Richmond Hill Transit

Transit agency in Ontario, Canada

Richmond Hill Trainsit

Richmond Hill Transit bus on route 4C, 1999

Founded| 1960
Defunct| 2001
Locale| Richmond Hill, Ontario
Service type| Bus service
Routes| 9
Fleet| 26 (2000)
Fuel type| Diesel
Operator| Trailways 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 and geography of the town when compared to transit operations in adjacent Markham and Vaughan.

## Routes[edit]

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[edit]

* 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)
* 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
* Prevost Car Coaches H3-41
* Prevost Car Coaches H3-45
* Motor Coach Industries MC-9

denotes wheelchair access

## Facilities[edit]

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[edit]

* Transportation portal

* Toronto Transit Commission
* GO Transit
* Viva (bus rapid transit)
* North Yonge Railways – provide transit service to the Yonge Street area of Richmond Hill from 1930 to 1948
* Metropolitan / Lake Simcoe Line – provided transit service to the Yonge Street area of Richmond Hill from 1897 to 1930

## References[edit]

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

## Notes[edit]

* Transit History...Richmond Hill
* York Region Transit

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York Region Transit / Viva

Routes|

* Viva Blue
* Viva Green
* Viva Orange
* Viva Pink
* Viva Purple
* Viva Silver
* Viva Yellow

Terminals|

* Bernard
* Cornell
* Don Mills
* Finch
* Major Mackenzie West
* Markham Stouffville Hospital
* Newmarket
* Pioneer Village
* Promenade
* Richmond Hill Centre
* Unionville GO
* Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
* Vaughan Mills

Rapidways|

* Davis Drive
* Green Lane
* Highway 7
* Yonge Street

Predecessors|

* Aurora Transit
* Markham Transit
* Newmarket Transit
* Richmond Hill Transit
* Vaughan Transit

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Richmond Hill, Ontario

Municipality|

* Richmond Hill
* Oak Ridges
* Wilcox Lake

Government|

* Elections
* ‎Mayors
* Richmond Hill City Council

* Electoral districts: Aurora—Oak Ridges—Richmond Hill (federal, provincial), Richmond Hill (federal, provincial)

Education|

* Public:
* Alexander Mackenzie High School
* Bayview Secondary School
* Langstaff Secondary School
* Richmond Green Secondary School
* Richmond Hill High School
* Catholic: Our Lady Queen of the World Catholic Academy
* St. Theresa of Lisieux Catholic High School
* Private: Academy for Gifted Children
* Holy Trinity School

Culture|

* History
* People
* Richmond Hill Centre for the Performing Arts
* Richmond Hill Heritage Centre

Business and services|

* David Dunlap Observatory
* Hillcrest Mall
* Mackenzie Richmond Hill Hospital
* Parks
* Richmond Hill Public Library

Sport|

* Richmond Green
* Richmond Hill Curling Club
* Richmond Hill Rams

Transportation|

* Richmond Hill Transit
* Richmond Hill line
* Bloomington GO Station
* Gormley GO Station
* Richmond Hill GO Station
* Langstaff GO Station
* Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
* Ontario Highway 404
* Yonge Street

* Category
* People

Preceded by

None

|  Public transit in Richmond Hill
1960–2001  | Succeeded by

York Region Transit

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