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Rutherford Road construction:
GO, YRT detours, November 29 until December 1



Update — Friday, November 29, 5:50 p.m.: Metrolinx and the Region of York are cancelling the road closure and construction this weekend. GO and YRT buses operate along their regular routes.


Starting 11 p.m. Friday, November 29, the Region of York is closing

  • Rutherford Road (Regional Road 73) between Westburne Drive / Barrhill Road and Confederation Parkway / Peter Rupert Avenue

to accommodate contractors who are starting a project to build a grade separation — an overpass — to carry the Metrolinx Newmarket subdivision tracks safely across Rutherford Road. (GO Transit’s Barrie line tracks operate along these tracks.)

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GO Transit is detouring buses along this route, while the road is closed:

  • 63 King City / Toronto.

York Region Transit is detouring buses along this route, while the road is closed:

  • 85 Rutherford.

This phase of construction on Rutherford Road and the resulting GO and YRT detours continue until 11 a.m. Sunday, December 1.


GO Transit
63 King City / Toronto

From 11 p.m. Friday, November 29 until 11 a.m. Sunday, December 1, GO is relocating the bus loop to 635 Westburne Drive. You can board and exit buses on the north side of the temporary parking lot. Also, GO is closing 15 parking spaces in the temporary lot to allow buses to turn safely.

Southbound buses operate along their regular route to Rutherford Road and Westburne Drive, then detour:

southward along Westburne Drive; and then
eastward along the access road north of the temporary parking lot beside #635 Westburne.

The buses then turn around, looping along the north, east and south edges of the temporary parking lot, then continue to detour:

westward along the south access road; and then
southward along Westburne Drive,
south- and eastward along Basaltic Road;
southward along Planchet Road; and then
westward along Langstaff Road West to Highway 400,
resuming their regular route southward along Highway 400.
resuming their regular route westward along Rutherford.

Northbound buses reverse the southbound detour routing.

York Region Transit
85 Rutherford

From 11 p.m. Friday, November 29 until 11 a.m. Sunday, December 1, eastbound buses operate along their regular route to Rutherford Road and Westburne Drive, then detour:

southward along Westburne and Basaltic Road;
eastward along Langstaff Road West;
northward along Staffern Drive; and then
northwest- and northward along Confederation Parkway to Rutherford,
resuming their regular route eastward along Rutherford.

Eastbound buses skip their regular stop

  • on Rutherford Road at Confederation Parkway.

Instead, eastbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Westburne Drive south of Rutherford Road and at Moyal Court,
  • on Basaltic Road beside #698 Basaltic, south of Jacob Keffer Parkway,beside #s 280 and 180 Basaltic and at Planchet Road,
  • on Planchet Road at Langstaff Road West,
  • on Langstaff Road West at Connie Crescent,
  • on Confederation Parkway across from Scholar Road and Camden Drive [north] and at Ten Oaks Boulevard, Dufferin Hill Drive and Rutherford Road.

Instead, westbound buses drop off or pick up passengers at temporary stops

  • on Confederation Parkway south of Rutherford Road,
  • on Langstaff Road West at Spinnaker Way and Planchet Road,
  • on Basaltic Road east of Planchet Road, beside #139 and 277 Basaltic, across from Jacob Keffer Parkway, beside #517 Basaltic and across from Moyal Court,
  • on Westburne Drive beside #671 Westburne and at Rutherford Road.