Text by James Bow

March 29, 2020

Due to construction of the EGLINTON-CROSSTOWN LRT temporarily closing the bus terminal at Eglinton West station, service begins on a temporary route replacing service on portions of 63 OSSINGTON and 109 RANEE. Buses on 163 OAKWOOD operate from Ossignton Station to Lawrence West station via north on Concord Avenue, east on Northumberland Street, north on Ossington Avenue, west on Davenport Road, north on Oakwood Avenue, east on Eglinton Avenue West, north on Marlee Avenue, and east on Lawrence West Avenue to Lawrence West Station. Southbound buses return via west on Lawrence Avenue West, south on Marlee Avenue, west on Eglinton Avenue West, south on Oakwood Avenue, east on Davenport Road, south on Ossington Avenue, to Ossington Station. This change is expected to last until September 2020. The service operates out of Wilson Garage.

December 20, 2020

Route name and number discontinued. Following the reopening of the Eglinton West bus terminal, service is replaced by the restored 63A OSSINGTON on Ossington Avenue and 109 RANEE on Marlee Avenue.

163 Oakwood Image Archive

	The official map of 163 OAKWOOD operations, effective March 29, 2020.
	A map of route diversions surrounding the closure of Eglinton West station's bus terminal effective March 29, 2020.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus #1223 lays over at Lawrence West station at the north end of the 163 OAKWOOD route on April 28, 2020. Photo by Kevin Taylor.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus #8312 pauses northbound on Oakwood at Clovelly in the early days of 163 OAKWOOD service on April 24, 2020. Photo by Kevin Taylor.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus #1246 and #8355 lay over at Ossington Station, the former in 163 OAKWOOD service and the latter in 63 OSSINGTON service. Photo by Kevin Taylor.