Toronto buses and trolley buses

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Bus service in Toronto, Canada, started in 1921. There were a few independent bus operators that continued to provide inter-urban bus services:

• Hollinger Bus Lines (East York 1921-1954)
• Danforth Bus Lines (North Toronto-King City 1926-1954)
• West York Coach Lines (York 1946- 1954)
• Roseland Bus Lines (North York 1925-1954)

Today, the bus routes are the bulk of the TTC routes. The TTC also operates on contract to York Region Transit for north-south service on select routes in York Region, and Mississauga Transit for west-east service on 32B Eglinton West.

In addition, the TTC also connects to the Toronto Pearson International Airport:

• 58A, D Malton - Pearson-Lawrence West Station
• 192 Airport Rocket - Pearson-Kipling Station
• 307 Eglinton West - Pearson-Eglinton Station
• 300A Bloor Danforth - Pearson-Bloor-Yonge, Bloor-Danforth Line, and Danforth Avenue & Warden Avenue

(The 58 Malton and 192 Airport Rocket operate approx. Mon-Sat 6am-1am and Sunday 8am-1am, the 307 and 300A making up the rest of the time)

Contents 1 Roster 1.1 Facilities 1.2 Current 1.3 Historic 1.4 Demonstrators 1.5 Other 1.6 Work vehicles 2 Current bus routes 3 Facilities 4 Trolley bus lines 4.1 Routes 4.2 Trolley vehicle types 4.3 Facilities 5 Loops 6 Shelters 7 Bike rack 8 Biobus program 9 See also 10 External links

[edit] Roster

[edit] Facilities

As of April 2008, the TTC operates over 1600 buses, more than 1000 of which are accessible buses.

Buses formerly and currently used by the TTC (only GMs, New Flyers, NovaBuses, and Orions currently in service):

[edit] Current

Product list and details (date information from TTC)

Make/Model	Fleet number	Description	Fleet size	Year acquired	Division	Notes
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	2000-2110	Diesel buses	1	1977-1981	Malvern	All retired except for 2017
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	2240-2485	Diesel buses	178	1982-1983	Malvern, Wilson	Starting to retire
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	2700-2858	Diesel buses	23	1981-1982	Malvern	Most retired; 2700-2834 equipped with UWE connectors
General Motors Diesel Division/Motor Coach Industries Classic TC40-102N	6210-6293	Diesel buses	6	1987	Birchmount	Gradually being retired; buses 6260 and up completed by Motor Coach Industries, successor to GM. Only 6223-6225, 6245, 6272, and 6284 remain
New Flyer Industries D40LF	7300 - 7350	Diesel buses	51	1998-1999	Queensway; formerly at Eglinton
New Flyer Industries D40-88	6420-6434	Diesel buses	6	1988	Queensway	Only 6420-6422, 6425, 6427 and 6431 remain
New Flyer Industries D40-89	6440-6521	Diesel buses	38	1989	Queensway	6443, 6446, 6449, 6454, 6456-6458, 6462, 6469-70, 6475, 6479-6481, 6484, 6486, 6488, 6491-6493, 6495-97, 6499, 6501, 6504, 6506, 6509-10, 6512-14, 6516-21 remain
Orion Bus Industries Orion V	6640-6745	Diesel buses	100	1991	Birchmount, Queensway	So far 6659, 6675, 6693, 6710, 6731, 6738 are retired
Orion Bus Industries Orion V Lift	7000-7134	Diesel buses	135	1996	Malvern
Orion Bus Industries Orion V CNG Lift	9400-9449	Diesel (formerly CNG) buses	50	1996-1997	Wilson	All have been rebuilt and converted to diesel as of February 2007
NovaBus RTS	7200-7251	Diesel buses	52	1998	Arrow Road	All rebuilt as of Feb 8 2008
Orion Bus Industries Orion VII	7400-7881	Diesel buses	482	2002-2005	Arrow Road, Birchmount, Eglinton
Orion Bus Industries Orion VII	7900-7979	Diesel buses	80	2006	Wilson	uses Cummins ISL
Orion Bus Industries Orion VII HEV LF	1000-1149	Diesel-Electric	150	2006	Arrow Road
Orion Bus Industries Orion VII	8000-8099	Diesel buses	100	2007	Queensway, Wilson	uses Cummins ISL
Daimler Buses North America VII NG HEV	1200-1423	Diesel-Electric	224	2007-2008	Wilson, Malvern, Arrow	Recently delivered
Daimler Buses North America VII NG HEV	1500-1689	Diesel-Electric	190 - total order	2008	Wilson	Undergoing Delivery to TTC
Prevost Car LeMirage XL40		Command Unit	1	2006		replaced by Prevost Car 50-PI-33

