501 Züm Queen
{{Short description|Bus rapid transit route in Brampton, Ontario}}
{{Distinguish|501 Queen}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{more citations needed|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox bus line
|operator = Brampton Transit
|number = 501
|logo = ZUM logo.svg
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|image = Züm Queen Dixie NW.jpg
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|caption = Typical station stop: Westbound on the north side of Queen Street, just west of Dixie Road
|system = Züm
|vehicle = New Flyer Xcelsior
|status =
|open =
|locale =
|communities = Brampton and Vaughan
|start = Downtown Brampton Terminal
|via = Bramalea Terminal
|end = Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station
|stops = 26
|otherroutes = Viva Orange
|length = {{convert|14.9|mi|km|order=flip}}
|frequency = 7.5 minutes or better
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|next_line = 502
|map = {{Züm Queen map}}
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501 Züm Queen is a bus rapid transit route in Brampton, Ontario that is part of the Züm network. The route first began service on September 20, 2010, and runs between the Downtown Brampton Terminal in the west to the Toronto Transit Commission's Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station in Vaughan in the east. It runs along Queen Street in Brampton and continues along Highway 7 in Vaughan.
501 Züm Queen shares routing with York Region Transit's Viva Orange bus rapid transit route between Martin Grove Road and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, and has been fare integrated with it since its creation. Both Brampton Transit and York Region Transit proofs of payment (Presto-marked transfers for riders paying cash) are accepted for the entire length of both bus routes.
Route history
File:ZümQueenYorkUniversity.JPG in 2013. Service to the university ended 11 years later in 2024.]]
Originally, the route continued to York University (which also had a subway connection when the line's extension to Vaughan opened on December 17, 2017).{{Cite news|url = https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2017/12/16/after-delays-cost-overruns-and-tragedy-a-subway-to-vaughan-is-complete.html|title = After delays, cost overruns, and tragedy, a subway to Vaughan is complete|newspaper = The Toronto Star|date = December 16, 2017|last1 = Beattie|first1 = Samantha|last2 = Spurr|first2 = Ben|access-date = December 17, 2017|archive-date = December 17, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171217065307/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2017/12/16/after-delays-cost-overruns-and-tragedy-a-subway-to-vaughan-is-complete.html|url-status = live}} There were also two branch routes: 501A and 501C, which followed an express routing through Vaughan along Highways 427 and 407, with 501A running the full distance between the Downtown Brampton Terminal and York University, and 501C terminating at the Bramalea Terminal. These two branches were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic,{{Cite web |url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Documents/501C_UpdateNotice.pdf |publisher=City of Brampton (Brampton Transit) |title=501C York University Service |access-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013040747/https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Documents/501C_UpdateNotice.pdf |url-status=live }} with the 501C being reinstated on September 6, 2022, and the 501 being cut back to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station.{{Cite web |url=https://www.brampton.ca//EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Pages/Schedules-Maps-Covid.aspx |publisher=City of Brampton (Brampton Transit) |title=Schedules and Maps |access-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915084836/https://www.brampton.ca//EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Pages/Schedules-Maps-Covid.aspx |url-status=live }} On June 24, 2024, the 501C branch was cancelled permanently, leaving only the base route operating.{{cite web|url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/service-alerts/Pages/501-zum-queen.aspx |title=501 Züm Queen FAQs: Why is Brampton Transit making this change? |publisher=City of Brampton |access-date=June 25, 2024}} Brampton Transit cited high operating costs due to Highway 407 tolls and the recently introduced fare integration program (enabling free transfers from the TTC subway) as reasons for the change.
Stops
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="background:#{{rcr|Brampton Transit|Queen}}; color:white" colspan="5" | 501 Queen {{cite web |title=Legend - BRT Network |url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/zum/Documents/PhaseII_Zum_PublicMap_February2014_P1.pdf |website=Brampton |publisher=Brampton Transit |date=2014}} |
| Name
! Opening Date ! Municipality !Local parallel routes ! Connections |
|---|
| Downtown Brampton Terminal
| rowspan="21" | September 20, 2010 | rowspan="15" | Brampton | rowspan="3" |1/1A Queen | {{rint|gotransit|bus}} {{rint|gotransit|rail|D}} {{rint|ca|via}} {{rint|brampton|zum}} {{rcb|Brampton Transit|502|inline=route}} {{rcb|Brampton Transit|561|inline=route}} |
| Centre
| rowspan="5" | {{rint|gotransit|bus}} |
| Kennedy |
| Rutherford
| rowspan="2" | {{ubl|list_style=text-align:center;|1/1A Queen|8 Centre}} |
| West Drive / Laurelcrest |
| Dixie
|8 Centre |
| Bramalea Terminal
| rowspan="6" |1/1A Queen | {{rint|gotransit|bus}} / MiWay |
| Bramalea
| |
| Finchgate/Glenvale
| |
| Torbram
| |
| Gateway/Chrysler
| |
| Airport Road
| {{rint|brampton|zum}} {{rcb|Brampton Transit|505|inline=route}} |
| Goreway
| rowspan="2" |1 Queen | |
| McVean
| |
| Gore Road
|31 McVean | |
| Highway 50
| Brampton, Vaughan | {{ubl|list_style=text-align:center;|1 Queen|77 Highway 7 (YRT)}} | {{rint|york|yrt}} {{rint|gotransit|bus}} |
| Roybridge Gate / Vaughan Valley
| rowspan="12" | Vaughan | rowspan="11" |77 Highway 7 (YRT) | |
| Highway 27
| |
| Martin Grove
| rowspan="8" | {{rint|york|yrt}} {{rint|york|orange}} |
| Kipling |
| Islington |
| Helen/Wigwoss
| November 24, 2019{{Cite web|url=http://www.vivanext.com/PDFs/H2/BandC/2017_Factsheet_Hwy7West.pdf|title=Highway 7 West Factsheet|website=VivaNext|access-date=November 18, 2017}}{{cite web |title=Highway 7 West Rapidway Now Open From Commerce To Wigwoss/Helen |url=https://www.yrt.ca/en/news/highway-7-west-rapidway-now-open-from-commerce-to-wigwoss-helen.aspx |website=www.yrt.ca |access-date=November 24, 2019 |date=November 24, 2019 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| Pine Valley
| rowspan="3" | September 20, 2010 |
| Ansley Grove / Whitmore |
| Weston |
| Commerce |
| Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
| September 20, 2010 (stop) | {{rint|york|yrt}} {{rint|york|orange}} {{rint|toronto|subway|1}} |
| Smart VMC Bus Terminal{{efn|Smart VMC Bus Terminal is part of the VMC station complex}}
| | {{rint|york|yrt}} {{rint|toronto|subway|1}} |
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See also
References
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