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Royal Orchard Thornhill construction: YRT detour, starting October 18



The City of Markham has started a construction project

  • on Royal Orchard Boulevard between Bayview Avenue and Yonge Street.

Starting Monday, October 18, the work zone may occasionally block parts of Royal Orchard to through traffic.

York Region Transit is detouring buses along this route, when the road is closed:

  • 3 Thornhill.

Construction on Royal Orchard Boulevard and the resulting YRT detour continue until further notice.


3 Thornhill

Starting Monday, October 18, after serving passengers at Thornhill Community Centre, westbound buses operate along their regular route to Bayview Avenue and Royal Orchard Boulevard, then detour:

northward along Bayview;
westward along Langstaff Road East; and then
southward along Yonge Street to Royal Orchard,
resuming their regular route southward along Yonge.

Westbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Royal Orchard Boulevard at Doral Gate, Blue Spruce Lane [east], Shady Lane Crescent [east], at Kirk and Baythorn Drives, across from Wild Cherry Lane and at Yonge Street.

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

  • on Bayview Avenue at Willowbrook Road, across from Dunsinane Drive and at Sycamore Drive and
  • on Yonge Street at Longbridge and Bunker Roads, beyond Uplands Avenue and at Thornhill Avenue.

Eastbound buses reverse the westbound detour routing.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stops

  • on Royal Orchard Boulevard at Inverlochy Boulevard, beyond Wild Cherry Lane, at Baythorn Drive, across from Kirk Drive, across from Shady Lane Crescent [east], Blue Spruce Lane [east] and Doral Gate and at Bayview Avenue.

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

  • on Yonge Street at Baythorn Drive, across from Uplands Avenue and Bunker and Longbridge Roads and at Langstaff Road East.
  • on Bayview Avenue beyond Romfield Circuit [north], Dunsinane Drive and Romfield Circuit [south].