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The '''Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Shuttle''' is a free shuttle bus service for airline passengers and staff between the island airport ferry and the Royal York Hotel.<ref>[https://www.flyporter.com/travel/directions-how-to-get-to?culture=en-CA Directions to Airports]. Porter Airlines. Retrieved on 15 May 2012.</ref> The service is run by [[Pacific Western Transportation]] on behalf of [[Porter Airlines]] and [[Air Canada]].
The '''Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Shuttle''' is a free shuttle bus service operating between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Downtown Toronto.<ref>[https://www.flyporter.com/travel/directions-how-to-get-to?culture=en-CA Directions to Airports]. Porter Airlines. Retrieved on 15 May 2012.</ref> Operations are contracted to [[Can-ar Coach Service|Tokmakjian Inc.]]


The shuttle initially served Porter Airlines passengers and staff. But after Air Canada started flying out of the island airport in 2011, the shuttle was renamed and can be used by all passengers. When porter had an office at the Sky Walk beside Union Station, the shuttle used to operate from the base at York Street.  
The shuttle was initiated by [[Porter Airlines]] to provide greater connectivity between the airport and Downtown Toronto. Service was initially restricted to Porter Airlines customers and staff only, and operated from Station Street beside the Skywalk next to [[Toronto Union Station|Union Station]]. Operations were moved to York Street beside the Royal York Hotel after Porter was evicted from the Skywalk.
 
After [[Air Canada]] began operating from Billy Bishop airport in 2011, the shuttle was renamed and opened to all passengers without requiring a ticket or employee ID. Loading was later relocated to Front Street West due to construction at Union Station. In April 2016, [[Can-ar Coach Service|Tokmakjian Inc.]] began operating the service, taking over from [[Pacific Western Transportation|Pacific Western]] which had operated the service since its inception.


==Fleet==
==Fleet==
The Blue Bird buses are used exclusively on the service. If one is not available, the SLF or another small Pacific Western bus is used.
 
===Active roster under [[Can-ar Coach Service|Tokmakjian Inc.]]===
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
!Fleet number(s)
!Thumbnail
!Year
!Manufacturer
!Model
!Engine
!Transmission
!Notes
|- align="center"
|[[Can-ar Coach Service 1937-1938, 1940|1937]]
|[[File:Can-Ar Coach Service 1937-b.jpg|128px]]
|2003
|[[New Flyer Industries|New Flyer]]
|[[New Flyer Industries D40LF|D40LF]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISC|ISC]]
|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]]
| align="left"|
*Ex-[[Fort McMurray Transit]] [[Fort McMurray Transit 1937-1939|1937]]; acquired in 2015.
*Used as backup unit.
|- align="center"
|[[Can-Ar Coach Service 2801-2804|2803-2804]]
|[[File:Can-Ar Coach Service 2803-b.jpg|128px]]
|2008-09
|[[ElDorado National|ElDorado]]
|[[ElDorado National E-Z Rider II MAX|E-Z Rider II MAX]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISB|ISB]]
|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B300R]]
| align="left"|
*Ex-[[Medicine Hat Transit]] [[Medicine Hat Transit 781-783 (2nd)|781-782]], [[Medicine Hat Transit 784, 785 (2nd)|784-785]]; acquired in 2016.
|- align="center"
|[[Can-Ar Coach Service 2805-2808|2805-2808]]
|[[File:Can-Ar Coach Service 2808-a.jpg|128px]]
|2016
|[[ElDorado National|ElDorado]]
|[[ElDorado National E-Z Rider II BRT|E-Z Rider II BRT]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISB|ISB6.7]]
|[[Voith]] [[Voith DIWA.5|D854.5]]
| align="left"|
 
|}
 
===All-time roster under [[Pacific Western Transportation|Pacific Western]]===
If one of the dedicated buses listed below was not available, a midsized coach or spare shuttle bus was used.
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
{| border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" class=sortable
!Fleet number(s)
!Fleet number(s)
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!Notes
!Notes
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|01-03
|[[Pacific Western Transportation 01-03|01-03]]
|[[Image:Porter Airline 01-a.jpg|128px]]
|[[Image:Porter_Airlines_03-a.jpg|128px]]
|2006
|2006
|[[Blue Bird Corporation|Blue Bird]]
|[[Blue Bird Corporation|Blue Bird]]
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|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISB|ISB]]
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISB|ISB]]
|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B300R]]
|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B300R]]
|
|align="left" |
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
|1571
|[[Pacific Western Transportation 5246-5264|5250, 5256, 5263-5264]]
|[[Image:Porter Airline 571-a.jpg|128px]]
|[[Image:Pacific Western Transportation 5264-a.jpg|128px]]
|
|1995
|[[Thomas Dennis]]  
|[[New Flyer Industries|New Flyer]]
|[[Thomas Dennis SLF|SLF]]
|[[New Flyer Industries D40LF|D40LF]]
|
|[[Cummins]] [[Cummins ISC|ISC]]
|
|[[Allison]] [[Allison Bus Series|B400R]]
|Formerly used for Greater Toronto Airport Authority service
|align="left" |
*Ex-[[Orange County Transportation Authority|OCTA]] 5200-series.
*Previously used for [[Greater Toronto Airports Authority#LINK Train|Terminal Link]] shuttle at Pearson Airport.
|}
|}


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[[Category:Airport shuttles]]

Latest revision as of 19:37, 2 February 2024

The Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Shuttle is a free shuttle bus service operating between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport and Downtown Toronto.[1] Operations are contracted to Tokmakjian Inc.

The shuttle was initiated by Porter Airlines to provide greater connectivity between the airport and Downtown Toronto. Service was initially restricted to Porter Airlines customers and staff only, and operated from Station Street beside the Skywalk next to Union Station. Operations were moved to York Street beside the Royal York Hotel after Porter was evicted from the Skywalk.

After Air Canada began operating from Billy Bishop airport in 2011, the shuttle was renamed and opened to all passengers without requiring a ticket or employee ID. Loading was later relocated to Front Street West due to construction at Union Station. In April 2016, Tokmakjian Inc. began operating the service, taking over from Pacific Western which had operated the service since its inception.

Fleet

Active roster under Tokmakjian Inc.

Fleet number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
1937 Can-Ar Coach Service 1937-b.jpg 2003 New Flyer D40LF Cummins ISC Allison B400R
2803-2804 Can-Ar Coach Service 2803-b.jpg 2008-09 ElDorado E-Z Rider II MAX Cummins ISB Allison B300R
2805-2808 Can-Ar Coach Service 2808-a.jpg 2016 ElDorado E-Z Rider II BRT Cummins ISB6.7 Voith D854.5

All-time roster under Pacific Western

If one of the dedicated buses listed below was not available, a midsized coach or spare shuttle bus was used.

Fleet number(s) Thumbnail Year Manufacturer Model Engine Transmission Notes
01-03 Porter Airlines 03-a.jpg 2006 Blue Bird Ultra LF Cummins ISB Allison B300R
5250, 5256, 5263-5264 Pacific Western Transportation 5264-a.jpg 1995 New Flyer D40LF Cummins ISC Allison B400R

References

  1. ↑ Directions to Airports. Porter Airlines. Retrieved on 15 May 2012.


Personal notes and sightings

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