York Region Transit Father McGivney School Specials

Father McGivney Catholic Academy is a catholic secondary school located at 5300 14th Ave., east of McCowan Rd., in Markham ON. It is directly served by 2 routes.

Routing Details
Regular trips pass by the high school at 14th and McCowan.

Vehicles
Route 14 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.

Routing Details
Regular trips pass by the high school at McCowan and 14th.

Vehicles
Routes 129A is a 40ft route from Malvern Division, and use Orion VII HEV/NG HEV. Occasionally Orion V and 60ft Nova Bus LFS Artic may provide service.

Routing Details
This route operated on a looping pattern. AM: This route started at Kennedy and 14th Ave, performing a wide loop via Kennedy, Steeles, Warden and 14th, continuing east to the school. PM: This route started at the school, proceed along 14th and perform the loop, ending at Kennedy and 14th.

History
Father McGivney was one of the first high schools to have a school special, introduced in September 2003. The school had a total of two school specials: School Special 1 followed the routing detail explained above, while School Special 2 followed the current route 14 routing east to Russell Jarvis.

In September 2004, both routes were assigned the number 401. In September 2005 School Special 1 was renumbered to 404, while School Special 2 was renumbered to 405.

Route 404 was eliminated for the 2013 school season due to low ridership.

Routing Details
AM: This route started at Russell Jarvis and Rouge Bank and followed the current route 14 routing west to the school. PM: Reverse routing.

History
Father McGivney was one of the first high schools to have a school special, introduced in September 2003. The school had a total of two school specials: School Special 1 followed the routing detail explained for route 404, while School Special 2 followed the routing detail explained above.

In September 2004, both routes were assigned the number 401. In September 2005 School Special 1 was renumbered to 404, while School Special 2 was renumbered to 405.

Route 405 was eliminated for the 2006 school season due to low ridership.