Compiled by James Bow
With assistance by Mike Vainchtein

June 24, 2007

A new seasonal service established, using accessible buses, operating between Downsview station and the new Parc Downsview Park. Buses on 101 PARC DOWNSVIEW PARK operate every twenty minutes during the midday on weekdays and during the daytime on weekends and holidays. Buses operate from Downsview station via west on Sheppard, south on John Drury and east on Carl Hall, looping counerclockwise in front of the Toronto Aerospace Museum.

The first bus leaves Downsview station at 9:00 a.m. (9:40 a.m.) while the last bus leaves Downsview at 3:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. on weekends and holidays).

Note

Although the TTC’s web site states that the destination signs of 101 PARC DOWNSVIEW PARK will have different exposures for eastbound and westbound trips, most buses display a single exposure, as follows:

September 3, 2007

Last day of service for the year.

May 11, 2008

Service resumes on this date, operating from approximately 6:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. from Monday to Friday, and 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. on weekends and holidays, with a bus every twenty minutes. Service now operated as a permanent rather than a seasonal route.

August 31, 2008

Bike rack service established.

June 19, 2011

The route name is changed to 101 DOWNSVIEW PARK to match the name change of the park that the route serves.

September 6, 2011

Regular weekday service eliminated due to budget cuts. Buses will operate Saturdays, Sundays and holidays only until the following May when weekday service will be restored for the summer season, and every summer afterward.

May 9, 2016

Regular weekday service restored. Buses now operate every 20 minutes, 7 days a week, whenever the subway is open. This restoration is part of the route’s seasonal service increase, but this time the change is permanent, and weekday service will not be cut in the autumn.

December 21, 2016

Due to construction on properties along Carl Hall Road within Downsview Park, bus stops are relocated and the route diverted. Buses now travel westbound from Downsview Station via west on Sheppard Avenue West, east and south on John Drury Drive, east on Carl Hall Road, and south and east to The Hangar at 75 Carl Hall Road before returning via north and east on Carl Hall Road, north on Chesswood Drive, and east on Sheppard Avenue West to Downsview Station. This route change was made at the divisional level on December 21, 2016, and officially registered by the TTC for the March 26, 2017 board period. It is expected to continue until at least the fall of 2018. No changes in service levels or destination signs.

Sunday, May 7, 2017

Ahead of the extension of the SPADINA SUBWAY to York University and into Vaughan, Downsview station is officially renamed Sheppard West. Destination signs have been adjusted in the days leading up to this change, although this short route rarely shows more than its route name on its signs.

Sunday, September 6, 2020

Service is rerouted to operate continuously on Carl Hall Road to provide more direct service to Centennial College’s Downsview campus, buses operate from Sheppard West station via west on Sheppard, east and south on John Drury Drive, and east on Carl Hall Road towards Centennial College, serving the college via an internal roadway. From there, buses continue east and north on Carl Hall Road, north on Chesswood Drive and east on Sheppard to Sheppard West station.

101 Parc Downsview Park Image Archive

	A TTC map, released in 2016, shows the proposed service changes that could result from an extension of the Spadina subway into Vaughan.
	TTC Orion VII Hybrid #1254 departs Downsview station for its run to Parc Downsview Parc on August 24, 2009. Photo by Ryan Flores.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus lays over at Downsview station, in service on the 101 DOWNSVIEW PARK on the afternoon of July 4, 2014. Photo by James Bow.
	TTC Orion VII Hybrid Route 1333 pulls up to the Canadian Air and Space Museum at the end of its 101 PARC DOWNSVIEW PARK run, around noon on September 17, 2010. Photo by James Bow.
	TTC Orion VII bus #7967 photographed in service on 101 PARC DOWNSVIEW PARK on a soggy day of June 22, 2011 by Jelo Gutierrez Cantos.
	TTC Nova LFS bus #8406 lays over at Downsview station in 101 DOWNSVIEW PARK service. This photo was taken by James Bow on July 22, 2015.
	An official TTC map of 101 PARC DOWNSVIEW PARK operations, effective September 6, 2010.