Compiled by Jeffrey Kay
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Operations Overview
- Type: Local
- Established: March 23, 1985
- Distance: 10.10km
- Blue Night Service: 302 DANFORTH RD-MCCOWAN, 334 EGLINTON EAST
- Types of vehicles used: Orion VII NG Hybrid, NovaBUS LFS Articulated
- Bus Length: 40’ standard low-floor, 60’ articulated low-floor
- Division: Malvern
- Ridership: 6,600 (2012)
This route operates with 1 branch:
- 131 Kennedy Station - Old Finch/Morningview
March 23, 1985
Coincident with the opening of the SCARBOROUGH RT, service begins on a new route serving Nugget Avenue in the Malvern neighbourhood. Buses operate from Scarborough Centre Station via east on Triton, north on McCowan, east on Nugget and east on McLevin, crossing Morningside, and east on Casebridge, looping in the cul-de-sac at east end of the road. Buses return west over the reverse routing. Service is operated from Malvern Garage.
N U G G E T | 131 | M O R N I N G S I D E |
Monday to Friday, rush hours and midday |
April 20, 1987
Service east of Neilson is replaced by a revision of the 133 NEILSON route. Buses operate to Neilson only then loop via east on McLevin, east on Tapscott, north on Neilson and west on McLevin.
N U G G E T | 131 | N E I L S O N |
Monday to Friday, rush hours and midday |
January 3, 1989
Monday to Friday evening service is introduced.
April 1, 1990
Service is rerouted in the east end replacing a portion of the 133 NEILSON route. Buses now run over the existing route from Scarborough Centre to McLevin and Tapscott, then operate east on Tapscott, east and north on Sewells, east on McLevin, and east on Casebridge to the cul-de-sac. At this time, service is added all day on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.
N U G G E T | 131A | M O R N I N G S I D E |
7 days a week, 18 hours a day |
May 13, 1990
Late evening Sunday service is removed. The last Sunday trip now leaves Scarborough Centre at 11:20 p.m.
July 23, 1990
Service begins on a rush hour extension into a new residential area east of Morningside. Buses run over the regular route from Scarborough Centre to McLevin and Morningside, then north on Morningside, east on Sewells, north on Littles, and east on Finch to a new off street loop on the north side of the street at Valley Centre Drive.
N U G G E T | 131 | F I N C H |
Monday to Friday, rush hours only | ||
N U G G E T | 131A | M O R N I N G S I D E |
Monday to Friday, midday and evening |
October 13, 1991
More Sunday evening service is discontinued. The last bus now leaves Scarborough Centre at 8:08 p.m.
January 5, 1992
Weekday midday and evening service to Finch is introduced, replacing service on the 131A branch to Morningside and Casebridge.
May 10, 1992
Weekday late evening and Saturday daytime service is added to Old Finch (which had been renamed from Finch Avenue East by this time). Buses operate to Morningside and Casebridge on Saturday evenings and on Sundays and holidays only.
January 3, 1993
Destination signs are revised to be more descriptive of the outer terminal of the route and show the new name for Finch Avenue in this neighbourhood.
N U G G E T | 131 | OLD FINCH & MORNINGSIDE SCARBOROUGH CTR |
Monday to Friday, 18 hours a day | ||
N U G G E T | 131A | M O R N I N G S I D E |
Saturday evenings |
February 18, 1996
A part of a series of system-wide service cuts resulting from the elimination of provincial subsidies for public transit, Saturday evening and Sunday service is eliminated on this route, effectively ending the 131A branch.
131 |
N U G G E T |
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131 |
N U G G E T |
TO OLD FINCH&MORNINGVIEW |
TO SCARBOROUGH CTR |
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Monday to Friday, 18 hours a day |
February 14, 1999
Sunday daytime service is restored, and extended to Old Finch.
February 13, 2000
Service is revised east of Morningside to serve more of the residential area around Old Finch. Before 3 p.m. each day, buses run over the regular route to Morningside and then north on Morningside, east and north on Morningview, west on Old Finch, south on Littles Road and west on Morningview. After 3 p.m., the reverse looping is followed. The loop on Old Finch east of Morningview is no longer used. No change to destination signs.
September 3, 2000
Due to overcrowding on the SCARBOROUGH RT, service is extended during peak periods southwest from Scarborough Centre to Kennedy Station. Buses operate non-stop on this extension via Brimley and Eglinton.