[edit] Historic

Product list and details (date information from TTC)

Make/Model	Fleet number	Description	Fleet size	Year acquired	Year retired	Notes
REO 96HTD		diesel buses				ex-Hollinger Buslines - retired
REO W		Diesel buses				Retired
Rek-Vek Industries Club Car		shuttle bus	32	1980s	1980s	Retired
White Motor Company 50A		Diesel buses				Retired
Yellow Coach Y-Z (227, 229)		Diesel buses				Retired
Yellow Coach Y		Diesel buses				Retired
Yellow Coach Y		Diesel buses
Yellow Coach Z-AQ-273		Diesel buses				Retired
Yellow Coach Y-U-316		Diesel buses				Retired
Ford 29B		Diesel buses	4			Retired
Ford 19B		Diesel buses	7			Retired
Ford 72B		Diesel buses	10			Retired
AEC 404		Double decker bus	?	?	Retired	Later converted to single deck use
Aerocoach P-46-37 and 371		Diesel bus	4	?		Retired
Fageol or J. G. Brill and Company Twin Coach 44S		Diesel bus	?	?	Retired
Fifth Avenue Bus Company L and J		Double-decker bus	?	?	Retired
Fitzjohn FTG		Diesel bus	25	?	Retired	ex-North York Bus Lines
Fitzjohn Falcon		?	?	?	Retired	ex-Hollinger Bus Lines Lines
Fitzjohn Hercules JXLD			?	?	Retired	ex-Hollinger Bus Lines Lines
Packard ED		Diesel buses				Retired
Pierce Arrow		Diesel buses				Retired
Prevost Car 50-PI-33		as trainer/Command Unit	3, 1	1990s	2006	retired
Motor Coach Industries MC-8	572	Command Unit	1	1997	2005	Notably used during World Youth Day
General Motors Diesel Division PD-4103 and 4104		Diesel buses	23
General Motors Diesel Division TDH 5301	2900-2949, 2950-2984, 3100-3139	Diesel buses	125	1959, 1960, 1962		Retired
General Motors Diesel Division TDH 4517	2985-2999	Diesel buses	15	1960		Retired
General Motors Diesel Division TDH 5302	3140-3149	Diesel buses	10	1962		Retired
General Motors Diesel Division TDH 5303	3300-3379, 3500-3599, 3700-3799, 7100-7179	Diesel buses	360	1963, 1964-1965, 1966, 1967		Retired
General Motors Diesel Division TDH 5304	3150-3174, 3980-3999, 7180-7199	Diesel buses	65	1963, 1966-1967, 1967		Retired
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5305	7300-7354, 7355-7395, 7523-7562	Diesel buses	136	1968-1969, 1969-1970, 1972		Retired
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	7570-7599, 7700-7779, 7900-7962	Diesel buses	173	1973, 1973, 1974-1975		Retired
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	8010-8117	Diesel buses	108	1975	November 2004	Last order containing the VH-9 transmission, 8051 was the last bus in CLRV livery, 8073 renumbered to 2151, 8058 was the last roll sign bus
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	8140-8158	Diesel buses	19	1976		Retired or renumbered to 2150-2155
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	8160-8204, 8270-8314, 8320-8369	Diesel buses	140	1977, 1979, 1980	All retired by April 2007	Retired or renumbered to 2000-2110
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	8520-8561, 8570-8729	Diesel buses	202	1981, 1982		Retired or renumbered to 2000-2110 or 2700-2858
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	8740-8985	Diesel buses	246	1982-1983		All renumbered to 2240-2485 except 8821: 2321 did not exist
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	1002-1036	Diesel buses	35	1997	1998	Leased from Utah; retired and sold to Quebec City and Brantford Transit
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	2600-2619	Diesel buses	20	1998	November 22, 2006	Ex-Montreal with McKay Gates
General Motors Diesel Division TA60-102N	8500-8511	Diesel articulated buses	12	1982	1987	Acquired by Mississauga Transit)
New Flyer Industries D40-87	6300-6359	Diesel buses	60	1987	1998-1999	Prematurely retired due to structural failures
New Flyer Industries D40-90	6560-6638	Diesel buses	79	1990-1991	2004	Prematurely retired due to structural failures
NovaBus RTS	1000	Demonstrator	1	1997	1998	Returned to NovaBus, subsequently sold to Autobus Quebec, St-Augustin, QC
NovaBus LFS	1001	Demonstrator	1	1998	1999	Sold to Barrie Transit)
Orion Bus Industries Orion I	8315	Demonstrator	1	1979	1980s	Sold to Kingston Township Transit
Orion Bus Industries Orion I	8370-8378	Diesel bus	9	1981	early 1990s	Retired and sold off
Orion Bus Industries Orion I	8730-8739	Diesel bus	10	1982	early 1990s	Retired and sold off
Orion Bus Industries Orion I	9360-9361	CNG demonstrator	2	1989	early 1990s	Retired and sold off *Note: York University's YT1 is ex-TTC 9361
Orion Bus Industries Orion III (Crown Ikarus 286)	6360-6419, 6530-6559	Diesel articulated buses	90	1987, 1989	January 2003	Some earlier retirements saw service for OC Transpo
Orion Bus Industries Orion V CNG	9370-9394	CNG buses	25	1990-1991	March 2005	Retired, 9 to be sent to the Dominican Republic
Flyer Industries D700A	7500-7509, 7510-7522	Diesel buses	23	1969, 1972	late 1980s	Retired
Flyer Industries D800A	7560-8004	Diesel buses	45	1974-1975	early 1990	8000 was acquired by a film company last seen in a Trident Gum commercial in 1999
Flyer Industries D800B	8210-8223, 8230-8260	Diesel buses	45	1977-1978	September 1998-September 1999	8257 has been preserved by the CTHF
Flyer Industries D901	8380-8476	Diesel buses	97	1981	November 1999
Flyer Industries D901SS	8477-8486	Diesel buses	10	1981	November 1999	Originally used for Gray Line, and first regular TTC buses equipped with A/C (excludes Gray Coach equipment)
Orion Bus Industries Orion VI CNG	9200-9249	CNG buses	50	1997	November 30, 2006	First TTC low floor
General Motors Diesel Division T6H 5307N	2150-2155	Diesel buses	6	1975-1977	April 2007	2153, the last bus from the 2150-2155 fleet, retired in April 2007
Flyer Industries D901	6000-6122, 6130-6204	Diesel buses		1985-1986	September 2007	6068 and 6133, the last buses in the 6000-6204 fleet, retired in September 2007

