Compiled by Jelo Gutierrez Cantos
Operations Overview
- Type: Shuttle
- Established: August 8, 2015
- Distance: 5.4 km
- Blue Night Service: N/A
- Types of vehicles used: Orion VII
- Bus Length: 40’ standard low-floor
- Division: Eglinton
- Ridership: N/A
This route operates with 1 branch:
- 408 Aquatics Centre - Tennis Centre
August 8, 2015 to August 15, 2015
During the Parapan-am Games, service begins on this temporary accessible bus route. 408 VENUE SHUTTLE EAST between the Aquatics Centre Loop (PAC) via south on Military Trail and west on Old Kingston Road into the U of T Scarborough Parapan Am Tennis Centre (UTS) on Old Kingston Road, returning via the reverse route. Buses operate every 7 minutes during midday, afternoon peak and during weekend mornings and afternoons. Although numbered as a Community Bus, this route does not use an ultra-low-floor wheelchair accessible bus and instead operates with three conventional low-floor Orion VII buses every 15 minutes dispatched from Eglinton Garage on Comstock Road.
This route, by 5.40 km is considered the shortest route in the TTC bus network.
408 |
VENUE SHUTTLE |
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408 |
VENUE SHUTTLE |
TO AQUATICS CENTRE |
TO TENNIS CENTRE |
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7 days a week, during the Parapan Am games |
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Summary
Period | Frequency | Buses Used | Notes |
Weekday AM Peak | 0’ 00” | 0 | Route does not operate |
Weekday Midday | 7’ 00” | 3 | |
Weekday PM Peak | 7’ 00” | 3 | |
Weekday Early Evening | 0’ 00” | 0 | Route does not operate |
Weekday Late Evening | 0’ 00” | 0 | Route does not operate |
Saturday Early Morning | 0’ 00” | 0 | Route does not operate |
Saturday Morning | 7’ 00” | 3 | |
Saturday Afternoon | 7’ 00” | 3 | |
Saturday Early Evening | 0’ 00” | 0 | Route does not operate |
Saturday Late Evening | 0’ 00” | 0 | Route does not operate |
Sunday Early Morning | 0’ 00” | 0 | Route does not operate |
Sunday Morning | 7’ 00” | 3 | |
Sunday Afternoon | 7’ 00” | 3 | |
Sunday Early Evening | 0’ 00” | 0 | Route does not operate |
Sunday Late Evening | 0’ 00” | 0 | Route does not operate |
Last Updated: August 4, 2015
408 Venue Shuttle East Image Archive
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An official map of the TTC's 408 VENUE SHUTTLE EAST operations, effective August 2015. |
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An alternate map of the TTC's 408 VENUE SHUTTLE EAST operations, this time in blue, possibly highlighting the route's wheelchair accessible nature. |
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TTC Orion VII bus #7690 operates through the woods in service on the 408 VENUE SHUTTLE EAST for the ParaPan American Games in this August 2015 shot. Photo by Keith Littlewood. |
