11 Bayview Route History

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11 BAYVIEW Route History
By Jeffrey Kay from Transfer Points, Vol. XVI, No. 4, April-May 1990 and information provided by Peter Coulman

November 12, 1951

An extended SHEPPARD bus provides service on Bayview Avenue as far south as York Mills Road.

October 14, 1952

The SHEPPARD route is cut back.

January 24th, 1955

A new rush-hour route from Glen Echo Loop via Yonge Street, York Mills Road and Bayview Avenue, looping via Princess, Estelle and Hillcrest.

BAYVIEW	CITY LIMITS PRINCESS
Monday through Friday, rush hours only

November 26th, 1956

Hours of service increased to 6:00 am to 6:00 pm Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 6:00 pm Saturday.

BAYVIEW	11	CITY LIMITS PARKVIEW
Monday through Friday, 12 hours/day Saturday, 10 hours/day

December 6th, 1958

Extended north a short distance to loop via McKee, Estelle and Parkview.

BAYVIEW	11	CITY LIMITS PARKVIEW
Monday through Friday, 12 hours/day Saturday, 10 hours/day

October 11th, 1960

Extended north to loop in the newly-constructed Bayview-Finch intersection. (The intersection spans a tributary of the West Don River.)

BAYVIEW	11A	CITY LIMITS FINCH
Monday through Friday, 12 hours/day Saturday, 10 hours/day

October 7th, 1962

Extended from Bayview and Finch via Finch Avenue to Branson Hospital, west of Bathurst Street.

BAYVIEW VIA FINCH	11B	CITY LIMITS BRANSON HOSPITAL
Monday through Friday, 12 hours/day Saturday, 10 hours/day

September 3rd, 1963

Monday through Saturday service extended north of Finch to a loop on the southwest corner of the Jesuit Seminary grounds at Newton Drive (just south of Steeles). Finch service replaced by new 36 FINCH route, twelve hours/day, six days a week. Evening and Sunday/holiday service between Glen Echo Loop and Branson Hospital remains unchanged.

BAYVIEW	11	CITY LIMITS NEWTON
Monday through Saturday, 12 hours/day
BAYVIEW VIA FINCH	11B	CITY LIMITS BRANSON HOSPITAL
Monday through Saturday, 6 hours (evenings) Sunday, 12 hours/day

November 29th, 1964

Extended south to and from St. Clair Station. Now routed from St. Clair Station (Pleasant Boulevard bus loop) via Pleasant Boulevard, Avoca, St. Clair Avenue, Welland, Moore and Bayview to Newton Drive, 12 hours/day, six days a week. Evening and weekend trips continue running north to Finch Avenue then west to Branson Hospital. Semi-express service begins operating south of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB), making stops only at Eglinton, Davisville and Moore.

BAYVIEW	11	ST. CLAIR STN. NEWTON
Monday through Saturday, 12 hours/day
BAYVIEW VIA FINCH	11B	ST. CLAIR STN. BRANSON HOSPITAL
Monday through Saturday, 6 hours (evenings) Sunday, 12 hours/day

August 17th, 1965

Re-routed both ways at the south end via St. Clair, Mount Pleasant and Davisville.

BAYVIEW	11	ST. CLAIR STN. NEWTON
Monday through Saturday, 12 hours/day
BAYVIEW VIA FINCH	11B	ST. CLAIR STN. BRANSON HOSPITAL
Monday through Saturday, 6 hours (evenings) Sunday, 12 hours/day

November 29th, 1965

Hours of service to Seminary Loop improved to 18 hours/day, six days a week. Branson Hospital buses operate 18 hours on Sunday.

BAYVIEW	11	ST. CLAIR STN. NEWTON
Monday through Saturday, 18 hours/day
BAYVIEW VIA FINCH	11B	ST. CLAIR STN. BRANSON HOSPITAL
Sunday, 18 hours/day

February 26th, 1966

Cut back at the south end to run to and from bay 7 at Eglinton Station via Eglinton Avenue. Rush-hour short-turn service provided between Eglinton Station and Sheppard Avenue, looping at the Bayview Village Shopping Centre. Express service is now limited to drop-offs only southbound and pick-ups only northbound.

