TTC service change to 39 Finch East routes

A variety of service changes are coming to the 39 Finch East TTC bus routes, effective October 12th, 2010.

• General increase to 39 Finch East local non-express service.
• A brand new 199 Finch Rocket route, which stops at major express stops between Finch and Scarborough Town Centre.
• Some changes to the 139 Finch-Don Mills, which will now serve Senaca College westbound.

For more information, visit the TTC's website, or read on below.

39 Finch East - Service
Service change effective October 12

The 39 FINCH EAST route will be changed, a new 199 FINCH ROCKET limited-stop express route will be introduced, and the routing of the 139 FINCH-DON MILLS route will be changed. These changes will bring improved express service and more frequent and more reliable local service.

Express service on the 39 FINCH EAST route will be largely replaced by a new 199 FINCH ROCKET (Finch Station-Scarborough Centre Station) route, which will operate between Scarborough Centre Station and Finch Station. Buses on this route will stop at Finch Station, Bayview Avenue, Leslie Street, Don Mills Road, Seneca College/Seneca Hill Drive, Victoria Park Avenue, Pharmacy Avenue, Warden Avenue, Birchmount Road, Kennedy Road, Midland Avenue, Brimley Road, McCowan Avenue & Finch Avenue, McCowan Avenue & Sheppard Avenue, and Scarborough Centre Station.

Local service on the 39 FINCH EAST route will be increased. Most service on the route will operate on the 39D FINCH EAST (Finch Station-Neilson) local branch. Service will operate every three to seven minutes throughout the day, and every five to ten minutes at other times of the week. The 39G FINCH EAST (Finch Station-Old Finch) local service will operate every 13 to 14 minutes during the peak periods from Monday to Friday.

Additional service will be operated every seven to nine minutes on the 39/39F FINCH EAST (Finch Station-Seneca College) branch during the peak periods from Monday to Friday. Eastbound morning and westbound afternoon buses on the 39F FINCH EAST service will operate express, stopping only at Finch Station, Bayview Avenue, Leslie Street, Don Mills Road, and Seneca College. Westbound morning and eastbound afternoon trips will operate local, and serve all stops.

The 139 FINCH-DON MILLS route will be changed to operate westbound/southbound via Finch Avenue and Don Mills Road, instead of via Highway 404. Westbound buses will now serve Seneca College.
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