Compiled by Peter Coulman

January 24, 1955

Service begins on a new route operating in the Borough of North York, running from Glen Echo loop on Yonge Street at the Toronto City Limits via north on Yonge, east on York Mills, and north on Bayview to Princess Avenue, looping via west on Princess, south on Estelle and east on Hillcrest, returning via the reverse route. Buses depart the city limits from 6:20 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. in the morning and 3:10 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the afternoon. Buses depart Princess from 6:40 a.m. to 9:20 a.m. in the morning and 3:30 p.m. to 6:50 p.m. in the afternoon. Service operates on a 40 minute headway, using one bus out of Eglinton Garage.

September 7, 1956

Assigned route number 11.

November 26, 1956

Hours of service increased to 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, and from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Base service is every 40 minutes, using one bus, and every 20 minutes during rush hours, using two buses.

December 6, 1958

Service extended a short distance to loop via McKee, Estelle and Parkview. Rush hour buses now operate every fifteen minutes.

October 11, 1960

Service extended north to loop in the newly constructed Bayview-Finch intersection, spanning a tributary of the West Don River. Buses loop counter-clockwise to the west side of this newly constructed intersection, from north on Bayview via west on Finch Ave, south off Finch through the traffic island to the “stop” platform, then east and south on the merging roadway to Bayview Avenue to route.

October 7, 1962

Extended from Bayview and Finch via west on Finch Avenue to loop at the Branson Hospital just west of Bathurst Street. Hours of operation increased to 7 days a week, 18 hours a day.

September 3, 1963

Coincident with the launch of the 36 FINCH bus, service on 11 BAYVIEW altered. On Mondays through Fridays, during rush hours and midday, service runs from Glen Echo loop via north on Yonge, east on York Mills, north on Bayview to Newton Drive, just south of Steeles. Buses loop through a loop provided at the southeast corner of the entrance into the Jesuit Seminary Grounds.

During weekday evenings and all day Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, buses continue to operate on Finch Avenue to Brandon Hospital.

November 29, 1964

Service altered to provide a direct connection to the Yonge subway. From Monday to Friday, during rush hours and middays, service operates from Seminary loop (south of Steeles) and St. Clair station via south on Bayview, west on Moore, south on Welland, west on St. Clair, south on Avoca and west on Pleasant to loop through the St. Clair bus terminal. During evenings, Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, service runs from St. Clair station to Finch and west on Finch to Branson Hospital.

Both services operate express (limited stop) between the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, just south of Sunnybrook Hospital, and St. Clair station, stopping only at Eglinton and Bayview, Davisville and Bayview and Moore and Bayview.

August 17, 1965

Buses re-routed both ways to operate via St. Clair, Mount Pleasant and Davisville.

November 29, 1965

Hours of service to Seminary loop extended to Mondays through Saturdays, 18 hours a day. Buses to Branson Hospital operate all day Sundays only.

February 26, 1966

Service rerouted to operate to Eglinton station instead of St. Clair station. From Bay 7 of Eglinton’s bus terminal, buses operate via the Yonge Street exit, north on Yonge, east on Eglinton and north on Bayview to Seminary loop, just south of Steeles. This service operates all day, Mondays through Saturdays. Sunday service continues to operate to the Branson Hospital on Finch..

In addition to this, a new rush hour short turn service begins operation on the following Monday (February 28), running from Eglinton station to Bayview and Sheppard, looping at the northwest corner of the Bayview Village Shopping Centre parking lot, using the entrance and exit on Bayview Avenue north of Sheppard, opposite Spring Garden Road.

All Bayview buses operate express south of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, stopping only at the intersections of Eglinton and Bayview and Eglinton and Mount Pleasant.

October 2, 1967

Weekday service extended north from Seminary loop via north on Bayview and west on Steeles to the Yonge-Steeles loop, looping clockwise through the loop. This service retains the 11-STEELES destination sign, and a new sign is offered for Saturday runs, which continue to operate only to Seminary loop. Short turn service to Sheppard discontinued.

