Better bus service, coming Fall 2018!

In a win for riders of the #SufferinDufferin and bus routes all across the city, today the TTC Board approved new express bus service on 7 routes, and additional bus service. The new service will relieve peak and off-peak crowding and means that we will enjoy more frequent, reliable service starting in Fall 2018.

During the 2018 City Budget process, TTCriders advocated for more funding for the TTC so riders could have two-hour fares, better service, lower fares, and relief from overcrowding. $3 million in additional funding for the TTC was added during the budget process thanks to our advocacy, which is funding the additional bus service starting September 2018. The TTC "reallocated" an extra $2 million for service in 2018, and voted to annualize this new service.

Our organizing paid off. Want to win better TTC service and lower fares for transit riders? Join TTCriders and our fight for an affordable, world-class public transit system.

We have more work to do. The TTC's full Express Bus Network Study plan includes 12 express routes, and we need a quicker and more expansive rollout.

Read on below for a list of routes where you'll see improved service this Fall, or read the TTC's report.

7 new express bus routes

Starting this Fall, seven new express services will operate along the following routes:

29 Dufferin (Wilson Station – Dufferin Loop)
37 Islington (Islington Station – Steeles Avenue)
52 Lawrence West (Lawrence Station – Pearson Airport)
84 Sheppard West (Extension to Weston Road)
85 Sheppard East (Branch of 190 Scarborough Ctr Rocket to Meadowvale Road)
89 Weston (89 Weston – Finch Avenue)
102 Markham Rd (Warden Station – Sheppard Avenue E.)

More service across Toronto

Starting this Fall, the TTC will add more service to reduce wait times and crowding levels on the following routes:

7 Bathurst
11 Bayview
23 Dawes
25 Don Mills
26 Dupont
36 Finch West (East of Keele)
43 Kennedy
56 Leaside
72 Pape
79 Scarlett Rd
88 South Leaside
100 Flemingdon Park
109 Ranee
113 Danforth
122 Graydon Hall
165 Weston Rd North
185 Don Mills Rocket
195 Jane Rocket
198 U of T Scarborough Rocket
199 Finch Rocket
29 Dufferin
89 Weston
102 Markham Rd

Starting this Fall, more bus service will be added during off-peak hours on the following routes:

24 Victoria Park
25 Don Mills
29 Dufferin
36 Finch West (East of Keele)
54 Lawrence East
63 Ossington
95 York Mills
100 Flemingdon Park
102 Markham Rd
112 West Mall
129 McCowan North
131 Nugget
198 U of T Scarborough Rocket
199 Finch Rocket

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