[edit] Demonstrators

A list of buses used in revenue service, but not an official bus in the TTC fleet:

Product list and details (date information from TTC)

Make/Model	Description	Fleet size	Year tested	Notes
CC&F C-36	gas city bus	1950
Leyland Olympic	transit bus	1951
WMC 1144D	transit bus	1952
CC&F CD-44A	city bus	1952	sold to Cornwall Street Railway Light and Company
Mack Truck C-49-DT	city bus		sold to Montreal Transportation Commission
Flxible Flxiliner	intercity bus	1956	sold to Autobus Drolet Limitée
CC&F/Brill TD-51	city bus	1960	sold to Cornwall Street Railway Light and Company
Leyland Olympic Mk 10	city bus	1967	sold to Burley Bus Lines and later to Chambly Transport
Mercedes-Benz bus
Western Flyer Company WFC D700	city bus	1969	sold to Winnipeg Transit
Prevost Car Marathon	intercity coach	1984	sold to GO Transit and later used Ontario Ministry of Correctional Services
OBI Orion I	city bus	1979	sold to Kingston Township Transit
Van Hool AG280	articulated bus	1985	built for Société des Transports Intercommunaux Bruxellois and leased by Bombardier
GMDD TC40-102N	diesel transit bus		sold to Kingston Transit

