Toronto Transit Commission bus garages
There are eight garages for storage and maintenance of buses of the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Current
Arrow Road
Arrow Road Garage is located along Arrow Rd, south of Finch Ave West and opened on November 17, 1988. It operates a number of routes throughout northwestern North York (including York University), Etobicoke, and small portions of Old Toronto, and services clean diesel-powered Orion VII, Orion VII NG diesel-electric hybrid, the Novabus LFS and Novabus LFS articulated buses.
Routes
- 35 Jane (most times)
- 36 Finch West
- 46 Martin Grove
- 59 Maple Leaf
- 60 Steeles West
- 84 Sheppard West
- 96 Wilson
- 99 Arrow Road
- 101 Downsview Park
- 108 Driftwood
- 118 Thistle Down
- 119 Torbarrie
- 120 Calvington
- 165 Weston Rd North
- 186 Wilson Rocket
- 191 Highway 27 Rocket
- 195 Jane Rocket
- 335 Jane Blue Night
- 336 Finch West Blue Night
- 339 Finch East Blue Night
- 384 Sheppard West Blue Night
- 396 Wilson Blue Night
Information
- Address: 700 Arrow Road, North York
- Opened: 1988
- Facility: Bus garage
Birchmount
Birchmount Garage is one of three bus facilities in Scarborough and is located at Birchmount and Danforth Roads. The garage was opened on June 1, 1956 and is currently the oldest surviving active bus garage in the system. It operates many routes in East York, the eastern portion of Toronto such as East Danforth, and Scarborough neighborhoods of Birch Cliff, Bendale, Clairlea, Cliffside, Markham and Kennedy Park. It services the remaining diesel-powered Orion VII, clean-diesel powered Orion VII NG and selected NovaBus LFS buses.
Routes
- 8 Broadview
- 9 Bellamy
- 12 Kingston Road
- 16 McCowan
- 17 Birchmount
- 20 Cliffside
- 21 Brimley
- 22 Coxwell
- 23 Dawes
- 24 Victoria Park
- 31 Greenwood
- 62 Mortimer
- 64 Main
- 65 Parliament
- 69 Warden South
- 70 O'Connor (late evenings only)
- 72 Pape
- 81 Thorncliffe Park
- 83 Jones
- 87 Cosburn
- 91 Woodbine
- 92 Woodbine South
- 93 Parkview Hills
- 94 Wellesley
- 113 Danforth
- 121 Fort York-Esplanade
- 135 Gerrard
- 143 Downtown/Beach Express
- 167 Pharmacy North
- 300 Bloor-Danforth Blue Night
- 302 Kingston Road-McCowan Blue Night
- 320 Yonge Blue Night
- 322 Coxwell Blue Night
- 324 Victoria Park Blue Night
- 365 Parliament Blue Night
- 502 Downtowner Bus
- 505 Dundas Bus
- 506 Carlton Bus
Information
- Address: 400 Danforth Road, Scarborough
- Opened: 1956
- Facilities: A 89,500 square feet (8,310 m2) garage, 2 wash racks, 2 fueling stations, 4 inspection pit stations, 10 40-foot (12.192 m) hoists, and 1 UWE heating system for storage outdoors.
Eglinton
The "New" Eglinton Bus Garage is located at 38 Comstock Road, Scarborough and Lebovic Avenue. The current garage opened on March 31, 2002, merging the operations of the old Eglinton Garage located at Yonge and Eglinton (now used as a "temporary" bus terminal for Eglinton Station) and the Danforth Garage. The garage services all of the Novabus LFS buses.
Routes
- 16 McCowan (Sunday late evenings only)
- 25 Don Mills
- 34 Eglinton East
- 43 Kennedy
- 54 Lawrence East
- 67 Pharmacy
- 68 Warden
- 70 O'Connor
- 86 Scarborough
- 100 Flemingdon Park
- 116 Morningside
- 135 Gerrard (weekday late evenings only)
- 144 Downtown/Don Valley Express
- 185 Don Mills Rocket
- 190 Scarborough Centre Rocket
- 198 U of T Scarborough Rocket
- 300 Bloor-Danforth Blue Night
- 320 Yonge Blue Night
- 325 Don Mills Blue Night
- 334 Eglinton East Blue Night
- 343 Kennedy Blue Night
- 354 Lawrence East Blue Night
Information
- Address: 38 Comstock Road, Scarborough
- Opened: 2002
- Facilities: 2 wash racks, 2 fuelling stations, 14 40-foot repair hoists, 4 inspection pit stations and a UWE outdoor storage area for buses.
