Toronto Transit Commission Danforth Division
Danforth Carhouse in early TTC days, with Coxwell Loop in the foreground. This view, looking southeast, was taken from the north side of Danforth Avenue.TTC Photo |
Danforth Division is a former Toronto Transit Commission streetcar and bus division. Danforth Division was located at the southeast corner of Danforth & Coxwell Avenues.
History
The Toronto Civic Railways opened the Danforth Carhouse as an operating streetcar carhouse in September, 1915. The Civic's DANFORTH and GERRARD routes were operated from this facility.
This carhouse was taken over by the Toronto Transportation Commission on September 1st, 1921. BROADVIEW, the first streetcar line to be operated by Peter Witt cars, was hosted by this facility when the Witts commenced revenue service on October 2nd, 1921.
Danforth Carhouse ceased operating streetcars on February 26th, 1966, with the opening of the Bloor-Danforth subway. Streetcar operations were transfered to Russell Carhouse.
Sherbourne Garage operated buses for Danforth Division while the carhouse was being converted to a bus garage.
The garage reopened on April 23rd, 1967. The 60,000 (5,500 m2) facility accommodated 134 buses. The depot included a wash rack, a diesel fueling station, six 40-foot hoists and eight inspection pit stations.
With the opening of the New Eglinton Garage, Danforth Garage closed as an operating division on March 30th, 2002.
Routes in 1993
- 8 Broadview
- 22 Coxwell
- 23 Dawes
- 25 Don Mills
- 31 Greenwood
- 62 Mortimer
- 64 Main
- 65 Parliament
- 70 O'Connor
- 72 Pape
- 81 Thorncliffe Park
- 83 Jones
- 87 Cosburn
- 91 Woodbine
- 92 Woodbine South
- 94 Wellesley
- 100 Flemingdon Park
- 143 Premium Express via Queen East
- 300 Bloor-Danforth
- 302 Danforth Rd-McCowan
- 303 Don Mills via Coxwell
Fleet
Near the end of service Danforth operated these buses:
Destination sign
1993 side sign (stamped DAN 37 N) recorded November 1993 from a retired and scrapped TTC Flyer D800B (number unknown).
| COXWELL QUEEN-COXWELL STN | 22 |
| COXWELL BINGHAM-COXWELL STN | 22A |
| D A W E S ST. CLAIR-MAIN STN | 23 |
| DON MILLS STEELES-PAPE STN | 25 |
| SHORT TURN DON MIILS | 25S |
| DON MILLS LAWRENCE-PAPE STN | 25A |
| DON MILLS EXPRESS | 25B |
| STEELES-PAPE STN | |
| DON MILLS HIGHWAY 7-PAPE STN | 25C |
| DON MILLS 16TH AVE.-PAPE STN | 25D |
| GREENWOOD QUEEN-GREENWOOD STN | 31 |
| GREENWOOD HARBOUR HEADLAND-GREENWOOD STN | 31A |
| GREENWOOD EASTERN-GREENWOOD STN | 31B |
| MORTIMER MAIN STN-BROADVIEW STN | 62 |
| SHORT TURN MORTIMER | 62S |
| MORTIMER COXWELL-BROADVIEW STN | 62A |
| M A I N EASTDALE-QUEEN | 64 |
| O'CONNOR WARDEN STN-COXWELL STN | 70 |
| O'CONNOR EGLINTON-COXWELL STN | 70A |
| PHARMACY ELLESMERE-VICTORIA PARK STN | 67 |
| SHORT TURN PHARMACY | 67S |
| PHARMACY EGLINTON-VICTORIA PARK STN | 67A |
| PHARMACY STEELES-VICTORIA PARK STN | 67B |
| WOODBINE VIA SLOAN LAWRENCE-WOODBINE STN | 91 |
| SHORT TURN WOODBINE | 91S |
| WOODBINE PARKVIEW HILLS-WOODBINE STN | 91A |
| WOODBINE BERMONDSEY-WOODBINE STN | 91B |
| WOODBINE YORK MILLS-WOODBINE STN | 91C |
| WOODBINE VIA RAILSIDE YORK MILLS-WOODBINE STN | 91F |
| WOODBINE SOUTH QUEEN-WOODBINE STN | 92 |
| WOODBINE SOUTH LAKESHORE-WOODBINE STN | 92A |
| DANFORTH MAIN STN-KENNEDY STN | 113 |
| SHORT TURN DANFORTH | 113S |
| KINGSTON RD ST CLAIR-VICTORIA PK STN | 12 |
| SHORT TURN KINGSTON RD | 12S |
| KINGSTON RD ST CLAIR-BINGHAM | 12A |
| KINGSTON RD KENNEDY STN-VICTORIA PK STN | 12B |
| BROADVIEW COXWELL-BROADVIEW STN | 8 |
| SHORT TURN BROADVIEW | 8S |
| BROADVIEW PAPE-BROADVIEW STN | 8A |
| P A P E QUEEN-PAPE STN | 72 |
| PAPE VIA COMMISIONERS PAPE STN-KING | 72A |
| J O N E S COMMISIONERS-DONLANDS STN | 83 |
| SHORT TURN J O N E S | 83S |
| COSBURN MAIN STN-BROADVIEW STN | 87 |
| SHORT TURN COSBURN | 87S |
| COSBURN VIA EAST YORK ACRES MAIN STN-BROADVIEW STN | 87A |
| CLIFFSIDE MAIN STN-KENNEDY STN | 20 |
| BLOOR-DANFORTH WARDEN-MARKLAND WOOD | 300 |
| SHORT TURN BLOOR-DANFORTH | 300S |
| DANFORTH RD-McCOWAN STEELES-DANFORTH | 302 |
| SHORT TURN DANFORTH RD-McCOWAN | 302S |
| DON MILLS VIA COXWELL STEELES-QUEEN | 303 |
| DON MILLS VIA COXWELL STEELES-BINGHAM | 303A |
| SHORT TURN DON MIILS | 303S |
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| EXHIBITION | |
| R A C E S | |
| S P E C I A L | |
| ONTARIO PLACE | |
Sources
- Boutilier, Robert, Bus Maintenance and Shops - 1999 Insider's Guide.
- Kay, Jeffrey (ed.), Transfer Points, Feb/Mar 1993, Toronto.
- TTC History Cards, City of Toronto Archives, Toronto.
- The Coupler, TTC Employee Magazine, various issues.