[edit] Other

Product list and details (date information from TTC)

Make/Model	Fleet number	Description	Fleet size	Year required	Division	Notes
Orion Bus Industries Orion V	2177	fictional TTC bus	N/A	?	N/A	Oakville Transit 905 used in the filming of CTV made-for-TV movie Plague City - SARS in Toronto (2005)

[edit] Work vehicles

Product list and details (date information from TTC)

Make/Model	Description	Notes
Ford Econoline	vans and cube vans	general service - white
Ford F-Series	pickups	general service - yellow and white
International 4400 series	truck	general service - white
GMC Truck C6500	medium commercial truck	general service, plough/salter - white
Ford Crown Victoria	sedan	supervisor car or TTC Special Constables cruiser - white
Plymouth Reliant 4-door	station wagon	supervisor car (retired) - white, red and black
Dodge Charger (LX)	sedan	supervisor car - white
Dodge Caravan	minivan	general service - purple

[edit] Current bus routes

As of 2007, the TTC operates 167 bus routes (108 accessible routes) over 6934.1 kilometres or 4308.7 miles. It also runs 24 night bus routes. For detailed schedules or maps of any of the bus routes listed below, see [1]

5 Avenue 6 Bay 7 Bathurst 8 Broadview 9 Bellamy 10 Van Horne 11 Bayview 12 Kingston Road 14 Glencairn 15 Evans 16 McCowan 17 Birchmount 20 Cliffside 21 Brimley 22 Coxwell 23 Dawes 24 Victoria Park 25 Don Mills 26 Dupont 28 Davisville 29 Dufferin 30 Lambton 31 Greenwood 32 Eglinton West 33 Forest Hill 34 Eglinton East 35 Jane 36 Finch West 37 Islington 38 Highland Creek 39 Finch East 40 Junction 41 Keele 42 Cummer 43 Kennedy 44 Kipling South 45 Kipling

46 Martin Grove 47 Lansdowne 48 Rathburn 49 Bloor West 50 Burhamthorpe 51 Leslie 52 Lawrence West 53 Steeles East 54 Lawrence East 55 Warren Park 56 Leaside 57 Midland 58 Malton 59 Maple Leaf 60 Steeles West 61 Avenue North 62 Mortimer 63 Ossington 64 Main 65 Parliament 66 Prince Edward 67 Pharmacy 68 Warden 69 Warden South 70 O'Connor 71 Runnymede 72 Pape 73 Royal York 74 Mount Pleasant 75 Sherbourne 76 Royal York South 77 Swansea 78 St. Andrews 79 Scarlett 80 Queensway 81 Thorncliffe Park 82 Rosedale 83 Jones

84 Sheppard West 85 Sheppard East 86 Scarborough 87 Cosburn 88 South Leaside 89 Weston 90 Vaughan 91 Woodbine 92 Woodbine South 94 Wellesley 95 York Mills 96 Wilson 97 Yonge 98 Willowdale-Senlac 99 Arrow Rd 100 Flemingdon Park 101 Parc Downsview Park - seasonal route 102 Markham Road 103 Mount Pleasant 104 Faywood 105 Dufferin North 106 York University 107 Keele North 108 Downsview 109 Ranee 110 Islington South 111 East Mall 112 West Mall 113 Danforth 115 Silver Hills 116 Morningside 117 Alness 120 Calvington 122 Graydon Hall 123 Shorncliffe 124 Sunnybrook 125 Drewry

