McCowan (VIVA)

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McCowan
Address 4981 Highway 7
Markham, Ontario
Opened October 16, 2005 (Viva Purple)
November 20, 2005 (Viva Green)
Line Viva Purple
Viva Green
Next stop Viva Purple:
≅0.7 km west to Bullock

Viva Green:
≅0.7 km west to Bullock


Extension:
≅2.2 km east to Main St. Markham, all lines

Connections 1 Highway 7, 40 Unionville Local, 41 Markham Local, 301 Markham Express, TTC 129 McCowan North

McCowan, or McCowan Road, is a Vivastation on York Region's Viva bus rapid transit system, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It opened on October 16, 2005, on the intersection of McCowan Road and Highway 7 in Markham, Ontario. It is the temporary eastern terminus of the Viva Purple line, and the Viva Green line as well during peak periods. It will be the temporary eastern terminus of those two lines until roughly July 1, 2007 when the lines will be extended to Cornell.

York Region Transit routes connecting to McCowan:

  • 1 Highway 7
  • 40 Unionville Local
  • 41 Markham Local
  • 301 Markham Express

Toronto Transit Commission routes connecting to McCowan:

  • 129 McCowan North


VIVA Stations of York Region Transit
viva Blue

Newmarket Terminal | Eagle | Mulock | Orchard Heights | Wellington | Golf Links | Henderson | Bloomington | King | 19th-Gamble | Bernard | Elgin Mills | Crosby | Major Mackenzie | Weldrick | 16th-Carrville | Bantry-Scott | Richmond Hill Centre | Royal Orchard | Centre St. | Clark | Steeles | Finch Station#

viva Purple

Martin Grove* | Kipling* | Islington* | Pine Valley* | Ansley Grove* | Weston* | Vaughan Corporate Ctr.* | Interchange Way* | York University | Keele | Dufferin | Promenade Terminal | Atkinson | Richmond Hill Centre | Bayview | Valleymede | West Beaver Creek | Leslie | East Beaver Creek | Allstate Parkway | Woodbine | Montgomery | Town Centre Blvd. | Warden | Enterprise | Helen | Kennedy | Bullock | McCowan | Main St. Markham | Wootten Way | Cornell | Markham By-Pass

viva Orange

Martin Grove | Kipling | Islington | Pine Valley | Ansley Grove | Weston | Vaughan Corporate Ctr. | Interchange Way | York University | Keele-Finch# | Downsview Station#

viva Green

Don Mills Station# | Seneca Hill# | McNicoll# | Esna-Steeles# | Denison | 14th | Warden | Enterprise | Helen | Unionville Station+ | Kennedy* | Bullock* | McCowan* | Main St. Markham* | Wootten Way* | Cornell* | Markham By-Pass*

viva Pink

Finch Station*# | Steeles* | Clark* | Centre St.* | Royal Orchard* | Richmond Hill Centre* | Bayview* | Valleymede* | West Beaver Creek* | Leslie* | East Beaver Creek* | Allstate Parkway* | Woodbine* | Montgomery* | Town Centre Blvd.* | Warden* | Enterprise* | Helen* | Unionville Station*

Legend: * -peak periods only  |  + - off-peak periods only  |  # - south of Steeles Avenue  |  proposed station