Viva Pink is a former Viva bus rapid transit line in York Region, north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was operated by Tok Transit under contract from the Region of York.[1]
Viva Pink was a rush hour only route which overlapped Viva Blue and Viva Purple. Service on the Viva Pink route was suspended during the COVID-19 outbreak. After the official cancellation of Viva Green a year earlier, Viva Pink followed, and was officially cancelled in 2024.[2]
Route description
Viva Pink ran on Yonge Street from Finch to Richmond Hill Centre and then turned east to run along Highway 7 towards Unionville GO Station.[3] Service began on January 2, 2006, lasting until April 5, 2020, and the entire line offered service during peak times only.[4] The route ran parallel to Viva Blue on Yonge Street and to Viva Purple on Highway 7.
Stations
Until its closure in 2020, the line had 21 stations. From southwest to northeast, the stations were:
| Viva Pink [3] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Opening date | City | Major connections | |
| Finch Terminal | January 2, 2006 | Toronto |     Finch station
| |
| Steeles | Markham/Vaughan |
| ||
| Clark | ||||
| Centre St. | ||||
| Royal Orchard | ||||
| Richmond Hill Centre | Richmond Hill |     Langstaff GO
| ||
| Bayview | Markham/Richmond Hill |
| ||
| 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 | |||
| Post Road | February 5, 2017 | |||
| Enterprise | January 2, 2006 | |||
| Unionville Station |  Unionville GO
| |||
Rapidway
Viva Pink operated on the Highway 7 Rapidway between Richmond Hill Centre and Post Road stops. The rapidway is expected to be extended to Unionville GO Station in 2021.[5]
A rapidway was proposed to serve the remainder of the route however this project was abandoned in favour of the potential Yonge North subway extension between Finch and Richmond Hill Centre.[5]
References
- ^ "Northern Division of York Region Transit Maintenance Contract Extended | Tok Transit". toktransit.com. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
- ^ "Service Changes and Updates: Service Reductions Still in Effect". York Region Transit. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
- ^ a b "Viva System Map January 5, 2020" (PDF). York Region Transit. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^ Koole, James (July 20, 2017). "York Region's Viva Network". Transit Toronto.
Finally, on January 1, 2006, VIVA Pink launched
- ^ a b "Project Map". vivanext. Retrieved 2017-10-05.
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