126 Christie 127 Davenport 129 McCowan North 130 Middlefield 131 Nugget 132 Milner 133 Neilson 134 Progress 135 Gerrard 139 Finch-Don Mills (Express) 141 Downtown/Mount Pleasant Express - rush hour service only 142 Downtown/Avenue Rd Express - rush hour service only 143 Downtown/Beach Express - rush hour service only 144 Downtown/Don Valley Express - rush hour service only 160 Bathurst North 161 Rogers Rd 162 Lawrence-Donway 165 Weston Rd North 167 Pharmacy North 168 Symington 169 Huntingwood 172 Cherry St - weekend service only 190 Scarborough Centre Rocket 191 Highway 27 Rocket 192 Airport Rocket 193 Exhibition Rocket - special events service only 196 York University Rocket 224 Victoria Park North 400 Lawrence Manor 402 Parkdale 403 South Don Mills 404 East York 405 Etobicoke

Blue Night Network is an overnight bus service introduced in the 1980s and operates between 1:30am to 5:00am Monday to Saturday and 1:30am to 8:00am Sunday:

• 300 Bloor-Danforth
• 301 Queen
• 302 Danforth Road-McCowan
• 303 Don Mills
• 305 Eglinton East
• 306 Carlton
• 307 Eglinton West
• 308 Finch East
• 309 Finch West
• 310 Bathurst
• 311 Islington
• 312 St. Clair
• 313 Jane
• 316 Ossington
• 319 Wilson
• 320 Yonge
• 321 York Mills
• 322 Coxwell
• 324 Victoria Park
• 329 Dufferin
• 352 Lawrence West
• 353 Steeles East
• 354 Lawrence East
• 385 Sheppard East

Denotes wheelchair-accessible routes.

[edit] Facilities

Some of Toronto's current bus fleet use are stored outdoors and not in garages. These buses have a heat exchangers and auxiliary heating elements, known as UWE, that allow them to be started even on the coldest day in the winter.

Garages (date information from TTC)

Garage	Year opened	Operating Details	# of buses stored	Notes
Arrow Road Garage - Arrow Road south of Finch Ave W, North York	(1988)	230,000 square feet (2 wash racks, 2 diesel fueling stations, 12 40-foot hoists, 2 60-foot hoists, and 4 inspection pit stations	276
Birchmount Garage, Danforth Road near Birchmount Road, Scarborough	(1956)	89,500 square feet (2 wash racks, 2 fueling stations, 10 40-foot hoists, and 4 insection pit stations.	221	equipped with UWE heating system for outdoor storage
Eglinton Garage - Comstock Road between Warden Avenue and Pharmacy Avenue	(2002)	89,500 square foot garage has 2 wash racks, 2 fueling stations, a UWE heating system for buses stored outdoors, 10 40-foot hoists, and 4 insection pit stations.	279	equipped with UWE
Lakeshore Garage - Commissioners Street, near Lake Shore Boulevard	(1980)	7 acres of land and originally had a 52,000 square foot maintenance area and an 8,000 square foot office and administration area.	129	replaced the Sherbourne Garage, originally used for Gray Coach Lines and now used to store Wheel-Trans Garage buses
Malvern Garage - Sheppard Avenue East and Markham Road	(1983)	228,000 square feet (2 wash racks, 2 fueling stations, Eurovac system, 12 40-foot hoists, 3 60-foot hoists, and 4 inspection pit stations	260
Mount Dennis Garage - Industry Street and Todd Baylis PC 114 Boulevard	2008	23,000 square metres,	200	completed, but garage not opened for operations
Queensway Garage - Evans Avenue near Kipling Avenue	(1966)	125,000 square foot facility has 1 wash rack, 1 diesel fueling station, and 14 40-foot hoists	165
Wilson Garage - Transit Road near Wilson Avenue	(1976)	6 arces and 230,000 square feet (2 wash racks, 2 diesel fueling stations, 1 CNG fueling station, Eurovac system, 11 40-foot hoists, 3 60-foot hoists, and 4 inspection	276

Former garages:

Garages (date information from TTC)

