VIVA + York Region Transit

[APTA-2048]

Serious collision involving YRT bus at Finch GO Terminal this morning. Injuries reported. GO buses detouring to York Mills.

 

[cplchanb]

Serious collision involving YRT bus at Finch GO Terminal this morning. Injuries reported. GO buses detouring to York Mills.

any more details? left/right turning bus onto incoming traffic?

 

[APTA-2048]

any more details? left/right turning bus onto incoming traffic?

It was moving towards a platform and then suddenly sped up and crashed into a hydro tower according to a witness.

The TTC recently pulled all of their XE40s due to an unintentional/unrequested acceleration. Makes you wonder if something similar happened here.

 

[cplchanb]

It was moving towards a platform and then suddenly sped up and crashed into a hydro tower according to a witness.

The TTC recently pulled all of their XE40s due to an unintentional/unrequested acceleration. Makes you wonder if something similar happened here.

Its the 25th anniversary bus!!!!

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/02/24/pedestrian-struck-finch-go-bus-terminal-north-york/

E2502.... from the photo it looks pretty bad on the front end. totaled?

 

[APTA-2048]

Its the 25th anniversary bus!!!!

https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/02/24/pedestrian-struck-finch-go-bus-terminal-north-york/

Yeah. It was also at the Richmond Hill open house I went to on Saturday. I thought about asking if they heard about the TTC’s fleet grounding, but I didn’t want to be a downer.

 

[APTA-2048]

Repairs of the hydro tower’s supposed to be three months apparently. They need to rebuild the whole thing.

 

[Bordercollie]

Currently Yonge St at Hendon Ave is closed, they are fixing the powerlines damaged in the collision it seems.

 

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[Bordercollie]

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They should really put some bollards around it to prevent it from happening again.

I bet who ever won that hydro bid to replace it is happy. Its probably worth a lot.

 

[Northern Light]

April service changes are up.

Service Changes and Updates

York Region Transit (YRT) often adjust and improve our services to better connect you to the places you want to go. Check back here regularly for upcoming route and schedule changes.

www.yrt.ca

I will let others parse the details.

A quick skim showed Bathurst 88 getting a boost in mid-day from every 37 to every 30. Plus TTC Warden getting a boost in rush hours from every 24 to every 16 in the AM with a smaller improvement in the PM to every 21.

 

[cplchanb]

April service changes are up.

Service Changes and Updates

York Region Transit (YRT) often adjust and improve our services to better connect you to the places you want to go. Check back here regularly for upcoming route and schedule changes.

www.yrt.ca

I will let others parse the details.

A quick skim showed Bathurst 88 getting a boost in mid-day from every 37 to every 30. Plus TTC Warden getting a boost in rush hours from every 24 to every 16 in the AM with a smaller improvement in the PM to every 21.

im surprised that warden and mccowan are still under TTC control yet kennedy and woodbine is YRT. shouldnt the latter start taking over those routes too?

 

[ShonTron]

im surprised that warden and mccowan are still under TTC control yet kennedy and woodbine is YRT. shouldnt the latter start taking over those routes too?

The TTC is contracted to serve these routes, so YRT controls them as much as they control routes operated by TOK, Miller, etc. YRT doesn’t operate any of its own buses, the only larger system in Ontario like that.

The TTC through routes is a convenience for riders, who don’t have to switch buses.

 

[Bordercollie]

The TTC is contracted to serve these routes, so YRT controls them as much as they control routes operated by TOK, Miller, etc. YRT doesn’t operate any of its own buses, the only larger system in Ontario like that.

The TTC through routes is a convenience for riders, who don’t have to switch buses.

I wonder if at some point they will bring it in house.

 

[Sandpit]

I wonder if at some point they will bring it in house.

The plan was to do that eventually at one point, which is why Kennedy, Keele, and Weston became YRT routes, but I'm not sure if that's still the case.

Also does anything know what Viva Blue's changes are? They always just say "schedules will be adjusted".

 

[ShonTron]

With McCowan, the question becomes where do you loop the YRT bus? Right at Steeles or nearby Alton Towers, or go as far as Sandhurst Circle/Woodside? There’s no immediately logical place to terminate the route on the south end, at least until the Scarborough Subway Extension is completed.

Kennedy was always a YRT route, and before that it was Miller-operated Markham Transit. Keele and Weston Road made sense with the University Line extension.