Viva Yellow

Viva Yellow
Overview
System	YRT/Viva
Operator	Tok Transit
Vehicle	Van Hool A330
Began service	November 29, 2015 (2015-11-29) [1]
Route
Route type	Bus rapid transit
Locale	York Region
Communities served	Newmarket
Start	Newmarket Bus Terminal
End	Highway 404
Length	3.5 miles (5.6 km)
Stops	7
Service
Frequency	15 to 23 mins
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Viva Yellow (internally designated as route 607) or the Davis Drive corridor line, is a Viva bus rapid transit line that serves Newmarket, Ontario, Canada on the Davis Drive Rapidway. This route is within York Region Transit's North Division, and is operated by Tok Transit under contract from York Region. It is also the most recent out of all the Viva Rapid Transit lines, having opened in 2015. ^[2]

Route description

Viva Yellow runs east–west on Davis Drive between Yonge Street and Highway 404. The route is less than 6 kilometres long, the shortest line in the Viva system.

There are seven stations on the Viva Yellow line. From west to east they are:

Viva Yellow [3]
Name	Opening date	Town	Major connections
Newmarket Terminal	November 29, 2015	Newmarket
Longford
Main			Newmarket GO
Southlake
Huron Heights
Leslie
Highway 404			Davis Drive

Rapidway

Main article: Davis Drive Rapidway

The majority of Viva Yellow's route runs along the Davis Drive Rapidway which is a bus-only lane that occupies the centre lanes of Davis Drive. The rapidway extends 2.6 kilometres from Yonge Street to the Southlake Regional Health Centre.

References

1. Simon, Chris (27 November 2015). "Viva Yellow begins running on Davis Drive rapidway Sunday". YorkRegion.com. Metroland Media. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
2. "Northern Division of York Region Transit Maintenance Contract Extended". TOK Transit. May 15, 2014.
3. "Viva System Map January 5, 2020" (PDF). York Region Transit. Retrieved 5 January 2020.