Compiled by Jeffrey Kay
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May 11, 1968
With the opening of the BLOOR-DANFORTH SUBWAY extension to Islington, service on 45 KIPLING is rerouted to operate south on Kipling and east on Bloor to Islington station. Service south of Bloor Street provided by the new 44 KIPLING SOUTH route.
Buses run from Kipling Loop just north of Lakeshore Boulevard, north on Kipling and east on Bloor to the new Islington station. Buses return via west on Bloor, west on Dundas, north on Jopling and south on Kipling.
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K I P L I N G |
44 |
ISLINGTON STN |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||
November 22, 1980
With the extension of the BLOOR-DANFORTH subway to Kipling, service on 44 KIPLING SOUTH cut back to the new Kipling station. Buses run north on Kipling to St. Albans, then via the cloverleaf immediately south of Dundas, run west on St. Albans to the station. Buses return via east on St. Albans, north and east on West Service Road and south on Kipling.
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K I P L I N G |
44 |
KIPLING STN |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||
September 6, 1998
Service extende south of Lakeshore Boulevard via Kipling to a new off-street loop near the Humber College campus on the former Ontario Hospital site.
January 2, 2005
Accessible service introduced on this route, using New Flyer low floor buses out of Queensway garage. All buses at all times of the week are scheduled to be accessible.
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44 |
KIPLING SOUTH |
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44 |
KIPLING SOUTH |
TO KIPLING STN |
TO LAKESHORE |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day |
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March 28, 2016
Effective on this date, service is supplemented by a limited-stop 188 KIPLING SOUTH ROCKET paralleling this route. Service frequencies are reduced to compensate.
44 Kipling South Image Archive
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An TTC advertisement, taken before or after November 21, 1980 shows major route changes in relation to the opening of Kipling station that affects the 3 KINGSWAY, 30 LAMBTON, 32B EGLINTON WEST, 44 KIPLING SOUTH, 45 KIPLING, 46 MARTIN GROVE, 49 BLOOR WEST, 80 QUEENSWAY, 87 MALL CIRCLE, 111 EAST MALL, and 112 WEST MALL routes. |
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An official TTC map of 44 KIPLING SOUTH operations, effective January 2, 2015. |
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TTC GM New Look #2927 is seen here on Bloor Street eastbound, approaching Islington subway station in service on 44 KIPLING SOUTH in this May 1976 shot by Bob Hussey. Image courtesy the Pete Coulman collection. |
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Old and new but both rebuilt. TTC Flyer D-40-89 bus #6467 pauses at Kipling station (in service on 44 KIPLING SOUTH), with Flyer D-901 #6196 in background. Photo by David Cavlovic. |
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TTC Flyer D-40-LF bus Route 7303 heads out from Kipling station on a run on 44 KIPLING SOUTH on March 19, 2010. Photo taken by G. Viloria. |
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TTC D40LF bus #7347 rests at the loop at the bottom of Colonel Samuel Smith Park prior to a northbound 44 KIPLING SOUTH run on February 29th, 2016. Photo by Edward Brain. |
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TTC Nova D-40LF bus #7349 is seen heading south on Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive on the 44 KIPPING SOUTH route, with Humber College's Lakeshore Campus, the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital, in the background. The picture was taken October 8th, 2015 by Edward Brain. |
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TTC Orion VII bus #7927 is seen here at Colonel Samuel Smith Loop prior to a northbound 44 KIPLING SOUTH run to Kipling station on July 18th, 2016. Photo by Edward Brain. |
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TTC Orion V bus 8032 cuts through snow storm on its way to Kipling Station. Photo taken on January 27, 2012 by Roman Fomin. |
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TTC Orion VII bus #8060 at the south end of the 44 KIPLING SOUTH run on Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive. The picture was taken December 5th, 2015. Photo by Edward Brain. |
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TTC Orion VII #8080 is northbound on Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive on the 44 KIPLING SOUTH run. The picture is was taken by Edward Brain on July 6th, 2016. |
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TTC Flyer D-800-B bus #8252 pulls into Kipling station in service on 44 KIPLING SOUTH in this early 1980s shot. This photograph is by John Calnan. |
