Compiled by Jeffrey Kay

September 14, 1930

First day of service. Buses run from Stibbard south on Mt. Pleasant, west on Eglinton and north on Avenue Road to Strathallan Blvd, returning over the reverse route. Service replaces part of the ORIOLE bus route.

October 21, 1931

Service extended north on Avenue Road to Glenview.

December 9, 1935

Service extended from Stibbard north on Mt. Pleasant east on Glengowan and north on Dundurn, then looping west on St. Leonard, north on Mt. Pleasant and east on Dinnick Cres.

October 29, 1936

Buses now serve the new “Starrett Loop” on the south side of Eglinton just west of Yonge, in both directions.

November 14, 1936

The new Otter Loop on the west side of Avenue Road at Glenview is the new west terminal of this route.

January 18, 1937

A new AM rush short turn service is operated between the Starrett Loop at Yonge and Mt. Pleasant & Stibbard. This service ends on May 17, 1937 and is resumed and discontinued two times over the next two years, specifically:

• October 13, 1937 - June 27, 1938
• December 12, 1938 - June 30, 1939

November 24, 1939

The Mt. Pleasant looping is revised. Buses now run north on Mt. Pleasant, and loop east on Dinnick, south on Dundurn and west on Dawlish. AM short turn service is resumed.

July 15, 1940

The AM short turn service is discontinued again.

September 9, 1940

The Mt. Pleasant looping is expanded, buses now run east on Dinnick, east on Rochester, south on St. Ives, west on St. Leonard, south on Dundurn and west on Dawlish to Mt. Pleasant. AM short turn service is resumed.

January 20, 1941

Night service over part of the route is offered by the NORTH TORONTO bus.

An EGLINTON transfer, effective November 26, 1945.

October 1, 1942

Overnight service is now operated as part of the EGLINTON route from Otter Loop to Yonge and Eglinton, replacing NORTH TORONTO night bus service.

September 19, 1944

One AM and one PM rush hour trip is now operated between Blythwood & Mt. Pleasant and Sunnybrook Hospital. This service may have started from Eglinton & Mt. Pleasant.

September 19, 1946

The Sunnybrook branch now operates four trips daily from Starrett Loop via Eglinton, Mt. Pleasant, Blythwood and Bayview to the new Hospital.

September 26, 1946

More frequent rush hour and evening service is added to the Sunnybrook branch. Sunday service to Sunnybrook is added.

November 1, 1948

New SUNNYBROOK service takes over EGLINTON’S Sunnybrook branch, operating of a different route.

May 31, 1952

Night bus service between Otter Loop and Starrett Loop discontinued.

March 6, 1954

Last day of service. Replaced the following day by the new NORTOWN Trolley Coach route.

See Also:

• 61 NORTOWN
• 32 EGLINTON WEST

Eglinton Image Archive

	A 1953 map of proposed trolley coach and bus services operating out of Eglinton station following the opening of the YONGE subway. Note that the NORTOWN trolley coach is referred to as the EGLINTON trolley coach. Image courtesy Rob Pineault collection.
	In 1953, initial plans for the North Toronto trolley bus network to connect to the YONGE subway to open the following year initially called for separate ELGINTON and LAWRENCE trolley bus routes. Although trolley bus wires were strong on Lawrence from Yonge to Mount Pleasant, the LAWRENCE bus remained diesel, and NORTOWN, replacing EGLINTON, extended further north instead. Image courtesy Rob Pineault.
	TTC Twin 23-R coach #593 poses outside the York Masonic Temple on Eglinton Avenue, just east of Yonge Street, in service on the EGLINTON bus route on June 15, 1937. This TTC photograph was donated by Pete Coulman.
	TTC Twin 34-S bus operates in EGLINTON service southbound on Mount Pleasant, just south of Lawrence Avenue. The photographer is unknown and the image is courtesy Rob Pineault.
	A late-1920s-era TTC bus sits in Levy Auto Parts, on Weston Road between Buttonwood and Edmund on west side, awaiting its fate. In spite of the MAIN route sign, the Stibbard-Strathallen destination sign was used by the EGLINTON route in the early 1930s. The photograph was taken on July 19, 1954 by James Victor Salmon and is courtesy the Toronto Public Library.