Compiled by James Bow and Jelo Gutierrez Cantos

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• 13 ROUGE HILL

May 7, 2023

Service begins on a new seasonal route connecting the Toronto Zoo to Rouge Hill GO Station. Buses initially operate on weekends and holidays all day and early evenings. Weekend service is advertised as beginning with the June board period. This route was originally numbered as the 173 TORONTO ZOO in the 2023 Annual Service Plan.

Buses operate from Rouge Hill GO Station via west on Lawrence Avenue East, north on Port Union Road, north and west on Sheppard Avenue East, north Meadowvale Road, west on Zoo Rd via “Main Entrance Parking - T.T.C. Buses Only” off-ramp, to the Toronto Zoo Loop. Buses return via Toronto Zoo Road, south on Meadowvale Road, east and south on Sheppard Avenue East, south on Port Huron Road and east on Lawrence Avenue East to Rouge Hill GO Station. This route closely replicated the old 13 ROUGE HILL route which ran via East and Island rather than Port Union. The 13 would later subsume into the 85A SHEPPARD EAST in 1994. Buses solely operate from Malvern Garage

Sunday, May 12, 2023

Seasonal service is restored on this route to reflect increased traffic demand to the Zoo. Buses operate during the daytime on weekends and weekdays (ending at roughly 8 p.m. on weekdays and 9 p.m. on weekends). Expanded weekday service will be implemented in June 2024.

200 Toronto Zoo Image Archive

	Around May 2023, Marcus Danchuk took this picture of Novabus LFS bus #8772 at Freshmeadow and Don Mills, bearing a 200 TORONTO ZOO destination sign.
	Toby Rosebrugh captured this image of Orion VII Next Gen bus #1205 at Zoo Loop on May 7, 2023, the first day of service of the 200 TORONTO ZOO route.
	The official TTC map of the launch of the 200 TORONTO ZOO route, effective May 7, 2023.