Compiled by James Bow

312 St. Clair Blue Night (first incarnation)

February 9, 1987

As part of an expansion and a rebranding of the TTC’s night transit services, service begins on the 312 ST. CLAIR BLUE NIGHT streetcar, operating from St. Clair station on the YONGE SUBWAY via west on St. Clair past Keele to Maybank Avenue (now known as Gunns Avenue), looping at Maybank Loop.

March 19, 2000

Last night of streetcar operation.

March 20, 2000

Service begins on an extended bus route operating under the 312 ST. CLAIR BLUE NIGHT monicker. Service operates from the streetcar platform level of St. Clair station via west on St. Clair to Jane and south on Jane to loop through Jane station on the BLOOR-DANFORTH SUBWAY line, and then via Armadale and Bloor back to Jane. The TTC installed this bus route when it decided that the same number of buses could operate the service to Jane at the same half-hourly frequencies as the old streetcar operation. The expansion thus provided new night service on St. Clair Avenue west of Gunns, and on Jane Street south of Dundas. Previously, night service on Jane was limited to between Dundas and Steeles, as provided by the 313 JANE BLUE NIGHT route.

October 10, 2015

Last day of operation under this route name. Service renamed the following night to reflect rerouted operation.

312 St. Clair-Junction Night

October 11, 2015

Coincident with the revision of night service on Jane Street, and the launch of the 335 JANE NIGHT route, service is rerouted to serve Dundas Street from Jane Street to Bloor, to replace a portion of the old 313 JANE BLUE NIGHT route. Buses operate from St. Clair station via west on St. Clair, south on Jane and east and south on Dundas to Dundas West station, returning via north and west on Dundas, north on Jane and east on St. Clair to St. Clair station. Coincident with this change, service operation is changed from Arrow Road garage to Mount Dennis garage.

March 28, 2021

With the opening of McNicoll Garage, service is transferred from Mount Dennis Garage to Wilson Garage.

June 22, 2024

Last day under this route name.

312 St. Clair Night (second incarnation)

June 23, 2024

After a 24 year absence, streetcars return to the 312 ST. CLAIR BLUE NIGHT, now operating with Flexity low floor vehicles. Service west on Gunns Loop is now provided by the 340 JUNCTION BLUE NIGHT BUS.

312 St Clair Night Image Archive

	TTC CLRV #4145 sits in St. Clair station with a 312 ST. CLAIR BLUE NIGHT rollsign exposure in April 2002, two years after the 312 was changed to bus operation. The photograph is by Rob Hutchinson.
	TTC CLRV #4190 pauses eastbound in St. Clair West station on March 18, 2000, the last days of the 312 ST. CLAIR BLUE NIGHT streetcar operation. Photo by Rob Hutchinson.
	An official map of the TTC's 312 ST. CLAIR NIGHT bus operations, effective September 2, 2014.
	The official TTC map of 312 ST. CLAIR-JUNCTION NIGHT operations, effective October 11, 2015.
	TTC Orion VII "Next Gen" hybrid bus #1203 stops westbound on St. Clair at Oakwood in 312 ST CLAIR-JUNCTION NIGHT service. This photo was taken by Brian Walker on the night of July 29, 2019.
	TTC Nova RTS bus #7238 heads eastbound on St. Clair at Winona, in service on the 312 ST. CLAIR NIGHT route on March 3, 2008. Photo by Rob Hutchinson.
	TTC Orion VII bus #7685 rests at St. Clair station, in service on the 312 ST. CLAIR NIGHT bus on February 24, 2008. Photo by Rob Hutchinson.