Compiled by James Bow
With assistance by Mike Vainchtein and Jeffrey Kay
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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 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, south on Don Mills, northwest on Barber Greene and north on Overland 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.
LAWRENCE-DONWAY | 162 | DON MILLS |
Monday to Friday, rush hours and midday |
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.
January 7, 1996
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
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 Eglinton Garage to Wilson Garage.
162 |
LAWRENCE-DONWAY |
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162 |
LAWRENCE-DONWAY |
TO DON MILLS |
TO LAWRENCE STN |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day. |
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).
Sunday, 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.
162 |
LAWRENCE-DONWAY |
|
162 |
LAWRENCE-DONWAY |
TO DON MILLS |
TO AVENUE ROAD |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day. |
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 transferred from Wilson Garage to Eglinton 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.
162 |
LAWRENCE-DONWAY |
|
162 |
LAWRENCE-DONWAY |
TO DON MILLS |
TO LAWRENCE STN |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day. |