TTC Announces Airport Rocket Buses’ Luggage Racks & Other News

Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is making your trip in Ontario, Canada, more convenient by offering you a luggage rack which is:

• in each of the 10 buses operating on the 192 Airport Rocket to Lester B. Pearson International Airport

• located in the Airport Rocket Bus across from the rear exit door

• approximately six feet long by two feet deep

Did you know?

• The TTC’s 192 Airport Rocket express bus offers fast and frequent service between Pearson Airport and Kipling Station on the Bloor-Danforth line

  • Kipling Station is accessible

• The service runs all day, every day, with buses leaving about every 10 to 12 minutes, taking approximately 20 minutes to travel between the airport and the subway

• Buses stop at both Terminal 1 and Terminal 3

192 Airport Rocket – Routing Change

• This service change is effective February 17, 2013

• The northbound routing will be changed, to speed up the service

  • Buses will operate to the airport via Highway 427, instead of Highway 27

  • There will be no change to bus stop locations or service levels

• Stop details
  • Buses stop only at:

    • Kipling Station

    • Dundas Street at East Mall Crescent (westbound)

    • Jetliner Road at Airport Road (street level)

    • Airport Roadway at Jetliner Road (upper level)

    • Terminal 1 Ground Level

    • Terminal 3 Arrivals Level

    • Dundas Street at East Mall Crescent (eastbound)

    • and Kipling Station

Other TTC News:

• “A new suite of customer information tools for TTC bus stop and shelters was rolled out in January 2013 as a trial on the 94 Wellesley route

• Consultations have begun with a group of employees on a new uniform for frontline staff

  • “The new uniforms will help deliver on the TTC’s vision of a transit system that makes Toronto proud”

• Last December, the TTC completed the rollout of credit and debit card acceptance at all subway/rt stations; “increases in the sale of Metropasses are already significant”

• Commissioners voted in favour of renaming the future streetcar maintenance and storage facility, being built at Leslie Street and Lake Shore Boulevard, to The Leslie Barns

  • The overall project has been developed with extensive input from the local community, and is scheduled for completion by the end of 2014

• In response to a deputation from a member of the public, Commissioners agreed to review how the TTC accommodates baby strollers to ensure policies and practices are applied consistently across the system“

TTC Contact Info

• Information on fares, routes, schedules and service

  • 416-393-4636 (INFO)

  • Recorded information available 24 hours daily

  • Operator-assisted service is available from 8:00am to 6:00pm daily, except statutory holidays

  • TTY Hearing Impaired Service, 416-481-2523, Daily, 8:00am-6:00pm; except statutory holidays

• Main Switchboard

  • 416-393-4000

  • Monday to Friday, 8:30am to 4:30pm

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

NEWS RELEASE

Luggage racks installed on TTC Airport Rocket buses

February 1, 2013

The Toronto Transit Commission has made the trip to Lester B. Pearson International Airport more convenient. Luggage racks have now been installed on all buses operating on the 192 Airport Rocket. Four seats were removed from each of the 10 buses dedicated to the route.

The luggage rack is located across from the rear exit door. The rack is approximately six feet long by two feet deep.

The TTC’s 192 Airport Rocket express bus offers fast and frequent service between Pearson Airport and Kipling Station on the Bloor-Danforth line. Kipling Station is accessible. The service runs all day, every day, with buses leaving about every 10 to 12 minutes, taking approximately 20 minutes to travel between the airport and the subway. Buses stop at both Terminal 1 and Terminal 3.

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