York Region Transit route 54 'Bayview'

54 Bayview (previously 54 Bayview North) is a base route operated by YRT in Aurora and Newmarket, ON.

Basic
Route 54 operates on Main St. and Bayview Ave. between Davis Dr. and Wellington St.

This route has 1 branch:
 * 54 Alexander via Davis - Wellington and Victoria (Monday to Saturday)

This route serves Downtown Newmarket, southern Newmarket, the eastern Aurora communities, and Downtown Aurora. It also serves Huron Heights Secondary School, Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket GO Station, Tannery Mall, Newmarket Community Arena, Pickering College, Aurora Centre, St. Maximillian Kolbe Catholic High School, Aurora GO Station, and Aurora Public Library.

Route 54 connects to Viva Blue at Wellington/Yonge.

History
Route 54 has been operating on mostly its same route for a number of years. In September 2006, buses were rerouted from Bayview onto Main St. between Davis Dr. and Water St. Before, some trips had an expanded looping that served Main St. between Davis Dr. and Queen St.

In 2007, the northern routing changed from operating on Prospect St. to Main St. In 2010, service to Stone Rd. was cancelled and buses instead travel down Wellington St. and turns around at Victoria & Church Sts. to improve connections to Viva Blue and other Yonge St. routes.

On September 5, 2010, to prevent confusion, the 'North' suffix was removed from route signs.

Route 54 was declared fully accessible in December 2012.

Vehicles
Route 54 is primarily a 30ft route, and uses E-Z Rider II/BRT/MAX. Due to road conditions on Main St., 40ft vehicles cannot operate on this route.

Major Stops

 * Huron Heights/Davis Dr.: Northern terminus. Stop for Huron Heights Secondary School. Connections to routes 50, 55/55B, 58, 520/521.
 * Davis Dr./Bayview Pkwy.: Connections to routes 50, 55/55B, 58, 520/521.
 * Newmarket GO Station: Connections to routes 44, 50, 55/55B, 58, 520/521.
 * Water/Doug Duncan: Connections to routes 56, 520/521.
 * Mulock Dr.: Connection to route 57/57A.
 * St. John's Sdrd.: Connection to route 222.
 * Wellington St.: Connections to routes 32, 33.
 * Victoria/Wellington: Southern terminus. Connections to routes 32, 33/33A.