142 Downtown/Avenue Road Express

Compiled by Jeffrey Kay

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April 2, 1990

Service begins on route 142 DOWNTOWN EXPRESS VIA AVENUE ROAD, a premium express service running local from Bombay and Avenue Road (just north of Highway 401) south on Avenue Road to Eglinton, and then express via Avenue Road, Oxton, Oriole Parkway, Lonsdale Avenue, Avenue Road, Queen’s Park and University Avenue, looping via Richmond, Simcoe, Adelaide, Church and Richmond. Express stops at Lonsdale, St. Clair, Bloor, Museum station, Queen’s Park station, St. Patrick station and Osgoode station.

Service operates in place of the rush hour service of the 1 ARMOUR HEIGHTS route.

DOWNTOWN EXPRESS via AVENUE RD.	142	HIGHWAY 401 D O W N T O W N
Monday to Friday, rush hours only
DOWNTOWN EXPRESS via AVENUE RD.	142A	R O E L O O P D O W N T O W N
Occasional short turns

June 1990

Express stop added at Davenport Road.

February 17, 1992

Route renamed 142 PREMIUM EXPRESS VIA AVENUE ROAD. Premium fares charged. As a result, regular fare service on an extension of the 61 AVENUE ROAD NORTH bus is provided in addition to the premium express runs.

PREMIUM EXPRESS via AVENUE RD.	142	HIGHWAY 401 D O W N T O W N
Monday to Friday, rush hours only
PREMIUM EXPRESS via AVENUE RD.	142A	R O E L O O P D O W N T O W N
Occasional short turns

March 8, 1993

New stop added both ways on Avenue Road at Edmund (De LaSalle).

February 15, 1999

Route renamed 142 Downtown/Avenue Road Express.

January 2, 2005

Service reduced from every 22 minutes 30 seconds to every 30 minutes during the afternoon peak period and from every 20 minutes to every 30 minutes during the morning peak period. Morning southbound trips depart from Highway 401 at 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, and 8:30 a.m. while afternoon northbound trips depart from Church and Richmond at 4:00, 4:30, 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, and 6:30 p.m.

142	DOWNTOWN EXPRESS	142	AVENUE RD EXPRESS
	TO DOWNTOWN EXTRA FARE REQUIRED		TO HIGHWAY 401 EXTRA FARE REQUIRED
Monday to Friday, rush hours only

January 2, 2007

Buses on this route, in both directions, will now serve stops on Queen’s Park at Wellesley Street (southbound buses stop at Hoskin), connecting with the 94 WELLESLEY route.

August 5, 2013

Looping at the south end revised, southbound buses proceed from University and Richmond via west on Richmond, south on Peter, east on Adelaide, north on Jarvis and west on Richmond to University. No change to service levels.

December 20, 2013

Last day of service via Peter Street. The following Monday, service is restored to the old loop of west on Richmond, south on Simcoe and east on Adelaide. Ridership on the portion of the route west of Simcoe was lower than expected, and the longer route was inconveniencing riders on board.

November 25, 2019

Service on this route is changed to operate on the King Street Transit Priority Corridor in a trial basis. Buses on the route operate southbound from Bombay Loop via south on Avenue Road, southeast on Oxton Avenue, south on Oriole Parkway, west on Lonsdale Road, south on Avenue Road, south on Queen’s Park, south on Queen’s Park Crescent West, south on University Avenue, east on King Street, south on Sherbourne Street, east on Front Street East, north on Berkeley Street to King Street. Northbound buses reverse the route.

Tuesday, March 23, 2020

As with other express services on the TTC, all service on this route is suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic. Buses on this route are reallocated to local routes until further notice.

142 Downtown / Avenue Rd Express Image Archive

	A map of 142 AVENUE ROAD PREMIUM EXPRESS operations, circa February 2020.
	An official map of the TTC's 142 DOWNTOWN/AVENUE ROAD EXPRESS operations, circa 2005.
	An official TTC map of 142 DOWNTOWN / AVENUE RD EXPRESS operations effective January 3, 2011
	An official TTC map of 142 DOWNTOWN-AVENUE ROAD EXPRESS service, effective June 7, 2017.
	TTC Orion "Next Gen" Hybrid bus #1515 pauses on Richmond Street, about to head north to Highway 401 on the 142 DOWNTOWN / AVENUE ROAD EXPRESS on July 27, 2009. Photo by Secondarywaltz.
	In this picture, Orion VII bus 8214 turns north onto Church Street while in service on 142 AVENUE RD EXPRESS. Photo by Roman Fomin, February 8, 2013.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus #8312 prepares to turn north on Church Street from Adelaide in service on the 142 AVENUE ROAD-DOWNTOWN EXPRESS on the afternoon of June 22, 2017. Photo by James Bow.
	Orion V bus 9416 pauses at Lombard and Church intersection, before starting its evening peak trip from downtown to Bombay and Avenue Road. This photograph was taken on March 11, 2012 by Roman Fomin.