October 2015 Board Period Service Changes

Starting on Sun., Oct. 11, the TTC will be making the following service adjustments:

All Day Every Day service

These routes will have service increases so that in most cases they operate all day, every day (*on one route, additional service will be added, but the route will not operate all day every day):

• 172 CHERRY STREET
• 39 FINCH EAST (39B)*
• 199 FINCH ROCKET 
• 72 PAPE
• 167 PHARMACY NORTH

10-Minute Network

These routes will have service increases so that in most cases they operate every 10 minutes or better, all day, every day (*on some routes, additional service will be added, but the route will not operate every 10 minutes all day every day until later in 2015 or in early 2016, when more resources are available):

• 509 HARBOURFRONT
• 54 LAWRENCE EAST
• 52 LAWRENCE WEST
• 102 MARKHAM RD
• 86 SCARBOROUGH (86C)
• 53 STEELES EAST (53B)
• 60 STEELES WEST
• 165 WESTON RD NORTH*
• 96 WILSON*

Reduced off-peak crowding

These routes will have service increases at off-peak times to reduce crowding and reduce waiting times:

• 511 BATHURST
• 505 DUNDAS
• 39 FINCH EAST
• 199 FINCH ROCKET
• 509 HARBOURFRONT
• 504 KING
• 54 LAWRENCE EAST
• 52 LAWRENCE WEST
• 512 ST CLAIR
• 53 STEELES EAST
• 60 STEELES WEST
• 165 WESTON RD NORTH
• 96 WILSON
• 95 YORK MILLS

Expanded Overnight Network

There will be six new or revised overnight routes. This completes the expansion of overnight routes in 2015. The overnight network now consists of 31 routes, up from 24:

• 300 BLOOR-DANFORTH (Pearson Airport-Kennedy Stn)
• 335 JANE (Jane Stn-York University)
• 302 KINGSTON RD-MCCOWAN (Victoria Park-Steeles)
• 352 LAWRENCE WEST (Pearson Airport-Sunnybrook Hospital)
• 312 ST CLAIR-JUNCTION (St Clair Stn-Dundas West Stn via Jane)
• 353 STEELES EAST (York University-Staines)

Here’s a summary of the service changes:

511 Bathurst

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased in the evening from Monday to Friday. The service will be improved from every six minutes to every five minutes 30 seconds in the early evening, and from every eight minutes to every six minutes in the late evening.

300 Bloor-Danforth

• Overnight route change – Service Improvements for 2015
  This route will be extended east from Warden Avenue to Kennedy Station, via Danforth Road, Brimley Road and Eglinton Avenue, to provide a new overnight connection to Eglinton Avenue and Kennedy Station. Service currently provided on Danforth Road by the 302 Danforth Rd-McCowan route will be replaced by the new 300B Bloor-Danforth (West Mall to Kennedy Station) branch. There will be no change to the 300A Bloor-Danforth (Pearson Airport-Warden) branch.

172 Cherry Street

• Seasonal service change ending
  All seasonal service on the 172B (St Andrew Stn-Carlaw via Cherry Beach) branch will end for the year. The last day of service this year will be Sat., Oct. 10.
• New service – Service Improvements for 2015
  New Sunday/holiday evening non-summer service will be operated. Service will operate every 25 minutes on the 172B (St Andrew Stn-Carlaw) branch. With this change, service on this route will operate all day, every day.

22 Coxwell

• Coxwell Station Easier Access Project
  Construction at Coxwell Station will require that bus service be removed from the bus terminal at Coxwell Station. All bus service will operate northbound and southbound on Coxwell Avenue, and will not enter Coxwell Station. Buses on the 70 O’Connor route can be boarded on the east side of Coxwell Avenue, north of Danforth Avenue, and buses on the 22 Coxwell route can be boarded on the west side of Coxwell Avenue, north of Danforth Avenue. Customers paying by cash, PRESTO, tokens or tickets will require a paper transfer when boarding buses or entering the subway.

505 Dundas

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased in the daytime on Sunday and holidays. The service will be improved from every nine minutes to every seven minutes 30 seconds in the morning, and from every six minutes 20 seconds to every six minutes in the afternoon.

39 Finch East

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased on Sunday and holidays. In conjunction with new late evening service on the 199 Finch Rocket, the 39A (Finch Stn-Neilson) branch will be changed to operate every nine minutes.
• New service – Service Improvements for 2015
  New service will be operated on the 39B (Finch Stn-Old Finch) branch in the daytime and early evening on Sunday and holidays. Service east of Neilson Road to Old Finch Avenue will operate every 17 to 20 minutes. Combined service west of Neilson Road will operate every eight to 10 minutes.

199 Finch Rocket

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  New service will be operated in the late-evening from Monday to Friday and the early evening on Sunday and holidays. Service will be increased in the daytime on Sunday and holidays. Service on this route will operate every 10 minutes or better.

509 Harbourfront

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased on Saturday, Sunday and holidays to reduce crowding, and so that the route operates every 10 minutes or better at all times.

