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Monday, March 28, 2016
Service begins on a new limited-stop rocket route serving Kipling Avenue south of Bloor Street, and the Lakeshore campus of Humber College. Service will operate every 7 minutes, 30 seconds weekdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., supplementing local service on the 44 KIPLING SOUTH route.
Buses operate from Kipling station via east and north on St. Albans Road, then south on Kipling Avenue and Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive to Colonel Samuel Smith Park loop, returning via the reverse route. Southbound buses stop at the Queensway (far side), Evans, Birmingham, Lake Shore Boulevard, at the Humber College Building M and Colonel Samuel Smith Park loop, Northbound buses stop at Humber College Building M, Lake Shore Boulevard, Birmingham, Evans, the Queensway (far side) and Kipling station.
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KIPLING SOUTH ROCKET |
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TO KIPLING STN |
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Friday, November 16, 2018
Last day of service. Effective the following Monday, the service is renumbered and renamed 944 KIPLING SOUTH EXPRESS, bringing the service in-line with the TTC’s rebranding of its express bus service.
188 Kipling South Rocket Image Archive
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An official TTC map of 188 KIPLING SOUTH ROCKET operations effective March 28, 2016. |
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A TTC diagram showing the express stops of the 188 KIPLING SOUTH ROCKET, effective March 28, 2016. |
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A shot of the destination exposure for a bus on the 188 KIPLING SOUTH ROCKET route. Photo by Edward Brain, taken on March 29, 2016. |
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A map showing planned new TTC express services to take effect on March 27, 2016. |
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TTC New Flyer D40LF bus #7324 heads southbound through Humber College in service on the 188 KIPLING SOUTH ROCKET. Photo taken by Edward Brain on March 29, 2016. |
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TTC New Flyer D40LF bus #7324 lays over at Humber College, in service on the 188 KIPLING SOUTH ROCKET route. Photo by Edward Brain, taken on March 29, 2016. |
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TTC Orion VII bus #8040 heads southbound on the 188 KIPLING SOUTH ROCKET, having passed Lake Shore Boulevard and entered the Lakeshore campus of Humber College. This shot was taken by Edward Brain on March 28, 2016, the first day of service. |
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TTC Orion VII bus #8062 heads southbound through Humber College in service on the 188 KIPLING SOUTH ROCKET. This photo was taken by Edward Brain on March 29, 2016. |
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TTC Orion VII bus #8062 lays over at Humber College, in service on 188 KIPLING SOUTH ROCKET. This photo was taken by Edward Brain on March 29, 2016. |
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TTC Nova LFS bus #8418 northbound on Kipling at Birmingham in 188 KIPLING SOUTH ROCKET service on July 7, 2017. Photo by Edward Brain. |
