54 LAWRENCE EAST operates from the corner of Yonge and Eglinton via east on Eglinton, north on Leslie and east on Lawrence to beyond Markham Road, looping via north on Orton Park, west on Brimorton and south on Scarborough Golf Club Road. Service begins on a new route offering through service along Lawrence Avenue East as part of a major reorganization of suburban bus routes. Today, with just under a 54 kilometres round trip, the 54A branch between Eglinton Station and Starspray is the longest TTC route that operates seven days a week, inside the City of Toronto There are a couple longer routes that are extended into York Region, but they only operate during limited hours. This article details the development of route 54 from its inauguration to the present day. Finally, in the fall of 1963, when suburban routes underwent a major re-structuring, a new through service was introduced on Lawrence East in the form of the new 54-LAWRENCE EAST route. These routes were 25 DON MILLS, 70 O’CONNOR, 23 DAWES, 17 BIRCHMOUNT and 15 BRIMLEY.

By 1963 TTC buses from five routes ran on parts of Lawrence Avenue East between Leslie and Orton Park.

Some of these routes operated for a short distance along Lawrence Avenue East. Transit service was extended north from The Danforth to serve the newly urbanized districts. Updated for Transit TorontoĪs the city grows in the years after World War II, the township (later borough) of Scarborough became a bedroom community for many people who worked in Toronto. Originally published in Transfer Points, March 2005.

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