335 Jane

• Route name change
  The new 335 Jane route name will replace 313 Jane.
• Route change – Service Improvements for 2015
  The 335 Jane overnight route will be changed so that buses operate between Jane Station and York University. This change will ensure that the overnight route more closely matches the daytime 35 Jane and 195 Jane Rocket routes. Service that is currently provided on this route on Dundas Street will be replaced by the revised 312 St Clair-Junction route. The service that is currently provided on Roncesvalles Avenue has been replaced, since September 2015, by the 304 King route.

83 Jones

• Temporary route change ends
• Service increase
  With the end of water main, track and road construction on Leslie Street, the 83 Jones bus will return to its regular routing both ways via Queen Street, Leslie Street and Commissioners Street. Minor changes to service levels will be made at most times of the week. Service will be increased in the afternoon on Saturday to reduce crowding. The service will be improved from every 24 minutes to every 16 minutes.

To be comfirmed – the exact start date may be sooner than Oct. 11.

43 Kennedy

• Schedule change
  The time of a Monday-Friday southbound afternoon trip will be changed, to better match dismissal times at Mary Ward Catholic Secondary School at Kennedy Road and McNicoll Avenue. The trip will depart from Kennedy and McNicoll at 3:12 p.m.

504 King

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
• Service reliability improvement
  Additional time will be added to the schedules on Saturday, Sunday and holidays in order to operate a more reliable service. Service will be increased during the daytime and late evening on Saturday, and during the daytime on Sunday and holidays. Service on this route will operate every 10 minutes or better.

302 Kingston Rd-McCowan

• Route name change
  The new 302 Kingston Rd-McCowan route name will replace 302 Danforth Rd-McCowan.
• Overnight route change – Service Improvements for 2015
  The 302 Kingston Rd–McCowan overnight route will be changed so that buses operate between Steeles Avenue and Victoria Park and Kingston Road via Kingston Road and McCowan Road. Buses will operate every 30 minutes. This will bring new overnight service to Kingston Road, between Victoria Park Avenue and Brimley Road, and on Brimley Road between Kingston Road and Eglinton Avenue. Service currently provided on Danforth Road by the 302 Danforth Rd-McCowan route will be replaced by the 300 Bloor-Danforth overnight route.

47 Lansdowne

• Temporary construction service change ends
  The temporary schedules that were used during a City of Toronto road resurfacing project on Caledonia Road will end. Minor changes will be made to service levels, and specific trip times will change.

54 Lawrence East

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased during the early evening from Monday to Friday. The combined service west of Scarborough Golf Club Road will be improved from every seven minutes 53 seconds to every six minutes 30 seconds. The service east of Scarborough Golf Club Road will be improved from every 15 minutes 45 seconds to every 13 minutes. Service will be increased during the morning and late evening on Saturday, and during the late evening on Sunday and holidays, so that service west of Scarborough Golf Club Road operates every 10 minutes or better, all day, every day.

52 Lawrence West

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased at most off-peak times during the week, to reduce crowding, and so that service east of Pearson Airport on Dixon Road and on Lawrence Avenue West operates every 10 minutes or better, all day, every day.

352 Lawrence West

• New overnight service – Service Improvements for 2015
  The 352 Lawrence West overnight route will be extended west and east so that buses operate between Pearson Airport and Sunnybrook Hospital. This change will bring new overnight transit service to Dixon Road and to Sunnybrook Hospital. Buses will operate every 30 minutes.

102 Markham Rd

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased at most off-peak times, as a first step towards having service south of McNicoll Avenue operating every 10 minutes or better, all day, every day.

130 Middlefield

• Service reliability improvement
  Additional time will be added to the schedules from Monday to Friday in order to operate a more reliable service. The service in the peak periods will change from every 15 minutes to every 16 minutes. The service in the midday will change from every 30 minutes to every 21 minutes. Service levels in the evening will not change, but specific trip times will change along the route.

132 Milner

• Service reliability improvement
  Additional time will be added to the schedules from Monday to Friday, in order to operate a more-reliable service. The service in the peak periods will change from every 12 minutes to every 12 minutes 30 seconds. The service in the midday will change from every 30 minutes to every 24 minutes. Service in the early evening will change from every 23 minutes to every 25 minutes. Service in the late evening will not change, but specific trip times will change along the route.

70 O’Connor

• Coxwell Station Easier Access Project
  Construction at Coxwell Station will require that bus service be removed from the bus terminal at Coxwell Station. All bus service will operate northbound and southbound on Coxwell Avenue, and will not enter Coxwell Station. Buses on the 70 O’Connor route can be boarded on the east side of Coxwell Avenue, north of Danforth Avenue, and buses on the 22 Coxwell route can be boarded on the west side of Coxwell Avenue, north of Danforth Avenue. Customers paying by cash, PRESTO, tokens or tickets will require a paper transfer when boarding buses or entering the subway.

