| DANFORTH BUS LINES Ltd. NORTH YORK BUS LINES TORONTO COACH LINES Ltd. |
| by R.L.Kennedy |
| Spring of 1920 A Toronto-King City service is started by a Mr. A.Ireland. Spring of 1926 A Birchcliffe service is started from the City Limits at Danforth & Luttrell Avenues to Birchcliffe Heights by a Mr. C.F.Ramsell. June 1926 Birchcliffe service is sold to Mr. T.J.Shoniker operating as Danforth Bus Lines. Rush hour service is operated from Luttrell via Danforth to Birchmount. By early 1927 the Birchcliffe route was being operated 11 hours a day and soon extended to all day. May 14,1931 Toronto-King service is bought from a Mr. R.Foster by Shoniker and operated as Toronto Coach Lines Ltd. October 1932 Toronto-King service is extended from Eglinton Avenue and Dufferin Street (City Limits just north thereof) to downtown Toronto. September 30,1934 Toronto-Alliston service operated week-ends only, via Dufferin Street through Concord, Bolton, Palgrave, Tottenham and Beeton. Service cut back from Alliston to Beeton one year later, September 29,1935. It was re-routed September 4, 1944 via Dufferin, Wilson Avenue and Weston Road eliminating Concord on Highway 7. January 4,1937 Service from Eglinton and Dufferin to downtown Toronto is halted by Department of Highways decision that only through coaches could pick up inbound passengers or discharge outbound, on Vaughan Road, north of the City Limits. July 22,1937 Scarborough Junction route operated from Luttrell and Danforth Avenue via Danforth Road and Midland Avenue to Lorraine Avenue, with rush hour service extended north on Kennedy Road to Eglinton Avenue returning south on Midland Avenue in the A.M. and north on Midland returning south on Kennedy in the P.M. rush. It later (August 25,1938) became an all day service and was extended by March 1941 via Eglinton from Kennedy to Warden. March 1, 1938 Swansea Bus service purchased from a Mr. Sefton. It was sold March 6,1945 to West York Coach Lines. August 25,1938 Birchcliffe route operated from Luttrell via Danforth and Kingston Road to Claremore Avenue (Stop 12). Returning via Claremore, McNab Blvd. Highview Ave. Birchmount Rd. and Danforth. Note: A grade separation at Danforth & Kingston prevented a turn onto Kennedy. March 1941 Geco-Danforth and Dawes Road service started in co-operation with Hollinger Bus Lines.. Geco-Danforth and Coxwell was likewise started in October. (NOTE: Geco = General Engineering Co. a major war-time industry, that spawned a large housing project also called GECO) September 1941 DeHavilland airport service started as a charter operation. June 1945 Regents Park service begins from Luttrell via Danforth and Pharmacy Avenue to St.Clair Ave. returning via St.Clair, Maybourne Ave., Florens Ave, Pharmacy and Danforth. In 1951 north on Pharmacy to Kingswell Cres. |