YRT is revising service along these routes: Viva blue; Viva purple; 12 Pine Valley; 23 Thornhill Woods; 57 / 57A Mulock; 410 Westmount Collegiate high-school special via Thornhill Woods.

It’s also resuming all extra service to and from high schools.

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Viva blue

YRT is decreasing the frequency of service along the route Sundays and holidays.

Starting Sunday, September 5, buses drop off or pick up passengers at vivastations on the route:

• every 12 minutes Sunday-and-holiday mornings and afternoons.

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Viva purple

Between Kennedy / Highway 7 and Town Centre vivastations, YRT splits the route into two branches. Starting Sunday, September 5, it designates the southern branch “via Enterprise” at operating along the Viva purple “A” route. Buses continue to alternate between the two routes.

YRT is also decreasing the frequency of service along the route Mondays to Fridays. Buses serve passengers at common stops - where buses along the Viva purple and Viva purple “A” routes both operate and unique stops - where buses along just one of the two routes operate.

Starting Tuesday, September 7, buses drop off or pick up passengers at common vivastations:

• every 13 minutes early mornings;
• every 11 minutes during morning rush hours;
• every 14 minutes midday;
• every 12 minutes during afternoon rush hours;
• every 21 minutes evenings.

The buses serve passengers at unique vivastations:

• every 26 minutes early mornings;
• every 22 minutes during morning rush hours;
• every 28 minutes midday;
• every 24 minutes during afternoon rush hours;
• every 42 minutes evenings.

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23 Thornhill Woods

Starting Tuesday, September 7, YRT revises the path for buses along the route. Buses no longer operate along Bathurst Street between Queen Filomena Avenue and Valley Vista Drive.

Southbound buses operate along their usual route to Via Romano Boulevard and Queen Filomena Avenue, then proceed:

southward along Via Romano and Ilan Roman Boulevard to Valley Vista,
resuming their usual route southward along Ilan Roman.

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

• on Queen Filomena Avenue across from Giordano Way and at Bathurst Street and
• on Bathurst Street at Major Mackenzie Drive West and Valley Vista Drive.

Instead, southbound buses serve passengers at new stops:

• on Ilan Roman Boulevard beyond Major Mackenzie Drive West and at Valley Vista Drive.

Northbound buses reverse the southbound detour routing.

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

• on Valley Vista Drive at Bathurst Street,
• on Bathurst Street at Major Mackenzie Drive West and
• on Queen Filomena Avenue beyond Bathurst Street, at Giordano Way and at Via Romano Boulevard.

Instead, northbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at a new stop

• on Ilan Roman Boulevard at Major Mackenzie Drive West.

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57 / 57A Mulock

YRT is revising how it identifies the two branches of the route.

Starting Tuesday, September 7, it designates the current branch 57A “via Mulock” as the main 57 branch of the route. It designates the current 57 branch “via Stonehaven” as the 57A branch. Due to lower ridership resulting from the pandemic, it has temporarily suspended branch 57A.

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470 Westmount Collegiate high-school special via Thornhill Woods

Starting Thursday, September 9, YRT revises the path for buses along the route. Buses no longer operate along Bathurst Street between Major Mackenzie Drive West and Valley Vista Drive.

Monday-to-Friday school days, the bus starts its trips on Ilan Roman Boulevard south of Major Mackenzie Drive West, then proceeds:

southward along Ilan Roman to Valley Vista,
resuming their usual route southward along Ilan Roman.

The bus no longer drops off or picks up passengers at stops

• on Bathurst Street at Major Mackenzie Drive West and Valley Vista Drive.

Instead, southbound buses serve passengers at new stops:

• on Ilan Roman Boulevard beyond Major Mackenzie Drive West and at Valley Vista Drive.

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With the start of the school year, YRT is reinstating service along high-school special routes.

• 401 Brother Andre high-school special via Box Grove - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 402 Bur Oak / Pierre Elliot Trudeau high-school special - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 405 St. Augustine high-school special - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 406 Markham District high-school special - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 410 Markham District high-school special via Carlton - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 411 Markham District high-school special via Box Grove - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 412 Thornlea high-school special - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 413 St. Robert / Thornlea high-school special via John - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 415 Stouffville high-school special - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 416 Markham District high-school special via Riverwalk - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 417 Bill Hogarth high-school special - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 418 Pierre Elliot Trudeau high-school special - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 420 Newmarket high-school special via Savage - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 423 Newmarket high-school special via Bristol - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 424 Keswick high-school special - starts Monday, August 30.
• 425 Huron Heights high-school special via Holland Landing - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 426 Dr. G.W. Williams high-school special via Hollidge - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 427 Sacred Heart high-school special via Newmarket High - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 428 Dr. G.W. Williams high-school special via Henderson - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 429 Cardinal Carter high-school special - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 430 Sacred Heart high-school special - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 432 Aurora high-school special - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 433 Cardinal Carter high-school special via Kingshill - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 434 Cardinal Carter high-school special via Wellington - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 435 St. Maximillian Kolbe high-school special via Bayview - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 440 St. Theresa * high-school special via Mill - starts Wednesday, *September 8.
• 442 Richmond Hill high-school special via Gamble - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 443 Langstaff high-school special via Shaftsbury - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 444 Langstaff high-school special via Bayview - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 445 St. Robert high-school special to Bernard Terminal - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 446 St. Theresa high-school special via Maccallum - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 447 St. Theresa high-school special via Jefferson Forest - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 448 Richmond Hill high-school special via Valleymede - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 449 Richmond Green high-school special via Hillmount - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 450 St. Theresa high-school special via Tower Hill - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 452 Richmond Green high-school special via Hazelton - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 460 Holy Cross high-school special - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 461 Emily Carr high-school special - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 462 Maple high-school special - starts Monday, August 30.
• 464 St. Joan of Arc high-school special via America - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 465 St. Joan of Arc high-school special via Melville
• 466 Tommy Douglas high-school special - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 467 Tommy Douglas high-school special via St. Jean de Brebeuf - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 468 Emily Carr high-school special via Kleinburg - starts Thursday, September 9.
• 469 Father Bressani high-school special - starts Wednesday, September 8.
• 470 Westmount Collegiate high-school special via Thornhill Woods - starts Thursday, September 9.

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