Garage	Years of operation	Operating Details	# of buses stored	Notes
Danforth Garage	(1967-2002)	60,000 sq. feet (1 wash rack, 1 diesel fueling station, 6 40-ft. hoists, and 8 inspection pit stations.	134	closed
Davenport Garage	(1925-1993)	10 repair pits, 4 inspection pits and a wash rack	157
'Old' Eglinton Garage	1922-2002	160,000 square feet (1 wash rack, 3 fueling stations, 7 40-ft. hoists, and 6 inspection pits)	162	demolished
Lansdowne Garage	1966-1996			demolished 2003
Parkdale Garage - 289 Sorauren Avenue in the Dundas Street and Howard Park Avenue	(1947-1966)		128	demolished
Sherbourne Garage	(1940-1966)			TTC Garage 1930-1966 and Gray Coach Lines Garage 1966-1980; demolished
Woodbine Garage	(1954-1956)			demolished

Lost garages:

Garages (date information from TTC)

Garage	Notes
Dufferin Garage	was to have been completed 1946-1947, the proposed garage was scrapped and never built

Source: The TTC's Bus Properties Transit Toronto

[edit] Trolley bus lines

The TTC first experimented with trolley buses from 1922 to 1925 on an early form of the Mount Pleasant route. The experiment was ended because demand on the route was too high, and it was converted to streetcars.

Between 1947 and 1954, the TTC acquired new trolley buses and converted several streetcar routes to use them, adding a second overhead wire for two-pole operation; new trolley bus routes were also introduced. The last purchase of trolley buses was in 1963, and subsequent route changes were only to redeploy the existing fleet. Also around 1970, the entire trolley bus fleet was rebuilt with new bodies. When these reached the end of their working lives in the 1990s, they were temporarily augmented by trolley buses leased from Edmonton. But the TTC concluded that trolley buses were too inflexible operationally, and that it was not cost-effective to maintain the fleet of life-expired vehicles, so the TTC decided to "temporarily" store them. Between 1991 and 1993, all routes were converted to buses, and the overhead wires were taken down in 1996.

New trolley buses were to have been ordered in 1987, however, this order was never tendered. It was expected that 112 new trolley buses would have been ordered. At this time the TTC was experimenting with compressed natural gas buses, and they hoped that these would form a more environmentally friendly replacement for the trolley buses than standard diesel buses; but the CNG buses proved unsatisfactory and were soon withdrawn. It has been speculated that the cancellation of the trolley bus purchase was closely linked to the promotion of natural gas buses.

Because of the piecemeal way that TTC routes were converted to trolley buses, they never formed a coherent or even a connected network. In 1991, there was one cluster of 6 routes centred in the area west and northwest of downtown, and a separate group of 3 routes in the North Toronto neighbourhood. Each area used a different bus garage, and vehicles could be transferred between the two areas only by towing. Further, the endpoints of each route were generally unchanged from when it had first been operated by trolley buses, due to the cost of erecting overhead; some of the routes were extended soon after the trolleybuses were removed from them.

Prior to the cancellation of trolley bus service, the TTC had 99 Western Flyers and 40 leased GM-BBC coaches from Edmonton. The last remaining trolley bus in Toronto was abandoned in a private lot near Leslie Street and York Mills Road. It has since been removed and scrapped. One TTC Flyer trolley bus is preserved at the Halton County Radial Railway museum in Milton, Ontario, and another is preserved at the Illinois Railway Museum.

[edit] Routes

These routes were formerly served by trolley buses. All are now served by buses; in some cases the routes have been significantly altered, and some route names and numbers have been changed as shown in parentheses. The route numbers in the 300 series were used during Blue Night Network hours.

• 4 Annette (now 26 Dupont)
• 6 Bay
• 40 Junction
• 47/315 Lansdowne (now only 47)
• 61 Nortown / Nortown West (now Avenue Road North)
• 63/316 Ossington
• 74 Mount Pleasant
• 89 Weston Road / Weston
• 97 Yonge
• 103 Nortown East (now Mount Pleasant North)

[edit] Trolley vehicle types

Before the end of trolley services, the TTC had a fleet of 40 trolley buses.

