TTC improving, adjusting a number of routes as of Sunday

The TTC is increasing service on a number of its bus routes to meet increasing demand.

Starting Sunday, service will be increased on 14 routes and the transit agency says it will improve the timing on 11 other routes.

Among the many changes will see streetcar service return to the 503 Kingston Road route while service on the 510 Spadina will see streetcards arrive every 10 minutes or sooner between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Monday to Friday to match ridership demand.

Among the notable service changes:

• Frequency of 39 Finch East buses will improve by one minute to every nine minutes seven days a week, between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m.
• 44 Kipling South buses will arrive every 10 minutes or sooner in all time periods, seven days a week.
• The 54D bus is being added to the 54 Lawrence East route Monday to Friday between 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. to address travel demand.
• 102 Markham Road buses will now arrive every 10 minutes or sooner seven days a week in all time periods.
• 112 The West Mall bus service will increase by 17 minutes between 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday and by three minutes between 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Service is also being increased by four minutes on weekends.
• the 116 Morningside will arrive every 10 minutes or sooner Monday to Friday and two new school trips are being added to Jack Milner Senior Public School and Sir Wilfrid Laurier Collegiate Institute. These trips will depart from Kennedy Station at approximately 8:30 a.m. and 8:35 a.m.
• wait times on the 76 Royal York South are being increased between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Monday to Friday. Buses will continue to arrive every six to seven minutes.
• Service frequency and reliability on the 135 Gerrard will improve Monday to Friday from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. by seven minutes and by 10 minutes in all other time periods.

A full list of service changes and improvements can be found here.

“Many of these changes are in off-peak times, meaning shorter waits for your bus, streetcar or subway train,” said TTC CEO Rick Leary. “With tremendous support from the TTC Board, we are working harder than ever to improve service levels across our bus, subway and streetcar network.”

Seasonal service on the 200 Toronto Zoo, 201 Bluffer’s Park, and 202 Cherry Beach is scheduled to come to an end Oct. 10.

The TTC says it will also begin implementing the third phase of the Line 3 Scarborough bus replacement service by extending the 954 Lawrence East Express to Kennedy Station.

“This extension ensures frequent, high-capacity connections with the subway, Line 2 Bloor-Danforth,” transit officials said in a release.

The TTC says it expects to be operating at 99 per cent of pre-pandemic service levels by the end of November.