York Region Transit route 90 'Leslie'

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	90/90B Leslie
Number of Branches		2
Types of buses used		New Flyer D40LF /R , Orion V , Orion VI
Division		Southeast (Richmond Hill)
Related routes		None

90/90B Leslie (previously known as 90/90B Leslie South) is a base route operated by YRT in Richmond Hill, Markham, and Toronto, ON.

Basic

Routes 90 and 90B combined mainly serve Elgin Mills Rd., Leslie St., and Don Mills Rd.

This route has 2 main branches:

90 Elgin West CC - Don Mills Station
90B 16th Ave - Don Mills Station via Beaver Creek (Weekdays)

These routes combined serve the Beverly Acres, Redstone, Bayview Hill, and Thornhill communities. They also serve St. Theresa de Lisieux Catholic High School, Richmond Green Sports Centre, Headford Business Park, Beaver Creek Business Park, Town of Richmond Hill Municipal Offices, Shoppes on Steeles and 404, Seneca College Newnham Campus, and Fairview Mall. Two trips in the morning and two in the afternoon from route 90 also serve Richmond Green Secondary School and Library.

Routes 90 and 90B both connect to Viva Pink during peak periods and Viva Purple at Highway 7. Viva Green at Don Mills Station during peak periods. Route 90 connects to Viva Blue at Elgin Mills/Yonge, and route 90B connects to Viva Pink during peak periods and Viva Purple at West Beaver Creek/Highway 7 and East Beaver Creek/Highway 7.

History

Pre-YRT, service on Leslie St. only existed outside of peak periods south of Green Lane (Markham Transit route 3), and during peak periods up to Highway 7 (TTC route 25D). Service on Elgin Mills Rd. was provided in small sections by Richmond Hill Transit routes 1A, 1C, 2 and 8.

When YRT took over operations from Markham and Richmond Hill Transits, it implemented route 90 in September 2002, running from Beaver Creek to Shaftsbury via Leslie, Elgin Mills and Bathurst. Peak period service was extended north to Seneca College during peak periods from September to May and, in November 2002, to Don Mills Station, with southbound buses using Highway 404 from Highway 7 to Finch and northbound buses using Don Mills/Leslie. (An amusing TTC map error shows route 90 following The Peanut in the incorrect direction, something that had still not been fixed until 2008.)

By 2004, southbound buses had stopped using Highway 404 to get to Don Mills Station, utilizing Don Mills both directions. Route 90 (along with 91 Bayview and 99 Yonge C) had a 'South' suffix added to their names in 2006, to better promote the area of the region it served, and so passengers would not get confused with simiarily-named routes operating in Newmarket (58 Leslie North, 54 Bayview North and 98 Yonge North respectively).

6-day service to Don Mills Station started in March 2008, with Sunday service added in April 2009. Service to Seneca King was removed after May 2008.

On September 6, 2009, all Sunday/Holiday trips were removed from the Seneca College Loop both directions along with all southbound trips on Saturdays. Eventually all service was removed from the loop on December 20, 2009, along with the diversion to The Shops on Steeles and 404.

On May 10, 2010, a new branch, route 90B, was created to replace route 25D north of Don Mills Station. Signs were initially shown as route 90B being "formally 25D", which were removed on June 18, 2010 once riders were adapted to the service change.

On September 5, 2010, to prevent confusion, the 'South' suffix was removed from route signs.

Route 90 was declared fully accessible in February 2012. Route 90B was declared fully accessible in December 2012.

The 2013 Annual Service Plan will have route 90B weekday service after 8:00 pm discontinued. Route 90 service along Elgin Mills Rd. will also be discontinued and replaced by route 80. All route 90 buses will run between Richmond Green Secondary School and Don Mills Station.

The 2014 Annual Service Plan will have route 90B operate during peak periods only. Route 90 midday frequency will be improved from every 38 minutes to every 25 minutes.

The route 90 southbound destination sign on the Luminator Horizons currently have a glitch, with the two exposures showing at unequal intervals. The first exposure is shown for about 2.5 seconds, while the second exposure only shows for about 0.5 seconds.

Vehicles

Routes 90 and 90B are primarily 40ft routes, and use New Flyer D40LF/D40LFR. Rarely, Orion V or Orion VI may be on a rush hour run.

Major Stops

Elgin West Community Centre: Northern terminus for route 90. Connections to routes 83, 88, 240.
Elgin Mills/Yonge: Served by route 90. Connections to Viva Blue/Blue A and routes 86, 99, 589/590.
Elgin Mills/Leslie: Served by route 90. Connections to routes 82, 83A, 243.
Richmond Green Secondary School: Served by four trips weekdays on route 90. Connections to routes 82, 83A.
Major Mackenzie Dr.: Served by route 90. Connections to routes 4/4A, 243.
Brodie/Orlando: Northern terminus for route 90B.
West Beaver Creek/Highway 7: Served by route 90B. Connections to Viva Pink, Viva Purple, and routes 1, 85B, 300.
Highway 7: Route 90 serves stop on Leslie, route 90B serves stop on Highway 7. Connections to Viva Pink, Viva Purple, and routes 1, 300.
Steeles Ave.: Connection to route 3.
Finch Ave.
Don Mills Station: Southern terminus. Connection to Viva Green.

Summary

Branch	Weekdays					Saturday			Sunday
	AM Peak	Midday	PM Peak	Early Evening	Late Evening	Early AM	Day	Evening	Early AM	Day	Evening
90	20	35	25	30	33	33			51
90B						Not operated.			Not operated.