York Region Transit route 160 'Bathurst North'

160 Bathurst North is a base route operated by the TTC under contract to YRT in Vaughan, ON.

Basic
Route 160 serves Bathurst St. between Steeles Ave. and East Promenade. It also serves New Westminster Dr. and Atkinson Ave.

This route has 1 branch:
 * 160 Wilson Stn - Centre Street

This route serves the Thornhill community. It also serves Promenade Terminal, St. Elizabeth Catholic High School, Vaughan City Playhouse, Westmount Collegiate Institute, and Garnet A. Williams Arena.

Route 160 connects to Viva Purple at Promenade Terminal and New Westminster/Bathurst.

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 travelling 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.

Route 160 was operating in 1996 to its current terminus. It looped via north on Bathurst, east and south on Atkinson, and west on Centre, similar to its current loop. By 1998, the loop had expanded to its current one, and now operated through Promenade Terminal. Service has remained fairly constant ever since.

Route 160 was declared fully accessible in February 2012.

This route may be transferred to a YRT route as part of the Spadina Subway Extension Transit Strategy.�

Vehicles
Routes 160 is a 40ft route from Wilson Division, and use Orion VII NG/NG HEV/EPA10. Rarely Orion V may provide service.

Major Stops

 * Wilson Station: Southern terminus.
 * Steeles Ave.: Start/end of York Region fare zone. Connection to route 88/88A/88E.
 * Clark Ave.: Connections to routes 5, 77, 88/88A.
 * Promenade Terminal: Serves Bay 6. Connections to Viva Purple and routes 3, 23, 77, 88/88A/88E.
 * New Westminster/Bathurst: Connections to Viva Purple and routes 3, 23, 88/88A.
 * Atkinson/Clark: Connections to routes 3, 5, 23, 77.
 * Clark/York Hill: Northern terminus. Connections to routes 5, 23, 77.