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DON MILLS SHOPPERS BUS Route History

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By Peter Coulman

December 14th, 1959

A new departure from regular service requirements is the mid-day "shoppers service". (A second, WESTWAY shoppers route is also operated in central Etobicoke.) Operated on a trial basis providing 30 minute service between rush hours (from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.), five days a week. Routed from Parkway Plaza (at the southeast corner of Victoria Park Avenue & Ellesmere Road) via Parkwoods Village Drive, Brookbanks Drive, Three Valleys Drive, Laurentide Drive, York Mills Road, Don Mills Road, Lawrence Avenue and Banbury Road, looping clockwise via Larkfield Drive.

July 15th, 1960

Discontinued for the summer months.

November 12th, 1960

Operation resumed for the Christmas shopping season. No changes made to route or schedule.

December 30th, 1960

Last day of operation.

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