West-North Transit Announcement

November 19, 2020

TOK Group is pleased to announce that The Regional Municipality of York has awarded the contract for transit operations and maintenance of the West-North Transit Division to TOK Transit (a wholly owned subsidiary of the TOK Group) for a term of seven years commencing May 1, 2021 with an option for the Region to renew for an additional term of up to three years.

Under this contract, Tok Transit will operate a total of 66 conventional fixed route transit services, including Community Bus, School Specials, and GO Transit Train Shuttles for York Region’s west and north demographic areas. This includes the Towns of Georgina, East Gwillimbury, Newmarket, Aurora, and Whitchurch-Stouffville, the cities of Richmond Hill, Vaughan, and Markham and the Township of King. Tok will also provide connecting transit services to Brampton Transit, GO Transit and the Toronto Transit Commission.

The current fleet size is 253 Revenue Service Vehicles with an estimated 600,000 hours operated annually.