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Town of Aurora

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222 Aurora GO shuttle

Since few passengers are riding buses operating along the 222 Newmarket - Aurora GO shuttle route in the Town of Newmarket, YRT is cancelling service along the route on Leslie Street between 404 Town Centre Terminal and Stonehaven Avenue. It’s also extending the route to William Graham Drive.

Monday-to-Friday mornings, starting this June, buses start their trips on William Graham Drive south of St. John’s Sideroad East, then proceed:

south- and eastward along William Graham; and then
northward along Leslie Street to Stonehaven Avenue,
resuming the current route 222 westward along Stonehaven.

Monday-to-Friday afternoons, the buses reverse the morning route.

This change also affects service in Newmarket.

31 Aurora North

YRT has converted all service after 7 p.m. Mondays to Fridays to dial-a-ride service. It expanded the boundaries of the Aurora - Oak Ridges Dial-a-Ride area to include stops that buses operating along the 31 Aurora North route usually serve.

Starting Monday, January 9, the last northbound bus Mondays to Fridays leaves Aurora GO Station at 6:36 p.m. It returns to the station at 7:06 p.m.

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Aurora - Oak Ridges dial-a-ride

Starting Monday, January 9, YRT expanded the boundary of the Aurora and Oak Ridges Dial-a-Ride area Monday-to-Friday evenings to include the area that buses operaring along the 31 Aurora North serve before 7 p.m.

YRT offers the Aurora and Oak Ridges Dial-a-Ride service Mondays to Fridays from 9:30 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. and from 6:30 until 10:45 p.m. and Saturdays from 7 a.m. until 6:45 p.m.

The dial-a-ride service lets you travel directly between YRT or Viva stops within the geographic area. This means Dial-a-Ride vehicles for Routes 31, 32 and 84 may operate freely within the area to get you to any YRT/Viva stop instead of following the fixed route.

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222 Newmarket - Aurora GO shuttle

Starting in June, YRT cancels all service in Newmarket and renames the route 222 Aurora GO shuttle.

33 Wellington

Starting Tuesday, September 6, YRT extended the path for buses operating along the route to drop off or pick up passengers in the Aurora Carpool Lot at Highway 404 and Wellington Street. Buses operating along the longer route improve service for passengers connecting with buses operating along the 320 Newmarket - Beaver Creek express route.

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Town of East Gwillimbury

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58 Mount Albert

Starting June 2017, YRT extends the path for buses operating along the route to serve new residential areas in Mount Albert and Sharon.

In Mount Albert, YRT reverses the direction for the loop through the village and extends service further east into new areas at all times that buses operate - Mondays to Fridays before about 7 p.m.

Buses operate along their regular route to Mount Albert Road and King Street, then proceed:

north- and eastward along King;
eastward along King Street East;
southward along Ninth Line;
westward along Mount Albert;
northward along Royal Oak Road;
westward along Elizabeth Street;
southward along Centre Street; and then
westward along Mount Albert to King,
resuming their regular route westward along Mount Albert.

In Sharon, YRT revises the path so that buses no longer operate along Leslie Street between Mount Albert Road [south] and Green Lane Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.

Westbound buses operate along the regular route to Mount Albert Road [south] and Leslie Street, then proceed:

northward along Leslie;
westward along Mount Albert Road [north];
southward along Murrell Boulevard; and then
resuming their regular route westward along Green Lane to East Gwillimbury GO Station,
or
eastward along Green Lane to Leslie;
resuming their regular route southward along Leslie.

Northbound buses reverse the southbound routing.

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Town of Georgina

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51 Keswick local

Starting Monday, January 8, YRT eliminated the last southbound trip along the route. The bus usually left Keswick Marketplace at 9:24 p.m. and ended its trip on Ravenshoe Road east of Lake Drive South at 9:32 p.m.

50 Queensway

As part of its 2017 service plans, YRT intended to review its service between Pefferlaw and Sutton and make appropriate changes in January 2017.

It hasn’t yet make any changes to the service.

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Township of King

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22A King City

Starting September 2017, YRT intends to operate a bus on an earlier Monday-to-Friday round trip along the 22A branch of the route.

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City of Markham

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9 Ninth Line

Starting December, YRT is extending the route further south into the Box Grove neighbourhood of Markham.

Southbound buses operate along their current route to Box Grove Bypass and Rizal Avenue, then proceed:

southward along the bypass to Riverwalk Drive,
ending their trips.

Northbound buses start their trips at Box Grove Bypass and Riverwalk Drive, then proceed:

westward along Riverwalk;
northward along Ninth Line;
eastward along 14th Avenue; and then
northward along Box Grove Bypass to Copper Creek Drive,
resuming their regular route northward along the Bypass.

Buses no longer operate along Rizal Avenue and Copper Creek Drive.

Also starting in December, YRT provides Dial-a-Ride service along the route Saturdays. (Buses currently only operate Mondays to Fridays.)

This change also affects service in Stouffville.

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Town of Newmarket

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222 Aurora GO shuttle

Since few passengers are riding buses operating along the 222 Newmarket - Aurora GO shuttle route in the Town of Newmarket, YRT is cancelling service along the route on Leslie Street between 404 Town Centre Terminal and Stonehaven Avenue. It’s also extending the route to William Graham Drive.

Monday-to-Friday mornings, starting this June, buses start their trips on William Graham Drive south of St. John’s Sideroad East, then proceed:

south- and eastward along William Graham; and then
northward along Leslie Street to Stonehaven Avenue,
resuming the current route 222 westward along Stonehaven.

Monday-to-Friday afternoons, the buses reverse the morning route.

This change also affects service in Aurora.

