Viva Green

{{short description|Former Viva bus rapid transit line}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox bus line

|number = Viva Green

|bgcolor = #{{rcr|YRT|Green}}

|titlecolor = #ffffff

|routetype = Bus rapid transit

|operator = Tok Transit

|status = Cancelled

|system = YRT/Viva

|vehicle = Van Hool A330

|locale = York Region

|communities = Markham; Toronto

|start = {{stl|TTC|Don Mills}}

|end = McCowan & Highway 7

|stops = 12

|open = {{start date|2005|10|16}}

|close = {{end date|2020|04|05}}

|frequency = 23 mins (rush hour only)

|map = {{Viva Green}}

}}

File:DonMillsStationVIVA.jpg in Toronto in 2014]]

Viva Green was a Viva bus rapid transit route in York Region, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was operated by Tok Transit under contract from the Region of York.

Service on the Viva Green route was suspended on April 5, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=YRT further decreases services, April 5 - Transit Toronto - Weblog |url=https://transittoronto.ca/archives/weblog/2020/04/04-yrt_furthe.shtml |website=transittoronto.ca |access-date=August 14, 2023 |date=April 4, 2020}} On August 14, 2023, YRT announced that the route would not resume operation.{{cite web |title=Service Changes and Updates |url=https://www.yrt.ca/en/schedules-and-maps/service-changes-and-updates.aspx |website=York Region Transit |access-date=August 14, 2023 |language=en|archivedate=August 16, 2023 |date=August 14, 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230816150048/https://www.yrt.ca/en/schedules-and-maps/service-changes-and-updates.aspx}}

Route description

Until its closure in 2020, the route had 12 stations. They were between Don Mills subway station in Toronto's North York district and McCowan Road in Markham.{{cite web|title=Viva System Map January 5, 2020|url=https://www.yrt.ca/en/schedules-and-maps/resources/Documents/YRT-Viva-System-Map_JAN2020.pdf|website=York Region Transit|access-date=January 5, 2020}} Viva Green operated during rush hour only and connected Viva Purple and Pink with Line 4 Sheppard. The route also served Unionville GO Station via the nearby Enterprise stop. Viva Green had three of its stops located in the City of Toronto, which was the most of any Viva bus rapid transit line.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan="4" style="background:#{{rcr|YRT|Green}}; color:white" | Viva Green
NameOpening dateCityMajor connections
{{stl|TTC|Don Mills}}

| rowspan="6" | October 16, 2005{{Cite news|url=https://transit.toronto.on.ca/regional/2111.shtml|title=York Region's Viva Network|last=Koole|first=James|work=Transit Toronto|access-date=October 1, 2017}}

| rowspan="3" | Toronto

| {{rail-interchange|toronto|subway|4}} {{stl|TTC|Don Mills}}

Seneca Hill

|

McNicoll

|

Esna-Steeles

| rowspan = 9 | Markham

|

Denison

|

14th

|

Warden

| rowspan = 1 | November 20, 2005

| rowspan = 3 | {{align|center|{{rail-interchange|york|purple}} {{rail-interchange|york|pink}}}}

Post Road

| rowspan = 1 | February 5, 2017{{Cite web|url=https://transit.toronto.on.ca/archives/weblog/2017/02/04-yrt_opens_.shtml|title=YRT Opens New Vivastation, February 5|last=Mackenzie|first=Robert|date=February 4, 2017|website=Transit Toronto}}

Enterprise

| rowspan="4" | November 20, 2005

Kennedy

| rowspan = 3 | {{align|center|{{rail-interchange|york|purple}}}}

Bullock
McCowan

References

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