Viva Silver

Viva Silver
Overview
System	YRT/Viva
Operator	Tok Transit
Status	Proposed
Began service	TBD
Route
Route type	Bus rapid transit
Locale	York Region
Communities served	Richmond Hill; Vaughan
Start	Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
End	Richmond Hill GO
Stops	16
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Viva Silver is a bus rapid transit route planned by York Region Transit to operate in Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.[1] It is proposed as part of the Viva Rapid Transit service, with a connection to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station on the Line 1 Yonge–University subway in Toronto.

The planned route is from the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal north along Jane Street to Major Mackenzie Drive, then east to Richmond Hill GO Station. It will include a transit signal priority system.[2]

The route is part of York Region Transit's "frequent transit network" enhancements, in which Jane Street, Leslie Street, and Major Mackenzie Drive are considered top priority transit corridors for 2016.[3] Frequency of York Region Transit rush hour bus service operating on those corridors will be progressively increased before implementation of the Viva service in order to increase ridership.[3] The expected route service frequency is 10 minutes.[4] When first opened, the route is expected to have curbside stops while dedicated BRT lanes would be installed later.

Implementation of this route will require capital costs of about CA$23 million in 2017, and will cost about CA$6 million annually to operate.[5] Service will require a fleet of 10 Viva buses.[5]

Stations

The principal stops are Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal, Vaughan Mills, Canada's Wonderland, Richmond Hill GO Station, and the Yonge Street corridor.[6] It would result in the elimination of route 760 bus service.[7]

The Vaughan Metropolitan subway station concourse is accessible from the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal, which is located on the central median of Highway 7.[8]

The project station designs are not finalized, as such it is unclear if they will be shelters like earlier iterations or large rapidways stations in the middle of the roadway.

Viva Silver
Station	Municipality	Notes
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal	Vaughan	Connects to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station,
Pennsylvania
Langstaff
Vaughan Mills		Connects with the Vaughan Mills Terminal
Springside
Norwood
Major Mackenzie West Terminal		Built between Canada's Wonderland and Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital
McNaughton
Keele
Maple GO Station		Connects to Barrie line
Peter Rupert
Dufferin
Bathurst	Vaughan/Richmond Hill
Harding	Richmond Hill	Connects to
Yonge		Connects to
Richmond Hill GO Station		Connects to Richmond Hill GO line

References

1. "2018 Transit Initiatives". York Region Transit. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
2. "Moving to 2020" (PDF). York Region Transit. p. 3. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
3. "Moving to 2020" (PDF). York Region Transit. p. 8. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
4. York Region Transit, p. 1. sfn error: no target: CITEREFYork_Region_Transit (help)
5. "Moving to 2020" (PDF). York Region Transit. p. 4. Retrieved 2017-08-17.
6. York Region Transit, p. 19. sfn error: no target: CITEREFYork_Region_Transit (help)
7. York Region Transit, p. 20. sfn error: no target: CITEREFYork_Region_Transit (help)
8. York Region Transit: Spadina Subway Transit Strategy.

Bibliography

• "Moving to 2020: YRT/Viva 2016-2020 Strategic Plan" (PDF). York Region Transit. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-11. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
• "Spadina Subway Transit Strategy" (PDF). 2015 Annual Service Plan. York Region Transit. 2015. p. 145. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2016.