York Region Transit route 58 'Mount Albert'

	58 Mount Albert
Number of Branches		1
Types of buses used		E-Z Rider II BRT/MAX
Division		North (TOK Transit)
Related routes		None

58 Mount Albert was a local "small community" bus route operated by York Region Transit in East Gwillimbury and Newmarket, Ontario, Canada.

Route Details

Routes 58 mainly served Leslie Street north of Davis Drive, and along Mount Albert Road.

This route served the communities of Mount Albert, Sharon, and eastern Newmarket. It also served the Mount Albert Library, Mount Albert Community Centre, EG Sports Complex, Sharon Temple, and 404 Town Centre. Some trips also served Mount Albert Foodland and East Gwillimbury GO Station.

Route 58 connected to Viva Blue at the Newmarket GO Bus Terminal.

Branches

This route had 1 main branch:

• 58 Mount Albert - 404 Town Centre (Weekday rush hours)

Historical Branches

• 58 Mount Albert - 404 Town Centre via Foodland

History

Orion I #9001 at 404 Town Centre on route 58A.

In 2004, YRT started expanding service to smaller communities that did not yet have access to public transit other than GO Transit. Before, it's main focus was maintaining and increasing service operated by the former agencies it had acquired, and communities that did not have service before amalgamation largely went unnoticed. Sharon, a small community a few kilometres north of Newmarket, needed service.

• September 5, 2004 - YRT decided to implement a new route to serve Sharon and replace routes 55A and 57 which serve the community. Route 58 operated from 404 Town Centre north on Leslie and looping via Farr Avenue, Donlands Avenue, Mt. Albert Road, Howard Avenue and Colonel Wayling Boulevard.

• November 7, 2004 - Branch 58A is introduced, providing additional rush hour service in Newmarket, operating from Stonehaven Avenue to Ringwell Drive, south of Green Lane. Route 58 begins to service East Gwillimbury GO Station for train connections only.

• March 27, 2005 - Route 58A was discontinued, but at the same time added special trips to Newmarket High School on Mulock Drive.

• April 30, 2006 - Another small community in Northern York Region was also asking for service. Mount Albert, a community located east of Highway 48 on Mount Albert Road, was isolated having no YRT or GO Transit connections. Route 58 was extended east along Mount Albert Road to serve Mount Albert. The extended branch was numbered route 58A, and full service was operated. Extra peak buses operated along route 58, providing extra service to Sharon.

• September 5, 2010 - To prevent confusion, the 'North' suffix of Leslie was removed from route signs.

• April 22, 2012 - Service on route 58A was extended during weekday midday from 404 Town Centre to Newmarket GO Bus Terminal in order to provide a connection with Viva.

• December 2012 - Routes 58 and 58A were declared fully accessible.

• April 21, 2013 - The 2013 Annual Service Plan had route 58 discontinued and rush hour route 58A frequency improved to every 70 minutes and improved midday frequency. Instead, on this date, both branches and their routings were merged to create a single branch, 58, and the route being renamed from "Leslie/Leslie via Mount Albert" to "Mount Albert". Most service is maintained except for service to along streets within the Sharon community which is discontinued due to low ridership. Two weekday late-evening trips (the 10:20 pm northbound trip and 10:45pm southbound route 58A trips) were replaced by Dial-a-Ride service.

• April 20, 2014 - As proposed in the 2014 Annual Service Plan, new Saturday Dial-a-Ride service is introduced on this route operating between 404 Town Centre and the Mount Albert community with hourly service between 8:00am and 8:00pm

• January 3, 2016 - As part of the 2015 Annual Service Plan, off-peak service along Davis Drive between the Newmarket GO Bus Terminal and 404 Town Centre is discontinued to avoid duplication of service with the new Viva Yellow route.

• July 2, 2017 - As part of the 2017 Annual Service Plan, a number of changes were implemented to route 58. Rush hour service is extended to serve the new Sharon subdivision along Murrell Boulevard between Green Lane East and Mount Albert Road. Off-peak service continues to operate along Leslie Street. Also, service in Mount Albert is expanded to fully serve King Street. Buses now loop counterclockwise via Mount Albert Road, Ninth Line, and King Street.

