Route 82 Rosedale Route History

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82 ROSEDALE Route History *Last updated May 2nd, 2003*
By Peter Coulman

April 26th, 1922

Circular route from Glen Road & South Drive via Glen, Summerhill Avenue, MacLennan Avenue, Schofield Avenue and Highland Avenue back to Glen & South Drive. Alternate buses operate the loop in the opposite direction.

The only Pearce-Arrow bus that the Toronto Transportation Commission owned is out on a training run on the ROSEDALE route. Toronto's bus routes were originally numbered sequentially as they were started, but route numbers were dropped some time in the 1930s. When numbers were again used starting in 1956, the ROSEDALE bus was the only original numbered route still running, making it Toronto's oldest numbered bus route.

Toronto Transit Commission photo

October 4th, 1922

South end extended along Glen, looping clockwise via west on Elm Avenue, north on Sherbourne Street and east on South Drive.

Another, unidentified, Toronto Transportation Commission bus was on the ROSEDALE route in the winter with a full load of passengers.

Toronto Transit Commission photo

May 1st, 1924

Extended to run from Bloor & Sherbourne Streets via Sherbourne, Elm, Glen to Summerhill then over previous route back to starting point.

March 11th, 1927

Route split in two due to the poor condition of the Glen Road bridge. South half from Bloor & Sherbourne via Sherbourne, Elm and Glen to South Drive and back. North half looped counterclockwise from Glen & Highland via Glen, Summerhill, MacLennan, Schofield and Highland to Glen Road.

July 28th, 1927

Owing to demolition and rebuilding of the Glen Road bridge, additional service from St. Clair Avenue & Yonge Street via east on St. Clair, and south and east on Inglewood Drive. East end loop operated clockwise via south on MacLennan, west on Rosedale Heights Drive and north on SighthillAvenue. Buses also loop clockwise in the west via south on Avoca, west on Pleasant Boulevard and north on Yonge Street. Service provided in addition to north & south portions.

July 29th, 1928

Temporary route discontinued and regular route resumed over new viaduct, from Bloor/Sherbourne Loop via Sherbourne, Elm, Glen, Summerhill, MacLennan, Schofield, Highland, Glen, Elm and Sherbourne.

October 1, 1933

Operations transferred from Sherbourne to Davenport garage.

July 25th to August 14th, 1934

Sherbourne bridge temporarily closed. Southern route terminus moved to Rosedale Loop.

November 1st, 1935

Weekday route extended and known as WELLESLEY-ROSEDALE. Sundays and holidays continue as before.

WELLESLEY ROSEDALE	SUMMERHILL SPADINA
Monday to Saturday, 12 hours/day
ROSEDALE	SUMMERHILL BLOOR
Sunday & holidays

When the Twin Coach model 23-R became available in the mid-1930s, the TTC eagerly purchased 30 of these rear-engined "low floor" buses. Another 50 arrived by 1940, allowing replacement of the Transportation Commissions collection of assorted body-on-chassis fleet, and in the process becoming Toronto's "standard" bus until the arrival of General Moors' "old look".

Toronto Transit Commission photo

May 5th, 1940

On Sundays and holidays ROSEDALE bus combined with SHERBOURNE route and known as SHERBOURNE-ROSEDALE. Routed from Summerhill & MacLennan via Sherbourne to King, looping clockwise at the south end via west on King Street, north on Frederick Street and east on Duke Street.

WELLESLEY ROSEDALE	SUMMERHILL SPADINA
to 6:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday
SHERBOURNE ROSEDALE	SUMMERHILL K I N G
from 6:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday all day Sunday & holidays

Rosedale transfer, Mon. Mar. 27, 1944
A Rosedale transfer from Monday March 27th, 1944.

March 30th, 1954

Service rerouted coincident with the opening of the Yonge subway. ROSEDALE buses now run from Summerhill over the regular route to Glen & Crescent, then run west on Crescent Road to the new Rosedale subway station, looping off-street, west to Yonge, south to Wellesley, east to Wellesley Subway Station, looping off-street, then west on Wellesley following the WELLESLEY-ROSEDALE routing to loop at Spadina and return. (A revised SHERBOURNE route now provides service on Sherbourne and Elm north of Bloor).

April 11th, 1955

After months of split service due to road re-construction on Yonge Street, north and south portions officially separated. ROSEDALE buses now terminate at Rosedale Station. Service discontinued on Yonge between Crescent and Wellesley; service on Wellesley and to the west now provided by new WELLESLEY bus from Wellesley Station.

ROSEDALE	SUMMERHILL SUBWAY
sign assumed

September 9th, 1956

Assigned route number 82.

ROSEDALE	82	SUMMERHILL SUBWAY
sign assumed

November 25th, 1956

Service note: 7:00 minute service provided by three buses out of Davenport Garage during rush hour; 10:00 minute service by two buses at all other times.

March 12th, 1969

Three years after the opening of the Bloor-Danforth subway, "SUBWAY" destination (used since the opening of the Yonge line in 1954) is replaced with the actual station name.