York Region Transit is “[adjusting] and [improving its] services to better connect you to the places you want to go,” starting Sunday, January 8. According to YRT, its revising its routes and services “to adjust to changing [passenger] demand.”
Due to fewer riders during the pandemic, YRT continues to suspend service along these routes:
- Viva green;
- Viva pink;
- 10 Woodbridge;
- 21 Vellore local;
- 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.
YRT is revising service along these routes: Viva purple / Viva purple A; 2 Milliken; 14 14th Avenue; 22 King City; 44 Bristol; 50 Queensway; 88 Bathurst; 90 Leslie; 96 Keele - Yonge; 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.
Specifically, it’s cancelling a route; increasing service along routes; decreasing service along routes; adjusting the frequency of service along routes; revising the path for buses along a route; adjusting the schedules for buses along routes; and revising extra services to and from high schools.
Cancelling a route
22 King City
YRT “temporarily” cancelled service along the route in April, 2020 as it cut back service during the lockdowns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, it’s permanently cancelling the route. It explains that it’s cancelling it “to minimize duplication of service.” YRT buses along the 88] Bathurst, 96] Keele - Yonge and 460] Cardinal Carter high-school special via Kingshill routes drop off or pick up passengers at most route 22 stops.
Increasing service along routes
90 Leslie
Starting Monday, January 9, YRT again operates the northbound bus that leaves Don Mills Road north of Steeles Avenue East at 2:39 p.m. Mondays to Fridays. (The bus ends its trip in Richmond Green Loop at 3:03 p.m.
By again operating buses on this short trip along part of the route, YRT improves service for passengers travelling from St. Robert Catholic Secondary School.
462 Maple high-school special
“To improve service for passengers travelling from Maple High School”, YRT is operating an extra bus along the route Monday-to-Friday school-day afternoons. Starting Wednesday, November 30, 2022, the bus leaves Springside Road west of Parktree Road (across from Maple High School) at 3:49 p.m. It ends its trip on Keele Street north of Rutherford Road at 3:49 p.m.
Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9, YRT resumes service along the route after the holidays.
2 Milliken
Starting Sunday, January 8, westbound buses along the route drop off or pick up passengers at a new stop
- on Esna Park Drive at Woodbine Avenue [near side].
By adding this new stop for buses along the route, YRT improves service for passengers transferring to buses along route 2 from buses along the 24 Woodbine route.
YRT is also adjusting the frequency of service along the route and adjusting the schedules for buses along the route.
Decreasing service along routes
720 Highway 407 Terminal / Wonderland
New Year’s Eve, Friday, December 31 was the last day until spring that YRT operated buses along the route.
Mobility On-Request North
Friday, March 17 (or earlier, depending on weather conditions) is the last dayYRT’s Mobility On-Request service extends to the Town of Georgina’s Recreational Outdoor Campus (“The ROC”) Wednesdays to Fridays from 4:30 until 9 p.m.
50 Queensway
Sunday, March 19 (or earlier, depending on weather conditions) is the last day buses along the route operate to and from the Town of Georgina’s Recreational Outdoor Campus (“The ROC”) Saturdays, Sundays and holidays on request.
760 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland
Monday, January 2 was the last day until spring that YRT operates buses along the route Mondays to Fridays. Service continues Saturdays, Sundays and holidays only, starting Saturday, January 7.
YRT is also adjusting the schedules for buses along the route.
450 St. Theresa high-school special via Tower Hill
YRT is extending the path so that buses operate along Jefferson Sideroad between Bathurst and Yonge streets. This is a pilot project. YRT intends to evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot during the 2023 school year.
Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9, morning buses pick up passengers at new stops (for this route):
- on Jefferson Sideroad beyond Yonge Street, at Silver Maple Road, beyond Silver Maple Road, at Lake Forest Drive, at Milos Road and Lourakis and Bathurst streets and
- on Tower Hill Road at Allart Street, Selwyn Road, across from Waterstone Street and at Skywood Drive.
Afternoon buses drop off passengers at new stops (for this route)
- on Tower Hill Road across from Goldlist Drive, at Selwyn Road, beyond Selwyn Road and at Bathurst Street,
- on Bathurst Street at Jefferson Sideroad,
- on Jefferson Sideroad at Selwyn Road, Alpaca Street, Beech Avenue, Silver Maple Road and Yonge Street.
Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9, YRT also resumes service along the route after the holidays.
Adjusting the frequency of service along routes
88 Bathurst
YRT is adjusting the frequency of service Mondays to Fridays, it says, due “to changing [passenger] demand.”
