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YRT revises routes and services, September 4: Highlights



September is on the calendar and that means that summer is ending and classes at secondary and post-secondary schools are starting. And, people are returning to workplaces after the COVID-19 pandemic forced them to work from home — or not work at all.

All of the transit agencies in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area are revising their services over the next few days — some of them, including the TTC and York Region Transit, are making fairly extensive changes. That requires us at Transit Toronto to put together a lot of information during a short time.

We’ve decided to temporarily publish only highlights of the changes so that readers can receive information while it’s still timely. Shortly afterward, we will fill in the details for each post so you can get our usual extensive look at the various changes the agencies are making.


York Region Transit is opening the new Cornell Terminal near Markham Stouffville Hospital this Sunday, September 4 and revising various routes to operate to and from it.

YRT is also revising several other routes that day.


Viva purple
Viva purple “A”
  • Starting Sunday, September 4, buses operate to and from the new Cornell Terminal every day.
  • Eastbound buses continue to drop off or pick up passengers beside Markham Stouffville Hospital, before ending their trips in the new terminal.
1 Highway 7
  • Starting Sunday, September 4, buses operate through the new Cornell Terminal every day.
  • Buses continue to operate along Church Street in both directions.
  • Eastbound buses end their trips in the new terminal, after operating to Box Grove Walmart and the Copper Creek Drive area.
2 Milliken
  • Starting Sunday, September 4, buses operate to and from the new Cornell Terminal Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
  • Eastbound buses operate along Rustle Woods Avenue and William Forester Road.
  • YRT is cancelling service along Box Grove Bypass, 14th Avenue and Donald Cousens Parkway south of Copper Creek Drive.
9 Ninth Line
  • Starting Tuesday, September 6, buses operate through the new Cornell Terminal Mondays to Fridays.
14 14th Avenue
  • Starting Tuesday, September 6, buses operate to and from the new Cornell Terminal Mondays to Fridays.
  • Buses operate in both directions along Box Grove Bypass, Donald Cousens Parkway and Copper Creek Drive.
  • YRT is cancelling service along Box Grove Bypass and Riverwalk Drive south of 14th Avenue.
16 16th Avenue
  • Starting Sunday, September 4, buses operate to and from the new Cornell Terminal every day.
  • Westbound buses continue to operate along Church Street.
18 Bur Oak
25 Major Mackenzie
  • Starting Tuesday, September 6, buses operate to and from the new Cornell Terminal Mondays to Fridays.
  • Buses no longer operate along Church Street. If you want to travel to Markham Stouffville Hospital, transfer to another bus in the new terminal.
41 Markham local
  • Friday, September 2 is the last day that YRT operates buses along the route.
  • To replace the service, YRT is extending the hours of its Mobility On-Request Markham local service.
  • Buses along the 301 Markham express route partially replace route 41 service Mondays to Fridays during rush hours.
  • A new route, 403 Brother Andre high-school special also partially replaces route 41 service Monday-to-Friday school days.
303 Bur Oak express
  • YRT is cancelling some of the buses that usually operate on trips along the route.
304 Mount Joy express
  • Starting Tuesday, September 6, buses operate along Bur Oak Avenue, Kennedy Road and Enterprise Boulevard, instead of Bur Oak Avenue, McCowan Road Highway 7 and Kennedy Road.
522 Markham local
  • Starting Tuesday, September 6, buses operate through the new Cornell Terminal Mondays to Fridays.
  • Buses continue to operate Church Street and Butternut Lane; passengers heading to Markham Stouffville Hospital can continue to board and exit buses on Church Street.
720 Wonderland / Highway 407 Terminal
  • Starting Sunday, September 4, buses operate Saturdays, Sundays and holidays only (plus certain Friday evenings during the Halloween Haunt at Canada’s Wonderland).
  • Schedules match Canada’s Wonderland opening hours.
  • YRT will cancel service along the route when Canada’s Wonderland closes for the season.
760 Wonderland / Vaughan Mills
  • Starting Sunday, September 4, buses operate Saturdays, Sundays and holidays only (plus certain Friday evenings during the Halloween Haunt at Canada’s Wonderland).
  • Schedules match Canada’s Wonderland and Vaughan Mills opening hours.
  • Buses continue to operate along the route to and from Vaughan Mills after Canada’s Wonderland closes for the season.

