31 Greenwood

31 GREENWOOD transfer
Monday, December 7, 1981

Compiled by Peter Coulman
Additional information by Mike Vainchtein

February 26, 1966

Coincident with the opening of the BLOOR-DANFORTH SUBWAY, service begins on a new route on Greenwood Avenue between the Danforth and Queen, including the Greenwood subway yards. Buses operate from Greenwood station via west on Strathmore and south on Greenwood to loop at Queen via west on Queen, north on Hiltz and east on Dorothy to Greenwood, returning via the reverse route (via east on Strathmore and south on Linsmore to enter Greenwood station, looping clockwise). Service operates seven days a week, 18 hours a day.

GREENWOOD	31	GREENWOOD STN Q U E E N
7 days a week, 18 hours a day

April 23, 1967

Operation transferred to Danforth garage.

April 1, 1973

As a result of complaints from local residents, service removed from Strathmore Avenue. Buses now depart Greenwood station via south on Linsmore, west on Danforth and south on Greenwood to route. Northbound buses turn east on Danforth and north on Linsmore to enter Greenwood station. Service on Strathmore and Greenwood north of Danforth discontinued.

January 1, 1978

A new evening hours only extension launched to serve the new South Central Postal Facility on Eastern Avenue. Buses operate from Greenwood station over the regular route to Queen and then loop via west on Queen, south on Leslie, east on Eastern, north on Woodfield and west on Queen to Greenwood, returning via the reverse route. These buses do not serve the lone stop on Dorothy.

No change to the route signs. Service identified with the use of ‘EASTERN” window cards.

May 31, 1980

Service begins on a new summer (weekends and holiday) extension serving Tommy Thompson Park. From Greenwood station, buses operate over the regular route to Queen and then via west on Queen and south on Leslie past Commissioners to the end of the Leslie Street Spit.

GREENWOOD	31	GREENWOOD STN Q U E E N
7 days a week, 18 hours a day
GREENWOOD	31A	HARBOUR HEADLAND GREENWOOD STN
Summer weekends and holidays

October 13, 1980

Last day of operation on the 31A “Harbour Headlands” branch. Service next year would be operated by a one-bus operation named AQUATIC PARK running hourly from Queen and Leslie to Tommy Thompson Park and return. Ironically, 31A exposures remained on GREENWOOD signs into the early 1990s.

The “Eastern Avenue” branch designated as 31B on this date.

GREENWOOD	31	GREENWOOD STN Q U E E N
7 days a week, 18 hours a day
GREENWOOD	31B	GREENWOOD STN E A S T E R N
7 days a week, evenings

March 30, 2003

Four round trips changed from 31 “Queen” to 31B “Eastern” during the afternoon peak period and one round trip changed from 31 to 31B on Saturday morning.

Service on the 31B branch will operate from 3:30 to 4:15 p.m. Monday to Friday, and from about 6:00 a.m. to 7:45 a.m. on Saturdays. In the afternoon, the service will change from every 8 minutes headways to every 10 minutes.

May 8, 2006

A new earlier northbound trip operated from Monday to Friday on the 31B branch. The new trip will depart from Eastern Avenue at 5:30 a.m. and will arrive at Greenwood Station at 5:45 a.m.

June 22, 2008

New accessible service established using low floor buses.

31	G R E E N W O O D	31	G R E E N W O O D
	TO GREENWOOD STN		TO QUEEN
Seven days a week, 18 hours a day. Except when the 31B branch operates
31B	G R E E N W O O D	31B	G R E E N W O O D
	TO GREENWOOD STN		TO EASTERN
Monday to Friday, early mornings, early afternoon rush, late evenings Saturday, early mornings, late evenings Sundays, late evenings

31 Greenwood Image Archive

	An official TTC map of 31 GREENWOOD operations, effective January 3, 2011
	TTC GM New Look bus Route 7101 takes a layover at Queen and Greenwood at the bottom end of the 31 GREENWOOD route in the summer of 1980. Photo by Pete Cox.