Lakeshore
Lakeshore Garage supports the TTC Wheel-Trans fleet of Friendly Bus and Creative Coach. Lakeshore opened in 1980 as the main garage for Gray Coach Lines, which moved out in 1991 following the sale of Gray Coach Lines to Stagecoach Holdings. From 1991 onwards the facility has been occupied by Wheel-Trans.
Routes
- 400 Lawrence Manor Community Bus
- 402 Parkdale Community Bus
- 403 South Don Mills Community Bus
- 404 East York Community Bus
- 405 Etobicoke Community Bus
- 407 Toronto Rehab Cardiac Centre Community Link
Information
- Address: 580 Commissioners Street, Toronto
- Opened: 1980
- Facility: bus garage
Malvern
Malvern Garage is located along Sheppard Ave East, west of Markham Rd. and opened on July 21, 1983. The garage operates some routes in north and eastern Scarborough and Markham such as Agincourt, L'Amoreaux, Malvern, Milliken, and the east half of North York (Bayview Woods – Steeles and Newtonbrook). It services diesel-electric powered Orion VII and Orion VII NG, and the Novabus LFS articulated buses.
Routes
- 38 Highland Creek
- 39 Finch East
- 53 Steeles East
- 57 Midland
- 85 Sheppard East
- 95 York Mills (most times)
- 102 Markham Road
- 129 McCowan North
- 130 Middlefield
- 131 Nugget
- 132 Milner
- 133 Neilson
- 134 Progress
- 199 Finch Rocket
- 336 Finch West Blue Night
- 339 Finch East Blue Night
- 353 Steeles Blue Night
- 385 Sheppard East Blue Night
- 395 York Mills Blue Night
Information
- Address: 5050 Sheppard Avenue East, Scarborough
- Opened: 1983
- Facility: bus garage
Mount Dennis
Mount Dennis Garage opened on 23 November 2008 (after sitting empty for a year). It is located along Industry St, near Trethewey and Black Creek Drives. The facility covers routes for west and central Toronto. It services the majority of the diesel-electric powered Orion VII and Orion VII NG, and Novabus LFS articulated buses.
Routes
- 6 Bay
- 14 Glencairn
- 26 Dupont
- 32 Eglinton West
- 35 Jane (during six afternoon rush hour runs)
- 41 Keele
- 47 Lansdowne
- 52 Lawrence West
- 55 Warren Park
- 63 Ossington
- 71 Runnymede
- 77 Swansea
- 79 Scarlett Road
- 89 Weston
- 126 Christie
- 127 Davenport
- 141 Downtown/Mount Pleasant Express
- 161 Rogers Rd
- 171 Mount Dennis
- 300 Bloor-Danforth Blue Night
- 312 St Clair-Junction Blue Night
- 320 Yonge Blue Night
- 332 Eglinton West Blue Night
- 341 Keele Blue Night
- 352 Lawrence West Blue Night
- 363 Ossington Blue Night
- 506 Carlton Bus
Information
- Address: 121 Industry Street, York
- Opened: 2008
- Facility: bus garage and maintenance facility
Queensway
Queensway Garage is the major facility for Etobicoke and services clean diesel powered Orion VII and Novabus LFS buses. This garage was opened on January 23, 1966 and formerly maintained and operated Flyer and New Flyer products. It is located along Evans Ave, west of Kipling Ave. The garage operates some routes mainly in Etobicoke such as Alderwood, Mimico, New Toronto, Rexdale and Thistletown as well as the west half of Old Toronto.
