Compiled by Pete Coulman and Alan Gryfe Originally posted by Alan Gryfe
September 20, 1921
Service begins on the first bus route established by the newly formed Toronto Transportation Commission. HUMBERSIDE buses operate from the Dundas/Humberside intersection via west on Humberside, north on High Park Avenue and west on Annette Street to Runnymede Road, returning via the reverse route. Buses wyed at both terminal intersections.
Route is assigned number 1.
1 | HUMBERSIDE | R U N N Y- |
| 1 | HUMBERSIDE | DUNDAS |
7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||||||
December 24, 1922
Route extended west on Annette Street, from Runnymede to wye at Annette and Jane. Service may have been renamed HUMBERSIDE-ANNETTE at this time.
1 | HUMBERSIDE | JANE |
| 1 | HUMBERSIDE | DUNDAS |
7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||||||
August 9, 1924
Route name changed to HIGH PARK-ANNETTE. Eastern terminus moved to Dundas Street and High Park Avenue, with buses running via High Park and Annette to Jane Street, wying at both ends.
1 | HIGH PARK AVE | JANE |
| 1 | HIGH PARK AVE | DUNDAS |
7 days a week, 18 hours a day | ||||||
September 6, 1925
Service rerouted again, and partially replaced by the new RUNNYMEDE bus. Buses operate from Dundas and Keele via south on Keele Street, west on Annette Street and south on High Park Avenue to Bloor Street, wyeing and returning via High Park, Annette, Mavety Street and Dundas. “ANNETTE” dropped from the route name.
November 28, 1925
Route replaced by the new JANE (city) bus.
Humberside-Annette Image Archive
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On May 7, 1923, a TTC bus turns from Dundas west onto Humberside in service on the HUMBERSIDE route. Photo courtesy the Toronto Archives. |
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The Toronto Transportation Commission's first bus, one of four Fifth Avenue Coach Company model "L"s. By the time this picture was taken, an upper-deck windscreen had been added for passengers' comfort. Today this bus is preserved at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, Ontario. Photo courtesy the TTC. |
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TTC bus #2 operates in service on the HIGH PARK-ANNETTE route on November 20, 1924. Photo courtesy the Toronto Archives. |
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As the bus network was expanded, more vehicles were needed. In 1922 the Toronto Transportation Commission bought six more Fifth Avenue buses, and one sample bus each from four different manufacturers. Pictured left is number 7, an AEC model 404. This photo dates from before 1925, as the upper deck was removed that year. Photo courtesy the TTC. |
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Left is another British bus, a Tilling-Stevens TS-4 pictured at Humberside & Annette in 1922. The only difference between TTC number 8 and a home-market model is the reversed rear staircase--note the right-hand position of the driver. Richard T. Vincent photo. |
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The Toronto Transportation Commission bought three White model 50As in 1927 to help assuage the demand for ever more buses. Number 16--the first of the group--was photographed while wyeing at Jane & Annette during a training trip. (The only passenger on board is a watchful inspector.) Toronto Transit Commission photo |
