Viva Green

Viva Green
Viva Green
Overview
System	YRT/Viva
Operator	Tok Transit
Vehicle	Van Hool A330
Status	Cancelled
Began service	October 16, 2005
Ended service	April 5, 2020
Route
Route type	Bus rapid transit
Locale	York Region
Communities served	Markham; Toronto
Start	Don Mills
End	McCowan & Highway 7
Stops	12
Service
Frequency	23 mins (rush hour only)
Route map
	Legend
	Unionville GO
	Stouffville line
	←Aldon Rd
	14th Ave→
	←McPherson St
	McNabb St→
	York Region
	Toronto
	Line 4 Don Mills
	←To Sheppard-Yonge
Legends
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Former Vivastation (stop) on Don Mills Road at Don Mills station 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.^[1] On August 14, 2023, YRT announced that the route would not resume operation.^[2]

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.^[3] 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.

Viva Green
Name	Opening date	City	Major connections
Don Mills	October 16, 2005^[4]	Toronto	Don Mills
Seneca Hill
McNicoll
Esna-Steeles		Markham
Denison
14th
Warden	November 20, 2005
Post Road	February 5, 2017^[5]
Enterprise	November 20, 2005
Kennedy
Bullock
McCowan

References

^ "YRT further decreases services, April 5 - Transit Toronto - Weblog". transittoronto.ca. April 4, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
^ "Service Changes and Updates". York Region Transit. August 14, 2023. Archived from the original on August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
^ "Viva System Map January 5, 2020" (PDF). York Region Transit. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
^ Koole, James. "York Region's Viva Network". Transit Toronto. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
^ Mackenzie, Robert (February 4, 2017). "YRT Opens New Vivastation, February 5". Transit Toronto.

[1] "YRT further decreases services, April 5 - Transit Toronto - Weblog". transittoronto.ca. April 4, 2020. Retrieved August 14, 2023.

[2] "Service Changes and Updates". York Region Transit. August 14, 2023. Archived from the original on August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.

[3] "Viva System Map January 5, 2020" (PDF). York Region Transit. Retrieved January 5, 2020.

[4] Koole, James. "York Region's Viva Network". Transit Toronto. Retrieved October 1, 2017.

[5] Mackenzie, Robert (February 4, 2017). "YRT Opens New Vivastation, February 5". Transit Toronto.

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v t e York Region Transit / Viva
Routes	Viva Blue Viva Orange Viva Purple Viva Yellow Former Viva Green Viva Pink Proposed Viva Silver
Terminals	Bernard Cornell Don Mills Finch Humber College Bus Terminal Major Mackenzie West Markham Stouffville Hospital Newmarket Pioneer Village Promenade Richmond Hill Centre Unionville GO Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Vaughan Mills
Rapidways	Davis Drive Highway 7 Yonge Street Proposed Green Lane
Predecessors	Aurora Transit Markham Transit Newmarket Transit Richmond Hill Transit Vaughan Transit