3 ASHBRIDGE Route History |
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| Last updated May 8th, 2003 | By Peter Coulman |
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New streetcar route inagurated to allow Port of Toronto redevelopment and expansion. The line was built by the City of Toronto but operated by the Toronto Railway Company. From Queen Street and the East Don Roadway tracks ran south beside the street as far as Eastern Avenue, over a trestle above the Grand Trunk railway tracks, continued on private right of way to Commissioners Street, then west in a centre reservation to Cherry Street. One car provided a daily base service every 15 minutes, with a second car reducing headways to 7 minutes 30 seconds during rush hours.
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Last day of operation due to the wooden trestle south of Eastern Avenue being declared unsafe. The last ASHBRIDGE car departed from Cherry Street at 6:45 p.m.
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New city bus route (originally called the CHERRY bus) replacing the ASHBRIDGE car, from King & Sumach via Sumach Street, Eastern Avenue, Cherry Street and Villiers Street to Munitions Street, returning to Cherry Street via Commissioners Street.
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Rush hour extension east from Munitions via Villiers to Saulter Street and return.
Saturday service discontinued after 8:10 p.m.
Sunday service curtailed, now operating only from 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m.
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Rush hour service again extended to the east, looping via Saulter, Keating (now Lake Shore Boulevard), Carlaw Avenue, Commissioners Street, Logan Avenue, Keating and Saulter to Villiers.
ASHBRIDGE bus operation transferred to Davenport Garage effective this date due to the closing of Sherbourne Garage.
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Special summer service extention via Cherry Street to Cherry Beach between 1:00 p.m. and 9:50 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
Sunday service discontinued.
Summer service as previous year.
Summer service as previous year.
Summer service as previous year.
Summer service as previous year.
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Bus rerouted. Effective this date regular service from King & Sumach via Sumach, Eastern, Cherry, Commissioners and Munitions to Villiers returning via Villiers, Cherry, Eastern, Sackville and King Streets. During rush hours the bus is extended south on Cherry to Carton and return. An extra bus loops counterclockwise via Cherry, Commissioners, Carlaw, Keating, Saulter & Villiers then returns to King Street.
Summer service as previous year.
Summer service as previous year.
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One trip through-routed with the CARLAW bus for special night shift workers at Munitions plant. The bus leaves Carlaw & Gerrard and runs along Carlaw Avenue and Commissioners Street to Cherry & Carton, then returning via the same route.
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Sunday service from Gerrard & Carlaw only.
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General rerouting, replacing the CARLAW bus route. Normal service starts from a clockwise loop along Front, Berkeley and King Streets, then via Parliament Street, Keating and Cherry, looping counterclockwise via Commissioners, Munitions and Villiers. During rush hours extended east on Commissioners to Carlaw then north to Gerrard, looping clockwise via Gerrard Street, Boston Avenue and Badgerow Avenue. Rush hour buses also provide service on Cherry Street between King and Carton.
| ASHBRIDGE | MUNITIONS K I N G | |
| daily, 18 hours/day | ||
| ASHBRIDGE | GERRARD K I N G | |
| Monday through Saturday, rush hours only | ||
| ASHBRIDGE | CARTON K I N G | |
| Monday through Saturday, rush hours only signs assumed | ||
Operations transferred back to Sherbourne Garage from Davenport Garage.
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Rush hour service to Carton Street discontinued.
| ASHBRIDGE | MUNITIONS K I N G | |
| daily, 18 hours/day | ||
| ASHBRIDGE | GERRARD K I N G | |
| Monday through Saturday, rush hours only | ||
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Summer extension to Cherry Beach resumed. Service provided 12 hours a day, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. (Service to Cherry Beach not provided again until June 22nd, 1967, by a summer weekend extension of the 65 PARLIAMENT bus.)
| ASHBRIDGE | MUNITIONS K I N G | |
| daily, 18 hours/day | ||
| ASHBRIDGE | GERRARD K I N G | |
| Monday through Saturday, rush hours only | ||
| ASHBRIDGE | CHERRY BEACH K I N G | |
| Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, 12 hours/day signs assumed | ||
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Commencing this date, buses now terminate in the new Parliament Loop at the southwest corner of King & Parliament Streets.
