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16th Avenue Markham construction:
YRT detours, August 1, 2



The City of Markham is closing:

  • 16th Avenue east of Markham Road / Main Street North

this weekend, while railway crews maintain the railway crossing. (The tracks carry trains operating along GO Transit’s 71 Stouffville line.)

York Region Transit is detouring buses operating along these routes, while the street is closed:

  • 16 16th Avenue; and
  • 41 Markham local.

40 Markham local

From 7 a.m. Saturday, August 1 until 7 p.m. Sunday, August 2, buses operate along their regular route to 16th Avenue and Markham Road / Main Street North, then detour:

southward along Main North;
eastward along Parkway Avenue; and then
northward along Paramount Road and Fincham Avenue to Larkin Avenue,
resuming their regular route eastward along Larkin.

Buses skip their regular stop

  • on 16th Avenue at Fincham Avenue and
  • on Fincham Avenue at Noel Avenue.

Instead, buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Main Street North south of Springdale Street and at Station Street and
  • on Parkway Avenue across from Paramount Road.
16 16th Avenue

From 7 a.m. Saturday, August 1 until 7 p.m. Sunday, August 2, westbound buses operate along their regular route to 16th and Fincham Avenues, then detour:

southward along Fincham Avenue and Paramount Road;
westward along Parkway Avenue; and then
northward along Main Street North to 16th,
resuming their regular route westward along 16th.

Westbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on 16th Avenue across from Fincham Avenue and at Markham Road.

Instead, westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Fincham Avenue at Noel Avenue,
  • on Parkway Avenue west of Orchard Avenue and at Main Street North and
  • on Main Street North at Ramona Boulevard and across from Springdale Street.

Eastbound buses reverse the westbound detour routing.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on 16th Avenue at Fincham Avenue.

Instead, eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Main Street North south of Springdale Street and at Station Street,
  • on Parkway Avenue across from Paramount Road and
  • on Fincham Avenue across from Noel Avenue.
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