72 Pape

• New service – Service Improvements for 2015
  New Sunday evening non-summer service will be operated south of Eastern Avenue to Commissioners Street. With this change, all service on the route will operate on the 72C (Pape Stn-Commissioners) branch.

167 Pharmacy North

• New service – Service Improvements for 2015
  Monday to Friday evening service will be revised to operate on the 167A (Don Mills Stn-Steeles via Consumers) branch, to provide all day Monday-to-Friday service on Consumers Road and Yorkland Boulevard. Service will change from every 24 to every 30 minutes.

512 St Clair

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased in the late evening from Monday to Friday, in the daytime and late evening on Saturday, and in the daytime on Sunday and holidays. Streetcars will operate every four to nine minutes during these times.

312 St Clair-Junction

• Route name change
  The new 312 St Clair-Junction route name will replace 312 St Clair.
• Overnight route change – Service Improvements for 2015
  The 312 St Clair-Junction overnight route will be changed to operate between St Clair Station and Dundas West Station, via St Clair Avenue and Dundas Street. This change will replace the service on Dundas Street that is currently provided by the 335 Jane overnight route. Buses will operate every 30 minutes.

86 Scarborough

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased in the late evening on Sunday and holidays so that service on this route, between Kennedy Station and Sheppard Avenue, operates every 10 minutes or better, all day, every day.

85 Sheppard East

• Seasonal service change
  The last trips from the Toronto Zoo to Don Mills Station and to Rouge Hill GO Station will leave at approximately 5:30 p.m., to match the earlier Fall closing time at the zoo.

123 Shorncliffe

• Service reliability improvement
  Additional time will be added to the schedules during the evenings from Monday to Friday, in order to operate a more reliable service. The combined service north of Sherway Gardens will be improved from every 12 minutes 30 seconds to every 12 minutes. Service south of Sherway Gardens to Long Branch Loop will be improved from every 25 minutes to every 24 minutes.

53 Steeles East

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased at many off-peak times during the week, to reduce crowding, and so that service between Finch Station and Markham Road operates every 10 minutes or better, all day, every day.
• Service reliability improvement
  Additional time will be added to the schedules at most times of the week in order to operate a more reliable service.

353 Steeles

• Overnight route change – Service Improvements for 2015
  The 353 Steeles overnight route will be extended east from Markham Road to Staines Road, the Morningside Heights neighbourhood and Finch Avenue. Service will continue to operate every 30 minutes.

60 Steeles West

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased at many off-peak times during the week, to reduce crowding, and so that service between Finch Station and Dufferin Street operates every 10 minutes or better, all day, every day.
• Service reliability improvement
  Additional time will be added to the schedules on Saturday, Sunday and holidays in order to operate a more reliable service.

68 Warden

• Service increase
  Service will be increased at the end of the morning peak period from Monday to Friday, to reduce crowding. Three additional northbound trips to Eglinton Avenue will depart from Warden Station between 9:20 and 9:45 a.m.

165 Weston Rd North

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased at off-peak times from Monday to Friday, to reduce crowding, and as a first step towards having service between York Mills Station and Steeles Avenue operating every 10 minutes or better, all day, every day.
• Service reliability improvement
  Additional time will be added to the schedule from Monday to Friday in order to operate a more reliable service.
• Seasonal route extension ends
  The seasonal weekend and holiday service on the 165A Weston Rd North (York Mills Stn-Canada’s Wonderland) branch will end. The last day of service this year will be Sat., Oct. 31.

96 Wilson

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased at off-peak times from Monday to Friday to reduce crowding, and as a first step towards having service between York Mills Station and Kipling Avenue operating every 10 minutes or better, all day, every day.

95 York Mills

• Service increase – Service Improvements for 2015
  Service will be increased during the daytime on Sunday and holidays. The combined service west of U of T Scarborough will be improved from every 10 minutes to every eight minutes 30 seconds. The service east of U of T Scarborough will be improved from every 20 minutes to every 17 minutes.

Details for service on the Thanksgiving holiday weekend are:

• Friday, October 9
  A regular Monday-Friday service will be operated.
• Saturday, October 10
  A regular Saturday service will be operated.
• Sunday, October 11
  A regular Sunday service will be operated.
• Thanksgiving Day, Monday, October 12
  A regular holiday service will be operated on most TTC routes (see below for exceptions).

TTC

• 192 Airport Rocket – Increased service

Mississauga Transit

• 52 Lawrence West – Regular holiday service

York Region Transit

• 160 BATHURST NORTH – Regular holiday service
• 17 BIRCHMOUNT – No 17A service
• 105 DUFFERIN NORTH – Regular holiday service
• 35 Jane – No 35D service
• 107 KEELE NORTH – Regular holiday service
• 129 MCCOWAN NORTH – Regular holiday service
• 102 MARKHAM RD – Regular holiday service
• 24D VICTORIA PARK – No 24D service
• 224 VICTORIA PARK NORTH – No service
• 68 WARDEN – Regular holiday service
• 165 Weston Rd North – Regular holiday service

Tuesday, October 13
A regular Monday-Friday service will be operated.