Product list and details (date information from TTC)

Make/Model	Description	Fleet size	Year acquired	Year retired	Notes
Packard/Canadian Brills ED	trolley buses	3	1922 - leased	1928	retired and sold for scrap to DM Campbell
Canada Car and Foundry T44-T1, T44-T2, T44-T3	trolley buses	49, 24, 9	1947-1948	1972	retired
Marmon-Herrington TC48-T5	trolley buses	14	1948	1972	retired (ex-Cincinnati Street Railway) 1953;
Canada Car and Foundry T48-T6	trolley buses	4	1951	1968-1972	retired (ex-Ottawa Transportation Commission) 1959; rebuilt 1968-1972
Canada Car and Foundry T48A-T4	trolley buses	39	1953	1968-1972	retired (ex-Ottawa Transportation Commission); some rebuilt 1968-1972
Marmon-Herrington TC48-T5 and TC44-T7	trolley buses	7	1947	1972	retired (ex-Cleveland Transit System) 1963;
Western Flyer E700A-T8	trolley buses	51	1968-1972 rebuilds	1992	retired
General Motors Diesel Division HR150G-T6H5307N-T9 (with BBC Brown Boveri & Company Limited power traction system)	trolley buses	40	1980 (ETS 1989-1992)	1993	leased from Edmonton Transit System; returned to ETS - ETS units 192 and 197 came in 1989, then 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169,170, 171, 172, 174, 176, 177, 178, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 196, 199 came in 1990. In 1991 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157 and 159 were also leased. All ETS units had a 9 added to the start of their fleet number

[edit] Facilities

Trolleybus operated out of three garages:

Garages (date information from TTC)

Garage	Years of operationd	Notes
Eglinton Garage - Eglinton Avenue West and Yonge Street	1922-1993	retained for buses; since demolished 2002
Lansdowne Garage - Lansdowne Avenue and Paton Avenue	1922-1993	also streetcar barn; demolished 2002
Wade Yard at 546 Lansdowne Avenue	1936-1993	outdoor storage yard for street cars, then trolley buses; right-of-way to Bloor closed off 1945

Source: The Garage Transit Toronto

[edit] Loops

Most TTC bus routes terminate at stations or loop around side streets at the other end. Here are some of the loops still used:

• Albion Road west of Humberline Drive
• Avenue Road and Bombay Avenue
• Avenue Road and Roe Avenue - no longer used for scheduled service due to route extension
• Bayview Avenue and Steeles Avenue East: northwest corner
• Brimley Road and Steeles Avenue East - northeast corner
• Burnhamthorpe Road east of Mill Road
• Commissioner Street west of Leslie Street
• Coxwell Avenue and Queen Street East (Woodbine Beach Park)
• Doncliffe Drive and Mount Pleasant Road
• Dufferin Street and Finch Avenue West
• Eglinton Avenue West and Pearen Avenue - sold and redeveloped
• Eglinton Avenue West west of Renforth Drive
• Esna Park Drive and Steeles Avenue East
• Finch Avenue East east of Don Mills Road (Seneca College's Newnham Campus)
• Glen Echo Loop (Glen Echo Road and Yonge Street) - redeveloped
• Humber Loop (on The Queensway)
• Humberwood Blvd. (Located at Indian Line park)
• Keele Street and Weston: trolley bus
• Keele Street and McNaughton Road
• Kipling Avenue and Steeles Avenue West: west of Kipling next to Esso station on northwest side
• Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive and Colonel Samuel Smith Park Waterfront - inside Humber College Lakeshore Campus at Colonel Samuel Smith Park
• Jane Loop (Jane Street and Bloor Street West) - now Jane Subway station
• Lansing (Sheppard) Loop (Sheppard Avenue and Yonge Street)
• Lake Shore Boulevard and Northern Dancer Boulevard (Ashbridges Bay Park, served by 92 Woodbine South buses; opened January 6, 2005)
• Lawrence Avenue East east of East Avenue
• Lawrence Avenue East east of Starspray Blvd
• Long Branch Loop (Brown's Line and Lake Shore Blvd W)
• Luttrell Loop (Luttrell Avenue and Danforth Avenue east of Dawes Road) - redeveloped
• Markham Road and Major Mackenzie Drive
• McCowan Road and Steeles Avenue East - northeast corner, across of Petro Canada station
• McNicoll Avenue east of Kennedy Road - new loop to replace former loop west of Kennedy Road
• Middlefield Road and Steeles Avenue East - northeast corner
• Morningside Avenue and Old Finch Avenue
• Newton Drive and Bayview Avenue - replaced by Bayview-Steeles loop
• Oak Street and Weston Road - redeveloped
• Otter Loop (on Avenue Road south of Lawrence) - no longer TTC property
• Rathburn Road and Mill Road (Centennial Park)
• Steeles Avenue West west of Martin Grove Road
• Steeles Avenue West west of Islington Avenue
• Steeles Avenue East between Yonge Street and Dumont Avenue
• St Clair Avenue West and Lansdowne Avenue
• St Clair Avenue West and Old Weston Road - disconnected from streetcar system, still sees buses
• Rogers Road and Weston Road (Avon Loop)
• Rouge Hill GO Station
• Victoria Park Avenue north of Steeles Avenue East, on west side of the Liberty Centre building
• Warden Avenue and Steeles Avenue East: northwest side next to Warden Centre
• Weston Road and Major Mackenzie Drive
• Weston Road and Rogers Road (Avon Loop)
• Yonge Street and Steeles Avenue East: east of Yonge, south side of Steeles
• York University Common

