York Region Transit Emily Carr School Specials

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Emily Carr Secondary School is a high school located at 4901 Rutherford Road, east of Islington Avenue, in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. It is directly served by 2 local YRT routes and 2 school specials.

Conventional Service

  • 7 Martin Grove - Regular trips terminate at the Al Palladini Community Centre, which is within walking distance of the school.
  • 85 Rutherford - Regular trips serve the YRT bus stops directly outside the school.

461 Emily Carr School Special

461 Emily Carr School Special
Number of Branches 1
Types of buses used New Flyer D40LF, D40LFR, XD40; Nova Bus LFS; Van Hool A330
Division West (TOK Transit)
Related routes None

461 Emily Carr School Special is a school special bus route operated by York Region Transit in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.

Route Details

AM: The bus starts on Martin Grove Road at Langstaff Road, following Martin Grove Road north and west to Highway 27, turning and heading north on Highway 27 to Royalpark Way, where it turns east and follows Royalpark Way down to Vaughan Mills Road. The bus then follows Vaughan Mills Road north to Rutherford Road, where it continues on Napa Valley Avenue to Islington Avenue, heads south to Rutherford Road, east on Rutherford Road, enters the Emily Carr driveway, and unloads in the bus loop in front of the school.

PM: The bus follows the reverse routing as the AM trip.

History

  • September 2003 - New school special route is introduced and is named "Emily Carr School Special".
  • September 5, 2004 - Route is assigned the number 461.
  • September 8, 2009 - Routing is revised in the afternoon to operate over the routing of the former Emily Carr School Special route 466. Buses operate the original routing to Islington Avenue and Rutherford Road, then continue west on Rutherford Road, south on Highway 27, and east and south on Martin Grove Road to terminate at Woodbridge Avenue.
  • September 2, 2012 - In conjunction with the restructuring of routes 7 and 10, morning service is revised to start at Martin Grove Road and Woodbridge Avenue. Morning trips now fully follow the reverse routing of afternoon trips
  • September 1, 2013 - Route is revised to start and end trips at Vaughan Mills Road and Langstaff Road, and to provide two-way service along Royalpark Way in order to better accomodate student travel. Service is removed from Martin Grove Road between Woodbridge Avenue and Highway 27.
  • September 6, 2015 - Route is revised to start and end trips at Royalpark Way and Highway 27, and to operate via Royalpark Way, Vaughan Mills Road, Napa Valley Avenue, Islington Avenue, and Rutherford Road. South of Rutherford Road, service is removed from Thomson Creek Boulevard, Clarence Street, and Wycliffe Avenue.
  • September 4, 2022 - Route 461 is extended south via Highway 27 to serve Martin Grove Avenue to Langstaff Road.

Route Maps

Summary

Major Stops

Route Stops and Connections
461 Martin Grove Ave. @ Langstaff Rd.
461 Royalpark Way @ Highway 27
461 Vaughan Mills Rd. @ Rutherford Rd.
461 Islington Ave. @ Rutherford Rd.
461 Emily Carr Secondary School

Historical Stops

Previously Serviced Destinations
Stop Location Date Serviced Notes
Wycliffe Ave. @ Islington Ave. September 2003-
Clarence St. @ Thomson Creek Blvd. September 2003-

Service Summary

Frequencies
Period Branch Weekdays
AM PM
2022 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2021 461 1 Trip 2 Trips
2020 461 1 Trip 2 Trips
2019 461
2018 461
2017 461
2016 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2015 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2014 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2013 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2012 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2011 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2010 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2009 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2008 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2007 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2006 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2005 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2004 461 1 Trip 1 Trip
2003 461 1 Trip 1 Trip

463 Vellore School Special

463 Vellore School Special
Number of Branches 1
Types of buses used EZ Rider II/MAX; New Flyer D40LF; Orion V
Division Southwest (Can-Ar Vaughan)
Related routes None

463 Vellore School Special was a school special bus route operated by York Region Transit in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.

