Toronto Transit Commission: Wilson Division

Location

TTC: Wilson Division serves the transit mainly to:

• North York
• Newtonbrook
• Central Toronto
• Leaside
• Yonge Street
• York University Commons
• Scarborough
• East York
• Yonge-University-Spadina line
• Sheppard line

Wilson Division is located at 160 Transit Road north of Wilson Avenue.

History

The 6 acre transit complex includes 230,000 sq. ft. bus facility opened on March 14, 1976, subway yard in 1977, and the station itself on January 21, 1978. The subway yard consists of marshalling yards, indoor and outdoor storage facilities, and has a plant building and an overhead walkway from the bus garage to the employees personnel platform. Wilson also runs the bus portion with the indoor storage facilities with the staging area in front of the garage and 2 fuelling facilities for diesel and 1 for compressed natural gas (CNG) with 2 wash racks, a Eurovac system, 11 40-foot hoists, 3 60-foot hoists, and 4 inspection pit stations. There was 1 CNG fueling station that is no longer in use since 2006.

Fleet

Bus

Wilson currently holds 278 vehicles, operating with 50 ex-CNG diesel-powered Orion V 40 foot (12 metre) high-floor lift equipped vehicles and 228 Orion VII 40 foot (12 metre) low-floor vehicles (66 hybrid Orion VII NG, 65 diesel Orion VII NG, and 97 diesel Orion VII). It is now a 100% fully accessible garage. During weekends, service is supplied by Orion VII buses, although the Orion Vs make rare runs on weekends.

Thumbnail	Fleet number range	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Remarks
File:TTC 1368.JPG	1360, 1362 to 1368, 1370, 1373 to 1377, 1384, 1385	2007-2008	DBNA	Orion 07.501 NG HEV	Cummins ISB	BAE HybriDrive	16 units.
File:TTC 1798.JPG	1780 to 1829	2009	DBNA	Orion 07.501 NG HEV	Cummins ISB	BAE HybriDrive	50 units.
File:TTC 8214.JPG	8155 to 8219	2009-2010	DBNA	Orion 07.501 NG	Cummins ISL	Allison B400R	65 units.
File:TTC 8329.JPG	8300 to 8334	2011	DBNA	Orion 07.501	Cummins ISL9	Allison B400R	35 units.
	8335 to 8396	2011-2012	DBNA	Orion 07.501	Cummins ISL9	Allison B400R	62 units. Last Orion buses built.
	9400 to 9449	1996-1997	OBI	Orion 05.501	Cummins M11	Allison B400R	50 units. Originally powered by CNG.

Subway

Thumbnail	Fleet number range	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Moter	Remarks
	5136 to 5139, 5144 to 5299	1995-2001	Bombardier	T1	ADTranz 1507A	Being moved to Greenwood
	5381 to 6076	2010-13	Bombardier	T35A08	Bombardier MITRAC Three Phases AC	Named the Toronto Rocket 420 cars per 70 sets.

Current Routes

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