Compiled by Pete Coulman
With contributions by Jelo Gutierrez Cantos
May 1, 1939
Service begins on new service, operating during rush hours, Monday to Friday (6:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.) and on Saturday (noon to 2:30 p.m.). Buses operate from Broadview and Danforth Avenues via north on Broadview, east on Gamble, north on Pape and east on O’Connor to the corner of Don Mills, returning via the reverse route. At the south end, buses loop clockwise via Erindale, Ellerbeck and Danforth to Broadview.
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BROADVIEW |
DANFORTH |
Monday to Friday, rush hours | |
May 29, 1939
A new universal transfer is introduced for the York Township section of the route, replacing FOREST HILL transfers temporarily in use.
June 29, 1939
A new standard city transfer is used on the city section of this route, replacing FORT transfers temporarily in use since May 1, 1939.
March 12, 1941
Afternoon rush hour service increased to 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., with new Saturday morning service added between 6:20 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. and afternoon service extended to 6:40 p.m.
January 2, 1942
Weeday service now operates 12 hours per day and Sunday service added from 2:00 to 7:00 p.m.
September 6, 1942
Sunday service now operates from 11:00 a.m. to 11:40 p.m.
October 12, 1942
Route extended east on O’Connor from Don Mills to Plains Road (now Derwyn), near Coxwell Avenue.
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BROADVIEW |
DANFORTH |
7 days a week, 18 hours a day | |
May 27, 1943
Buses now turn back through Erindale loop, north of Danforth Avenue, rather than turning back on street.
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A scan of a BROADVIEW (city portion) transfer, effective December 7, 1945. |
September 10, 1945
Operations transferred to Sherbourne Garage.
December 26, 1945
Late night weekday trips added at 12:20 a.m. and 12:40 a.m.
May 5, 1947
Daily service operates from Erindale loop near Broadview and Danforth to Danforth loop near Coxwell and Danforth, via Broadview, O’Connor and Coxwell. Additional service provided between Erindale and Coxwell & Athlone.
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BROADVIEW |
DANFORTH |
7 days a week, 18 hours a day | |
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BROADVIEW |
DANFORTH |
7 days a week, 18 hours a day | |
Note: this unusual sign was used frequently on the BROADVIEW route, likely because both loops (Erindale and Danforth) were both at or near Danforth Avenue.
October 3, 1952
All short turns to Athalone and O’Connor now loop via south on Northbrook, west on Plains, north on Greenwood and west on O’Connor, returning to route.
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BROADVIEW |
DANFORTH |
7 days a week, 18 hours a day | |
July 1, 1954
As part of a general rerouting, BROADVIEW buses now operate from Erindale loop via Broadview and O’Connor to Coxwell, looping via south on Coxwell, west on Plains and north on Lankin to O’Connor, returning over the reverse route. Additional rush hour service provided between Erindale loop and Pape. Service on Coxwell between Danforth and O’Connor replaced by the new O’CONNOR route.
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BROADVIEW |
DANFORTH |
7 days a week, 18 hours a day | |
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BROADVIEW |
DANFORTH |
Monday to Friday, rush hours only | |
Autumn 1956
Assigned route number 8.
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BROADVIEW |
8 |
C O X W E L L |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||
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BROADVIEW |
8A |
P A P E |
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Monday to Friday, rush hours only | ||
March 21, 1961
A new branch (8B) launched, extending service to the Thorncliffe Park development. Buses operate from Erindale loop via Broadview, O’Connor, Pape, Millwood and Overlea Drive, looping via Thorncliffe Park Drive East and Thorncliffe Park Drive West back to Overlea, returning via the reverse route. Buses operate ever ten minutes during rush hours and every thirty minutes at all other times, Monday to Friday, and every thirty minutes for twelve hours on Saturday.
Coincident with the 8B extension, 8A rush hour short turn service to Pape discontinued.
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BROADVIEW |
8 |
C O X W E L L |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||
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BROADVIEW |
8B |
DANFORTH |
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Monday to Friday, 18 hours a day | ||
August 8, 1961
Service through Thorncliffe Park altered. After 4 p.m. every day, buses change from clockwise to counter-clockwise operation through Thorncliffe Park.
February 26, 1966
Coincident with the opening of the BLOOR-DANFORTH SUBWAY, 8 BROADVIEW buses operate into Broadview station instead of Erindale loop. Also, 8B service through Thorncliffe Park replaced by the new 81 THORNCLIFFE PARK bus route operating from Pape station.
April 23, 1967
Operations transferred from Sherbourne Garage to Danforth Garage.
May 13, 1968
A new Monday to Friday, rush hours short turn service established, operating from Broadview Station to Pape.