131 |
N U G G E T |
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131 |
N U G G E T |
TO OLD FINCH&MORNINGVIEW |
TO SCARBOROUGH CTR |
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Monday to Friday, 18 hours a day |
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131E |
N U G G E T |
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131E |
N U G G E T |
E X P R E S S |
E X P R E S S |
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Monday to Friday, rush hours only |
January 13, 2001
Saturday early evening service is added to the main branch.
May 12, 2002
Sunday early evening service is added to the main branch.
September 2, 2003
An additional stop is added on the express portion of this route that parallels the Scarborough RT. Buses now stop at Lawrence and Brimley in both directions.
Septmeber 5, 2004
Weekend and holiday late-evening service is added to the main branch.
August 31, 2008
Service rendered accessible using Orion V Lift Equipped buses. These buses are also equipped with bike racks.
November 22, 2009
Orion VII Low Floor buses take over the route, replacing Orion V Lift Equipped buses.
February 13, 2011
Due to shortage of Low Floor buses at Malvern Garage, the route is once again served by Lift Equipped Orion V buses.
June 22, 2014
As part of TTC’s system-wide mandate for route branches, all eastbound buses are now designated 131A.
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131 |
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TO SCARBOROUGH CTR |
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131A |
N U G G E T |
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TO OLD FINCH&MORNINGVIEW |
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131E |
N U G G E T |
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131E |
N U G G E T |
E X P R E S S |
E X P R E S S |
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Monday to Friday, rush hours only |
September 6, 2016
To provide additional supplemental service to the SCARBOROUGH RT, service begins on a new 131F express branch, with buses operating between Kennedy Station and Scarborough Centre Station only, serving the same stops as the 131E branch.
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131 |
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TO SCARBOROUGH CTR |
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131A |
N U G G E T |
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TO OLD FINCH&MORNINGVIEW |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day |
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131E |
NUGGET EXPRESS |
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131E |
NUGGET EXPRESS |
TO OLD FINCH&MORNINGVIEW |
TO SCARBOROUGH CENTRE |
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Monday to Friday, rush hours only |
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131F |
NUGGET EXPRESS |
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131F |
NUGGET EXPRESS |
TO SCARBOROUGH CENTRE |
TO KENNEDY STN |
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Monday to Friday, rush hours only |
March 24, 2017
Last day of operation of the 131F “Kennedy Station Express to Scarborough Centre Station” branch. Service is eliminated due to low ridership.
EASTBOUND |
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WESTBOUND |
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131 |
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TO SCARBOROUGH CTR |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day |
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131A |
N U G G E T |
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TO OLD FINCH&MORNINGVIEW |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day |
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131E |
NUGGET EXPRESS |
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131E |
NUGGET EXPRESS |
TO OLD FINCH&MORNINGVIEW |
TO SCARBOROUGH CENTRE |
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Monday to Friday, rush hours only |
November 19, 2018
Service on the 131E NUGGET EXPRESS branch is replaced by the 903 KENNEDY-SCARBOROUGH CENTRE EXPRESS operating between Kennedy station and Scarborough Centre station. This route interlines with the 903 between Kennedy station and Old Finch and Morngingview as it was during rush hours. Service on the 131A off-peak branch is re-designated 131.
131 |
N U G G E T |
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131 |
N U G G E T |
TO OLD FINCH&MORNINGVIEW |
TO SCARBOROUGH CTR |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day |
November 19, 2023
Following the closure of the LINE 3 SCARBOROUGH RT in July after a derailment, buses on the 131 NUGGET are extended from Scarborough Centre Station to Kennedy Station along the priority route southbound on Midland Avenue and northbound on Kennedy Road. Stops on Midland/Ellesmere, Midland/Lawrence (southbound) and Kennedy/Lawrence (northbound) are added. Buses on this route board Bay 13 on Platform B in the new terminal at Kennedy Station.
Service frequencies are adjusted by one to two minutes on Saturdays in the morning, afternoon and early evening periods, and on Sundays in the afternoon and early evening periods to match scheduled capacity to demand.
131 |
N U G G E T |
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131 |
N U G G E T |
TO OLD FINCH&MORNINGVIEW |
TO KENNEDY STATION |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day |