York Region Transit route 165 'Weston Rd. North'

165 Weston Rd. North is a base route operated by the TTC under contract to YRT in Vaughan, ON.

Basic
Routes 165A, 165D, and 165F combined serve Weston Rd. between Steeles Ave. and Canada Dr.

This route has 3 main branches:
 * 165A York Mills Stn - Canada's Wonderland (Weekends/holidays, May to October)
 * 165D York Mills Stn - Major Mackenzie and Highway 400 (Daily November to April, Weekdays May to October)
 * 165F York Mills Stn - Canada Dr (Weekday rush hours only)

These routes combined serve the Woodbridge and Vellore Woods communities. They also serve Colossus Centre, St. Jean de Brebeuf Catholic High School, Vellore Village Community Centre, and Highway 400 Carpool Lot.

Routes 165A, 165D, and 165F all connect to Viva Orange at Highway 7.

History
Service was contracted out to the TTC by Vaughan Transit. This involved TTC operating the buses and collecting the fares, but Vaughan Transit paying for any losses in running the service. A TTC fare was required for passengers traveling south of Steeles Ave., but only a Vaughan fare was required if the entire trip was north of Steeles. When Vaughan Transit was acquired by YRT, the contract was picked up as well, with similar conditions.

Service operated to an off-street loop at Rutherford as route 165D. Service was extended by 2002 to a new off-street loop at Major Mackenzie. In 2003, service was extended during summer weekends into Canada's Wonderland, as route 165A.

In September 2005, another new branch was added, route 165F, which also operated to Major Mackenzie. However, it looped via the off-street loop, Major Mackenzie, Vellore Woods and Ashberry. Eventually the looping was expanded north in 2008 to cover Cityview Blvd. and Canada Dr.

A new branch was created in May 2008, route 165G, during peak periods, operating as an extension of route 165D east to the Major Mackenzie and Highway 400 carpool lot. Eventually all trips were extended east to the carpool lot in 2010, eliminating route 165G.

Routes 165A, 165D, and 165F were declared fully accessible in February 2012.

The Spadina Subway Transit Strategy will modify route 165's routing in 2016. Service will be transferred from TTC to YRT operation and will be renumbered route 65. In addition, service will operate out of Pioneer Village Station and will no longer enter operate south of Steeles Ave.

Vehicles
Routes 165A, 165D, and 165F are 40ft routes from Arrow Rd. Division, and uses Orion VII/NG HEV and Nova Bus RTS.

Major Stops

 * York Mills Stn: Southern terminus.
 * Wilson Stn
 * Steeles Ave.: Start/end of York Region fare zone. Connection to route 10.
 * Highway 7: Connections to Viva Orange and routes 10, 77.
 * Rutherford Rd.: Connection to route 85.
 * Canada/Cityview: Northern terminus for route 165F.
 * Highway 400 Carpool Lot: Northern terminus for route 165D. Connection to route 4A.
 * Canada's Wonderland: Northern terminus for route 165A. Serves Bay 3. Connections to route 760.