Starting Tuesday, February 22, MiWay is revising its services by introducing a new route, 18 McLaughlin - Derry, to provide more Monday-to-Friday service between north Mississauga and Brampton. It’s also restoring Monday-to-Friday service along the 101 / 101A Dundas express route, including more service along Dundas Streets West and East and to and from the University of Toronto’s Mississauga campus.
MiWay is also adjusting the service frequencies along several other routes to respond to passenger demand.
Due to fewer riders riding MiWay buses during the COVID-19 pandemic, MiWay continues to suspend service along these MiExpress routes:
- 100 Airport express;
- 101 / 101A Dundas express (Saturdays only — service continues Mondays to Fridays);
- 104 Derry express;
- 185 Dixie express.
MiWay is revising service along these MiLocal routes: 2 Hurontario; 5 Dixie; 17 Hurontario; 18 McLaughlin - Derry; 20 Rathburn; 39 Britannia; 48 Erin Mills; 61 Mavis; 66 McLaughlin; 73 Kamato; 74 Explorer.
And, its revising service along this MiExpress route: 101 / 101A Dundas express.
Specifically, it’s: introducing a new route; increasing service along a route; increasing the frequency of service along routes; decreasing the frequency of service along routes; and adjusting the schedules for buses along routes.
Introducing a new route
18 McLaughlin - Derry
Starting Tuesday, February 22, MiWay introduces this new route to provide more service on McLaughlin Road north of Derry Road West and connect Sheridan College’s Davis campus with the Hurontario / Highway 407 Park and Ride carpool lot.
Buses along the new route help reduce the potential for overcrowding aboard buses along the 66 McLaughlin route in areas north of Derry West, where ridership now exceeds pre-pandemic levels. By providing an alternative to route 66, passengers who are transferring to or from buses along the 42 Derry and 17 Hurontario routes have more options to connect to MiWay and Brampton Transit service on the campus and at carpool lot.
Southbound buses start their trips in the terminal on Sheridan College’s Davis campus, then proceed:
south- and westward along Sheridan College Drive;
southward along McLaughlin Road South [Brampton] and McLaughlin Road [Mississauga];
eastward along Derry Roads West and East;
northward along Edwards Boulevard; and then
eastward into the Hurontario / Highway 407 Park and Ride carpool lot.Southbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops
- on Sheridan College’s Davis campus;
- on McLaughlin Road South beyond Kingknoll Drive, north of Ray Lawson Boulevard, beyond Ray Lawson Boulevard and at Oaklea Boulevard,
- on McLaughlin Road at Twain Avenue, Kaiser Drive and Derry Road West,
- on Derry Road West across from Santa Barbara Boulevard and at Maritz Drive and Hurontario Street,
- on Edwards Boulevard at Export Boulevard and Statesman Drive and
- in the Hurontario / Highway 407 Park and Ride carpool lot.
Northbound buses reverse the southbound routing.
Northbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops
- in the Hurontario / Highway 407 Park and Ride carpool lot,
- on Edwards Boulevard across from Export Boulevard and at Derry Road East,
- on Derry Road West beyond Hurontario Street, at Derrycrest Drive, Santa Barbara Boulevard and McLaughlin Road,
- on McLaughlin Road at Derrydale and Panhellenic Drives and across from Rossellini Drive,
- on McLaughlin Road South at Gurdwara Gate, north of Gurdwara Gate, at Ray Lawson Boulevard, north of Ray Lawson Boulevard and across from Kingknoll Drive and
- on Sheridan College’s Davis campus.
Buses operate along the route Mondays to Fridays from about 5 a.m. until 10:30 p.m. They drop off or pick up passengers at stops every 10 to 20 minutes.
Increasing service along routes
101 / 101 Dundas express
Starting Tuesday, February 22, MiWay resumes service along the route, it says, “to provide more weekday capacity along the Dundas corridor, and between the University of Toronto’s Mississauga (UTM) campus and the Kipling Bus Terminal.”
MiWay has temporarily suspended Monday-to-Friday service along the route since Monday, January 7, but, since in-person learning has resumed at UTM, the transit agency has “seen an increase in [passenger] demand.”
MiWay continues to suspend Saturday service along the route, as it has since July, 2020.
Increasing the frequency of service along routes
2 Hurontario
MiWay is increasing the frequency of service Mondays to Fridays to alleviate overcrowding on buses along the route and match greater passenger demand.
Starting Tuesday, February 22, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops during afternoon rush hours:
- every 8 minutes, instead of every 10 minutes.
61 Mavis
MiWay is increasing the frequency of service Mondays to Fridays to alleviate overcrowding on buses along the route and match greater passenger demand.
Starting Tuesday, February 22, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops late evenings:
- every 18 minutes, instead of every 35 minutes.
Decreasing the frequency of service along routes
48 Erin Mills
MiWay is decreasing the frequency of service Mondays to Fridays to match less passenger demand. MiWay says it will continue to monitor service levels and further adjust the schedules, when necessary.
Starting Tuesday, February 22, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops:
- every 39 minutes, instead of every 27 minutes.
74 Explorer
MiWay is decreasing the frequency of service Mondays to Fridays to match less passenger demand. MiWay says it will continue to monitor service levels and further adjust the schedules, when necessary.
Starting Tuesday, February 22, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops:
- every 45 minutes, instead of every 30 minutes.
73 Kamato
MiWay is decreasing the frequency of service Mondays to Fridays to match less passenger demand. MiWay says it will continue to monitor service levels and further adjust the schedules, when necessary.
Starting Tuesday, February 22, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops:
- every 39 minutes, instead of every 26 minutes.
Adjusting the schedules for buses along routes
39 Britannia
Starting Tuesday, February 22, MiWay is adjusting the Monday-to-Friday schedules for buses along the route to improve service reliability.
5 Dixie
Starting Tuesday, February 22, MiWay is adjusting the Monday-to-Friday schedules for buses along the route to improve service reliability.
17 Hurontario
Starting Tuesday, February 22, MiWay is adjusting the Monday-to-Friday schedules for buses along the route to improve service reliability.
66 McLaughlin
Starting Tuesday, February 22, MiWay is adjusting the Monday-to-Friday schedules for buses along the route to improve service reliability.
20 Rathburn
Starting Tuesday, February 22, MiWay is adjusting the Monday-to-Friday schedules for buses along the route to improve service reliability.