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Photos and accompanying text by Brad O'Brien, text by Godfrey Mallion
Queensway Garage, the TTC's sixth garage, is located on Evans Avenue in Etobicoke. The facility opened on January 23, 1976. This 125,000 square foot facility has 1 wash rack, 1 diesel fueling station, and 14 40-foot hoists for its' 165 buses. Buses in the FIL-D-901 and NFIL-D40-89 series are housed here.
Queensway Division operated these routes as of April 1, 2002: BLOOR WEST, BLOOR-DANFORTH, BURNHAMTHORPE, DUPONT, EAST MALL, EGLINTON WEST, EVANS, ISLINGTON SOUTH, ISLINGTON, JUNCTION, KIPLING, KIPLING SOUTH, LAMBTON, LAWRENCE WEST, PRINCE EDWARD, QUEENSWAY, RATHBURN, ROYAL YORK, ROYAL YORK SOUTH, RUNNYMEDE, SHORNCLIFFE, SWANSEA, SYMINGTON, WARREN PARK, WEST MALL.
Sources
- Boutilier, Robert, Bus Maintenance and Shops - 1999 Insider's Guide
- The Coupler, TTC Employee Magazine, various issues
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This GM New Look is a rare visitor to Queensway Garage. It is actually a change-off for a Queensway bus which broke down earlier on the northern portion of the 45 Kipling route. It is seen here waiting to be taken back 'home' to Arrow Road Garage. The traffic office portion of Queensway is visible in the background. |
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Here is a view of the maintaince area of Queensway Garage. This is were buses are repaired and have their engines maintained. This photo was taken when the 1981 D-901s were at the end of their active service life, 8426 is seen here being prepared to be sent to the scrap heap. |
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Flyer D-40-89 6489 and D-901 6046 are ready to enter service for the afternoon rush hour. Visitors from Arrow Road can be seen in the background. |
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This view shows the various Flyer models which have operated out of Queensway division over the years. Starting from Left to Right: D-800B 8257, D-901 (1981) 8391, D-901 (sightseeing)8480, D-901 (1985) 6118 and D-40-87 6352. Out of all of these buses, only 6118 remains active on the TTC roster today. |
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This is the area where buses are stored after retirement. All usable parts such as electronic signs, CIS units, Recaro seats and perhaps engine parts are removed and the bus waits to be towed away by the scrapper. 8251, stripped of all valuable parts, awaits it's destiny. |
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The Employees of Queensway Garage, took extra time to restore D-800B 8257 to make it an historic heritage bus. It was the last D-800B to be in TTC service and operated almost 2 years after her sisters were retried. It was chartered twice by transit enthusiast groups and used in special events such as the UITP '99 Exhibition. It was finally donated to the Canadian Transit Heritage Foundation in the summer of 1999, where it will be preserved, hopefully, in operating condition. |