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BROADVIEW |
8 |
C O X W E L L |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||
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BROADVIEW |
8A |
P A P E |
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Monday to Friday, rush hours only | ||
September 5, 1972
Service begins on a new branch extending service down Donlands Avenue and Jones Avenue to Queen Street. Buses on the 8B branch operate from Broadview station via Broadview, O’Connor, Donlands, Danforth (transfers required between buses and trains at Donlands station), Jones to Queen, looping via west on Queen, south on Berkshire, east on Eastern, north on Rushbrooke and west on Queen to Jones, returning via reverse route.
Service provided twelve hours a day, Monday through Friday.
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BROADVIEW |
8 |
C O X W E L L |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||
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BROADVIEW |
8A |
P A P E |
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Monday to Friday, rush hours only | ||
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B R O A D V I E W |
8B |
Q U E E N |
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Monday to Friday, rush hours and midday | ||
June 24, 1973
New evening and weekend service added to the 8B “Donlands-Jones”. Buses operate every twenty minutes weekeday evenings and all day Saturdays, and every twenty-five minutes on Sundays.
February 3, 1974
Buses provide following level of service:
- 8 “Coxwell”: 6 minutes during rush hours (3 vehicles), 20 minutes during midday (1 vehicle), 20 minutes during Saturdays (2 vehicles), 20 minutes during Sundays (2 vehicles)
- 8A “Pape”: 12 minutes during rush hours (1 vehicle)
- 8B “Queen via Jones”: 12 minutes during rush hours (8 vehicles), 20 minutes during midday (3 vehicles), 20 minutes during Saturdays (2 vehicles), 20 minutes during Sundays (2 vehicles)
January 5, 1976
Additional service provided on O’Connor (west from Pape) and Broadview by a rerouted 100 FLEMINGDON PARK bus.
January 27, 1978
Last day of service on the 8A “Pape” short turn service.
May 11, 1980
Service on Jones is extended south from Queens to serve the industrial Port Lands. On this day, buses on the redesignated 8C “Commissioners” branch operate over the normal route from Broadview station via Broadview, O’Connor, Donlands, Danforth and Jones to Queen and then operate via west on Queen, south on Berkshire, east on Eastern, east on Mosely, south on Leslie and west on Commissioners to loop through the new Lakeshore garage. Northbound buses return via east on Commissioners, north on Leslie, west on Eastern, north on Rushbrook and west on Queens to Jones before heading north on its original route.
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BROADVIEW |
8 |
C O X W E L L |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||
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BROADVIEW |
8A |
P A P E |
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Monday to Friday, rush hours only | ||
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B R O A D V I E W |
8C |
COMMISSIONERS |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||
November 22, 1980
8 “Coxwell” service rerouted to run from Broadview station via north on Broadview, east on Cosburn, north on Donlands and east on O’Connor, looping via Coxwell, Plains and Lankin. This provides new service on Cosburn, though it mimics that used to be provided on Gamble Avenue, one block north, from 1939 to 1947.
Service on Broadview north of Cosburn and on O’Connor still provided by the 8C “Commissioners” service. No changes to the rollsigns.
October 13, 1984
Last day of operation for the 8C “Donlands-Jones” service. Following the opening of a new bus terminal at Donlands station the next day, service on Donlands provided by a rerouted 56 LEASIDE route. Service on Jones provided by the new 83 JONES route. Also on the following day, service on Cosburn replaced by the new 87 COSBURN route. All 8 BROADVIEW buses now operate from Broadview station via Broadview and O’Connor to loop at Coxwell.
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BROADVIEW |
8 |
C O X W E L L |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||
October 18, 1987
Service operates every twelve minutes during rush hours (with 3 vehicles), every sixteen minutes during midday weekdays and Saturdays (with 2 vehicles) and every fifteen minutes during Sundays (also with 2 vehicles)
February 18, 1996
As part of system-wide service reductions resulting from the loss of provincial subsidy, service on 8 BROADVIEW cut to every thirty minutes from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Only one bus required to maintain service on this route.
March 31, 2002
Danforth Garage closes and its functions were moved to the new Eglinton Garage on Comstock Road. All buses on this route were transferred to Birchmount Garage.
September 4, 2005
Service rendered accessible with the assignment of Orion VII low floor buses.
November 23, 2008
As part of the TTC’s Ridership Growth Strategy, additional service added so that service operates whenever the subway is open. Thirty minute frequencies operate at all hours of service.
8 |
BROADVIEW |
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8 |
BROADVIEW |
TO BROADVIEW STN |
TO COXWELL |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day |
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May 8, 2011
As part of a series of system-wide service cuts resulting from a reduction of municipal subsidies for public transportation, service after 10 p.m. on weekends and holidays eliminated.
