Status Planned Communities served Richmond Hill, Vaughan | Began service Expected 2018 | |
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System York Region Transit (Viva Rapid Transit) Locale York Region, Ontario, Canada Start Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal | ||
Viva Silver is a bus rapid transit route planned by York Region Transit to operate in Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada. It is expected to begin service in 2018 as part of the Viva Rapid Transit service, after the opening of the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station on the Spadina extension of 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.
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. Frequency of York Region Transit rush hour bus service operating on those corridors will be progressively increased from 2016 to 2018 before implementation of the Viva service in order to increase ridership. The expected route service frequency is 10 minutes.
Implementation of this route will require capital costs of about C$23 million in 2017, and will cost about C$6 million annually to operate. Service will require a fleet of 10 Viva buses.
Stations
The principal stops are Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal, Vaughan Mills, Canada's Wonderland, Richmond Hill GO Station, and the Yonge Street corridor. It would result in the elimination of route 760 bus service.
A transit terminal will be built on the south side of Major Mackenzie Drive, to serve Canada's Wonderland and the future Mackenzie Vaughan Hospital, the latter of which will connect to the terminal via a pedestrian and cycling underpass.
The Vaughan Metropolitan subway station concourse is accessible from the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Terminal, which is located on the central median of Highway 7.