York Region Transit route 3 'Thornhill-York University'

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	3 Thornhill-York University
Number of Branches		2
Types of buses used		New Flyer D40LF/R
Division		Southwest (Vaughan)
Related routes		None

3 Thornhill-York University is a local route operated by YRT in Toronto, Vaughan, and Markham, ON.

Basic

Route 3 mainly serves New Westminster Dr., Atkinson Ave., Royal Orchard Blvd., Willowbrook Rd., Green Lane, and Simonston Blvd.

This route has 2 branches:

3 York University - Don Mills/Steeles
3 Don Mills/Steeles - Yonge (last trip on weekends)

This route serves the Thornhill community. It also serves Bathurst Clark Resource Library, St. Elizabeth Catholic High School, Promenade Terminal, Westmount Collegiate Institute, Rosemount Community Centre, Vaughan City Playhouse, Thornhill Village Library, Thornhill Community Centre, Thornlea Secondary School, St. Robert Catholic High School, and The Shoppes on Steeles and 404.

Route 3 connects to Viva Orange at York University, Viva Purple at York University, Promenade Terminal, and at Atkinson/Bathurst, and to Viva Blue and Viva Pink at Centre/Yonge and Yonge/Royal Orchard. A small portion of the route is shared with Viva Blue and Viva Pink, between Centre/Yonge and Yonge/Royal Orchard.

History

Markham Transit originally operated a number of short routes in the Thornhill area, namely 5 Thornlea, 6 Thornhill, 7 Romfield, and 8 Royal Orchard. These were eventually amalgamated into 3 Thornhill, which passed into YRT operation in 2001.

In May 2002, YRT combined route 3 and route 18, providing one route running from the Thornhill area to serve Promenade Terminal and York University. This resulted in the renaming of the route to 3 Thornhill-York University.

Two additional branches were created in 2004: Route 3A, providing extra service between York University and Promenade Terminal, and route 3B, which diverted into the new York University GO Station. Both these branches were rush-hours only. Route 3A only ran during the university school year, September-April.

In September 2005, Viva Purple was introduced. This provided an easier and faster connection between Promenade Terminal and York University than route 3, and therefore service was reduced on route 3, including the elimination of route 3A.

Route 3 was affected by the York University strike between November 6, 2008 and January 29, 2009.

Route 3 was one of the first routes declared fully accessible in September 2009.

In September 2011, route 3B was discontinued due to low ridership.

Route 3 will be renamed to "Thornhill" as of June 30, 2013.

Vehicles

Route 3 is primarily a 40ft route, and uses New Flyer D40LF/D40LFR.

Major Stops

York University: Western terminus. Serves Bay 2 or 3. Connections to Viva Orange, Viva Purple, and routes 10, 20, 22A, 107B/107C/107D/107F.
New Westminster/Steeles
Promenade Terminal: Serves Bay 4 westbound and Bay 5 eastbound. Connections to Viva Purple and routes 23, 77, 88/88A/88E, 160.
Yonge/Royal Orchard: Connections to Viva Blue/Blue A, Viva Pink, and route 99.
Bayview/John (Thornhill Community Centre): Connections to routes 2, 91/91A.
Green Lane/Leslie: Connection to route 90/90B.
Steeles/Don Mills: Eastern terminus. Connections to route 90/90B.

Summary

Branch	Weekdays					Saturday			Sunday
Branch	AM Peak	Midday	PM Peak	Early Evening	Late Evening	Early AM	Day	Evening	Early AM	Day	Evening
3	22	32	24	32	32	40			40