October Board Period Service Changes

Starting on Sunday, October 9, the TTC will be making the following service adjustments:

LINE 4 SHEPPARD
OPTO will begin operation on Line 4 Sheppard starting with the October Board Period on Sun., Oct. 9. With OPTO technology, Subway Operators will be required to safely drive the train and operate the doors. A Subway Guard will no longer be onboard. Operator cabs on Line 4 trains have been equipped with both left- and right-side door control buttons and multi-view cameras and in-cab monitors so Operators can activate the doors while seated at all times. Correct-side door technology will significantly reduce the likelihood of the doors opening on the wrong side. The new technology also prevents doors from opening off-platform.

64 MAIN
Effective October 9
Service on this route north of Main Street Station will no longer operate.

87 COSBURN
Effective October 11
Morning peak period service will only operate on the 87C (Broadview Stn-Main Street Stn) branch.

91 WOODBINE
Effective October 9
91A (Woodbine Stn-Parkview Hills) branch replaced by new 93 PARKVIEW HILLS route; 91B (Woodbine Stn-Lawrence) branch replaced by revised service on 91C/D (Woodbine Stn-York Mills) branches.

93 PARKVIEW HILLS
Effective October 9
New route replacing former 91A WOODBINE (Woodbine Stn-Parkview Hills) branch.

121 FORT YORK-ESPLANADE
Effective October 9
Seasonal service to Cherry Beach on 121C branch ends.

165 WESTON RD NORTH
Effective October 31
Seasonal service to Canada’s Wonderland on 165C branch ends.

SERVICE CHANGES

1 YONGE-UNIVERSITY
Service reduction effective October 11
Service will be reduced in the midday from Monday to Friday.

34 EGLINTON EAST
Schedule change effective October 11
Service levels will be reduced in the evening from Monday to Friday, and during the daytime on Saturday. Service was inadvertently increased in September 2016 and this adjustment will correct service levels on the route.

35 JANE
Service increase effective October 11
Schedules will be adjusted in the early morning from Monday to Friday to improve northbound service to reduce crowding on the early morning northbound trips. The first northbound trip on 35 JANE will now depart Jane Station at approximately 4:51 a.m.

36 FINCH WEST
Schedule change effective October 11
Schedules will be adjusted as road conditions related to station construction for the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension are restored. There will be no change to service levels.

44 KIPLING SOUTH
Service reduction effective October 11
Service will be reduced during the midday from Monday to Friday. Service will change to operate every six to seven minutes.

60 STEELES WEST
Schedule change effective October 11
Schedules will be adjusted as road conditions related to station construction for the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension are restored. Service levels in the afternoon peak period from Monday to Friday on the 60F (Finch Stn-York University Express) express branch will be reduced to every 12 minutes. There will be no change to service levels on the local branches.

64 MAIN
Route change effective October 9
Service north of Main Street Station provided by 64 MAIN will no longer operate, and the route will operate between Main Street Station and Queen Street only. Customers who previously used the 64 MAIN route north of Main Street Station should use instead the frequent service on the 87 COSBURN route, or the 62 MORTIMER route.

66 PRINCE EDWARD
Service reliability improvement effective October 11
Schedules will be adjusted in the morning peak period from Monday to Friday to improve service reliability. There will be no change to service levels, but specific trip times will change.

74 MT PLEASANT
Schedule change effective October 9
Service levels will be reduced in the late evening from Monday to Friday, and during the evening on Saturday, Sunday and holidays. Service was inadvertently increased in September 2016 and this adjustment will correct service levels on the route.

85 SHEPPARD EAST
Seasonal service change effective October 15
The last trips from 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.

87 COSBURN
Service change effective October 11
All morning peak period service will be operated on the 87C (Broadview Stn-Main Street Stn) branch. The 87B (Broadview Stn-Coxwell Stn) branch will no longer operate. Customers on Coxwell Avenue, Mortimer Avenue, Durant Avenue, and Memorial Park Avenue will need to walk to Cosburn Avenue or use 22 COXWELL or 62 MORTIMER buses.

91 WOODBINE
Route change effective October 9
This route will be simplified:

• The 91A (Woodbine Stn-Parkview Hills) service will be replaced by a separate route, 93 PARKVIEW HILLS.
• The 91B (Woodbine Stn-Lawrence) short-turn branch operating during peak periods will no longer operate. All service will operate to York Mills Road. All service will operate on the 91C/D (Woodbine Stn-York Mills) branches. Peak period service to Railside Drive will continue, northbound in the morning peak period and southbound in the afternoon peak period.

Service reliability improvement effective October 11
Schedules will be changed from Monday to Friday, in order to operate a more reliable service. There will be minor changes to service levels, and times at individual stops will change.

93 PARKVIEW HILLS
New route effective October 9
A new route will be created to simplify the structure of the 91 WOODBINE route. The 91A (Woodbine Stn-Parkview Hills) branch will be replaced by the 93 PARKVIEW HILLS route. The routing will be identical to the existing branch service and there will be no change in service levels to Parkview Hills.

101 DOWNSVIEW PARK
Service reliability improvement effective October 11
The schedule will be changed from Monday to Friday, in order to operate a more reliable service. There will be minor changes to service levels during certain times of the day.

106 YORK UNIVERSITY
Schedule change effective October 11
Schedules will be adjusted from Monday to Saturday as road conditions related to station construction for the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension are restored. There will be minor changes to service levels, and times at individual stops will change.

112 WEST MALL
Service reduction effective October 11
Service will be reduced during the midday from Monday to Friday. Service south of Eglinton will change to every 12 minutes. Service north of Eglinton will change to every 24 minutes.

