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:
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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