Compiled by Jelo Gutierrez Cantos

See Also:

• 34 EGLINTON EAST
• 116 MORNINGSIDE
• 198 UOFT SCARBOROUGH ROCKET (2014-2018)
• 305 EGLINTON EAST NIGHT (1987-2015)
• 334 EGLINTON EAST NIGHT
• EGLINTON-CROSSTOWN LRT

Operations Overview

• Type: Express (Limited stop express)
• Established: September 2, 2018
• Distance: 23.81 km
• Blue Night Service: 334 EGLINTON EAST, 354 LAWRENCE EAST
• Types of vehicles used: Nova Bus LFS
• Bus Length: 40’ standard low-floor
• Division: Birchmount
• Ridership: 9,200 (2018)

This route operates with 2 branches:

• 905A Kennedy Station - Conlins Road via U of T Scarborough
• 905B Kennedy Station - U of T Scarborough

Background

The origins of the 905 EGLINTON EAST EXPRESS bus route can be traced to March 14, 1988 when the 34E EGLINTON EAST EXPRESS began to operate between Kennedy station and Scarborough College during peak periods. This continued in September 1989 when service on Eglinton Avenue became its own route, the 116 MORNINGSIDE.

As ridership on the 116E loomed, the proposed 13 km Scarborough Malvern LRT line was part of the Transit City proposal announced by then-Mayor David Miller on March 16, 2007, was later cancelled in 2010 when the new mayor, Rob Ford took office. The project was resurrected in 2016 as the “Crosstown East” before renaming it to “Eglinton East LRT” in 2017 as part of the EGLINTON-CROSSTOWN LRT. The proposed LRT routing on Eglinton Avenue, Kingston Road and Morningside Avenue parallels to the 198 U of T SCARBOROUGH ROCKET, which replaced the 116E service in September 2014.

As the name stands, the route number is chosen as the route runs in parallel of the future Eglinton East LRT line, an eastern extension of EGLINTON-CROSSTOWN LRT and shares the name with its counterpart west of Kennedy station, 34 EGLINTON EAST route.

September 2, 2018

As part of the TTC’s rebranding and expansion of its Express Bus Network services, this route, 905 EGLINTON EAST EXPRESS, is renamed from the former 198 UOFT SCARBOROUGH ROCKET, operating on the same express routing between Kennedy station and University of Toronto Scarborough east of Eglinton Avenue East, northeast of Kingston Road, north of Morningside Avenue, east of Ellesmere Road, and southeast on Military Trail returning via reverse route.

In between Kingston Road and UTSC, buses stop only Midland, Brimley, McCowan, Bellamy, Markham, Kingston (at Eglinton), Guildwood GO Station, Galloway, Lawrence, Kingston (at Morningside), Ellesmere, and Military Trail. Service operates Monday to Friday during peak periods, midday, early evenings until 11:00 p.m and Saturdays and Sundays until 7:00 p.m.

A walking transfer is maintained on Eglinton Avenue and Brimley Road as well as the 16 McCOWAN on Danforth Road and Eglinton Avenue.This route operates out of Eglinton Garage

March 23, 2020

With the ongoing impact of COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in Toronto, service is temporarily suspended on this route and buses are reallocated. Local buses are utilized by the 86 SCARBOROUGH or 116 MORNINGSIDE services. Customers travelling to U of T Scarborough should utilize 116A MORNINGSIDE service to Military Trail/Ellesmere Road while service on Kingston Road between Guildwood Parkway and Morningside Avenue is still provided by the 12D KINGSTON ROAD and 86 SCARBOROUGH.

October 11, 2020

New priority bus lanes open on Eglinton Avenue East from Brimley Road to Kingston Road, on Kingston Road from Eglinton to Morningside Drive and on Morningside Drive from Kingston Road to Ellesmere. Coincident with this, service resumes on this express route, all day each week, except for late evenings on weekdays, and evenings on weekends and holidays.

Also on this day, the Brimley Road stop was moved to Danforth Road, thus the walking transfer with 16 McCOWAN buses ends.

March 28, 2021

With the opening of the new McNicoll Garage, service on this route is transferred from Eglinton Garage to Birchmount Garage.

May 9, 2021

As part of the Scarborough East Study, service on the 905 EGLINTON EAST EXPRESS is extended to Conlins Road area from its regular routing. This service, designated as the 905A, replaces the 116A MORNINGSIDE branch and provides customers with new express service and faster travel along the Eglinton East corridor recreating the combined 116A/E local/express routing from 1991 to 2014. Before 12 p.m. buses operate via its regular routing to the campus, via east on Ellesmere Road, north on Collins Road, east on Canmore Boulevard, south on Morrish Road, west on Ellesmere Road, north and west on Military Trail to Morningside Avenue. After 12 p.m., buses run directly via east on Ellesmere Road, north on Collins Road, east on Canmore Boulevard, south on Morrish Road, west on Ellesmere Road, before turning south and east onto Military Trail looping into the campus before continuing north and west on Military Trail to Morningside Avenue.

Buses on the original branch is redesignated as 905B and operates on weekends.

March 26, 2023

Service transferred from Birchmount Garage to Malvern Garage. Route converted to articulated operation using 18m Nova LFS Artic low floor articulated buses. Headways are widened roughly in proportion to the capacity of the larger vehicles.

Summary (Effective October 11, 2020)

905 Eglinton East Express Image Archive

	An official TTC map of 905 EGLINTON EAST EXPRESS operations as of opening day, September 4, 2018.
	TTC NovaBus LFS bus #8642 pauses to pick up passengers at Kennedy station in 905 EGLINTON EAST EXPRESS service in this October 2018 shot by Steven Sun.
	TTC Novabus LFS #8700 pauses at Kennedy station in service on the 905 EGLINTON EAST EXPRESS. This photo was taken by Marcus Danchuk on October 10, 2018.