• August 1, 2017 - Dial-a-Ride service on the route is separated into its own distinct service and is now known as Dial-a-Ride Mount Albert.

• September 1, 2019 - Service is reduced to operate during weekday rush hours only. All weekday off-peak service is replaced with the new Mobility On-Request Mount Albert route.

• April 5, 2020 - Route 58 is temporarily suspended due to low ridership during the pandemic. Service at all times is replaced with the Mobility On-Request Mount Albert.

• September 3, 2023 - Route will not return to service and is permanently discontinued. Service will be redistributed to other routes with growing traveler demand.

Vehicles

Route 58 saw a mix of 30ft service provided by E-Z Rider II BRT/MAX and 40ft service provided by New Flyer D40LF.

Previous route maps

Conventional Service

• 
  July 2017 - September 2023
• 
  January 2016 - July 2017
• 
  April 2013 - January 2016
• 
  April 2012 - April 2013
• 
  2010 - April 2012
• 
  April 2006 - 2010
• 
  March 2005 - April 2006
• 
  September 2004 - March 2005

Dial-A-Ride

• 
  August 2017 - September 2019

Summary

Major Stops

Major Stop	Branches	Notes
404 Town Centre	58
Leslie St. @ Green Ln.	58
East Gwillimbury GO Station	58	GO Train connections only.
Leslie St. @ Mount Albert Sdrd.	58
Highway 48 Mount Albert Foodland	58	Limited Service.
King St. E. @ Centre St.	58

Historical Stops

Major Stop	Branches							Notes
	58	58	58	58	58A	58A	58A
Leslie St. @ Stonehaven Ave.	58
Leslie St. @ Mulock Dr.	58
Newmarket GO Bus Terminal				58			58A
Newmarket GO Station				58			58A
Davis Dr. @ Huron Heights Dr.				58			58A
404 Town Centre	58	58	58	58	58A	58A	58A
Leslie St. @ Green Ln.	58	58	58	58	58A	58A	58A
East Gwillimbury GO Station		58	58	58	58A	58A	58A	GO Train connections only.
Leslie St. @ Mount Albert Sdrd.				58		58A	58A
Colonel Wayling Blvd @ Howard Ave.			58					Northbound service only.
Leslie St. @ Farr Ave.	58	58	58		58A
Sharon Arena				58		58A	58A
Mount Albert Sdrd. @ Highway 48				58		58A	58A
Highway 48 Mount Albert IGA/Foodland				58		58A	58A
Mount Albert Sdrd. @ King St. E.				58		58A	58A
Centre St. @ King St. E.				58		58A	58A

Service Summary

Period		Branch	Weekdays					Saturday			Sunday
			AM Peak	Midday	PM Peak	Early Evening	Late Evening	Early AM	Day	Evening	Early AM	Day	Evening
2023	Jan-Sept	Temporarily suspended - On-Request Service
2022
2021
2020	Apr-Dec
	Jan-Apr	58
2019		58
2018		58
2017		58	80-86	71	80-98	Dial-A-Ride	N/A	Dial-A-Ride	Dial-A-Ride	Dial-A-Ride	N/A	N/A	N/A
2016		58	80-86	71	80-98	Dial-A-Ride	N/A	Dial-A-Ride	Dial-A-Ride	Dial-A-Ride	N/A	N/A	N/A
2015		58	60-63	100	59-88	Dial-A-Ride	N/A	Dial-A-Ride	Dial-A-Ride	Dial-A-Ride	N/A	N/A	N/A
2014		58	60-64	100	59-88	Dial-A-Ride	N/A	Dial-A-Ride	Dial-A-Ride	Dial-A-Ride	N/A	N/A	N/A
2013		58	60-64	100	68-88	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2012		58	14-46	79-105	18-56	180	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2011		58	30-47	55-125	23-52	165	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2010		58	30-47	55-125	23-52	165	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2009		58	30-40	120	30-35	165	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2008		58	30-40	120	30-35	165	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2007		58	30-40	120	30-35	165	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2006		58	30	120	30-35	165	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
2005		58	30-40	110-120	30-40	30	N/A	120	120	120	N/A	N/A	N/A
2004		58	40-50	120	35-45	55-60	N/A	120	120	120	N/A	N/A	N/A