York Region Transit Markham District School Specials

Markham District High School is a secondary school located at 89 Church St., between Main St. Markham and 9th Line, in Markham ON. It is directly served by 3 routes (all school specials), and 2 other nearby routes are used by students. Since the school is home to the Advanced Placement program, it draws students from outside the school boundaries as well as inside their own boundary.

1 Highway 7

Routing Details

Regular 1 trips stop at Highway 7 and Christman Ct./Wideman St., within walking distance of the school.

Vehicles

Route 1 is primarily a 40ft route, and uses New Flyer D40LF/D40LFR and New Flyer XD40.

41 Markham Local

Routing Details

Regular 41 trips stop at Parkway Ave. and Paramount Rd., within walking distance of the school.

Vehicles

Route 41 sees a mix of 30ft service provided by E-Z Rider II/BRT/MAX and 40ft service provided by New Flyer D40LF/D40LFR and New Flyer XD40.

406 Markham District High School Special


	406 Markham District High School Special
Number of Branches		1
Types of buses used		New Flyer D40LF/R , New Flyer XD40
Division		Southeast (Markham)
Related routes		None

Routing Details

AM: This route starts at Cornell Centre/Rustle Woods and heads via Rustle Woods Ave., Cornell Rouge Blvd., White's Hill Ave., Bur Oak Ave., and Church St. It loops to the school via Wootten Way, Parkway Ave., Main St. Markham, Robinson St., Joseph St., Maple St., and Church St.
PM: This route starts at the school, heading east on Church St. past Wootten Way to follow reverse routing.

History

Route 406 began service on September 8, 2015, providing service to students living in the east end of the Cornell community.

408 Markham District High School via Highway 7

Routing Details

This route was essentially a westbound route 1 trip that operated between the school and Finch GO Bus Terminal via Bayview Ave.
AM: There was no AM service on this route.
PM: This route started at the school and went east on Church St., south on 9th Line, and west on Highway 7, following the old route 1 via Bayview routing to Finch Station.

History

Markham District was one of the first high schools to have a school special, introduced in September 2003. Originally unnumbered, it was given the number 405 in September 2004 and renumbered 408 for the 2005 school season. As the route was virtually entirely duplicated by the old route 1 via Bayview, it was eliminated for the 2006 school season.

409 Markham District High School via Bur Oak Ave

Routing Details

This route was an extension of route 18 with a diversion inside Cornell to serve more students.
AM: This route started service at Kennedy Rd. and Bur Oak and followed the current route 18 to 16th Ave., then diverted via 16th Ave., Old Markham Bypass (now Cornell Centre) and Whites Hill, and proceed along Church St. to the school.
PM: Reverse routing.

History

Route 409 started service in September 2004 as route 406, in order to serve the new Cornell community. Since Bur Oak was not fully connected to Church St. yet, the route operated via 9th Line, Whites Hill, Bur Oak, Almira, and Country Glen to Church St. initially.

Route 406 was renumbered to route 409 for the 2005 school season.

As more of Bur Oak Ave. opened, route 409 was modified for the 2006 school season to serve Bur Oak Ave. throughout the whole stretch east of McCowan except between 16th Ave. and Whites Hill, where it continued to divert via 9th Line. With Bur Oak finally open full length in January 2007, the routing was modified to serve Bur Oak all the way from McCowan to Church St.

In the 2007 school season, route 409 was modified to serve Old Markham Bypass and Whites Hill instead of 9th Line. The last route change for route 409 was to have the route start/end at Kennedy Rd., which took place in the 2008 school season.

Route 409 was eliminated for the 2013 school season, as riders can transfer to either routes 410 or 411 at Markham-Stouffville Hospital.

410 Markham District High School via 14th Avenue

Routing Details

This route essentially followed the old route 2A, but diverted to the school via Church St. instead of serving Markham-Stouffville Hospital.
AM: This route started service at Woodbine Ave. and Denison St. and followed the old route 2A via Rouge Bank to Highway 7, then went west on Highway 7, north on Wootten Way, and west on Church St. to the school.
PM: This route started service at the school and went east on Church St., south on 9th Line, following reverse routing to Markham Rd. where it ended service.

History

Route 410 started service in September 2004 as route 407, in order to serve the Box Grove community and to provide route 2A customers a transfer-free ride to the school.

Route 407 was renumbered to route 410 for the 2005 school season. It was eliminated in the 2006 school season, being replaced by new route 2A school special trips (which eventually became route 411).

410 Markham District High School via Hollingham, Raymerville


	410 Markham District High School via Hollingham, Raymerville
Number of Branches		1
Types of buses used		New Flyer D40LF /R , New Flyer XD40
Division		Southeast (Markham AM, Richmond Hill PM)
Related routes		40, 41

Routing Details

AM: This route starts at Rodick/Woodbine, operating south on Rodick, east and south on Hollingham, east on Apple Creek, then follows the same routing as route 40 to McCowan and Carlton, where it follows the same routing as route 41 to Wootten Way/Parkway, where it continues south along Wootten Way west on Parkway Ave., south on Elm St., and east on Church St. to the school.
PM: This route starts at the school, heading east on Church St. and north on Wootten Way to follow reverse routing.

History

Route 410 started service in the 2007 school season when the school board cancelled school buses to the Unionville and Markham areas.

The morning routing was modified on November 3, 2013 to better serve students attending the school.

411 Markham District via Box Grove


	411 Markham District via Box Grove
Number of Branches		1
Types of buses used		New Flyer D40LF/R , New Flyer XD40 , Orion V
Division		Southeast (Markham)
Related routes		14

Routing Details

AM: This route follows the same routing as route 14 from 14th Ave. and McCowan Rd. to Copper Creek Dr. It then continues east on Copper Creek, south on Donald Cousens Pkwy., west on 14th Ave., south and west on Riverwalk Dr., north on Box Grove Bypass, east on Kenilworth Gate, east and north on Michelina Terrace, north on Stoney Stanton Rd., east on Highway 7, north on Bur Oak Ave., west on Church St. (serving Markham-Stouffville Hospital), north on Wootten Way, west on Parkway Ave., south on Elm St., and east on Church St. to the school.
PM: This route starts at the school and goes east on Church St., south on 9th Line, east on Highway 7, following the same AM routing to 9th Line, then south on 9th Line, east on Copper Creek Dr., following the same AM routing back to Copper Creek Dr., then follows reverse routing to McCowan Rd.

History

Route 411 was introduced in September 2011, replacing service previously provided by route 2A (now route 14).

Extra trips were added for the 2013 school season as route 14 was restructured to serve Copper Creek Dr., with service to Markham-Stouffville Hospital eliminated. The morning routing was modified on November 3, 2013 to better serve students attending the school.