Starting Monday, January 9, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops:
- every 15 to 16 minutes during morning rush hours; and
- every 39 minutes after about 7 p.m.
44 Bristol
YRT is adjusting the frequency of service Mondays to Fridays during rush hours, it says, due “to changing [passenger] demand.”
Starting Monday, January 9, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops:
- every 40 minutes during morning rush hours; and
- every 45 to 47 minutes during afternoon rush hours.
2 Milliken
YRT is adjusting the frequency of service Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, it says, due “to changing [passenger] demand.”
Starting Sunday, January 8, buses drop off or pick up passengers at stops:
- every 72 minutes Sundays and holidays before about 3 p.m.
- every 77 minutes from about 3 until 7 p.m.; and
- every 69 minutes after about 7 p.m.
Starting Saturday, January 14, buses serve passengers at stops:
- every 37 minutes Saturdays before about 2 p.m.
- every 41 minutes from about 2 until 7 p.m.;
- every 37 minutes from about 7 until 11 p.m.; and
- every 35 minutes after about 11 p.m.
YRT is also increasing service along the route and adjusting the schedules for buses along the route.
Viva purple / Viva purple A
YRT is adjusting the frequency of service along both branches of the route, it says, due “to changing [passenger] demand.” Buses drop off or pick up passengers at common vivastations — where buses along both branches operate — and unique vivastations — where buses along just one branch operate. Common vivastations lie east of Kennedy / Highway 7 vivastation and west of Town Centre vivastation. Unique vivastations lie between Kennedy / Highway 7 and Town Centre vivastations.
Starting Monday, January 9, buses drop off or pick up passengers at common vivastations:
- every 11 minutes Mondays to Fridays during rush hours; and
- every 21 minutes after about 9 p.m.
The buses serve passengers at unique vivastations:
- every 22 minutes during rush hours; and
- every 42 minutes after about 9 p.m.
Revising the path for buses along a route
450 St. Theresa high-school special via Tower Hill
YRT is extending the path so that buses operate along Jefferson Sideroad between Bathurst and Yonge streets. This is a pilot project. YRT intends to evaluate the effectiveness of the pilot during the 2023 school year.
Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9, morning buses start their trips on Jefferson Sideroad, just west of Yonge Street, then proceed:
westward along Jefferson;
southward along Bathurst Street; and then
eastward along Tower Hill Road to Mockingbird Drive,
resuming their usual route eastward along Tower Hill.Morning buses pick up passengers at new stops (for this route):
- on Jefferson Sideroad beyond Yonge Street, at Silver Maple Road, beyond Silver Maple Road, at Lake Forest Drive, at Milos Road and Lourakis and Bathurst streets and
- on Tower Hill Road at Allart Street, Selwyn Road, across from Waterstone Street and at Skywood Drive.
Afternoon buses operate along their usual route to Rollinghill Road at Tower Hill Road, then proceed:
westward along Tower Hill;
northward along Bathurst Street; and then
eastward along Jefferson Sideroad West to Yonge Street,
ending their trips.Afternoon buses drop off passengers at new stops (for this route)
- on Tower Hill Road across from Goldlist Drive, at Selwyn Road, beyond Selwyn Road and at Bathurst Street,
- on Bathurst Street at Jefferson Sideroad,
- on Jefferson Sideroad at Selwyn Road, Alpaca Street, Beech Avenue, Silver Maple Road and Yonge Street.
Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9, YRT also resumes service along the route after the holidays.
Adjusting the schedules for buses along routes
403 Brother Andre high-school special via Kingshill
Starting Monday, January 9, the bus that usually leaves Markville Mall at 7:45 a.m. Monday-to-Friday school days leaves, instead, at 7:42 a.m. It picks up passengers at stops as much as three minutes earlier than usually. It ends its trip on 16th Avenue west of Fincham Avenue (across from St. Brother Andre Catholic Secondary School) at 8:14 a.m.
Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9, YRT resumes service along the route after the holidays.
43 Cardinal Carter high-school special via Kingshill
Starting Monday, January 9, the bus that usually leaves King Road west of Bathurst Street at 7:46 a.m. Monday-to-Friday school days leaves, instead, at 7:42 a.m. It picks up passengers at stops as much as four minutes earlier than usually. It ends its trip on Bloomington Road West east of Academy Drive (beside Cardinal Carter Catholic Secondary School) at 8:05 a.m.
Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9, YRT resumes service along the route after the holidays.