September 6, 2015
Late evening service restored on weekends and holidays. Buses now operate at intervals of 30 minutes or better whenever the subway is open.
March 28, 2021
Operations of this route transferred from Birchmount Garage to Eglinton Garage. On this day, McNicoll Garage opened, resulting the changes of route assignments across the system.
June 18, 2023
As track works reconstruction at Broadview station lingers on, route extended to Warden station east from Coxwell via O’Connor and St. Clair, replacing the suspended 70C O’CONNOR. Service is removed from Coxwell, Plains and Lankin. This route’s extension to Warden station harkens to the proposal that the Borough of East York proposed in 1981 that services in the borough would be restructured which occurred in October 1984. Among them was the 70 O’CONNOR extension to Broadview station that would’ve replaced the 8 BROADVIEW bus, and the proposal was then shelved. This was also proposed as the 114 ST. CLAIR EAST in the 2021 Annual Service Plan which would’ve followed the 70C routing.
Originally to interline with 62 MORTIMER south and east to Victoria Park station, whose home terminal Main Street station was closed to track work, buses on this route continue to operate from Broadview station but interline with the 62 MORTIMER continues to proceed.
Buses now operate out of Birchmount Garage instead of Eglinton (Comstock) Garage for the duration of the reconstruction.
8 |
BROADVIEW |
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8 |
BROADVIEW |
TO BROADVIEW STATION |
TO WARDEN STN |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day |
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November 19, 2023
The route’s extension to Warden Station that was in place in June is confirmed permanent. Wait times between buses increases at all times of the day by a few minutes except midday Monday to Friday.
Sunday, May 12, 2024
Due to Ontario Line construction at Pape Station and resulting congestion at Broadview station, buses on this route are temporarily extended south of Broadview (serving the station on the street) to Hennick Bridgepoint Hospital, looping via west on Gerrard, north on St. Matthew’s Road and east on Jack Layton Way to Broadview, returning via north on Broadview to its regular route.
8 |
BROADVIEW |
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8 |
BROADVIEW |
TO HENNICK BRIDGEPOINT HOSPITAL |
TO WARDEN STN |
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7 days a week, 18 hours a day |
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8 Broadview Image Archive
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TTC Novabus LFS #8542 pauses after dropping off passengers at Warden Station, in service on the temporarily extended 8 BROADVIEW route. This photo was taken on June 23, 2023 by James Bow. |
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A Danforth Division side rollsign, circa 1986, showing the 8 BROADVIEW exposures. This photograph was taken by James Bow and the rollsign is courtesy the Rob Lubinski collection. |
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Official TTC map of 8 Broadview service effective July 2010. |
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A riding count of eastbound 8 BROADVIEW operations in 1955. |
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A riding count of westbound 8 BROADVIEW operations in 1955. |
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Page one of 8 Broadview timetable, effective October 14, 1973. |
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Page two of 8 Broadview timetable, effective October 14, 1973. |
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TTC Ford 19B Bus #787 picks up passengers at Erindale loop for a run to Don Mills. This photograph was taken in September 1943. |
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TTC Canadian Car & Foundry C-36 bus #1165 pulls into Danforth loop at Coxwell and Danforth, in service on the BROADVIEW route, bearing the unusual BROADVIEW-DANFORTH rollsign exposure. This TTC photograph, taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s, was donated by Pete Coulman. |
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Nova bus #7241 has alighted passnegers from an 87 COSBURN run but has to wait its turn until Flyer D901 bus #6135 (operating on 8 BROADVIEW) enters the bay first. Photo by David Cavlovic. |
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First northbound run of the 8B "Donlands-Jones" bus from Queen, September 5, 1972. |
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TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus #8149 turns from Coxwell onto Plains Drive, looping at the east end of the 8 BROADVIEW route. The date is June 13, 2013 and the photo is by James Bow. |
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TTC GM New Look bus #8360 poses at an unknown location, bearing an 8C BROADVIEW roll sign in this April 1984 shot. Photo by J.R. Caronetti, from the John Knight collection. |
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TTC GM New Look bus #8743 lays over at Lakeshore Garage next to a Gray Coach bus in this April 1984 shot. This photo is by Tom Dorsey and is courtesy the Gilbert Ebling collection. |
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A photograph of a bus at the Halton County Railway museum, bearing the BROADVIEW sign, circa 1947. This shows the unusual BROADVIEW-DANFORTH exposure. |
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Another rollsign exposure at Halton County. This one is the more conventional dual-destination exposure. |
