Toronto Transit Commission: Birchmount Division

Location

Toronto Transit Commission Birchmount Division operates in the following districts of Toronto:

• East York
• East Danforth
• Scarborough

Birchmount Division is located at 400 Danforth Road.

History

Birchmount Division opened its doors on June 1st, 1956. The garage was built to replace the Woodbine Garage which was built for the defunct Hollinger Bus Lines located at O’Connor Drive and Woodbine Avenue. When the garage opened, they operated the following routes.

• 15 Brimley
• 20 Cliffside
• 23 Dawes
• 25 Don Mills
• 38 Gerrard
• 43 Kennedy
• 51 Main
• 62 Mortimer
• 67 Pharmacy
• 70 O'Connor
• 86 Scarborough
• 91 Woodbine

Facility Information

Birchmount Division is a 89 500 square foot facility located in Scarborough a neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The garage has 2 wash and fueling bays, 10 repair bays for 40ft buses and 4 inspection pits. The garage also has a UWE heating system for buses stored outdoors and has an approximate capacity of 235 buses.

Bus Fleet

Birchmount is the home to a portion of the fleet of diesel low floor Orion Bus Industries Orion 07.501s.

• Oldest Bus: 7680
• Newest Bus: 8130

Current Routes

#	Route Name Nom	Route Type Type	Division					Remarks Remarques
8	Bellamy	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Plains/Coxwell	Broadview Subway Station		Broadview
9	Broadview	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Scarborough Centre RT Station	Warden Subway Station	Scarborough Centre Eglinton Scarborough	Scarborough Centre McCowan Warden
12A	Kingston Road	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Victoria Park Subway Station	Kennedy Subway/RT Station	Kennedy	Victoria Park Kennedy	Via Variety Village & Brimley
12B		Weekend Service Only Fin de Semaine		Victoria Park Subway Station	Kennedy Subway/RT Station	Kennedy	Victoria Park Kennedy	Via Brimley
12C		Regular Régulier		Victoria Park Subway Station	St-Clair & Barkdene Hills		Victoria Park
12G		Evening Service Only Soir		Victoria Park Subway Station	Bingham Loop		Victoria Park	Operates the last departure everyday.
16	McCowan	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Warden Subway Station	Scarborough Centre RT Station	Scarborough Centre	Warden Scarborough Centre
17A	Birchmount	Rush Hour Pointe	Birchmount	Warden Subway Station	Crown Steel/Royal Crest		Warden	Extra Fare required north of Steeles.
17B				Warden Subway Station	Mountcastle Gate/Steeles		Warden	Via Wintermute
17C		Regular Régulier		Warden Subway Station	Steeles/Warden Loop		Warden	Does not operate during Rush Hours.
20	Cliffside	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Main Street Subway Station	Kennedy Subway/RT Station	Danforth Scarborough Kennedy	Main Street Kennedy
21	Brimley	Evening & Weekend Service Only Soir & Fin de Semaine	Birchmount	Brimley/Steeles	Kennedy Subway/RT Station	Scarborough Centre Kennedy	Scarborough Centre Kennedy	Via Scarborough Centre RT Station
21A		Regular Régulier		Kennedy Subway/RT Station	Scarborough Centre RT Station	Scarborough Centre Kennedy	Scarborough Centre Kennedy	No Evening and Weekend Service.
21B				Brimley/Steeles	Scarborough Centre RT Station	Scarborough Centre	Scarborough Centre	No Evening and Weekend Service.
22A	Coxwell	Evening & Weekend Service Only Soir & Fin de Semaine	Birchmount	Coxwell Subway Station	Bingham Loop		Coxwell	Via Kingston Road
22B		Regular Régulier		Coxwell Subway Station	Coxwell/Queen		Coxwell	No Evening & Weekend Service.
23	Dawes	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Main Street Subway Station	Rexleigh/St-Clair	Danforth	Main Street
24	Victoria Park	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Victoria Park/Steeles Loop	Victoria Park Subway Station		Victoria Park
24B				Don Mills Subway Station	Victoria Park Subway Station		Don Mills Victoria Park	Via Consumers Road No Evening Service
24D				Major Mackenzie/Markland	Victoria Park Subway Station		Victoria Park	Extra Fare required north of Steeles. No Rush Hour Service.
31	Greenwood	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Greenwood Subway Station	Greenwood/Queen		Greenwood	No Midday Service.
31B				Kipling Subway Station	Eastern/Post Office		Greenwood
57	Midland	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Silver Star/Steeles	Kennedy Subway/RT Station	Milliken Agincourt Kennedy	Midland Kennedy
62	Mortimer	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Main Street Subway Station	Broadview Subway Station	Danforth	Main Street Broadview
64	Main	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Eastdale/Goodwood	Wineva/Queen	Danforth	Main Street
