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Transit Customer Appreciation Week: October 1 to October 4, 2024

Posted on Monday, September 16, 2024 01:01 PM

YRT Customer Appreciation Week is October 1 to 4, 2024. Join us as we celebrate our valued customers with four days of events, giveaways and treats.

Get ready for activities dedicated to you, from special events at select terminals to daily treats that make your commute a little sweeter.

Schedule of events

Join us for treats and giveaways all week long:

If you can’t make it to one of our events, do not worry. Be on the lookout for staff with treats and giveaways during your commute on various YRT...

YRT electric bus at a charging station

Government of Canada announces funding for electric buses in York Region

Posted on Tuesday, September 10, 2024 03:11 PM

We are pleased to announce that York Region Transit has received $76 million from Canada’s Zero Emission Transit Fund to help increase our electric bus fleet.

This funding, in addition to the $136 million contribution from the Canada Infrastructure Bank and $177 million investment from York Region, brings the total budget for the Canada Infrastructure Bank Zero-emission bus program to $389 million.

The funding will help support YRT’s plan to:

  • Add 180 electric buses to the fleet which will increase...

Learn about the On-Request Service in East Gwillimbury

Posted on Thursday, August 29, 2024 03:36 PM

You are invited!

Learn more about YRT's improved On-Request service.

Join us for a presentation about the On-Request service being planned in East Gwillimbury. Learn how to use the service, make connections to neighbouring towns, technology updates and improvements for booking rides and ask questions to the transit experts.

Where: Mount Albert Lions Community Centre, 5057 Mt. Albert Road, Mount Albert

When: Tuesday, September 17, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Community Events

Posted on Friday, August 16, 2024 04:06 PM

Come say hello to YRT and other York Region Public Works staff at these community events.

Learn more about transit services and road improvement projects in your community, and pick up some swag while you're at it. YRT system maps, York Region cycling maps and foldable paper buses will also be available.

We hope to see you there!

Add your PRESTO card to Apple Wallet

You can now add your PRESTO card to Apple Wallet

Posted on Tuesday, July 16, 2024 03:48 PM

With PRESTO in Apple Wallet, you can tap to ride using your iPhone or Apple Watch!

Metrolinx is making it more convenient to choose transit by offering customers another way to pay their fare by tapping a digital version of the PRESTO card in Apple Wallet, on an iPhone or Apple Watch.

This new payment option is now available on York Region Transit (YRT), GO Transit, UP Express, Brampton Transit, Burlington Transit, Durham Region Transit, Hamilton Street Railway, MiWay (in Mississauga), Oakville...