Changes planned to a number of Vaughan bus routes
Viva orange among those being extended

YorkRegion.com
Dec. 17, 2015
Adam Martin-Robbins  

Changes are coming to more than a half-dozen bus routes in Vaughan next year in a bid to improve service and boost ridership.

Among them is an extension of the Viva orange route, which travels between Martin Grove Road and York University, primarily along Hwy. 7, with weekday rush hour service to the Downsview subway station, according to Adrian Kawun, York Region Transit’s manager of service planning.

That route will be getting an additional branch to the Promenade terminal at Bathurst Street and Street, along the Hwy. 7 rapidway, which will operate all-day, Monday to Sunday.

Route 20/20 A Jane Street, which currently runs weekdays between Teston Road and York University, will no longer wind through the Concord industrial area, between Hwy. 407 and Langstaff Road.

That move is expected to shave about 10 minutes off travel time along the entire route, Kawun said.

The Concord industrial area will be served by TTC route 35 D Jane, which will be extended to run along Interchange Way.

Route 28 Huntington, which currently runs between Rutherford Road and Steeles Avenue, all-day during the week, is being extended into east Brampton.

But service is also being reduced to during rush hour only “due to low demand” outside those periods, Kawun said.  

Those are among several changes to Vaughan bus routes that are part of York Region Transit’s 2016 service plan, all of which are expected to be in place by June.