The 142 Downtown / Avenue Rd Express bus route operates between the area of Avenue Road and Highway 401 and the Downtown Toronto area, generally in a north-south direction. Accessible service is provided on the route. It serves the Museum, Queen’s Park, St. Patrick and Osgoode Stations on the Yonge-University-Spadina Subway. It also passes within one block of the St. Andrew, King and Queen Stations on the Yonge-University-Spadina Subway. Queen’s Park Station, Osgoode Station and Queen Station are all accessible subway stations. Bike racks are available on this route.

One single service is operated: the 142 (Downtown-Highway 401) branch operates during the peak periods, from Monday to Friday only.

Southbound 142 DOWNTOWN EXPRESS / EXTRA FARE

These buses operate from Bombay Loop (on the east side of Avenue Road, south of Bombay Avenue) via south on Avenue Road, southeast on Oxton Avenue, south on Oriole Parkway, west on Lonsdale Road, south on Avenue Road, south on Queen’s Park, south on Queen’s Park Crescent West, south on University Avenue, west on Richmond Street, south on Simcoe Street, east on Adelaide Street, and north on Church Street to Richmond Street. Southbound 142 buses operate LOCAL from Bombay Loop to Eglinton Avenue West; 142 buses then operate EXPRESS from Eglinton Avenue West to Adelaide Street and University Avenue, stopping only at Lonsdale Road, St. Clair Avenue West, Edmund Avenue, Davenport Road, Bloor Street West, Museum Subway Station, Hart House, College Street, Gerrard Street West, Dundas Street West, and Queen Street West; 142 buses then operate LOCAL through downtown, from Adelaide Street and University Avenue to Church Street and Richmond Street.

Northbound 142 AVENUE RD EXPRESS TO HIGHWAY 401 / EXTRA FARE

These buses operate from Church Street and Richmond Street via west on Richmond Street, north on University Avenue, north on Queen’s Park Crescent East, north on Queen’s Park, north on Avenue Road, east on Lonsdale Road, north on Oriole Parkway, northwest on Oxton Avenue, and north on Avenue Road to Bombay Loop. Northbound 142 buses operate LOCAL through downtown, from Church Street and Richmond Street to Richmond Street and York Street; 142 buses then operate EXPRESS from Richmond Street and York Street to Eglinton Avenue West, stopping only at Queen Street West, Dundas Street West, Gerrard Street West, College Street, Wellesley Street West, Museum Subway Station, Bloor Street West, Davenport Road, Edmund Avenue, St. Clair Avenue West, Lonsdale Road, and Eglinton Avenue West; 142 buses then operate LOCAL from Eglinton Avenue West to Bombay Loop.

The 142 DOWNTOWN EXPRESS buses serve local bus stops north of Eglinton Avenue West and south of Queen Street only.