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Newmarket high school special via Stonehaven
427 Sacred Heart high school special
427 Sacred Heart high school special via Newmarket High School

Starting Tuesday, September 6, YRT cancelled former routes 421 and 427 and replaced them with the new 427 Sacred Heart high school special via Newmarket High School route.

It’s combining parts of both routes to restructure the path for buses providing the service Monday-to-Friday school-day afternoons. Buses operating along the route no longer drop off passengers on Leslie Street between Gorham Street and Mulock Drive. It’s also extending the path into the Copper Hills residential area south of Mulock, between Leslie and Highway 404.

Monday-to-Friday school-day mornings, buses start their trips on Bayview Avenue south of St. John’s Sideroad East, then proceed:

northward along Bayview;
eastward along Stonehaven Avenue and Veterans’ Way;
counterclockwise around Memorial Circle;
westward along Veterans’;
northward along Leslie Street;
westward along Mulock Drive, stopping at College Manor Drive for passengers travelling to Newmarket High School; and then
westward along Mulock;
northward along Bayview Avenue and Prospect Street;
eastward along Gorham Street;
northward along Alexander Road; and then
eastward along Srigley Street to Sacred Heart Catholic High School,
ending their trips.

Afternoons, the buses start their trips on Lemay Road east of Carlson Drive (south of Sacred Heart), then proceed:

westward along Lemay;
southward along Carlson;
westward along Gorham Street;
northward along Alexander Road;
westward along Queen Street;
southward along Prospect Street and Bayview Avenue;
eastward along Mulock Drive;
southward along Leslie Street;
eastward along Veterans’ Way;
counterclockwise around Memorial Circle;
westward along Veterans’ and Stonehaven Avenue; and then
southward along Bayview to St. John’s Sideroad East.

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Town of Richmond Hill

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244 Beaver Creek shuttle

YRT cancelled service along the route in January. According to YRT, few passengers were riding the buses operating along the route.

YRT buses operating along the 90B Leslie and 320 Newmarket - Beaver Creek express routes serve most YRT stops in the Beaver Creek area, while YRT buses operating along the Viva pink, Viva purple, 1 Highway 7 and 16 16th Avenue routes continue to serve route 244 stops on Highway 7 and 16th.

Passengers who usually travelled to and from route 244 stops on Leek Crescent and Granton Drive now have more than 500 metres to walk to and from other YRT services.

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City of Vaughan

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23 Thornhill Woods

Starting Monday, January 8, YRT cancelled all service along the route Monday-to-Friday evenings after 10 p.m. (One trip.)

It has also proposed realigning the route in the north end. It originally planned this change for January, but is still waiting for new streets in the area to open.

Mondays to Fridays only during rush hours, southbound buses would operate along their current route to Via Romano Boulevard and Queen Filomena Avenue, then proceed:

southward along Via Romano;
westward along Major Mackenzie Drive West; and then
southward along Thomas Cook Avenue to Lebovic Campus Drive,
resuming their regular route southward along Thomas Cook.

Southbound buses would no longer drop off or pick up passengers at stops

• on Queen Filomena Avenue across from Giordano Way and at Bathurst Street,
• on Bathurst Street at Major Mackenzie Drive West and Valley Vista Drive (YRT buses operating along the 88 Bathurst route would continue to serve these stops),
• on Ilan Roman Boulevard south of Valley Vista Drive and Timna Crescent [north] and
• on Lebovic Campus Drive at Yarden Drive and Thomas Cook Avenue.

Northbound buses would revese the southbound routing.

Northbound buses would no longer drop off or pick up passengers at stops

• on Ilan Roman Boulevard at Gesher Crescent and Valley Vista Drive,
• on Valley Vista Drive at Bathurst Street,
• on Bathurst Street at Major Mackenzie Drive West (YRT buses operating along the 88 Bathurst route would continue to serve this stop) and
• on Queen Filomena Avenue west of Bathurst Street, at Giordano Way and Via Romano Boulevard.

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Town of Whitchurch - Stouffville

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9 Ninth Line

Starting in December, YRT provides Dial-a-Ride service along the route Saturdays. (Buses currently only operate Mondays to Fridays.)

This change also affects service in Markham.

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509 Stouffville community bus

Starting in December, YRT is offering community-bus service in Stouffville Fridays only. Buses operate every 75 minutes from about 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Westbound buses start their trips at Northern Gate Retirement Community, then proceed:

southward along Tenth Line;
eastward along Main Street Stouffville;
southward along Donna Lea Trail;
westward along Sullivan Lane;
northward along Eastern Gate Crescent;
westward along Main;
southward along Tenth;
westward along Hoover Park Drive;
northward along Park Drive;
westward along Main;
northward along Ninth Line;
westward along Elm Road;
northward along Glad Park Avenue;
eastward along Millard Street;
southward along Ninth;
westward into Parkview Village;
southward along Ninth;
westward along Hoover Park;
northward along Weldon Road;
westward along Main;
southward along Sandiford Drive;
westward along Hoover Park;
southward along Bruel’s Lane; and then
westward along Sam’s Way to Highway 48,
ending their trips.

Eastbound buses start their trips on Sam’s Way east of Highway 48, then proceed:

northward along Highway 48;
eastward along Hoover Park Drive;
northward along Sandiford Drive;
eastward along Main Street Stouffville;
southward along Weldon Road;
eastward along Hoover Park;
northward along Ninth Line;
westward into Parkview Village;
northward along Ninth;
westward along Elm Road;
northward along Glad Park Avenue;
eastward along Millard Street;
southward along Ninth;
eastward along Main;
southward along Park Drive;
eastward along Hoover Park;
northward along Tenth Line;
eastward along Main;
southward along Donna Lea Trail;
westward along Sullivan Lane;
northward along Eastern Gate Crescent;
westward along Main;
northward along Tenth; and then
eastward into Northern Gate Retirement Community,
ending their trips.

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