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From Parliament loop via Parliament, Fleet (now Lake Shore Boulevard), Cherry, Commissioners and Carlaw to Gerrard, looping via Gerrard, Boston and Badgerow.
Sunday operation discontinued.
| ASHBRIDGE | MUNITIONS K I N G | |
| Monday through Saturday, 18 hours/day | ||
| ASHBRIDGE | GERRARD K I N G | |
| Monday through Saturday, rush hours only | ||
Service curtailed to rush hours only, Monday through Saturday.
| ASHBRIDGE | GERRARD K I N G | |
| Monday through Saturday, rush hours only | ||
Monday through Saturday off-peak service restored.
| ASHBRIDGE | MUNITIONS K I N G | |
| Monday through Saturday, 18 hours/day | ||
| ASHBRIDGE | GERRARD K I N G | |
| Monday through Saturday, rush hours only | ||
Assigned route number 3.
| ASHBRIDGE | 3 | GERRARD K I N G |
| Monday through Saturday, 18 hours/day | ||
| ASHBRIDGE | 3A | MUNITIONS K I N G |
| Monday through Saturday, rush hours only | ||
Saturday and holiday service cancelled effective this date (per notice number 1938-U).
| ASHBRIDGE | 3 | GERRARD K I N G |
| Monday through Friday, 18 hours/day | ||
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Service diverted via east on Lakeshore, south on Saulter and west on Commissioners to route, due to poor road conditions on Don Roadway between Lake Shore and Commissioners.
Eastern terminus chaged to run east on Gerrard and around traffic circle (at Pape Avenue?), returning west on Gerrard and south on Carlaw due to heavy snow piles on each side of Boston and Badgerow on the normal loop.
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Westbound service diverted via north on Cherry, west on Eastern and Front to route due to closing of westbound Lake Shore Boulevard for construction of the Gardiner Expressway.
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Eastbound service diverted via west on Lake Shore, south on Small Street and east on Queen's Quay East to route.
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Eastbound diversion now via south on Parliament, east on Mill Street and south on Cherry to route.
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Eastbound changed to again run south on Parliament, west on Lake Shore, south on Small, and east on Queen's Quay and Lake Shore to route.
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Route diverted in both directions via Mill between Parliament and Cherry.
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Eastbound service diverted via south on Don and west on Commissioners to Munitions, then looping in the intersection and returning east on Commissioners and north on Carlaw to regular route. Westbound buses run south on Carlaw and west on Commissioners to Munitions, loop in the intersection then return east on Commissioners and north on Saulter to the regular route.
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Westbound buses rerouted one block east from Saulter to Bouchette Street.
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Wesbound service now operates via west on Eastern, south on Logan Avenue, west on Commissioners to Munitions and loops in intersection, returning via east on Commissioners and north on Saulter to route. Eastbound route diverted via south on Don, west on Commissioners to Munitions, looping in the intersection and returning east on Commissioners, north on Logan and east on Eastern to route.
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Westbound diversion reverts to south on Carlaw, west on Commissioners to Munitions, loop in intersection, east on Commissioners and north on Saulter to route. Eastbound now via south on Don, west on Commissioners to Munitions and loop in intersection, then returning east on Commissioners to Carlaw and regular route.
Last day of operation. In conjunction with the opening of the Bloor-Danforth subway, the existing route extended and incorporated into the new 72A PAPE bus. Use of ASHBRIDGE name and route number 3 discontinued (until May 11th, 1968, when route 3 KINGSWAY begins running).
Note: Although various route diversions due to Gardiner Expressway construction were in effect from November 9th, 1962 to May 25th, 1965, TTC maps from 1963 through late 1965 (and presumably until the opening of the Bloor-Danforth subway) show 3 ASHBRIDGE buses running from Parliament loop via Parliament, Lake Shore, Cherry, Keating, Don Roadway, Commissioners and Carlaw to Gerrard, looping clockwise via Gerrard, Boston and Badgerow, returning via Carlaw, Commissioners, Saulter, Keating, Cherry, Lake Shore and Parliament. 3A ASHBRIDGE buses run from Gerrard to Munitions via Carlaw and Commissioners, U-turning around the boulevard to return east.
| ASHBRIDGE | 3 | GERRARD K I N G |
| ASHBRIDGE | 3A | GERRARD MUNITIONS |