121 FORT YORK-ESPLANADE
Seasonal service change effective October 9
The seasonal service extension during the evening, Monday to Friday, and all day Saturday, Sunday and holidays to Cherry Beach will end and all service will operate on the 121A (Fort York-Distillery via Union Stn) branch.

165 WESTON RD NORTH
Service reliability improvement effective October 11
Schedules will be adjusted from Monday to Friday to operate a more reliable service. Service levels in the peak periods will be reduced slightly.
Seasonal route extension ends effective October 31
The seasonal weekend and holiday service on the 165C WESTON RD NORTH (York Mills Stn-Canada’s Wonderland) branch will end. The last day of service this year will be Sunday, October 30, 2016.

195 JANE ROCKET
Service reliability improvement effective October 11
Schedules will be adjusted from Monday to Friday to improve service reliability on this route. There will be no change to service levels.

196 YORK UNIVERSITY ROCKET
Schedule change effective October 9
Schedules will be adjusted as road conditions related to station construction for the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension are restored. There will be minor changes to service levels, and times at individual stops will change.

505 DUNDAS
Service reliability improvement effective October 11
Schedules will be adjusted in most periods from Monday to Friday to reduce backups at terminals and to improve the reliability of the service. Service will be reduced slightly in the early evening, but will otherwise not change at other times.

510 SPADINA
Service reliability improvement effective October 9
Additional time will be added to the schedules, in order to operate a more reliable service. Service levels will be reduced slightly.

CONSTRUCTION

29/329 DUFFERIN 
Temporary route change

• The route will be temporarily diverted north of Queen Street because of construction on the railway overpass at Dufferin Street and Queen Street. Buses will operate both ways via Dufferin Street, Peel Avenue, Gladstone Avenue, Queen Street and Dufferin Street. There will be no change to service levels but specific trip times will change.

Routing details

• Southbound: Over the regular route south on Dufferin Street, then east on Peel Avenue, south on Gladstone Avenue, west on Queen Street, and south on Dufferin Street to route.
• Northbound: Over the regular route north on Dufferin Street, then east on Queen Street, north on Gladstone Avenue, west on Peel Avenue and north on Dufferin Street to route.

143 DOWNTOWN/BEACH EXPRESS
Temporary route change

• The route will be temporarily diverted because of construction at Neville Park Loop. Buses will loop via north on Kingswood Road, east on Kingston Road and south on Blantyre Avenue.

Routing details

• Eastbound: From Coxwell Avenue and Queen Street, east on Queen Street, north on Kingswood Road, east on Kingston Road, south on Blantyre Avenue to Queen Street.
• Westbound: From Blantyre Avenue and Queen Street, west on Queen Street, south and west on Eastern Avenue, north on Coxwell Avenue to Queen Street.

501/301 QUEEN 
Temporary diversion ends

• The diversion via Spadina, King, and Shaw for City of Toronto water work on Queen will end. Streetcars will return to the normal routing in the downtown.

Temporary route change

• Streetcar service on 501 QUEEN will terminate in the east at Woodbine Loop, during construction at Neville Park Loop. A shuttle bus service will be operated between Coxwell Avenue and the east end of the route. The 301 QUEEN overnight service will operate along Kingston Road to Bingham Loop. There will be no change to the service between Humber Loop and Long Branch Loop.

Routing details

• Eastbound 501 streetcars: From Humber Loop, east on The Queensway, east on Queen Street, north on Kingston Road to Woodbine Loop.
• Westbound 501 streetcars: From Woodbine Loop, west on Queen Street, west on The Queensway to Humber Loop.
• Eastbound 301: From Long Branch Loop, east on Lake Shore Boulevard, through Humber Loop, east on The Queensway, east on Queen Street, north on Kingston Road, north on Victoria Park Avenue to Bingham Loop.
• Westbound 301: From Bingham Loop, south on Bingham Avenue, west on Kingston Road, west on Queen Street, west on The Queensway, through Humber Loop, west on Lake Shore Boulevard to Long Branch Loop.
• Eastbound 501 shuttle buses: From Coxwell Avenue and Queen Street, east on Queen Street, north on Kingswood Road, east on Kingston Road, south on Blantyre Avenue to Queen Street.
• Westbound 501 shuttle buses: From Blantyre Avenue and Queen Street, west on Queen Street, south and west on Eastern Avenue, north on Coxwell Avenue to Queen Street.

HOLIDAY SERVICE CHANGES

Thanksgiving holiday service

Details for service around the Thanksgiving holiday are:

• Friday, October 7, 2016
  A regular Monday-Friday service will be operated.
  
• Saturday, October 8
  A regular Saturday service will be operated. 
  
• Sunday, October 9
  A regular Sunday service will be operated. 
• Toronto Zoo Service
  The Toronto Zoo closes at 6 p.m. on October 9.
• 85 SHEPPARD EAST – service will be extended to match closing time. The last trip will depart westbound from Toronto Zoo at approximately 7 p.m.
• 86 SCARBOROUGH – service to the zoo will not be operated.
  
• Monday, October 10
  A regular holiday service will be operated on most TTC routes (see below for exceptions).

TTC 

• 192 AIRPORT ROCKET – Increased service
• Toronto Zoo Service
• The Toronto Zoo closes at 6 p.m. on October 10.
• 85 SHEPPARD EAST – service will be extended to match closing time. The last trip will depart westbound from Toronto Zoo at the usual summer Sunday time, at approximately 7 p.m.
• 86 SCARBOROUGH – service to the zoo will not be operated.
  
• 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
• 107 KEELE NORTH – Regular holiday service
• 129 MCCOWAN NORTH – Regular holiday service
• 102 MARKHAM RD – Regular holiday service
• 68 WARDEN – Regular holiday service
• 165 WESTON RD NORTH – Regular holiday service

Tuesday, October 11
A regular Monday-Friday service will be operated.