Toronto Transit Commission Buses - Operations

Operations

See also: List of bus routes in Toronto

There are over 140 bus routes, not including branches, that span a total length of 6,934.1 kilometres (4,308.6 mi). In addition to regular bus routes, which operate from 5:00 AM to 1:30 AM from Monday to Saturday and from 9:00 AM to 1:00 AM on Sundays, the TTC also operates rush hour only express routes (usually denoted by an E after the route number though exceptions exist), all day express buses termed "rockets" (190 series), downtown non-stop express buses (140 series), a night bus service (part of the Blue Night Network 300 series numbered bus routes), and community bus routes (400 series), which serve a few suburban Toronto neighbourhoods.

A route is referred to by its route number and name (for example, 58 Malton). The name of the route is usually named after the road or community which it primarily serves, though there are few that do not accurately represent the route (a comparatively short section of the 109 Ranee for example serves Ranee Avenue); a branch route is denoted by a letter after the original number (for example, 58A Malton). A branch route travels in the same street and direction as the original route but will take a slightly different path and/or have different terminals. All of the TTC's regular routes, except for two (99 Arrow Road and 171 Mt. Dennis), connect to a subway or RT station.

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