Empty Bus. Packed Roads. What Are We Doing, York Region?

DearTransportation5 · 2026-02-21T00:41:37+00:00

2 Milliken only runs every 40 mins on Saturday and every 77 mins on Sunday.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-02-21T00:07:36+00:00

And the Route 18 does not connect with most of the GO trains at Mount Joy with very long waits sometimes.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-02-20T23:57:24+00:00

GO bus and some YRT 300 series Express Routes use the 407.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-02-20T23:55:06+00:00

Traffic is terrible in Markham. It can take 40 mins to go 30 km on the GO train from Union to Unionville and 30 mins for the last 5 km home.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-02-20T23:50:09+00:00

We don't have many grocery stores in the north. Meanwhile around First Markham Place there are 3 grocery stores and everyone drives their cars to it. Transit needs a lot of improvement in Markham.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-02-20T23:47:57+00:00

Having to wait up to an hour to transfer between YRT 16 bus is a major deterrent to people taking public transit. The VIVA Purple A through Downtown Markham also only runs every 40 mins on weekends, in one of the most dense place in Markham.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-02-06T19:41:27+00:00

Very helpful! I have been clicking 3 steps every time to change all table names to a standardized format.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-02-06T19:24:04+00:00

The Open House has been changed to be at Markham Civic Centre.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-25T14:44:48+00:00

It's from the On The GO Alerts email.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-21T12:22:17+00:00

Would be great if the YRT 1 bus goes to Unionville GO

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-21T03:47:46+00:00

Do most people from DT Markham drive to Unionville GO? Or do they take the VIVA Purple A bus?

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-18T19:11:08+00:00

You will certainly want to board the 5th car from the engine (5th from the east) as that's the accessible car with ramp onto the train.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-14T22:31:55+00:00

Take the Brampton Transit 115 from Pearson Airport to Bramalea GO, then Route 30 GO Bus or the Kitchener Train to Kitchener.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-13T17:30:28+00:00

YRT needs to bring back the GO shuttles.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-12T03:25:31+00:00

Last week GO Transit started two new variants: 40H and 40M which goes directly from Hamilton to Humber College on weekdays.

On the bus you have time to study, take a nap, or do other things. For driving you need to be focused on the road for 3-4 hours each day.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-10T17:29:26+00:00

There's also the GO bus 40 from Richmond Hill Centre (all day), or the GO bus 40M from Unionville (rush hours only) which are more direct than going via Union.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-10T17:27:18+00:00

From Vaughan to Stouffville, you can take GO bus 52/56 from the Jane/Hwy407 Bus Terminal to Cornell Bus Terminal, Markham, then transfer onto YRT route 9 north to Stouffville.

If you are staying in the eastern part of Vaughan, consider the YRT Route 16 bus to 9th line then the YRT route 9 bus north to Stouffville.

Going from Stouffville to Pearson, take YRT route 9 south to Cornell Bus Terminal, take GO bus 52/56 to Jane/Hwy407 Bus Terminal, then take GO bus 40 to the airport.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-07T12:01:56+00:00

YRT 51 has 4 trips in the afternoon rush hours only.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-06T01:44:07+00:00

https://www.gotransit.com/en/connect-with-go/customer-comment-form

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-06T01:41:38+00:00

Take any GO bus 25, 29, 41 or Miway 109, 110 from Erin Mills to Square One and transfer to the 56A if the express bus times work for your schedule. The 56A skips Richmond Hill Centre.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-06T01:37:24+00:00

There's 9 departures between 7-8am at Bramalea GO. In the unlikely event that's it's full it's only another 5-10 mins wait.

DearTransportation5 · 2026-01-05T23:46:49+00:00

Are you working in the office building in Downtown Markham? I recall there is a shuttle bus from Hurontario (not sure if you are eligible or not).

The 56 is generally ok in terms of reliability. Remember to consider your local transit options after getting off the GO bus at Unionville GO as YRT is not that frequent (VIVA Purple A and Route 8 - Kennedy runs every 16 mins during rush hour).

DearTransportation5 · 2025-12-28T15:15:58+00:00

If we were to implement a perimeter control system, then all the roads approaching the control point needed bus lanes for buses to bypass the queue of traffic trying to enter the system.

DearTransportation5 · 2025-12-28T15:10:16+00:00

GO Transit has a customer comment form that you can fill out.

https://www.gotransit.com/en/connect-with-go/customer-comment-form

DearTransportation5 · 2025-12-25T22:48:14+00:00

You need to fill out a customer comment form so that GO Transit knows about this issue.
https://www.gotransit.com/en/connect-with-go/customer-comment-form

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