Viva Green

Viva Green
Overview
SystemYRT/Viva
OperatorTok Transit
VehicleVan Hool A330
StatusCancelled
Began serviceOctober 16, 2005 (2005-10-16)
Ended serviceApril 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)
Route
Route typeBus rapid transit
LocaleYork Region
Communities servedMarkham; North York
StartDon Mills
EndMcCowan & Highway 7
Stops12
Service
Frequency23 mins (rush hour only)
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Stop on Don Mills Road at the west side of Fairview Mall in Toronto

Viva Green was a Viva bus rapid transit line in York Region, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was operated by Tok Transit under contract from the Region of York.

Service on the Viva Green route was suspended on April 5, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] On August 14, 2023, YRT announced that the route would not resume operation.[2]

Route description

Until its closure in 2020, the line had 12 stations. They were between the southern terminal at Don Mills subway station in North York and McCowan Road in Markham.[3] Viva Green operated during rush hour only and connected Viva Purple and Pink with Line 4 Sheppard. The line also served Unionville GO Station via the nearby Enterprise stop. Viva Green had 4 of its stops located in the city of Toronto, which was the most of any Viva bus rapid transit line.

Viva Green
Name Opening date City Major connections
Don Mills October 16, 2005[4] Toronto Don Mills
Seneca Hill
McNicoll
Esna-Steeles Markham
Denison
14th
Warden November 20, 2005
Post Road February 5, 2017[5]
Enterprise November 20, 2005
Kennedy
Bullock
McCowan

Future

York Region Transit plans to restructure Viva Green as a full service route on Leslie Street and Major Mackenzie Drive between the current southern terminus of Don Mills station and the intersection of Major Mackenzie Drive and Harding Boulevard, about two kilometres west of the Richmond Hill GO Station. It is planned to have connections with Viva Silver west of Richmond Hill GO Station and Viva Blue at Yonge Street.[6]

References

  1. ^ "YRT further decreases services, April 5 - Transit Toronto - Weblog". transittoronto.ca. April 4, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  2. ^ "Service Changes and Updates". York Region Transit. August 14, 2023. Archived from the original on August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  3. ^ "Viva System Map January 5, 2020" (PDF). York Region Transit. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  4. ^ Koole, James. "York Region's Viva Network". Transit Toronto. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
  5. ^ Mackenzie, Robert (February 4, 2017). "YRT Opens New Vivastation, February 5". Transit Toronto.
  6. ^ "York Region Transit- 2018 Initiatives (Complete)". Publitas. York Region Transit. p. 99. Retrieved March 11, 2019.