The presence of these variants was confusing to some. The best theory available was that they were issued at stations where transfers were needed to change from the subway to connecting buses or streetcars. Subway transfers were not valid at the station where they were issued (to prevent somebody from picking up a fallen transfer and walking on a bus). However, someone who paid a fare to enter at an automatic entrance might want to transfer to a bus or a streetcar at the main entrance. The special entrance transfers allowed this. Seen here are the transfers for the Poyntz Avenue exit at Sheppard (transfers were required to connect with all buses), the south entrance to York Mills station (transfers were required to connect with all buses), the Duplex Street entrance to Eglinton (to connect with the 5 AVENUE ROAD bus, which stopped beside Eglinton station, but didn't enter it), and the Pleasant Boulevard entrance to St. Clair. The last one doesn't fit the scenario above, since there were no routes operating near the station that didn't enter the station. Item donated by Jeffrey Kay.

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