November 3, 1969

Coincident with the launch of the new 60 STEELES bus, service on Steeles cut back to a new off-street loop at the Bayview/Steeles intersection, created when Bayview was realigned and a new bridge built across the west branch of the Don River. The use of Seminary loop at Newton Drive is discontinued.

December 6, 1970

Express service south of the Canadian National Institute of the Blind now operated during rush hours only. Service operates local all other times.

September 3, 1972

Sunday service on Finch Avenue replaced by an expansion of the 36 FINCH bus. Buses operate from Eglinton station to Steeles Avenue seven days a week, eighteen hours a day.

October 15, 1973

Service revised to operate from Lawrence station and Steeles, via east on Lawrence and north on Bayview, returning via reverse route. Service south of Lawrence provided by an extension of the 28 DAVISVILLE bus.

Although this service clearly takes advantage of the extension of the YONGE SUBWAY to York Mills, this change did not occur until six and a half months after the opening of Lawrence station. It’s possible the change may have been delayed because the stations opened incomplete, and it was some time before all escalators were installed.

March 30, 1974

Coincident with the extension of the YONGE SUBWAY to Finch, service on 11 BAYVIEW divided, with service north of Sheppard now operated by the new 26 BAYVIEW NORTH bus. 11 BAYVIEW buses operate from Lawrence station to Sheppard via west on Lawrence and north on Bayview, looping via east on Sheppard, north on Hawksbury and west on Bayview Mews to Bayview, returning via reverse route.

July 21, 1991

As part of a general reorganization of service along Bayview, service on 11 BAYVIEW extended to run from Davisville station to Steeles, running via east on Davisville and north on Bayview and return. Buses run through the Sunnybrook Hospital grounds in both directions. Service replaces a portion of the 28 DAVISVILLE bus and the 26 BAYVIEW NORTH. Service on Lawrence provided by the new 124 SUNNYBROOK route.

Additional service provided by a series of short turn branches.

November 23, 2008

As part of a system-wide series of service improvements under the Ridership Growth Strategy, service is altered to provide 30 minute frequencies or better between Steeles and Davisville station, whenever the subway is open. Additional service provided weekday evenings, midday Saturdays and all day Sundays on the 11C branch operating between Lawrence station and Sunnybrook Hospital.

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11 Bayview Image Archive

	An issue of TTC's "Headlights", describing changes to bus services coincident with the extension of the YONGE SUBWAY to Finch on March 30, 1974.
	The October 1967 issue of TTC's "Headlights" announces the extension of the 11 BAYVIEW service west along Steeles to Yonge.
	An official TTC map of 11 BAYVIEW services, effective July 2010.
	A scan of the 11 BAYVIEW Orders and Notice for January 24, 1955.
	The front spread of the official TTC timetable for 11 BAYVIEW, effective July 21, 1991.
	The interior spread of the official TTC timetable for 11 BAYVIEW, effective July 21, 1991.
	TTC Orion VII Next generation hybrid #1539 approaches passengers of 11 BAYVIEW on the rainy morning of September 28, 2010. This photo is taken by Jelo Gutierrez Cantos.
	This is a picture of the Bayview/Finch intersection in November 1960, one month after 11 BAYVIEW service reached this far. The photo looks east towards and past Bayview. On the left, you can just make out the new bus stop at the 'stopping platform'. Notice that there are no traffic lights of any kind. Hard to imagine how busy the intersection would be, just forty years later. Photo courtesy the City of Toronto Archives.

References

• O&N TTC #1756-U 15.604.33 Oct 4,1960
• O&N TTC #2159 15.604.40 Oct 2nd,1962
• O&N TTC #2287 6.100.33 AUG 26,1963
• O&N TTC #2470 6.100.33 NOV 24,1964
• O&N TTC #2655 6.100.33 NOV 24,1964
• O&N TTC #29065 6.100.32