Richmond Hill Transit

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Richmond Hill Transit
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Richmond Hill Transit bus on route 4C, 1999
Founded1960
Defunct2001
LocaleRichmond Hill, Ontario
Service typeBus service
Routes9
Fleet26 (2000)
Fuel typeDiesel
OperatorTrailways of Canada Limited (until 1976)
Travelways (1976-1980s)
Laidlaw (1980s–2001)

Richmond Hill Transit was created in 1960 to provide public transit service in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. It was initially operated by Trailways of Canada Limited, then Travelways starting in 1976 and Laidlaw in the 1980s. Services merged with the Markham, Newmarket and Vaughan transit systems to form York Region Transit in 2001.[1]

Richmond Hill Transit services were limited due to the size of the town when compared to transit operations in nearby Markham, Ontario and Vaughan, Ontario.

Routes[]

Richmond Hill's routes were similar to Vaughan Transit as they did not run in a grid like direction:

  • 1A Mill Pond
  • 1C Beverly Acres
  • 2 Newkirk
  • 3 Trench
  • 4A/C Oak Ridges
  • 5 16th Avenue
  • 6 Weldrick
  • 7 Major Mackenzie
  • 8 Bathurst

When Richmond Hill Transit merged with other transit systems to form York Region Transit, an "8" was added to all of then-Richmond Hill's route numbers to avoid having duplicate bus route number with other transit systems (e.g. 1A Mill Street becomes 81A Mill Street). This numbering system stands after the merge.

Fleet[]

  • Total buses: 26
  • 1978–1981 Ontario Bus Industries Orion I 1.501 (#504–507) – retired
  • 1985, 1987 Ontario Bus Industries Orion I 1.502 (#508–509) – retired
  • 1981 Ontario Bus Industries Orion I 1.503 (#510) – Ex-GO Transit #1508, retired
  • 1988, 1991 Ontario Bus Industries Orion II 2.502 (#525-#527) Disabled access
  • 1989 New Flyer Industries D40 (#511-#524) – renumbered to #8911-#8924 retired 2009
  • 1998 Champion Bus Incorporated Solo (#528-#530) – renumbered to #9828-#9830, retired
  • 1999 Orion Bus Industries Orion VI 06.501 (#531-#533) – renumbered to #9931-#9933, retired in 2013 Disabled access
  • Prevost Car Coaches H3-41
  • Prevost Car Coaches H3-45
  • Motor Coach Industries MC-9

Disabled access denotes wheelchair access

Facilities[]

Richmond Hill Transit buses were maintained by private contractors:

  • Pacific Western Toronto Bus Lines – Division 1 (Richmond Hill based buses) – since replaced by Miller Transit Limited
  • Laidlaw Transit Limited – Division 2 (Newmarket, Aurora, East Gwillimbury and Georgina based buses)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "All-Time List of Canadian Transit Systems Ontario Communities (S – Z)". University of Manitoba. Retrieved 7 December 2016.

Notes[]

Preceded by
None
 Public transit in Richmond Hill
1960–2001 		Succeeded by
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