Routes
- 15 Evans
- 30 Lambton
- 37 Islington
- 40 Junction
- 44 Kipling South
- 45 Kipling
- 48 Rathburn
- 49 Bloor West
- 50 Burnhamthorpe
- 66 Prince Edward
- 73 Royal York
- 76 Royal York South
- 80 Queensway
- 110 Islington South
- 111 East Mall
- 112 West Mall
- 123 Shorncliffe
- 145 Downtown/Humber Bay Express
- 168 Symington
- 188 Kipling South Rocket
- 192 Airport Rocket
- 300 Bloor-Danforth
- 315 Evans-Brown's Line Blue Night
- 337 Islington Blue Night
- 501 Queen Bus
Information
- Address: 400 Evans Avenue, Etobicoke
- Opened: 1966
- Facility: bus garage
Wilson
The Wilson Complex is the largest bus facility and second largest subway yard in the system. It is located along Transit Rd, north of Wilson Ave. The garage opened on March 14, 1976 and serviced the TTC fleet of natural gas powered buses before they were scrapped or converted to Diesel operation. Wilson services a variety of Orion VII, and the Novabus LFS articulated buses. This garage operates the most surface routes in the TTC network (the role previously taken by New Eglinton), it operates many of the largest routes throughout Central Toronto, North York, York, Old Toronto, and few in East York, Scarborough, and Vaughan.
Routes
- 5 Avenue Road
- 7 Bathurst
- 10 Van Horne
- 11 Bayview
- 28 Bayview South
- 29 Dufferin
- 33 Forest Hill
- 42 Cummer
- 51 Leslie
- 56 Leaside
- 61 Avenue Road North
- 74 Mount Pleasant
- 75 Sherbourne
- 78 St. Andrews
- 82 Rosedale
- 88 South Leaside
- 90 Vaughan
- 95 York Mills (rush hours)
- 97 Yonge
- 98 Willowdale-Senlac
- 103 Mount Pleasant North (temporarily suspended, interlines with 74)
- 104 Faywood
- 105 Dufferin North
- 106 Sentinel
- 107 St. Regis
- 109 Ranee
- 115 Silver Hills
- 117 Alness-Chesswood
- 122 Graydon Hall
- 124 Sunnybrook
- 125 Drewry
- 142 Downtown/Avenue Road Express
- 160 Bathurst North
- 162 Lawrence-Donway
- 169 Huntingwood
- 193 Exhibition Rocket
- 307 Bathurst Blue Night
- 320 Yonge Blue Night
- 329 Dufferin Blue Night
- 505 Dundas Bus
Information
- Address: 160 Transit Road, North York
- Open: 1976
- Facility: bus garage attached to subway yard
Future
McNicoll
The McNicoll Garage is a planned but unbuilt facility that will have indoor storage for 250 buses with facilities to fuel and clean buses.[1]
- Address: McNicoll Avenue east side of Kennedy Road, Scarborough
- Open: c. 2020
- Facility: bus garage
Historic
- Danforth Carhouse and Bus Garage (1921–2002) - converted to storage and office space used by TTC
- Davenport Bus Garage (1930–1992) - located within the Hillcrest Complex
- Eglinton Carhouse and Bus Garage (1921–2002) - portion of bus garage converted to a temporary bus terminal at Eglinton station until old bus platform area is transformed; older car house had been demolished during the development of the Eglinton subway station and Canada Square Complex from 1962 to 1987
- Lansdowne Carhouse and Bus Garage (1921–1996) - bus garage/car house fully demolished and vacant lot awaiting re-development
- Parkdale Bus Garage (1947–1980) - demolished and now Sorauren Avenue Park
- Sherbourne Bus Garage (1930–1980) - demolished and replaced with housing; old power house is now Lorraine Kimsa Theatre for Young People
- Woodbine Bus Garage (1954–1956) - old Hollinger Bus garage at southeast corner of O’Connor Drive and Woodbine Avenue; demolished and now site of apartment building at 1501 Woodbine Avenue at Ventnor Avenue
References
- ↑ "McNicoll Bus Garage / Public Open House – Building and Landscape Design" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. 20 October 2015. Retrieved 2016-12-14.
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