York Region Transit Markham-Stouffville Hospital

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Markham-Stouffville Hospital
York Region Transit Markham-Stouffville Hospital
York Region Transit Markham-Stouffville Hospital
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Local Routes 1, 9, 16, 401, 402, 406, 411, 416, 417, 522
Style Regular
MultiRide Available No
Opening Date 1991
Next Station Wootten Way (West)


Markham-Stouffville Hospital is a transit terminal in Markham, ON. It is located on Church Street east of 9th Line, adjacent to Markham-Stouffville Hospital. It is the easternmost transit terminal in York Region.

Inside the hospital building, tickets may be purchased, as well as snacks from a kiosk and vending machines.

History

In 1991, Markham-Stouffville Hospital opened, becoming the 3rd hospital in York Region. Markham Transit extended routes 1 and 7 into the hospital, looping via Butternut Lane in front of the hospital. The only development east of 9th Line was the hospital itself, so there was no ridership attraction other than hospital visitors.

Starting in 1998, the Cornell subdivision was created, starting just north of the hospital grounds. This provided more potential riders, and as more houses were built, demand increased. YRT took over operations from Markham Transit in 2001, and by this time routes 1, 2A, 85, and 201 were operating through Markham-Stouffville Hospital. Ridership started to increase rapidly through 2004 and 2005, with the addition of 3 more routes: 9/9A, 18 and 303. With these routes, Markham-Stouffville Hospital started to take on it's terminal functionality.

By now, the small driveway that had been used as the terminal was starting to get overcrowded, with 5 full-time routes and 2 rush hour shuttles all sharing the stopping area. The schedules were made for routes to connect to each other, so 4 of the 5 routes all arrived and departed at the same time. This caused problems, since the driveway only allowed room for three buses at a time. As well, Viva was to be introduced to the hospital on January 2, 2006, with Viva Purple and Viva Green to be extended. Hospital administration opposed Viva's extension, as the bus stop was already overcrowded, and the frequent service Viva would bring would push it past the safe (and possible) limit.

YRT's solution was to build a new terminal just north of the hospital, as empty land had been put aside for such a use. However, Cornell residents opposed the terminal's construction, as they did not want the sound and pollution from buses laying over to decrease the value of their homes. The land was eventually used as a parking lot for hospital employees.

A temporary stop for Viva was built on Church Street near the hospital, and Viva Purple buses started serving it on January 27, 2008. YRT also relocated many buses to the Church Street and Country Glen Road intersection, in order to move them closer to the Viva stop. Routes 1 and 85 stopped on the southwest corner, while route 2A was moved to the northwest corner stop. Viva uses its vivastation on the southeast corner (farside), while routes 9 and 18 use the southeast corner stop since they still served the hospital stop. These changes were unpopular, as there were no shelters (besides the standard vivastation only serving Viva Purple) and little protection from the elements at the new stops on Church Street. The lack of concrete pads up to the curb meant that the (often heavy) loads of passengers had to walk across grass, which had quickly turned to muddy ground after a few weeks.

New stop pads were poured in mid-2008, with the westbound stop receiving a pad in August and the eastbound stop in October. Shelters were installed in November 2008, to provide passengers some protection from the elements during winter.

Long-term hospital expansion on Butternut Lane eventually forced routes 9, 18, and 522 out of the loop, and these routes now serve the eastbound stop on Church Street as well. Routes 9 and 18 initially continued to loop through Butternut Lane, albeit in a clockwise direction, until November 2011 when they changed to a large on-street loop via Bur Oak, Highway 7, and 9th Line.

June 30, 2013 brought another round of route changes around the hospital vicinity. With the successful lobbying from the Cornell Rate Payers Association to minimize transit routes serving there, route 1 was extended east to serve the Box Grove Walmart. Route 2A (now route 14) was removed from the hospital and now serve Box Grove Walmart directly via Copper Creek Drive. Route 9 was extended south to the Box Grove Plaza at Copper Creek Drive, and now serve new northbound and southbound bus stops on 9th Line.

After many years of being simply a hub, Markham-Stouffville Hospital was finally added to the transit terminals list in the October 2013 transit information guide update, and was added in the Winter 2014 system map.

On September 4, 2022, Cornell Terminal opened, with most routes serving Markham-Stouffville Hospital moved to the nearby terminal. Some routes continued to serve Church Street in order to provide service to the hospital.

Routes

Current stop layout.

All routes serve one of the six stops in the hospital vicinity on Church St. or 9th Line.

  • Eastbound stop: YRT 1 eastbound, 16, 303 afternoon, 401 morning, 406 morning, 416 morning, 417 morning
  • Westbound stop: YRT 1 westbound, 303 morning, 401 afternoon, 402 afternoon, 406 morning, 411 morning, 416 morning
  • Northbound stop: YRT 9 northbound
  • Southbound stop: YRT 9 southbound
  • Vivastation: Located on Church Street east of Country Glen Road, the station consists of a full-sized shelter. Its stop number is 9810. Aside from Viva Purple, route 522 also stops here.