Mobility On-Request Bristol
  • Friday, September 2 is the last day that YRT operates the service.
  • Starting Tuesday, September 6, it operates the new Mobility On-Request Newmarket service, which replaces the Bristol service.
Mobility On-Request Bur Oak
  • Starting Tuesday, September 6, the service is available to and from the new Cornell Terminal.
Mobility On-Request East Gwillimbury
  • Starting Tuesday, September 6, YRT expands the service to include the area bounded by 2nd Concession Road, Leslie Street, Queensville Sideroad and Doane Road.
Mobility On-Request Gorham - Eagle
  • Friday, September 2 is the last day that YRT operates the service.
  • Starting Tuesday, September 6, it operates the new Mobility On-Request Newmarket service, which replaces the Gorham - Eagle service.
Mobility On-Request Markham Local
  • Starting Tuesday, September 6, YRT extends the service hours, replacing conventional bus service along the 41 Markham local route.
  • The service is available Mondays to Fridays from 6 a.m. until 7:45 p.m.
Mobility On-Request Newmarket
  • Starting Sunday, September 4, YRT offers this new On-Request service to transport passengers from an address in the service area to the closest On-Request stop or location on Yonge Street or Davis Drive.
  • Bathurst Street, Green Lane, Highway 404 and St. John’s Sideroad mark the boundaries of the service area.
  • The service is available Saturdays and Sundays and holidays from 8 a.m. until 10:45 p.m. and Mondays to Fridays from 10 a.m. until 1:45 p.m. and from 7 p.m. until 10:45 p.m.
Mobility On-Request Newmarket Local
  • Starting Wednesday, July 20, YRT expanded the service area southward to St. John’s Sideroad.

Service to and from high schools
  • Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Tuesday, September 6, YRT resumes service along high-school special routes or adjusts the schedules of regular routes to accommodate passengers travelling to and from secondary schools. Note that route 403 is a new route, partially replacing service along the 41 Markham local route.
  • 4 / 4A Major Mackenzie;
  • 8 Kennedy;
  • 50 Queensway;
  • 57 Mulock;
  • 81 Inspiration;
  • 82 Valleymede;
  • 83 / 83A Trench;
  • 86 Newkirk - Red Maple;
  • 90 Leslie;
  • 401 Brother Andre high-school special via Box Grove;
  • 402 Bur Oak / Pierre Elliot Trudeau high-school special;
  • 405 St. Augustine high-school special;
  • 403 Brother Andre high school special via Parkway Avenue;
  • 406 Markham District high-school special;
  • 410 Markham District high-school special via Carlton;
  • 411 Markham District high-school special via Box Grove;
  • 412 Thornlea high-school special;
  • 413 St. Robert high-school special;
  • 415 Stouffville high-school special;
  • 416 Markham District high-school special via Copper Creek;
  • 417 Bill Hogarth high-school special;
  • 418 Pierre Elliott Trudeau high-school special;
  • 420 Newmarket high-school special via Savage;
  • 423 Newmarket high-school special via Bristol;
  • 424 Keswick high-school special via Church;
  • 425 Huron Heights high-school special via Holland Landing;
  • 426 Dr. G.W. Williams high-school special via Hollidge;
  • 427 Sacred Heart high-school special via Newmarket High School;
  • 428 Dr. G.W. Williams high-school special via Henderson;
  • 429 Cardinal Carter / Aurora high-school special;
  • 430 Sacred Heart high-school special via Main;
  • 432 Aurora high-school special;
  • 433 Cardinal Carter high-school special via Kingshill;
  • 436 Cardinal Carter high-school special via Parker;
  • 440 St. Theresa high-school special via Mill;
  • 442 Richmond Hill high-school special via Gamble;
  • 443 Langstaff high-school special via Shaftsbury;
  • 444 Langstaff high-school special via Valleymede;
  • 445 St. Robert high-school special to Bernard Terminal;
  • 446 St. Theresa high-school special via McCallum;
  • 447 St. Theresa high-school special via Jefferson Forest;
  • 448 Richmond Hill high-school special via Valleymede;
  • 449 Richmond Green high-school special via Hillmount;
  • 450 St. Theresa high-school special via Tower Hill;
  • 452 Richmond Green high-school special via Hazelton;
  • 460 Holy Cross Academy high-school special;
  • 461 Emily Carr high-school special;
  • 462 Maple high-school special;
  • 464 St. Joan of Arc high-school special via America;
  • 465 St. Joan of Arc high-school special via Melville;
  • 466 Tommy Douglas high-school special;
  • 467 Tommy Douglas high-school special via St. Jean de Brebeuf;
  • 468 Emily Carr high-school special via Kleinburg;
  • 469 Father Bressani high-school special;
  • 470 Westmount Collegiate high-school special via Thornhill Woods; and
  • 471 Stephen Lewis high-school special via Langstaff Secondary.

Due to fewer riders during the pandemic, YRT continues to suspend service along these routes:

  • Viva green;
  • Viva pink;
  • 10 Woodbridge;
  • 21 Vellore local;
  • 22 King City;
  • 31 Aurora North;
  • 42 Berczy;
  • 45 Mingay;
  • 51 Keswick local;
  • 58 Mount Albert;
  • 84 Oak Ridges;
  • 201 Markham GO shuttle;
  • 202 Unionville GO shuttle;
  • 203 Milliken GO shuttle;
  • 204 Berczy GO shuttle;
  • 222 Aurora - Newmarket GO shuttle;
  • 240 Mill Pond GO shuttle;
  • 241 Beverly Acres GO shuttle; and
  • 243 Redstone GO shuttle.

It’s also suspending parts of these routes:

  • 13 Islington (no service to and from Kleinburg.)
  • 57 Mulock (no service along the 57A branch “via Stonehaven”).

Source:

  • YRT: “Service Changes and Updates”, here.