What was the TTCs first bus route?
The first bus route operated by the TTC was Humberside, operating from Dundas and Humberside and into the residential neighbourhood south of the Toronto Junction. The route was, in many ways, a precursor to today’s Dupont (formerly Annette) bus route, as Annette joined together several small bus routes operating between Bloor Street and St. Clair Avenue, of which a descendant of the Humberside route was one. The Humberside bus route was served by four double-decker buses and was enough of a success for the TTC to duplicate the experiment in Rosedale. As the bus technologies improved, and the costs of installing streetcar systems increased, the TTC soon realized that the buses were more cost-effective vehicles to serve the rapidly-growing, lower-density suburbs developing around the city. The rest, as they say, is history.
