Viva Blue

Viva Blue
Overview
System YRT/Viva
Operator Tok Transit
Vehicle Van Hool AG300
Nova Bus LF Series (articulated)
Began service September 4, 2005
Route
Route type Bus rapid transit
Locale York Region
Communities served Newmarket; Aurora; Richmond Hill; Markham; Vaughan; North York
Start Newmarket Bus Terminal
Via Bernard Terminal, Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
End Finch Bus Terminal
Stops 26
Service
Frequency 15 mins north of Bernard Terminal; 7.5 mins south of Bernard Terminal
Weekend frequency 20 mins north of Bernard Terminal; 10 mins south of Bernard Terminal
Daily ridership 13,353[1]
Fare $4.00
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A Viva Blue bus enters the Richmond Hill Centre station.
Viva Blue bus 5203 at Finch Bus Terminal, bound for Newmarket

Viva Blue, also known as the Finch/Richmond Hill/Newmarket line[2] or the Yonge St. Corridor Line, is a line on the Viva bus rapid transit system in York Region, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is operated by Tok Transit, under contract from York Region Transit. This is the busiest bus route in the York Region Transit network.

List of stations

There are twenty-six stations on the Viva Blue line. From north to south they are:

Viva Blue[3]
Name Opening Date City / Town Major Connections
East Gwillimbury GO TBA East Gwillimbury East Gwillimbury GO
Green Lane
Bristol Newmarket
Newmarket Terminal November 20, 2005
Eagle
Mulock
Savage September 6, 2009
Orchard Heights November 20, 2005 Aurora
Wellington
Golf Links
Henderson
Bloomington Aurora/Richmond Hill
Regatta February 23, 2014 Richmond Hill
King November 20, 2005
Jefferson November 16, 2008
19th-Gamble November 20, 2005
Bernard September 4, 2005
Elgin Mills
Crosby
Major Mackenzie
Weldrick
16th-Carrville
Bantry-Scott
Richmond Hill Centre
Langstaff GO
Royal Orchard Markham/Vaughan
Centre St.
Clark
Steeles
Finch Terminal North York
Finch

History

Service from Finch station to Bernard began on September 4, 2005. Service north of Bernard to Newmarket Terminal began November 20, 2005.

There is also a Viva Blue Short Turn route operating from Finch station to Bernard. According to the original environmental assessments, it is also known as the Finch–Richmond Hill line.

Future

In the future, Viva Blue will have its own dedicated rapidway for most of the route between Newmarket Bus Terminal and Richmond Hill Centre Terminal. The first two phases of the Yonge Street Rapidway will open in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Eventually, the entire portion of rapidway could also be upgraded to allow light rail transit on this corridor.

Originally, the southern portion of the Yonge Street rapidway was to be implemented from 19th Avenue to Finch Station, but since the announcement of MoveOntario 2020 by the Ontario provincial government, proposals of the portion of rapidway from Richmond Hill Centre to Finch station have been shelved for the proposed north extension of Line 1 Yonge–University.

While ridership on the Richmond Hill portion of Viva Blue is high for a suburban transit system, capacity constraints on the existing subway system prevent the Yonge Subway line from being extended into York Region. Alternatively (or concurrently), GO Transit plans to run express trains between Union Station in downtown Toronto, and its Langstaff train station adjacent to YRT's Richmond Hill Centre terminal daily.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Moving to 2020" (PDF). York Region Transit. 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "Viva System Map September 2018" (PDF). York Region Transit. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. ↑ http://www.vivanext.com/project-map/
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