13 BERRY ROAD Route History |
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| By Peter Coulman |
March 10th, 1947
Service inaugurated on Prince Edward Drive south of Bloor Street. (See
KINGSWAY South Kingsway.)
July 1st, 1954
General rerouting by the new Toronto Transit Commission. BERRY ROAD bus commences,
running from Humber loop via west on the Queensway, north on Parklawn, west on Berry Road and north on Prince Edward, looping
clockwise via west on Meadowvale Drive, north on Grenview Boulevard and east on Bloor. Service operated from Parkdale garage.
| BERRY RD | B L O O R
H U M B E R |
| Daily, 18 hours/day |
January 9th, 1956*
Due to construction of new homes and apartments on Berry, service is discontinued on Parklawn, and extended east of Parklawn and
south on Stephen Drive instead.
November 26th, 1956
30:00 minute headway provided by one bus in base service. Two buses during the morning rush hour and three in the afternoon give
15:00 and 10:00 minute headways respectively, over 6.5 round trip miles.
March 31st, 1957
Assigned route number 13.
| BERRY RD | 13 | B L O O R
H U M B E R |
| Daily, 18 hours/day |
April 1st, 1957
New multiple-route transfers in use. 13 BERRY ROAD becomes a sub-route of 41
KEELE.
July 27th, 1958
Sunday service replaced by an extension of the 2 ANGLESEY bus, from the Kipling Avenue/Princess Margaret
Boulevard area to Humber loop.
| BERRY RD | 13 | B L O O R
H U M B E R |
| Monday-Saturday, 18 hours/day |
| ANGLESEY | 2B | K I P L I N G
H U M B E R |
| Sunday, 15 hours/day |
August 25th, 1963
Last day of combined Anglesey Sunday service. Commencing September 1st, 1963, 13 BERRY
ROADbuses resume providing all service south of Bloor.
| BERRY RD | 13 | B L O O R
H U M B E R |
| Daily, 18 hours/day |
January 23rdth, 1966
Operation transferred to the new Queensway garage.
May 11th, 1968
In conjunction with the opening of the Bloor-Danforth subway extensions, 13 BERRY ROAD
buses now run east along Bloor to Old Mill Station, discontinuing the on-street looping via Meadowvale and Grenview.
| BERRY RD | 13 | OLD MILL STN
H U M B E R |
| Daily, 18 hours/day |
April 27th, 1969
20:00 minute headway provided by two buses in base service. Three buses give 12:00 minute serivce during rush hours, and one bus
runs half-hourly on Saturday and Sunday evenings.
May 25th, 1969
At the request of Etobicoke Council, a through service is provided from south of Bloor to north of Bloor. During regular hours the route is
combined with 66 PRINCE EDWARD and known as 66 PRINCE
EDWARD-BERRY ROAD. Now 13 BERRY
ROAD buses only run during rush hours.
| BERRY RD | 13 | OLD MILL STN
H U M B E R |
| Monday-Friday, rush hours |
February 10th, 1970
The Commission confirms the permanent operation of the combined 66 PRINCE
EDWARD-BERRY ROAD during regular hours.
April 25th, 1970
Last day of operation of the 13 BERRY ROAD route name and number. Now merged with
Prince Edward service at all times and known as 66 PRINCE EDWARD.
*Service change may have occurred earlier.
Last revised February 16th, 2001
