York Region Transit route 16 '16th Ave'

16 16th Ave is a base route operated by YRT in Vaughan, Richmond Hill, and Markham, ON.

Basic
Route 16 mainly serves 16th Ave.

This route has 1 main branch:
 * 16 Bathurst - Markham-Stouffville Hospital

This route serves the Richvale, Bayview Hill, Buttonville, Cachet Woods, Berczy, Markham Village, Greensborough, and Cornell communities. It also serves Hillcrest Mall, Beaver Creek Business Park, Buttonville Airport, and St. Brother Andre Catholic High School.

Route 16 connects to Viva Blue at Yonge St. and Viva Purple at Markham-Stouffville Hospital.

History
Route 16 was created from the 2013 Annual Service Plan, which restructured the Rutherford/16th Ave. corridor in order to increase reliability of service. The east half of route 85 was renumbered to this current route. Route 85A became the new 85 Rutherford, providing service between Napa Valley and Yonge St., with service operated by Southwest Division. Route 85B was discontinued, and service in the Vellore Woods community was replaced by new route 21. Service in the Beaver Creek Business Park was replaced by the reinstated route 244.

Vehicles
Route 16 is primarily a 40ft route, and uses New Flyer D40LF/D40LFR and New Flyer XD40. Occasionally Orion V may be on a rush hour only run.

Major Stops

 * Lebovic Campus Dr.: Western terminus. Connections to routes 23, 88/88A.
 * Bathurst St.: Connections to routes 23, 85/85C, 88/88A.
 * Yonge St.: Connections to Viva Blue/Blue A and routes 85/85C, 86, 99.
 * Leslie St.: Connections to routes 90/90B, 244.
 * Woodbine Ave.: Connection to route 24D/224B/224D.
 * Warden Ave.: Connection to route 68B.
 * McCowan Rd.: Connections to routes 129A, 304.
 * Main St. Markham: Connections to routes 41, 102D, 201.
 * Markham-Stouffville Hospital: Eastern terminus. Connections to Viva Purple and routes 1, 9, 18, 25, 201, 303, 522.