Route Details

AM: The bus started at Vaughan Mills Mall, exiting westbound onto Rutherford Road. It turns northbound on Weston Road, eastbound on Comdel Boulevard, northbound on Vellore Woods Boulevard, westbound on Ashberry Boulevard, where it serves St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic High School. It then proceeds northbound on Weston Road, eastbound on Maria Antonia Road, southbound on Fossil Hill Road, and back westbound on Rutherford Road ending at Emily Carr Secondary School.

PM: The bus followed the reverse routing as the AM trip.

History

  • September 26, 2005 - New school special route introduced serving Emily Carr Secondary School and St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic High School. Service was initially only operated with one afternoon trip from the school.
  • September 6, 2011 - An additional morning trip was added due to the elimination of branch 85A.
  • January 3, 2016 - In order to match reduced service demand, the second trips in the morning and afternoon are eliminated.
  • September 3, 2017 - Route 463 is discontinued prior to the 2017 school season.

Route Maps

Summary

Major Stops

Major Stop Branches Notes
463
Emily Carr Secondary School 463
Fossil Hill Rd. @ Maria Antonia Rd. 463
Weston Rd. @ Ashberry Blvd. 463
Weston Rd. @ Rutherford Rd. 463
Vaughan Mills Mall Terminal 463

Service Summary

Period Branch Weekdays
AM PM
2017 463 1 Trip 1 Trip
2016 463 1 Trip 1 Trip
2015 463 2 Trips 2 Trips
2014 463 2 Trips 2 Trips
2013 463 2 Trips 2 Trips
2012 463 2 Trips 2 Trips
2011 463 2 Trips 2 Trips
2010 463
2009 463
2008 463
2007 463 N/A 1 Trip

466 Emily Carr School Special

466 Emily Carr School Special was a school special bus route operated by York Region Transit in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.

Route Details

AM: There was no AM service on this route.

PM: The bus headed on Rutherford Road to Highway 27, then headed south on Highway 27 to Martin Grove Road, then followed the route 7 routing to Woodbridge Avenue.

History

  • September 2, 2008 - Route 466 is introduced as a school special in the 2008 school year
  • September 8, 2009 - Route 466 is eliminated and the routing is combined with the routing for route 461 in order to create a more efficient school special route to serve Emily Carr as it would reduced the need for one bus.

468 Emily Carr School Special via Kleinburg

468 Emily Carr School Special
Number of Branches 1
Types of buses used New Flyer D40LF, D40LFR, XD40; Nova Bus LFS; Van Hool A330
Division West (TOK Transit)
Related routes None

468 Emily Carr School Special via Kleinburg is a school special bus route operated by York Region Transit in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada.

Routing Details

AM: The bus begins its route at the north end of Kleinburg, and heads south on Islington Avenue into Vaughan, turning east onto Rutherford Road, and unloading at the bus stop outside the school.

PM: The bus street-loads at the stop outside the school, heads west Rutherford Road to Islington Avenue, then heads north on Islington Avenue into Kleinburg and looping via Nashville Road, Highway 27, and Islington Avenue before going out of service. For a time, this run would then deadhead south and do the 469 Father Bressani school special route immediately after.

History

  • May 3, 2021 - Route 468 is introduced in May 2021 as a new school special service replacement for school trippers on route 13 that serviced Kleinburg. Route officially begins service for the 2021-2022 school season on September 9, 2021. The destination signs were initially programmed incorrectly with Kleinburg misspelt as "Kleingburg".

Route Maps

Summary

Major Stops

Major Stop Branches Notes
468
Emily Carr Secondary School 468
Islington Ave. @ Major Mackenzie Dr. West 468
Highway 27 @ Islington Ave. 468

Service Summary

Period Branch Weekdays
AM PM
2022 468 1 Trip 1 Trip
2021 468 1 Trip 1 Trip


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