loop, although the effective date of the schedule is supposed to be mid-November. This does not appear in the November 16 version of the summary.
During the late evening, these buses interline with the Finch West shuttle which has an internal route number of 806 even though it operates as “6”.
32 Eglinton West
63/363 Ossington
90 Vaughan
109 Ranee
164 Castlefield
Schedules changed to reflect the renaming of Eglinton West Station as Cedarvale Station. No change in service levels.
Steve Munro 
What is the deal with line 6? The TTC would normally run a night car on a line like this. And during the winter, operationally they will need to run “storm cars” anyways to keep track clear and overhead from icing. Why not run regular cars all night? Space them out and run at a faster pace.
Or is it possible TTC operates this line, but has no control over speed and/or schedule? Who really controls operations on this line?
Steve: For the “soft opening” they claim that the private sector partner needs more than the usual few hours to perform routine maintenance. TTC just runs the trains within whatever constraints Metrolinx’ “partner” might impose.
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