YYZ TTC trip report on the 58 Malton
Mar 27, 2012, 3:53 pm
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When you look at overall flying demographic YYZ is the lowest followed by YTZ. The highest would be YKZ, looking at the parking lot.
Mar 28, 2012, 9:53 am
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Back in my younger (and cheaper) days I lived in Glen Park and would occasionally take the 58 to YYZ for a flight. Did it maybe 3 times, but it's an experience for sure.
Thanks for the nostalgia.
Thanks for the nostalgia.
Mar 28, 2012, 3:59 pm
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PWT (Airport Express) had the franchise to run from York Mills and Yorkdale to YYZ under the same terms as their downtown service. The fare was about about the same as going to downtown and ran frequently. I think that the TTC ran it as Gray Coach before that. When PWT abandoned the route GO took over the rights but did not provide the level of service. I believe that the GTAA gives GO a subsidy (or at least they used to). From http://transit.toronto.on.ca/subway/5105.shtml "York Mills station also became the site of a GO Transit/Gray Coach bus terminal, serving bus routes running east and west via the 401 as well as an express bus to Pearson Airport. Gray Coach would eventually become Greyhound, and its service to York Mills station evaporated (with the Airport Express disappearing in the year 2000, with the company upset at the TTC’s competition with the service)." That's the route that was run for a while by PWT. Anyway, GO does the absolute minimal service on what should be a well-used run with the Malton 58 as very poor alternative.
Go Transit has a winner with their Richmond Hill -YYZ service tho'.