Viva Green

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Viva Green
Overview
System YRT/Viva
Operator Tok Transit
Vehicle Van Hool A330
StatusCancelled
Began serviceOctober 16, 2005 (2005-10-16)
Ended serviceApril 5, 2020 (2020-04-05)
Route
Route type Bus rapid transit
Locale York Region
Communities served Markham; Toronto
Start Don Mills
EndMcCowan & Highway 7
Stops12
Service
Frequency23 mins (rush hour only)
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Former Vivastation (stop) on Don Mills Road at Don Mills station in Toronto in 2014 DonMillsStationVIVA.jpg
Former Vivastation (stop) on Don Mills Road at Don Mills station in Toronto in 2014

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

Viva Green
NameOpening dateCityMajor connections
Don Mills October 16, 2005 [4] Toronto BSicon SUBWAY.svg TTC - Line 4 - Sheppard line.svg Don Mills
Seneca Hill
McNicoll
Esna-Steeles Markham
Denison
14th
WardenNovember 20, 2005
Viva purple.svg Viva pink.svg
Post RoadFebruary 5, 2017 [5]
EnterpriseNovember 20, 2005
Kennedy
Viva purple.svg
Bullock
McCowan

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.
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