Viva Pink

Viva Pink is a bus rapid transit line in York Region, north of Toronto, Canada. It is operated by Veolia Transportation under contract from the Region of York.

Route description

Viva Pink runs on Yonge Street from Finch to Richmond Hill Centre and then turns east to run primarily along the Highway 7 corridor.

Stations

There are 20 stations on the Viva Pink line. From southwest to northeast, the stations are:^[1]

Viva Pink
Name		Opening Date	City / Town	Major Connections
Finch Station*		January 2, 2006	Toronto	Blue • Finch (TTC) Finch Bus Terminal
Steeles*			Markham/Vaughan	Blue, TTC buses: 53 Steeles East, 60 Steeles West, 97C Yonge (at Steeles and Yonge)
Clark*
Centre St.*
Royal Orchard*
Richmond Hill Centre*			Richmond Hill	Blue • Purple Langstaff GO Station
Bayview			Markham/Richmond Hill	Purple
Chalmers*		August 19, 2013
Valleymede*		January 2, 2006
West Beaver Creek*
Leslie*
East Beaver Creek*
Allstate Parkway*			Markham
Woodbine*
Montgomery*
Town Centre Blvd.*
Cedarland*		December 28, 2014
Warden*		January 2, 2006		Purple • Green
Birchmount* [2]		TBA
Enterprise*		January 2, 2006
Unionville Station*		January 2, 2006		Green Unionville GO Station

• *peak periods only (6:30am – 9:30am and 3:30pm – 7:00pm on weekdays)
• station in italics denote a future station

Service began on 2 January 2006, and the entire line offers service during peak times only.

Future

The Viva Pink line will be replaced by a subway line on the portion of the route from Richmond Hill Centre to Finch Station, as part of the Toronto Transit Commission's Yonge subway extension, and by Viva Purple along the Highway 7 portion of the route, enabling Viva buses to quickly pass through traffic.

On August 18, 2013, the rapidway along Highway 7 opened from Richmond Hill Centre to East Beaver Creek. The next year, it opened to Town Centre Blvd, and to Cedarland on December 28, 2014.

A transitway was to be implemented from Richmond Hill Centre to Finch Station, but after the announcement of MoveOntario 2020 by the Ontario provincial government, proposals of this transitway have been shelved and replaced with proposals of a subway extension on Yonge Street north.

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