| Roseland Bus Lines Routes and Service |
| Roselands suburban service between the Roselands area of York Township, Mount Dennis and the Junction business district of West Toronto. Buses "wyed" at Keele Street and Vine Avenue in the Junction and operated north on Keele and then Weston Road to Lambton Avenue in Mt.Dennis, then west along Lambton to Jane Street and Bexley Crescent to East Drive, the Roselands area. SERVICE was daily from 6.15 a.m. (10.45 a.m. Sundays) until 12.15 a.m. Trip time for the 5.38 mile round trip was 30 minutes, headway (frequency) was 15 minutes in rush hours and 30 minutes at all other times and on Sundays. This required 1 bus in Base service, 2 in A.M. rush and 3 in P.M. rush. RESTRICTION: Prohibited from handling local passengers in competition with the T.T.C. This would be within the City of Toronto along Keele and Weston Road between the Junction and Northland Avenue which was the City Limit. FARES: Roselands; Prior March 9,1951 Adults: 5 cents (11 tickets for 50c) Children: 3 cents After March 9,1951 Adults: 10 cents (3 tickets for 25c) Children: 5 cents Woodbridge interurban service between Weston, Thistletown, Woodbridge and Pine Grove. Operated from Elmsmere Avenue (between John and King Sts. north of Lawrence Ave.), north on Main Street (now Weston Road), and along Albion Road through Thistletown, then Wodbridge Road (now Islington Avenue) to Highway 7 in Woodbridge with certain trips extended north to Gamble Street in Pine Grove. On return buses ran down Main Street, east on Lawrence to South Station Street, north to John Street, west to Main and north to Elmsmere. SERVICE was operated daily from 6.30 a.m. (8.30 Sundays) until 11.00 p.m. Trip time for the 15.75 mile round trip was 60 minutes, headway was 30 minutes in rush hours, 60 minutes at other times, except after 9.30 p.m. it was 90 minutes. This required 1 bus in base service and 2 in rush hours. RESTRICTION: Prohibited the handling of local passengers within the Town of Weston in competition with the Town's own service operated for them by the T.T.C. FARES: Weston to Thistletown; Adults 15 cents Children 10 cents Weston to Woodbridge; Adults 25 cents Children 15 cents OPERATING STATISTICS 1951 Route Annual miles Passengers Revenue Expenses Profit Roselands 96,000 506,000 $38,000 $34,000 $4,000 Woodbridge 102,000 312,000 65,000 37,000 28,000 Charters and 200,000 120,000 74,000 46,000 Special services (school) Total 398,000 223,000 145,000 78,000 |