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Service Improvements for 2002 SERVICE IMPROVEMENTS FOR 2002 Subway Streetcars Buses RT October 2001 Service Improvements for 2002 - 2 - Table of contents Table of contents Summary................................................................................................................................................................4 Recommendations ..............................................................................................................................................5 1. Planning transit service ...............................................................................................................................6 2. Recommended new and revised services for the Sheppard Subway .......................................10 Sheppard Subway.................................................................................................................................................................................10 11 BAYVIEW – Service to Bayview Station...........................................................................................................................................10 25 DON MILLS – Service to Don Mills Station ....................................................................................................................................11 Don Mills/Scarborough Centre – New limited-stop rocket route ....................................................................................................11 Finch East – Service to Don Mills Station...........................................................................................................................................11 139 HUNTINGWOOD – Service to Don Mills Station ..........................................................................................................................12 51 LESLIE – Service to Leslie Station....................................................................................................................................................12 67 PHARMACY – Route shortened to end at Ellesmere Road; new Pharmacy North route from Don Mills Station......................13 85 SHEPPARD EAST – Service to Don Mills Station and to Sheppard-Yonge Station........................................................................13 10 VAN HORNE – Service to Don Mills Station...................................................................................................................................13 24 VICTORIA PARK – Route shortened to end at Steeles Avenue; new Victoria Park North route from Don Mills Station...........14 24 VICTORIA PARK – New service to Don Mills Station via Consumers Road..................................................................................14 68 WARDEN – Route shortened to end at Steeles Avenue; new Warden North route from Don Mills Station..............................15 Other services to the Sheppard Subway..............................................................................................................................................15 Proposals examined and not recommended ......................................................................................................................................15 122 GRAYDON HALL – Extension to Don Mills Station................................................................................................................15 122 GRAYDON HALL – Extension to Leslie Station........................................................................................................................16 78 ST ANDREWS – Extension to Bayview Station ..........................................................................................................................16 115 SILVER HILLS – Extension to Leslie Station.............................................................................................................................16 91 WOODBINE – Extension to Don Mills Station .........................................................................................................................16 3. Recommended new and revised services ...........................................................................................18 32 EGLINTON WEST – Extension to Airport Corporate Centre..........................................................................................................18 37A ISLINGTON – Operate via Woodbine Racetrack ..........................................................................................................................18 35 JANE – Revised routing via Murray Ross Parkway.........................................................................................................................19 Additional periods of service on present routes.................................................................................................................................19 32 EGLINTON WEST – Monday-Friday early evening and Saturday service to Skymark Avenue...............................................19 131 NUGGET – Sunday early evening service ................................................................................................................................20 53 STEELES EAST – Monday-Friday early evening and Saturday service to Markham Road ......................................................20 4. Previous recommendations not yet introduced................................................................................. 21 143 DOWNTOWN/BEACH EXPRESS – Extension on Kingston Road....................................................................................................21 26 DUPONT – New service on St. George Street..................................................................................................................................21 58 MALTON – Saturday service to Westwood Mall.............................................................................................................................21 73 ROYAL YORK – Service on Richview Road......................................................................................................................................22 92 WOODBINE SOUTH – Revised service south of Queen Street.........................................................................................................22 York University – Direct service from the west..................................................................................................................................22 5. Proposals examined and not recommended ..................................................................................... 23 117 ALNESS – Service on Flint Road ....................................................................................................................................................23 5 AVENUE RD – Service via St. George Station....................................................................................................................................23 511 BATHURST – Direct service to downtown.....................................................................................................................................23 50 BURNHAMTHORPE – Extension to Rathburn Road ........................................................................................................................24 87 COSBURN – Extension to Castle Frank Station ..............................................................................................................................24 Service on Front Street, west of Union Station ..................................................................................................................................25 36 FINCH WEST – Service to Islington Avenue and Albion Road ......................................................................................................25 33 FOREST HILL – Extension to Casa Loma.........................................................................................................................................25 33 FOREST HILL – Extension to St. Clair Station.................................................................................................................................26 TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION Service Improvements for 2002 - 3 - Table of contents 12 KINGSTON RD – Direct service east of St. Clair Avenue.................................................................................................................26 Service to Pearson Airport Terminals 1 and 3....................................................................................................................................26 116 MORNINGSIDE – Extension to Morrish Road/Kingston Road.....................................................................................................27 70 O’CONNOR – Extension to Broadview Station...............................................................................................................................27 Rustic Road – New service...................................................................................................................................................................28 Additional periods of service on present routes.................................................................................................................................28 20 CLIFFSIDE – Service at off-peak times.......................................................................................................................................28 42 CUMMER –Service at off-peak times to Middlefield Road ......................................................................................................28
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