124 Sunnybrook Route History

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124 SUNNYBROOK Route History *Last updated May 5th, 2003*
By Jeffrey Kay From Transfer Points, Vol. XVI, No. 4, April-May 1990

September 19th, 1944

Service to Sunnybrook Hospital was operated as a branch of the EGLINTON route. (That route was a forerunner of today's 103 NORTOWN EAST line.) A limited number of trips operated from Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue, via Eglinton, Mount Pleasant and Blythwood, to and from the hospital.

EGLINTON	SUNNYBROOK YONGE
limited service

November 1st, 1948

SUNNYBROOK bus replaces a branch of the EGLINTON route. Running from Starrett Loop (just west of Yonge Street) via Eglinton and Bayview Avenues to Sunnybrook Hospital, with the entire route within the City fare zone.

SUNNYBROOK	SUNNYBROOK YONGE
Monday through Saturday, 18 hours/day Sunday service unknown

May 28th, 1952

Looping at Yonge Street now runs via Yonge, Roehampton and Redpath, due to subway construction.

March 7th, 1954

Now loops through bay 2 at Eglinton Station, without stopping in the subway.

March 27th, 1954

Temporarily moved to bay 5 at Eglinton Station.

March 30th, 1954

Commenced serving the subway (platform 6) at 1:30 pm.

SUNNYBROOK	SUNNYBROOK YONGE SUBWAY
This sign may not have actually been installed in any buses

June 30th, 1954

Route replaced by the a revised DAVISVILLE service, from Davisville Station.

DAVISVILLE	28	DAVISVILLE STN. SUNNYBROOK
daily, 18 hours/day

July 21st, 1991

New route running between Lawrence Station and Sunnybrook Hospital, replacing a portion of the 28 DAVISVILLE route. During rush hours, every third bus runs via Mildenhall westbound in the morning and eastbound in the afternoon.

SUNNYBROOK	124	SUNNYBROOK LAWRENCE STN.
daily, 18 hours/day
SUNNYBROOK	124	SUNNYBROOK LAWRENCE STN.
VIA MILDEN HALL
rush hours only

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