96 Keele - Yonge
Starting Monday, January 9, the southbound bus that usually leaves Newmarket Terminal at 7:20 a.m. Mondays to Fridays leaves, instead, at 7:18 a.m. The bus drops off or picks up passengers at stops as much as two minutes earlier than usually. It ends its trip in Pioneer Village Station terminal at 8:47 a.m.
By adjusting the schedule, YRT improves service for passengers connecting with a southbound GO Transit train at King City GO Station. The bus arrives on Keele Street beside the station at 8:01 a.m. The train leaves the station at 8:07 a.m., leaving passengers six minutes to transfer between bus and train.
411 Markham District high-school special via Box Grove
Starting Monday, January 9, the bus that usually leaves 14th Avenue east of Markham Road at 7:32 a.m. Monday-to-Friday school days leaves, instead, at 7:25 a.m. It picks up passengers at stops as much as eight minutes earlier than usually. It ends its trip on Church Street across from Russell Stover Court (beside Markham District High School) at 8:09 a.m.
Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9, YRT resumes service along the route after the holidays.
2 Milliken
Starting Sunday, January 8, YRT adjusts the daily schedules for buses along the route.
YRT is also increasing service and adjusting the frequency of service along the route.
760 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland
YRT is adjusting the schedules to match the operating hours of Vaughan Mills [mall].
YRT is also decreasing the hours of service along the route.
Resuming extra services to and from high schools
432 Aurora high-school special
417 Bill Hogarth high-school special
401 Brother Andre high-school special via Box Grove
YRT resumes service along the routes after the holidays Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9.
403 Brother Andre high school special via Parkway Avenue
YRT resumes service along the route after the holidays Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9.
YRT is also adjusting the schedule for a bus along the route.
402 Bur Oak / Pierre Elliot Trudeau high-school special
YRT resumes service along the route after the holidays Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9.
433 Cardinal Carter high-school special via Kingshill
YRT resumes service along the route after the holidays Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9.
YRT is also adjusting the schedule for a bus along the route.
436 Cardinal Carter high-school special via Parker
429 Cardinal Carter / Aurora high-school special
428 Dr. G.W. Williams high-school special via Henderson
426 Dr. G.W. Williams high-school special via Hollidge
461 Emily Carr high-school special
468 Emily Carr high-school special via Kleinburg
469 Father Bressani high-school special
460 Holy Cross Academy high-school special
425 Huron Heights high-school special via Holland Landing
443 Langstaff high-school special via Shaftsbury
444 Langstaff high-school special via Valleymede
YRT resumes service along the routes after the holidays Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9.
90 Leslie
YRT resumes operating an extra trip along the route](#y90) for passengers travelling from St. Robert Catholic Secondary School, starting Monday, January 9.
462 Maple high-school special
YRT resumes service along the route after the holidays Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9.
YRT is also increasing service along the route.
406 Markham District high-school special
YRT resumes service along the route after the holidays Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9.
411 Markham District high-school special via Box Grove
YRT resumes service along the route after the holidays Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9.
YRT is also adjusting the schedule for a bus along the route.
410 Markham District high-school special via Carlton
416 Markham District high-school special via Copper Creek
423 Newmarket high-school special via Bristol
420 Newmarket high-school special via Savage
418 Pierre Elliott Trudeau high-school special
452 Richmond Green high-school special via Hazelton
449 Richmond Green high-school special via Hillmount
442 Richmond Hill high-school special via Gamble
448 Richmond Hill high-school special via Valleymede
427 Sacred Heart high-school special via Newmarket High School
430 Sacred Heart high-school special via Main
405 St. Augustine high-school special
464 St. Joan of Arc high-school special via America
465 St. Joan of Arc high-school special via Melville
413 St. Robert high-school special
445 St. Robert high-school special to Bernard Terminal
447 St. Theresa high-school special via Jefferson Forest
446 St. Theresa high-school special via McCallum
440 St. Theresa high-school special via Mill
YRT resumes service along the routes after the holidays Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9.
450 St. Theresa high-school special via Tower Hill
YRT resumes service along the route after the holidays Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9.
YRT is also extending the path for buses along the route.
471 Stephen Lewis high-school special via Langstaff Secondary
415 Stouffville high-school special
412 Thornlea high-school special
466 Tommy Douglas high-school special
467 Tommy Douglas high-school special via St. Jean de Brebeuf
470 Westmount Collegiate high-school special via Thornhill Woods
YRT resumes service along the routes after the holidays Monday-to-Friday school days, starting Monday, January 9.
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