York Region terminals, garages, routes

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York Region Transit operates bus terminals out of the following locations:

GO Finch Bus Terminal Located at the north end of the Finch subway station), formerly GO York Region terminal in Toronto, Ontario, serving:

• Viva Blue
• Viva Pink
• 2 Milliken
• 5 Clark
• 23 Thornhill Woods
• 77 Highway 7-Centre
• 91 Bayview
• 99 Yonge 'C'
• 300 Business, 301 Markham, 302 Unionville, 303 Cornell Expresses

YRT Richmond Hill Centre Terminal Located on the north-east corner of Yonge Street at Highway 7/Highway 407 in Richmond Hill, Ontario with proposed access to Langstaff (GO Station). A new vivaYork terminal was built in 2005 serving vivaYork routes:

• Viva Blue
• Viva Purple
• Viva Pink
• 1 Highway 7
• 83 Trench
• 87 Langstaff-Maple
• 99 Yonge 'C'

Newmarket Terminal Located opposite from Upper Canada Mall at Davis Drive and Eagle Street West in Newmarket, Ontario serving:

• Viva Blue
• 44 Bristol-London
• 52 Holland Landing
• 55 Davis
• 56 Gorham-Eagle
• 57A Mulock
• 98 Yonge North
• 520/521 Newmarket Community Bus

YRT Promenade Terminal Located south of (former Highway 7) at Centre and Bathurst Streets in Vaughan, Ontario serving:

• Viva Purple
• 3 Thornhill-York University
• 23 Thornhill Woods
• 77 Highway 7/Centre
• 88 Bathurst

YRT Vaughan Mills Mall Terminal Opened in 2004 on Jane Street and Rutherford Road in Vaughan, Ontario serving:

• 12 Pine Valley
• 20 Jane-Concord
• 85 Rutherford-16th
• 360 Maple Express

YRT Bernard Terminal Located at Yonge Street and Bernard Avenue (north of Elgin Mills Road) next to Upper Yonge Plaza in Richmond Hill, Ontario serving:

• Viva Blue
• 83 Trench
• 86 Weldrick-Newkirk
• 98 Yonge North
• 99 Yonge 'C'

York University Terminal Located at Keele Campus at Keele Street south of Steeles Avenue West in Toronto, Ontario serving:

• Viva Orange
• Viva Purple
• 3 Thornhill-York University
• 10 York University-Woodbridge
• 20 Jane-Concord

Buses of YRT are maintained by private contractors:

• Miller Transit Garage - Division 1 and 3(Markham and Richmond Hill based buses)
• Can-ar Maintenance Facility - Division 4 (Vaughan based buses)(A.K.A Tokmakjian) on Creditstone near Langstaff
• Can-ar storage facility on Caldari Road - parking for about 50 vehicles
• Laidlaw Transit Limited - Division 2 (Newmarket, Aurora, East Gwillimbury and Georgina based buses)

