Richmond Hill Transit

Richmond Hill Transit
	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 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)
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

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)

References

^ "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 York Region Transit

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

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