Vaughan Transit was the transit provider in the town of

Vaughan Vaughan () (2021 population 323,103) is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located in the Regional Municipality of York, just north of Toronto. Vaughan was the fastest-growing municipality in Canada between 1996 and 2006 with its population increas ...

, in southwest

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, Canada. The service operated from 1973 until 2001, when it was merged into

York Region Transit York Region Transit (YRT) is the public transit operator in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Its headquarters are in Richmond Hill, at 50 High Tech Road. YRT operates 65 full-time, rush hour and limited routes, 35 school services, and six Viva b ...

Route

Vaughan Transit routes tended to snake around side streets and not in the traditional grid format (north south or west east routing): * Route 1 Woodbridge (Steeles via Islington) – became YRT route 11 * Route 2 Pine Valley (Steeles to Aberdeen) – became YRT route 12, later merged with route 6 * Route 3 Islington (Steeles to Rutherford) – became YRT route 13 * Route 3A Islington (Steeles to Kleinburg) * Route 4 Major Mackenzie (Maple to Richmond Hill) * Route 4A Major Mackenzie (Langstaff to Richmond Hill) * Route 4B Major Mackenzie (Wonderland to Richmond Hill) * Route 5 Clark (Glen Shields to

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) * Route 6 Ansley Grove (Steeles to Langstaff) – later merged with route 2 to form a new YRT route 12. * Route 7 Martin Grove (Steeles to Highway 27) * Route 7A Martin Grove (Steeles to Coronation) * Route 7B Martin Grove ( Highway 7 to Highway 27 via Steeles) * Route 8 New Westminster (Steeles to Bathurst. Extended to York University circa 2001) – YRT route 18, merged with former

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route 3 to form a YRT route 3 * Route 9 Rutherford – incorporated into YRT route 85 * Route 27 Highway 27 (Steeles to Highway 7) * Route 46 Maple/Woodbridge (Steeles to Richmond Hill) – restructured, became YRT route 10 * Route 77 Highway 7 via Centre (Finch Station to

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) * Route 77A Highway 7 via Clark (Finch Station to Brampton – Sundays only) * Route 77E Highway 7 Express Routes 77, 77A, and 77E were run in conjunction with

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. Information from a November 1999 rollsign transcribe
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Fleet

Vaughan Transit operated a total of 35 buses: Current YRT status (2012): * 1977–1981 Ontario Bus Industries

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01.501 (#510–511, #512, #514) * 1986–1987 Ontario Bus Industries Orion I 01.502 (#515-#518) * 1987, 1989 Ontario Bus Industries Orion I 01.508 (#519-#525) * 1989 Ontario Bus Industries

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05.501 (#526-#530) * 1981 Grumman-Flxible

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(#606, #607)- Ex-Transit Windsor, Ex-Santa Clara County Transit *

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(#906) * 1981 Grumman-Flxible 870 (#907–909) – Ex-Brantford Public Utilities Commission, Ex-Santa Clara County Transit * 1969

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T6H-5305 (#910) – Ex-Toronto Transit Commission #7330 * 1975

T6H-4523N (#911) – Ex-Brampton Transit #7533 * 1977

T6H-4523N (#912) – Ex-St.John's Transportation Commission #7533 * 1979 Flyer Industries D900 (#914, #915) – Ex-Oshawa Transit * 1998

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Solo (#1006–1008) * 1998

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Orion VI 06.501 (#1045–1046) There are no original buses running today. The last one retired in November 2011, Which was 1046. denotes wheelchair accessibility

Facilities

Vaughan buses were maintained Can-ar Maintenance Facility – Division 4. Buses were stored in two outdoor locations on Creditstone Road and Caldari Road. The facilities were retained by

's contractors, who are the same that served for Vaughan Transit.

Loops

* 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)

References

Transit History...Vaughan
{{s-end Transport in Vaughan Transit agencies in Ontario York Region Transit

Route

Fleet

Facilities

See also

Loops

References