More than 45 YRT bus routes change as of Sunday
Many routes adjusted to revised GO Train schedules
Yorkregion.com
April 17, 2015
By Lisa Queen
If you ride YRT/Viva public transit, you better check your usual bus route before heading out the door.
As of Sunday, more than 45 routes are changing.
Riders should check www.yrt.ca to see if the changes, including various seasonal and frequency adjustments, affect their travel plans.
Some of the changes include:
- Route 18 - Bur Oak will service Angus Glen Boulevard to Angus Glen Community Centre in Markham
- Updates to many routes to accommodate revised GO Train schedules
- Route 50B - Beaverton-Pefferlaw service discontinued due to low ridership
- Route 8 - Kennedy routing removed from The Fairways, Prospectors Drive and Angus Glen Boulevard and moved to Kennedy Road
- Yonge 99 - Yonge Street service to Finch terminal, departure time changes, for example, the first northbound trip from Richmond Hill Centre Terminal will depart at 4:08 a.m.; with first northbound trip from Finch Go Bus Terminal departing at 4:44 a.m., and first southbound trip from Bernard Terminal leaving at 4:10 a.m.
- Route 760 - Vaughan Mills/Wonderland returns on May 3 with weekend/holiday service every hour between Finch GO Bus Terminal, Richmond Hill Centre Terminal, Vaughan Mills and Canada’s Wonderland
YRT/Viva offers local and rapid transit services on more than 125 routes throughout the region, with connections to transit service in Toronto and Peel Region.
For planned service changes, major service alerts, news, travel tips and other relevant transit information call 1-866-MOVE-YRT (668-3978), visit yrt.ca or follow YRT/Viva on Facebook and Twitter.
