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John Tory announces restoration of 33 bus routes cut under Rob Ford

Bus routes that were cut or reduced during Rob Ford's tenure as mayor will be restored starting in September, said John Tory.

The mayor joined TTC chair Josh Colle at Finch station on Monday to announce the restoration of 33 different routes that now have full service.

"These service improvements are a reversal of the off-peak service cuts that were made under the previous administration," said Tory, calling the service cuts "deliberate" on Ford's part.

The bus routes were a subject of contention during the mayoral race. At the time, Tory said he wanted to resume full service on 41 routes during off-peak, night and weekend hours.

The funding for the bus routes comes from $95 million for transit in the 2015 budget.

The bus routes that will be restored include:

- 7 Bathurst

- 25 Don Mills

- 36 Finch West

- 42 Cummer

- 53 Steeles East

- 63 Ossington

- 95 York Mills

- 133 Neilson

- 198 U of T Scarborough Rocket

- 22 Coxwell

- 34 Eglinton East

- 38 Highland Creek

- 44 Kipling South

- 54 Lawrence East

- 84 Sheppard West

- 100 Flemingdon Park

- 191 Highway 27 Rocket

- 199 Finch Rocket

- 24 Victoria Park

- 35 Jane

- 39 Finch East

- 52 Lawrence West

- 60 Steeles West

- 89 Weston

- 106 York University

- 192 Airport Rocket

- 501 Queen

- 504 King

- 509 Harbourfront

- 505 Dundas

- 511 Bathurst

- 506 Carlton

- 512 St. Clair