Toronto Transportation Commission - Buses

Buses

Buses are a large part of the TTC operations today, but before 1960s they played a lesser role to streetcar operations. Bus service in Toronto started in 1921, but it was not until the creation of the TTC that buses become a part of public transit. There were a few independent bus operators that continued to provide inter-urban bus services:

  • Hollinger Bus Lines (East York and Scarborough 1921-1954)
  • Danforth Bus Lines (Scarborough, North York and York 1926-1954)
  • West York Coach Lines (York, Etobicoke and Malton 1946-1954)
  • Roseland Bus Lines (York, Weston-Woodbridge 1925-1954)

Here is a list of historic and current buses used by the old TTC:

Product list and details (date information from TTC)
Make/Model Description Fleet size Year acquired Year retired Notes
AEC 404 double-decker bus 1 1922 1940s? upper level was removed in 1925
Fifth Avenue Bus Company L and J double-decker bus 4 - L, 6 - J 1921, 1922 1940s? 1 preserved at Canada Science and Technology Museum
Pierce Arrow Z diesel bus 2 1922 1940s?
Tilling-Stevens TS4 diesel bus 1 1922 1940s? N/A
Veteran K diesel bus 1 1927 1940s? N/A
White Motor Company 50A diesel bus 6 1924 1940s?
White Motor Company 50A diesel bus 5, 10 1927, 1929 1940s? 1929 purchase from Highway Queen Bus Lines; 2 sent to Gray Coach
White Motor Company 50B diesel bus 5 1927 1940s? N/A
Packard ED diesel bus 1 1922 1940s? N/A
Yellow Coach Y-Z (227, 229) diesel bus 5, 6 1925 1940s? N/A
Yellow Coach Y diesel bus 1 1925 1940s? N/A
Yellow Coach Y-O-254 diesel bus 1 1927 1940s? N/A
Yellow Coach Z-AQ-273 diesel bus 4 1926 1940s? N/A
Yellow Coach Y-U-316 diesel bus 3 1927 1940s? N/A
REO 96HTD diesel bus 5 1946–1947 1950s-1960s ex-Hollinger Buslines
REO W diesel bus 3 1928 1950s-1960s? N/A
Fitzjohn FTG diesel bus 6 1951, 1953 1950s-1960s? ex-North York Bus Lines
Fitzjohn Falcon N/A N/A 1950s-1960s? ex-Hollinger Buslines
Fitjohn Hercules JXLD gasoline bus N/A N/A 1950s-1960s? ex-Hollinger Buslines
Ford Transit 19B, 29B diesel bus 2, 4 1941, 1942 1950s-1960s? N/A
Aerocoach P-46-37, P-47-37 diesel bus 2, 1 1947, 1948 1950s-1960s? N/A
Aerocoach 371 diesel bus 1 1948 1950s-1960s? N/A
Prevost 50-PI-33 diesel bus 1 1950 1950s-1960s? N/A
Fagoel/Brill Twin Coach 44S diesel bus 2 1950 1950s-1960s? N/A

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