65	Parliament	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Castle Frank Subway Station	Princess/The Esplanade		Castle Frank
69A	Warden South	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Warden Subway Station	Birchmount/Kingston		Warden	Via Warden
69B				Warden Subway Station	Birchmount/Danforth		Warden	Via Birchmount
72C	Pape	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Pape Subway Station	Commissioners/Cherry		Pape
81	Thorncliffe Park	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Thorncliffe Park	Pape Subway Station		Pape
83	Jones	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Donlands Subway Station	Wheel-Trans Exit/Commissioners		Donlands
87A	Cosburn	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Main Street Subway Station	Broadview Subway Station	Danforth	Main Street Broadview	No Rush-Hour Service during the weekdays. In service between 9:00am to 9:30pm on weekends. Via East York Acres
87B		AM Service Only AM Seulement		Mortimer/Coxwell	Broadview Subway Station		Broadview
87C		Regular Régulier		Main Street Subway Station	Broadview Subway Station	Danforth	Main Street Broadview	Rush-Hour and after 9:00pm Service on Weekdays. Provides weekend service when "A" Branch is not in service.
91A	Woodbine	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Woodbine Subway Station	Parkview Hill/Aspen South		Woodbine
91B		Rush Hour Pointe		Woodbine Subway Station	Victoria Park/Lawrence		Woodbine
91C		Regular Régulier		Woodbine Subway Station	113 Valleywoods		Woodbine
91D		AM Service Only AM Seulement		Woodbine Subway Station	113 Valleywoods		Woodbine	Via Railside
92	Woodbine South	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Woodbine Subway Station	Woodbine Beach Loop		Woodbine
94A	Wellesley	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Castle Frank Subway Station	Ossington Subway Station		Castle Frank Wellesley Ossington	No Rush-Hour Service
94B				Castle Frank Subway Station	Wellesley Subway Station		Castle Frank Wellesley	Provides Rush-Hour Service during the weekdays. In service between 12:00pm & 6:38pm on Saturdays. In service between 10:32pm & 12:45xm on Sundays.
94D				Wellesley Subway Station	Harbord/OssingtonHARBORD at OSSINGTON		Wellesley Ossington	Provides Rush-Hour Service Only during the weekdays. In service between 12:30pm & 6:32pm on Saturdays. No Sunday Service.
102A	Markham Road	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Warden Subway Station	Centennial College Loop	Scarborough	Warden	No weekend Service.
102B				Warden Subway Station	71 Dynamic	Scarborough	Warden	No Rush-Hour Service.
102C		Rush Hour Pointe		Warden Subway Station	Maybrook/Passmore	Scarborough	Warden
102D		Regular Régulier		Warden Subway Station	Anderson/Markham	Scarborough Markham Mount Joy	Warden	Extra Fare required north of Steeles.
113	Danforth	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Main Street Subway Station	Kennedy Subway & RT Station	Danforth Scarborough Kennedy	Main Street Kennedy
135	Garrard	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Main Street Subway Station	Warden Subway Station	Danforth	Main Street Warden
143	Downtown/Beach Express	Express	Birchmount	Neville Park Loop	Adelaide/Simcoe		Queen Osgoode St-Andrew King	Express Surcharge Fare required. Rush Hour Service Only.
167A	Pharmacy North	Saturday Service Only Samedi Seulement	Birchmount	Don Mills Subway Station	Steeles/Esna Loop		Don Mills	Via Consumers Road
167B		Regular Régulier		Don Mills Subway Station	Steeles/Esna Loop		Don Mills	No weekend service
172A	Huntingwood	Regular Régulier	Birchmount	Wellington/York	Carlaw/Commissioners			AM Service only during the weekends.
172B		Evening & Weekend Service Only Soir & Fin de Semaine		Wellington/York	Carlaw/Commissioners			Via Cherry Beach
300A	Bloor - Danforth	Blue Night Network Réseau Blue Night	Birchmount	Danforth/Warden	Pearson International Airport	Kipling Pearson Airport	Main Street Broadview Bloor-Yonge St-George Dundas West Jane Kipling	Route shared with Eglinton, Mount Dennis and Queensway
300B				Danforth/Warden	340 The East Mall	Kipling Pearson Airport	Main Street Broadview Bloor-Yonge St-George Dundas West Jane Kipling
302	Danforth Road - McCowan	Blue Night Network Réseau Blue Night	Birchmount	Danforth Road/Danforth Avenue	Steeles/McCowan Loop
322	Coxwell	Blue Night Network Réseau Blue Night	Birchmount	Broadview Subway Station	Bingham Loop		Broadview Coxwell	Via Kingston Road
324	Victoria Park	Blue Night Network Réseau Blue Night	Birchmount	Bingham Loop	Warden/Steeles Loop		Victoria Park	Via Sheppard and Warden.

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