Toronto Transit Commission: Birchmount Division

Location

TTC: Birchmount Division serves the transit mainly to:

• Southwest Scarborough
• East York-Beaches
• North Scarborough
• Main Street Station

Birchmount Division is located at 395 Danforth Rd. west of Birchmount Rd.

History

Opened on June 1, 1956, it serves as the TTC's oldest garage. It operates on 89,500 sq. ft land with 3 bus storage bays, 2 wash racks, 2 fueling stations, 10 40-foot hoists, and 4 inspection pit stations. The UWE heating system for outdoor storage is located at the northwest corner of the facility was opened in 2000.

Bus Fleet

Birchmount currently holds 228 diesel Orion VII 40 foot (12 metre) low-floor vehicles (173 Orion VII and 55 Orion VII NG). It is now a 100% fully accessible garage.

• Oldest Bus: 7709
• Newest Bus: 8154

Thumbnail	Fleet number range	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Remarks
File:TTC 7873.JPG	7709 to 7793, 7795 to 7882	2005	OBI	Orion 07.501	Detroit Diesel Series 50 EGR	Allison B400R	173 units. 7739 caught fire on May 28, 2011, since returned June 2012 7794 involved in a fatal collision in 2010, renumbered to 7882 in 2011.
File:TTC 8136.JPG	8100 to 8154	2009-2010	DBNA	Orion 07.501 NG	Cummins ISL	Allison B400R	55 units.

Current Routes

#	Route Name Nom	Type Type	Branch Route Route Direction		Remarks Remarques
8	Broadview	Regular	Coxwell Avenue	Broadview Subway Station
9	Bellamy	Regular	Scarborough Centre RT Station	Warden Subway Station	Operates until 10pm Saturdays and 7pm Sundays.
12	Kingston Road	Regular	St. Clair Avenue and Barkdene Hills Dr.	Victoria Park Subway Station
12A			Kennedy Subway/RT Station via Variety Village and Brimley Road	Victoria Park Subway Station via Brimley Road and Variety Village
12B			Kennedy Subway/RT Station via Brimley Road	Victoria Park Subway Station via Brimley Road	Operates weekends and holidays.
16	McCowan	Regular	Scarborough Centre RT Station	Warden Subway Station	Shared with Eglinton Division when interlining with 70 O'Connor late evenings on weekends.
17	Birchmount	Regular	Steeles Avenue and Warden Avenue	Warden Subway Station
17A			14th Avenue		Extra Fare required north of Steeles Avenue
17B			Steeles Avenue via Wintermute Boulevard
20	Cliffside	Regular	Kennedy Subway/RT Station	Main Street Subway Station
22	Coxwell	Regular	Coxwell Subway Station	Queen Street
22A				Victoria Park Avenue via Kingston Road
23	Dawes	Regular	St. Clair Avenue	Main Street Subway Station
24	Victoria Park	Regular	Steeles Avenue	Victoria Park Subway Station
24A			Don Mills Subway Station via Consumers Road
24D			Major Mackenzie Drive		Extra Fare required north of Steeles Avenue
31	Greenwood	Regular	Greenwood Subway Station	Queen Street
31B				Eastern Avenue
57	Midland	Regular	Steeles Avenue	Kennedy Subway/RT Station
62	Mortimer	Regular	Main Street Subway Station	Broadview Subway Station
64	Main	Regular	Eastdale Avenue via Main Street Subway Station	Queen Street via Main Street Subway Station
65	Parliament	Regular	Castle Frank Subway Station	The Espalande
69A	Warden South	Regular	Warden Station via Birchmount Road	Kingston Road via Warden Avenue	Operates counter-clockwise, northbound trips return as 69B.
69B			Warden Station via Warden Avenue	Kingston Road via Birchmount Road	Operates clockwise, northbound trips return as 69A.
72	Pape	Regular	Pape Subway Station	Eastern Avenue
72A			Pape Subway Station via Commissioners Street	Union Subway Station via Commissioners Street
72B			Pape Subway Station via Commissioners Street and Cherry Street	Union Subway Station via Cherry Street and Commissioners Street	Seasonal; Operates mid-May to Labour Day.
81	Thorncliffe Park	Regular	Thorncliffe Park Drive	Pape Subway Station
83	Jones	Regular	Donlands Subway Station	Commissioners Street
87	Cosburn	Regular	Main Street Subway Station	Broadview Subway Station
87A			Main Street Subway Station via East York Acres	Broadview Subway Station via East York Acres
87B			Coxwell Avenue	Broadview Subway Station
91	Woodbine	Regular	Lawrence Avenue	Woodbine Subway Station
91A			Parkview Hill Cresent
91C			York Mills Road
91F			York Mills Road via Railside Road	Woodbine Subway Station via Railside Road
92	Woodbine South	Regular	Woodbine Subway Station	Lakeshore Boulevard
102	Markham Road	Regular	McNicoll Avenue	Warden Subway Station
102A			Progress Avenue and Centennial College
102C			Passmore Avenue
102D			Mount Joy GO Station		Extra Fare required north of Steeles Avenue
113	Danforth	Regular	Kennedy Subway/RT Station	Main Street Subway Station
135	Gerrard	Regular	Warden Subway Station	Main Street Subway Station	Shared with Eglinton Division when interlining with 70 O'Connor late evenings on weekdays.
143	Downtown / Beach Express	Express	Neville Park Loop and The Beaches	Downtown	Express surchage required
167	Pharmacy North	Regular	Steeles Avenue	Don Mills Subway Station
167A			Steeles Avenue via Consumers Road	Don Mills Subway Station via Consumers Road
300	Bloor-Danforth	Blue Night Network	Warden Avenue	The East Mall
300A				Toronto Pearson International Airport
300C			Coxwell Subway Station
300K				Kipling Subway Station
301	Queen	Blue Night Network	University Avenue	Neville Park Loop	Streetcar shuttle due to watermain work and streetcar track repairs until October 2012. Route west of Russell Carhouse continues to operate streetcars.
302	Danforth Road-McCowan	Blue Night Network	Steeles Avenue	Danforth Avenue
320	Yonge	Blue Night Network	Steeles Avenue	Queens Quay
320A			York Mills Subway Station
320E			Eglinton Subway Station		Express
322	Coxwell	Blue Night Network	Victoria Park Avenue via Kingston Road	Broadview Subway Station via Cosburn Avenue
324	Victoria Park	Blue Night Network	Steeles Avenue via Sheppard Avenue and Warden Avenue	Kingston Road
501	Queen	Regular	Broadview Avenue	Neville Park Loop	Streetcar shuttle due to watermain work and streetcar track repairs until October 2012. Route west of Russell Carhouse continues to operate streetcars.

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