York Region Transit Vaughan Mills Terminal
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| Local Routes | 12, 20, 26, 85, 87, 466, 720, 760 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Opening Date | November 4, 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||
Vaughan Mills Terminal is a YRT transit terminal located in Vaughan, ON. It is located in the parking lot on the northeast side of Vaughan Mills, closest to the major intersection of Rutherford Rd. and Jane St. Access between the mall and the terminal is through Entrance 3.
There are 8 bus bays in the terminal loop, most with their own shelter. There is no concession building or indoor waiting area to buy passes or tickets, and there are no automated ticket machines on site, mainly due to the fact no Viva routes serve the terminal at any time of day. Commuter parking is available in the mall parking lot around the loop.
At approximately 2,550 passengers on an average weekday, Vaughan Mills Terminal is the 9th busiest transit passenger loading location in the YRT/Viva network according to the 2013 Transportation Fact Book. This is an decrease from approximately 3,250 weekday passengers from the 2011 Transportation Fact Book.
History
In June 2003, construction started on the new Vaughan Mills Mall. This area was to become a major commercial destination, and YRT identified this, hence putting its claim in early to put a transit terminal here. The terminal opened on November 4, 2004, at the same time the mall opened. Although much of the surrounding land was either parking lots or empty fields, in a few years the terminal was soon surrounded by many stores and attractions.
Vaughan Mills was the first transit terminal built by YRT, as all other terminals were inherited from other agencies or built and shared with another agency (such as the TTC).
Route 4 retreated from the terminal soon after it opened (coming back years later), but the vacated bays were filled by routes 12 and 360. In 2017, Platforms 2 and 8 were expanded to accommodate articulated buses (planned for implementation on route 20), which resulted in the loss of Platform 9.
Routes
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Vaughan Mills serves 8 bus routes in 8 platforms (numbered in counter-clockwise direction):
- Platform 1: Unused
- Platform 2: YRT 20 southbound, 720 southbound
- Platform 3: YRT 85 westbound
- Platform 4: YRT 12, 87, 466
- Platform 5: YRT 760, Mobility On-request
- Platform 6: YRT 26
- Platform 7: YRT 85 eastbound
- Platform 8: YRT 20 northbound, 720 northbound
