501 Züm Queen

501
Typical station stop: Westbound on the north side of Queen Street, just west of Dixie Road
Overview
System Züm
Operator Brampton Transit
Vehicle New Flyer Xcelsior
Route
Start Downtown Brampton Terminal
Via Bramalea Terminal
End Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
or York University
Stops 25
Service
Frequency 20 minutes or better
Fare $4.00[1]
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501 Züm Queen is a bus rapid transit route in Brampton, Ontario that is part of the Züm network. The route first began service on September 20, 2010, and currently has three branches running between the Downtown Brampton Terminal in the west to eastern termini at either the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre or York University Toronto Transit Commission subway stations in Toronto.

Route Description

501 Züm Queen bus at the Vivastation at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station

Route 501 operates eastward along Queen Street beginning at the Downtown Brampton Terminal. The base route continues along Highway 7 in Vaughan and terminates at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station. The 501A and 501C branches provide standard service on Queen Street before travelling express through Vaughan to York University via Highway 407.

501 Züm Queen shares routing with York Region Transit's Viva Orange express bus route between Martin Grove and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, and has been fare integrated with it since its creation. Both Brampton Transit and York Region Transit proofs of payment are accepted for the entire length of both bus routes.

Stops

501 Queen [2]
Name Opening Date Municipality Connections
Downtown Brampton Terminal September 20, 2010 Brampton

 502   561 

Centre
Kennedy
Rutherford
West Drive/Laurelcrest
Dixie
Bramalea Terminal , MiWay
Bramalea
Fichgate/Glenvale
Torbram
Gateway/Chrysler
Airport Road
Goreway  505 
McVean
Gore Road
Highway 50[A] Brampton, Vaughan
Highway 27 Vaughan
Martin Grove
Kipling
Islington
Helen TBA
Pine Valley September 20, 2010
Ansley Grove
Weston
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre[B] December 17, 2017
York University Terminal[C] September 20, 2010 Toronto

Italics indicates future stops.

Notes

[A] A and C branches follow Highways 427 and 407 east of this stop

[B] Base route terminates at VMC station

[C] A and C branches continue to York University

Incidents

On July 3, 2018, four people were stabbed while riding the Züm bus in the area of Queen Street and McVean Drive. A 49-year-old man, was taken to a trauma centre with injuries that were serious but not life-threatening. Three Brampton women aged 28, 19 and 18 were also taken to a local hospital. 20-year-old Jade Nelson was later arrested and charged with four counts of attempted murder. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Bus Fares". Brampton Transit. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/zum/Documents/PhaseII_Zum_PublicMap_February2014_P1.pdf
  3. ↑ https://globalnews.ca/news/4311156/brampton-bus-stabbing/
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