An 87 COSBURN transfer (a punched 8 BROADVIEW transfer) from Marcn 30, 1986.

Compiled by Pete Coulman

October 14, 1984

Service begins on the 87 COSBURN route replacing the "C" branch of 8 BROADVIEW and the "D" and "E" branch of 91 WOODBINE as well as providing new service on Cosburn Avenue between Donlands and Woodbine.

Buses operate from Broadview station via north on Broadview, east on Cosburn, south on Westlake, east on Lumsden, east and south on Eastdale, west on Secord, south on Barrington, west on Doncaster and south on Main Street to Main Street station. Service operates 18 hours a day, 7 days a week.

A branch of the service, operating midday, operates through East York Acres, following the normal route in both directions to Haldon Avenue and then heading north on Haldon and looping counterclockwise through the East York Acres parking lot, heading south on Haldon and continuing on Cosburn. This route operates out of Danforth Garage.

This is part of a restructuring of services in the borough of East York that the borough requested in 1981. The only recommended restructuring that was not done was the proposed 70 O'CONNOR extension west on O'Connor to Broadview Station, replacing the 8 BROADVIEW bus entirely.

February 18, 1991

Service begins on a new rush hour short turn service operating between Broadview station and Coxwell. Buses follow the normal route to Coxwell and then proceed south on Coxwell to loop via west on Mortimer, north on Durant and east on Memorial Park to Coxwell, returning via the reverse route. This branch replaces the "A" branch of 62 MORTIMER.

November 22, 1998

Service rendered accessible using the Nova RTS lift-equipped buses.

January 7, 2001

Evening service added to the East York Acres branch, Mondays through Saturdays. The first trip in the evening will be at 6:30 p.m. and the last trip will be at 9:15 p.m. on weekdays, and 9:45 p.m. on Saturday.

March 31, 2002

Coincident with the closure of Danforth Garage, service on this route is transferred to the new Eglinton Garage on Comstock Road.

November 23, 2008

With the opening of Mount Dennis Garage, operations of this route is transferred from Eglinton to Birchmount garage on Danforth Road.

By September 2, 2010

Service on the 87B "Coxwell" rush hour branch is operating during the morning rush hours at this time. During the afternoon rush hour, all service operates between Main Street station and Broadview station. It's likely this change happened some time before this date.

June 22, 2014

As part of a system-wide reorganization of route branch designations, all eastbound buses to Main Street Station, not going through East York Acres, is redesignated 87C.

September 6, 2015

Off-peak service is increased so that buses operate at intervals of 10 minutes or better whenever the subway is open.

October 7, 2016

Last day of operation on the 87B "Coxwell" morning rush hour branch. Effective the following Tuesday, all rush hour service operates between Broadview station and Main Street station.

May 13, 2018

With construction temporarily closing [Main Street station](/subway/stations/002-bloor-danforth-subway/main-street.shtml), buses on the 87 COSBURN route have to stop outside the station and loop via west on Danforth Avenue and north on Chisholm Avenue. This diversion is expected to last until September 2018.

September 2, 2018

With the completion of construction at Main Street station's bus terminal, the temporary rerouting of 87 COSBURN comes to an end.

87 Cosburn Image Archive

	A Danforth Division side rollsign, circa 1986, showing the 87 COSBURN exposures. This photograph was taken by James Bow and the rollsign is courtesy the Rob Lubinski collection.
	An official map of the TTC's 87 COSBURN operations, effective June 1, 2013.
	The 87 COSBURN rollsign exposures from a late 1980s rollsign. Photo courtesy Joseph Chemerys of the Rollsign Gallery.
	A map and timetable describing 87 COSBURN operations effective March 31, 1996.
	A TTC Orion VII bus heads west on Cosburn, stopping at Coxwell on June 13, 2013. Photo by James Bow.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" hybrid bus operates westbound in 87 COSBURN service, and Barrington and Lumsden. This photograph was taken on February 13, 2017 by Marcus Danchuk.
	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.
	TTC Nova RTS 7242 seen here at Broadview station, in service on 87 COSBURN. A 1999 photo by Brad O'Brien
	TTC Orion VII bus #7873 lays over at Broadview station in 87 COSBURN service on the afternoon of June 22, 2017 while another of its colleagues sits ready. Photo by James Bow.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" bus #8153, in the new livery, poses at Broadview station in service on 87 COSBURN on September 20, 2017. Photo taken by Marcus Danchuk.
	TTC NovaBus LFS #8571 lays over at Broadview subway station in 87 COSBURN service. This photograph was taken by Marcus Danchuk on May 14, 2017.