A list of former bus loops:

• southwest corner at Midland Avenue and Steeles Avenue East - now Tim Hortons

[edit] Shelters

Prior to the 1980s, the bus shelters on TTC routes were installed and maintained by the TTC and the city. A number of shelters are installed by CBS Outdoor (formerly Mediacom and TDI) and formerly by Transad (now Transad Outdoor Media). In addition, CBS Outdoor is responsible for all other forms of advertising on the TTC.

[edit] Bike rack

In the summer of 2005, the TTC began a pilot project to test bicycle racks on 5 select routes as a way to boost ridership and to be more environmentally friendly. The folding racks are installed on the front of the bus and can hold 2 bikes. In the event that both slots at the front of the bus are full, bicycles are allowed to be put inside buses after rush hour periods only.

Bike racks were tested at Wilson garage during 2005 and 2006 using the Orion V, VI and later VII bus models. TTC staff concluded that the pilot project was not a success and that it should be discontinued, but the Commission disagreed, and voted to not only continue it, but to direct that bike racks will be installed on all new buses starting in 2007. The Commission has since directed staff to look into the cost of retrofitting the entire bus fleet with bike racks. The original bike rack model will not be used on newer buses due to it blocking the high beams on the Orion VII model buses, and a different model from the same manufacturer will be used starting on 2007 deliveries. None of this is included in the five-year capital budget. The original routes were:

• 7 Bathurst (excludes 7A Branch)
• 29 Dufferin
• 47 Lansdowne
• 98 Willowdale-Senlac
• 161 Rogers Rd
• 310 Bathurst
• 329 Dufferin

The TTC's latest order of hybrid buses came factory-equipped with these racks, and all 200 of Wilson's accessible Orion VIIs are equipped or soon to be equipped with these racks in addition to the remaining Orion V's. (The Orion VIs were scrapped over the last year.) The project is supported by the City of Toronto.

For more information, see: TTC Bike Racks

[edit] Biobus program

TTC experimented with bio-diesel fuel as part of the drive for cleaner vehicles. It was initially tested at Queensway garage, and because of its success, all buses in the TTC have been using bio-diesel since June 2006.

The TTC's fleet of CNG Orion V were converted to diesel operation and burn the same bio-diesel mixture as the rest of the fleet; no alternative fuel buses remain on the fleet. Recent hybrid-diesel-electric Orion VII delivered to the fleet burn bio-diesel as well.

[edit] See also

• Toronto Transit Commission
• Toronto subway and RT
• Toronto streetcar system

[edit] External links

• Transit Toronto - Trolley Buses
• Transit Toronto Buses
• Independent Bus Lines
• Drawings of TTC vehicles
• and some more by Peter McLaughlin
• Tom's North American Trolley Buses - Toronto page

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