Routes

• 1--Highway 7 (former Markham Transit North Trunk Route # 1),
• 2--Milliken (former Markham Transit South Trunk Route # 2),
• 2A-14th Avenue (former Markham Transit Route 2A),
• 3--Thornhill-York U (Former Markham Transit Thornhill Local Route # 3, and Vaughan Transit Route # 8 New Westminster),
• 4--Major Mackenzie (former Vaughan Transit Route 4, and Richmond Hill Route 7),
• 5--Clark (former Vaughan Transit Route 5 Clark Avenue),
• 6--former Vaughan Transit Route 6, replaced by TTC 37D Islington peak hour routing in 2002.
• 7--Martin Grove (former Vaughan Transit Route 7),
• 8--Kennedy (former Markham transit Route 8),
• 9--Stouffville Routing started September 2004. (Former Markham Transit Route 9 Markham Road replaced by TTC Markham Road 102Din 2002) ,
• 10--York U-Woodbridge (former Vaughan Transit Route 10),
• 11--Woodbridge (former Vaughan Transit Route 1),
• 12--Pine Valley (former Vaughan Transit Route 2),
• 13--Islington (former Vaughan Transit Route 3-Kleinberg),
• 18--Bur-Oak new routing in Markham, (number used by Vaughan Transit's Route 8 until replaced by Route 3 in May 2002).
• 20--Jane-Concord 2004 Routing in Vaughan, added upon opening of Vaughan Mills Mall.
• 22--King Started September 2005. Serving Maple, King City, Oak Ridges, and Seneca College King Campus.
• 23--Thornhill Woods Started September 2005.
• 27--Highway 27 (former Vaughan Transit Route 27) serving industrial complex near former Highways 7 and 27),
• 31--Aurora North, (former Aurora Transit, Newmarket Transit since 1998 Aurora North),
• 32--Aurora South, (former Aurora Transit, Newmarket Transit since 1998 Aurora South),
• 33--Former Newmarket Transit Route 33 Bayview-Leslie, replaced by 54, 55b, 57, and 58.
• 34--Industrial Parkway, routing started in September 2004, replacing part of former Newmarket Transit Route 53.
• 40--Unionville Local, (former Markham Transit Routes 4 + 5 , that also served Markham on present route 41 (below),
• 41--Markham Local, 2004 split of Route 40, east of McCowan Road.
• 44--Bristol-London, (former Newmarket Transit Route 44 Bristol-London),
• 50--Queensway, Georgina/Keswick "local" route servicing on the Queensway (Leslie Street north of its border with East Gwillimbury) which started in September 2002.
• 51--Keswick Local, a community route that originally serviced Keswick with a route forming a "box", which started in September 2002.
• 52--Holland Landing East Gwillimbury/Holland Landing, Ontario service on Yonge Street started in September 2002.
• 53, service replaced in September 2004.
• 54--Bayview North,
• 55--Davis Drive, former Newmarket Transit Route 55/55A
• 55b--Davis Drive B,
• 56--Gorham-Eagle, former Newmarket Transit Route 55B
• 57--Mulock Drive, former Newmarket Transit Route 55C
• 57a--Mulock Drive,
• 58--Leslie North,
• 66--Glenway-Summerhill, former Newmarket Transit Route 66 Glenway-Summerhill, Replaced in September 2005 by 57a Mulock Drive.
• 77--Highway 7/Centre joint service with Brampton Transit, (former Vaughan Transit Route 77),
• 80, (former Richmond Hill Transit Route 1), replaced in peak hours by 240.
• 81, (former Richmond Hill Transit Route 1a/c), replaced by 91A, and in peak hours by 241.
• 82--Valleymede-Spadina, (former Richmond Hill Transit Route 2),
• 83--Trench, (former Richmond Hill Transit Route 3),
• 84a/c--Oak Ridges, (former Richmond Hill Transit Route 4 a/c){a=anti-clockwise, c=clockwise},
• 85--Rutherford/16th Ave., (former Richmond Hill Transit Route 5),
• 86--Weldrick-Newkirk, (former Richmond Hill Transit Route 6),
• 87--Langstaff-Maple, newer route, (former Richmond Hill Transit Route 7, replaced in 2002 by YRT Route 4),
• 88--Bathust , (former Richmond Hill Transit Route 8, and extended to Finch Subway).
• 89--Richmond Hill Community Bus,
• 90--Leslie, added in 2001, serving Seneca College King Campus (September-April) and Seneca College Newnham Campus and Don Mills subway in peak hours.
• 91--Bayview, former GO Transit Bayview Route
• 91A--Bayview via Subrisco extended in 2004 to replace 81C,
• 98--North Yonge Started in September 2005, running on Yonge Street from Bernard loop in Richmond Hill to Newmarket.
• 99--Yonge "C" , former GO Transit Yonge "C" route, once TTC North Yonge 59.
• 201 Markham GO Shuttle ,
• 202 Unionville GO Shuttle,
• 203 Centennial GO Shuttle, replaced in September 2005.
• 220 Aurora North GO Shuttle, replaced in September 2005.
• 221 Aurora South GO Shuttle, replaced in September 2005.
• 222 Newmarket - Seneca College Shuttle, replaced in September 2005.
• 223 Newmarket GO Shuttle, started in September 2005.
• 224 Victoria Park North, shared with TTC Monday-Friday services to Don Mills Subway, weekend YRT from Steeles Avenue.
• 225 Bales Drive Shuttle, started in September 2005, to serve area just east of Newmarket and Woodbine Avenue off Davis Drive in East Gwillimbury.
• 240 Mill Pond GO Shuttle,
• 241 Beverley Acres GO Shuttle,
• 242 North Richvale GO Shuttle,
• 243 Redstone GO Shuttle,
• 260 Rutherford GO Shuttle, starting November 20, 2005.
• 268, former Warden North service, started November 2002, replaced by TTC 68 Warden.
• 300 Business Express,
• 301 Markham Express,
• 302 Unionville Express,
• 303 Cornell Express,
• 318 Wonderland Express, summer service to/from Canada's Wonderland
• 319 Wonderland Express, summer service to/from Canada's Wonderland
• 360 Maple Express, started in September 2005, serving Maple, Vaughan Mills, and TTC's Yorkdale Station.
• 400 Series School Specials.
• 520 Newmarket Community Route, forming a clockwise route around Newmarket stopping at prominent locations around the community. Has the same route as Route 521.
• 521 Newmarket Community Route, forming a counter-wise route around Newmarket stopping at prominent locations around the community. Shares route with Route 520.

Loops

• Middlefield Road and Denison Street
• McCowan Road and Steeles Avenue, (at Calvary Manor and shared with the TTC).
• Martin Grove Road and Steeles Avenue (shared with TTC)
• Kipling Avenue and Steeles Avenue (shared with TTC)
• Islington Avenue and Steeles Avenue (shared with TTC)

Connections

YRT connects to multiple services, including the Business Express; 407 ETR Express (Unionville, Markham and Cornell Express), Maple Express (to/from Yorkdale) Richmond Hill (Mill Pond, Beverley Acres, North Richvale, and Redstone), Newmarket, Vaughan (Rutherford), Unionville and Markham GO Shuttles; and Richmond Hill and Newmarket Community Buses.

External Link: York Region Transit Website