When Toronto Sleeps, the TTC Keeps Moving

If you’ve ever seen a bus with a route number in the 300s late at night, you’ve seen the TTC’s Blue Night Network in action.

Ever wonder why the TTC continues operating transit when most of the city is sleeping? The answer is simple: With over 3 million people calling Toronto home, Toronto never truly stops moving.

Every night, thousands of people rely on transit to get where they need to go. Some are beginning early-morning shifts, some are heading home after late shifts, and others are attending concerts, sporting events and other activities that extend beyond “regular” transit hours.

To help get people where they need to go, the TTC operates the Blue Night Network – an overnight network of bus and streetcar routes that provides service across much of Toronto when the subway is not operating. Blue Night service runs on major corridors from approximately 1:30 a.m. until regular subway service resumes and operates every 30-minutes or better, seven days a week. You can easily identify Blue Night routes by their 300-series route numbers and the blue and white route markers displayed at bus stops.

So, the next time you see a Blue Night bus traveling through Toronto in the early hours of the morning, remember: while many of us are sleeping, the city is still moving – and so is the TTC.