BAYVIEW	11	EGLINTON STN. NEWTON
Monday through Saturday, 18 hours/day
BAYVIEW	11A	EGLINTON STN. SHEPPARD
Monday through Friday, rush hours only
BAYVIEW VIA FINCH	11B	EGLINTON STN. BRANSON HOSPITAL
Sunday, 18 hours/day

March 27th, 1967

Sheppard short-turn service discontinued.

BAYVIEW	11	EGLINTON STN. NEWTON
Monday through Saturday, 18 hours/day
BAYVIEW VIA FINCH	11B	EGLINTON STN. BRANSON HOSPITAL
Sunday, 18 hours/day

October 2nd, 1967

Extended north of Seminary Loop (Newton Drive) via Bayview and Steeles to the existing Steeles Loop just east of Yonge Street.

BAYVIEW	11	EGLINTON STN. STEELES
Monday through Friday, 12 hours/day
BAYVIEW	11A	EGLINTON STN. NEWTON
Monday through Friday, 6 hours (evenings only) Saturday, 18 hours/day
BAYVIEW VIA FINCH	11B	EGLINTON STN. BRANSON HOSPITAL
Sunday, 18 hours/day At least one bus was known to have carried this non-standard destination sign:
BAYVIEW	11B	EGLINTON STN. BRANSON HOSPITAL VIA FINCH AVE.

November 3rd, 1969

All Monday through Saturday service now loops in a new off-street loop at Bayview and Steeles (created when Bayview was re-aligned and a new bridge built across the west branch of the Don River), connecting with the new 60 STEELES route. Use of Newton Loop is discontinued.

BAYVIEW	11	EGLINTON STN. STEELES
Monday through Saturday, 18 hours/day
BAYVIEW VIA FINCH	11B	EGLINTON STN. BRANSON HOSPITAL
Sunday, 18 hours/day

December 6th, 1970

Express service south of the CNIB now operates during the rush hours only.

BAYVIEW	11	EGLINTON STN. STEELES
Monday through Saturday, 18 hours/day
BAYVIEW VIA FINCH	11B	EGLINTON STN. BRANSON HOSPITAL
Sunday, 18 hours/day

September 3rd, 1972

Sunday service extended north on Bayview Avenue from Finch to Steeles. Route 36 FINCH now provides Sunday service on Finch Avenue.

BAYVIEW	11	EGLINTON STN. STEELES
Daily, 18 hours/day

October, 1973

Route cut back at south end. Now runs via Lawrence Avenue to and from the new Lawrence Station.

BAYVIEW	11	LAWRENCE STN. STEELES
Daily, 18 hours/day

March 30th, 1974

Service north of Sheppard Avenue replaced by the new 26 BAYVIEW NORTH route. Buses now loop via Sheppard, Hawkesbury and Bayview Mews.

BAYVIEW	11	SHEPPARD LAWRENCE STN.
Daily, 18 hours/day

July 21st, 1991

Route extented at both ends to provide a through service on Bayview Avenue between Steeles and Davisville. Buses now run from Davisville Station to Steeles via Davisville and Bayview, running through Sunnybrook Hospital in both directions. To tailor service to demand on the various sections of the route, there are scheduled short turns at Lawrence and at Sheppard Avenues.

BAYVIEW	11	STEELES DAVISVILLE STN.
Daily, 18 hours/day
BAYVIEW	11A	SHEPPARD DAVISVILLE STN.
Monday through Friday, afternoon rush hours only
BAYVIEW	11B	LAWRENCE DAVISVILLE STN.
Monday through Friday, 6 hours (evenings only) Saturday and Sunday, 18 hours/day
BAYVIEW	11C	SUNNYBROOK DAVISVILLE STN.
Early morning and late evening

The above information is drawn from Toronto Transit Commission maps, TTC Headlights--now called Rider News--and pocket timetables in both the Toronto Transportation Society's and the author's collection.

Can you help with other Route Histories? Our sources do not detail the many short turn services operated on some of the longer routes during the 1950s and 1960s. Many of these routes also operated both local and express services at rush hours. Specific routes that we require help with are 7 BATHURST, 29 DUFFERIN, 32 EGLINTON WEST, 34 EGLINTON EAST, 41 KEELE, 59 NORTH YONGE and 86 SCARBOROUGH. If you can help, please contact Jeffrey Kay at a Society meeting, by e-mail at jeffrey_kay@hotmail.com, or regular mail care of the Toronto Transportation Society at