Compiled by James Bow
With assistance by Mike Vainchtein and Jeffrey Kay

See Also

• 124 SUNNYBROOK
• 352 LAWRENCE WEST NIGHT

July 22, 1991

Service begins on a new route between Lawrence station and the Donway area near the Lawrence/Don Mills intersection, replacing a portion of the 101 DONWAY-YORK MILLS bus. Buses operate from Lawrence station using the old 101 routing via east on Lawrence, north on Bayview, east on Post Road, southeast on Park Lane Circle, south on Glenorchy, east on Suncrest, north on the Bridal Path, and east on Lawrence, looping clockwise via the Donway West, the Donway East, and back to the Donway West before ending to Lawrence, returning via reverse route.

Buses operate from Eglinton Garage, Monday to Friday only, from 6:45 a.m. to 6:45 p.m.

This change occurs in conjunction with a realignment of services on 11 BAYVIEW and 28 DAVISVILLE, bolstering service on Lawrence Avenue alongside the 124 SUNNYBROOK route.

Before June 1992

Southwestern terminus modified to loop via the Donway West, the Donway East, south on Don Mills, northwest on Barber Greene and north on Overland before returning to Lawrence. This provides new service on the southwestern quadrant of Don Mills and Lawrence residential area that resulted the removal of service from The Donway West between Don Mills and Overland.

February 18, 1996

As part of a systemwide cut in service resulting from the elimination of provincial transit subsidies, rush hour and midday service on this route is cut to once an hour.

Also, on this date, with the closing of Lansdowne Garage, operation of this route is transferred from Eglinton Garage to Wilson Garage.

September 3, 2002

As a result of low ridership, the last westbound trip, departing the Donway at 6:45 p.m., is discontinued. Operation of this route is transferred from Wilson Garage to the new Eglinton Garage on Comstock.

July 31, 2005

Accessible service installed on this route and 124 SUNNYBROOK using Orion VII low floor buses.

November 23, 2008

As part of a systemwide increase in service due to the implementation of the Ridership Growth Strategy, service on the 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY increased to every thirty minutes, seven days a week, whenever the subway is open. Bike rack service also installed on this date. Operation of this route is transferred from New Eglinton Garage to Wilson Garage.

May 8, 2011

As part of a general reallocation of resources, all service after 7 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends and holidays eliminated.

September 6, 2015

Early evening weekday, daytime and evening Saturday and daytime Sunday and holiday service restored. Buses now operate every 30 minutes from roughly 7 a.m. (9 a.m. Sundays) until 10 p.m. (7 p.m. Sundays).

June 23, 2019

The plan was to divert this route at the start of this board period. As a result of renovations at Lawrence station shutting down one of the roads in the bus terminal, buses on the 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY route would no longer serve the bus terminal, transferring their passengers to the subway at on-street stops instead. To turn around, buses would continue west on Lawrence and north on Avenue Road to Old Orchard Grove and loop through Roe Loop before returning via the reverse route. However, at the start of this board period, the bus terminal at Lawrence station remained fully open, and the diversion did not launch.

February 25, 2020

On or before this day, with the completion of construction in Lawrence station’s bus terminal, service on this route returns to normal, with buses terminating at platform 5 of this station. Service no longer operates to Roe Loop on Avenue Road.

March 28, 2021

Operations of this route has been transferred from Wilson Garage to New Eglinton Garage. The changes to route reassignments coincides with the opening of McNicoll Garage.

November 20, 2023

As it was during June 2019, service on the 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY is extended once more to Roe Loop due to the closure of Lawrence station for 10 months due to massive accessibility upgrades.

August 31, 2025

With progress made on the Lawrence Station Easier Access construction, buses return to Lawrence Station’s bus terminal and regular service is restored.

February 8, 2026

Conciding with the opening of LINE 5 EGLINTON LRT, service on the 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY is altered to serve Don Valley Station. From Lawrence Station, buses operate eastbound via east on Lawrence, north on Bayview, east on Post Road, southeast on Park Lane Circle, south on Glenorchy, east on Suncrest, north on the Bridal Path, east on Lawrence, south on Donway West, east on Barber Greene, south on Don Mills, east on Wynford, and south on Gervais, entering Don Valley Station. Westbound buses return via reverse routing. This provides new two way service on Barber Greene Road.

Service on The Donway circle is provided by the 51B LESLIE bus.

162 Lawrence-Donway Image Archive

	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" Hybrid bus #1812 pauses at Lawrence station in service on 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY on April 21, 2012. Behind it, TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus 1373 picks up passengers on 124 SUNNYBROOK. Photo by James Bow.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus #8175, bearing the new livery, lays over at Lawrence station in service on the 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY route on June 5, 2017. Photo by Marcus Danchuk
	TTC Orion VII NG bus #8193 in action on 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY at Lawrence Station. Photo taken on November 22, 2011 by Jelo Gutierrez Cantos.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus #8195 heads southbound on Avenue Road in 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY diversion service from Roe Loop. This photo was taken on the night of January 28, 2020. The photographer is anonymous.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus 8209 pauses at Roe Loop in 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY service on the evening of January 28, 2020. During the end of 2019 and early 2020, 124 SUNNYBROOK and 162 LWARENCE-DONWAY could not enter Lawrence Station due to reconstruction work at the bus terminal. The routes were extended west on Lawrence and north on Avenue Road to loop through Roe Loop instead. The photographer is anonymous.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus #8381 enters Roe Loop in 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY diversion service on the afternoon of January 28, 2020. The photographer is anonymous.
	A GM re-build on 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY patiently waits a Flyer low-floor on 197 NORTH YONGE to allow it a place in its bay. This 2001 photograph is by David Cavlovic.
	An official TTC map of 162 LAWRENCE-DONWAY operations, effective September 6, 2010.