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Properties
Divisions BRT (Miller) - North (TOK Transit) - Southeast (Miller) - West (TOK Transit)
Terminals Bernard - Cornell - Finch - Highway 407 Station - Major Mackenzie West - Markham-Stouffville Hospital - Newmarket - Pioneer Village - Promenade - Richmond Hill Centre - SmartVMC - Vaughan Mills
Hubs 404 Town Centre - Canada's Wonderland - Don Mills Station - Humber College - Islington Loop - Markville Mall - Seneca College King Campus - Sheppard West Station - York University
Park & Rides Davis Dr. & Hwy 404 - Wellington St. & Hwy 404
Bus Stops 1000-1999, 2000-2999, 3000-3999, 4000-4999, 5000-5999, 6000-6999, 7000-7999, 8000-9999 - Family Of Services
Routes
Viva Blue - Purple/Purple A - Pink - Orange - Yellow
Regular 1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 12 13 14 16 18 20 21 23 24 25 26 32 33 40 44 50 51 52 54 55 56 57 77 80 81 82 83/83A 85 86 87 88 90/90B 91/91A/91B 96 98 99 105 107/107B 165 522
TTC-operated 17A 68B 102D 129A 160
Express 300 301 302 303 304 305 320 360 361 391
School Specials 401 402 403 404 405 406 408 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 420 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 432 433 434 436 437 440 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 452 460 461 462 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 473
On-Request Aurora GO - Gormley - Holland Landing-Mount Albert - King - Kleinburg-Nashville - Maple-Rutherford GO - Markham - Newmarket-Aurora-Oak Ridges - Newmarket Local - North - Richmond Hill Local - Stouffville - Woodbridge
Discontinued 2A 6 9 11 15 18 22 24D 25D 27 28 31 33 33A 34 35D 37D 41 42 45 53 58 59 61 66 69 80 81 84 87 88E 107F 200 201 202 203 203 204 210 215 220 220/221 222 222 223/223A 224B 224C/224D 225 240 241 242 243 244 260 268 318/319 320 340 360 400 401 402 404 405 408 409 410 414 414 416 416 421 422 423 435 440 441 442 443 451 463 466 520/521 560 561 589/590 720 760 - Blue A - Green - 800 - Aurora-Oak Ridges - Blue Willow Community - Bristol - Bur Oak - Business Shuttle - East Gwillimbury GO - Gorham-Eagle - Holland Landing - Keswick - King Local - Mapleglen - Markham Fair - Markham Local - Mount Albert - Newmarket - Sutton-Pefferlaw - The ROC - Unionville Local - Vellore Local
Greater Golden Horseshoe Agencies
Barrie
Bradford West Gwillumbury
Brampton
Brantford
Burlington
Caledon
Durham Region
GO Transit
Grand River
Guelph
Hamilton
Metrolinx
Milton
Mississauga
Niagara Region
Oakville
Orangeville
Peterborough
Port Hope
Simcoe County
Toronto
York Region


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Routes & Stations
Viva Blue Newmarket Terminal - Yonge/Davis - Eagle - Mulock - Savage - Orchard Heights - Wellington - Golf Links - Henderson - Bloomington - Regatta - King - Jefferson - 19th-Gamble - Bernard Terminal - Bernard - Elgin Mills - Crosby - Major Mackenzie - Weldrick - 16th-Carrville - Bantry-Scott - Richmond Hill Centre Terminal - Royal Orchard - Centre - Clark - Steeles - Finch GO Bus Terminal
Viva Purple Richmond Hill Centre Terminal - Bayview - Chalmers - Valleymede - West Beaver Creek - Leslie - East Beaver Creek - Allstate Parkway - Woodbine - Montgomery - Town Centre - Cedarland - Warden/Enterprise - Andre De Grasse - University - Warden - Village Parkway - Sciberras - Main Street Unionville - Kennedy - Bullock - McCowan - Galsworthy - Main Street Markham - Wootten Way - Markham-Stouffville Hospital - Cornell Terminal
Viva Pink Finch GO Bus Terminal - Steeles - Clark - Centre - Royal Orchard - Richmond Hill Centre Terminal - Bayview - Chalmers - Valleymede - West Beaver Creek - Leslie - East Beaver Creek - Allstate Parkway - Woodbine - Montgomery - Town Centre - Cedarland - Warden/Enterprise - Andre De Grasse - University - Unionville GO Station
Viva Orange Martin Grove - Kipling - Islington - Wigwoss-Helen - Pine Valley - Ansley Grove - Weston - Commerce - Vaughan Metropolitan Centre - Creditstone - Keele - Dufferin - Taiga - Disera-Promenade - Atkinson - Bathurst/Highway 7 - Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
Viva Green Don Mills Station - Leith Hill - Seneca Hill - McNicoll - Esna-Steeles - Denison - 14th Avenue - Warden/Enterprise - Andre De Grasse - University - Kennedy - Bullock - McCowan
Viva Yellow Newmarket GO Bus Terminal - Longford - Main - Southlake Hospital - Huron Heights - Leslie - Highway 404