| Rollsigns from York University Toronto, Ontario |
| This shuttle service operated before Toronto's transit service made regular runs to the university. Commonly used were ex Gray Coach Lines interurban coaches. As Toronto's bus service increased, and the cost to run the service built up, it was eventually discontinued, and the buses were scrapped. In 2002, with the opening of the new York University GO Train Station east of Keele Street and south of Steeles Avenue West, York University purchased ex-GO Transit #1713, ex-Toronto Transit Commission #9360 OBI 01.508 Orion I Natural Gas bus, to shuttle students from the campus to this new station. Since then, York University has operated other vehicles such as Blue Bird transit and various cutaway buses. |
This mylar front route rollsign is off ex Gray Coach Lines 1958 built GMC TDM-4515 #1843.
The bus was found parked behind a garage and wood pile on a family's private property
west of Midland, Ontario (they have since had the bus towed away for scrap). The owner
allowed me to retrieve the sign out of the bus. The sign has no print date, and appears to
have been hand-made, not professionally manufactured. It has seven exposures.
The photo immediately below is of that ex Gray Coach Lines bus, as it was seen from
the front of their property. It was photographed in the Summer of 1994.
The bus was found parked behind a garage and wood pile on a family's private property
west of Midland, Ontario (they have since had the bus towed away for scrap). The owner
allowed me to retrieve the sign out of the bus. The sign has no print date, and appears to
have been hand-made, not professionally manufactured. It has seven exposures.
The photo immediately below is of that ex Gray Coach Lines bus, as it was seen from
the front of their property. It was photographed in the Summer of 1994.
| York University "Transit" GMC TDM-4515 (ex Gray Coach Lines) bus #007, displaying a rollsign similar to the one shown here, is seen at the Finch Regional Bus Terminal at Yonge Street and Bishop Avenue in North York, Ontario in 1978. It's believed that York University acquired six of these second- hand units in 1974, numbered 005 to 010. (Photo from someone who asked to reamin anonymous. Used with permission.) |
