Viva Pink

Viva Pink
Viva Pink bus departing Richmond Hill
Overview
System	YRT/Viva
Operator	Veolia Transportation
Vehicle	Van Hool A330 Van Hool AG300 Nova Bus LF Series (articulated)
Status	Phase 4
Began service	January 2, 2006
Route
Locale	York Region, Ontario (Markham; Richmond Hill; Vaughan) Toronto (North York)
Start	Unionville Station
End	Finch Station
Stations	18
Service
Frequency	15 mins (rush hour only)
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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:

style="background:#Template:YRT color; color:white" colspan=5 | Viva Pink
Name		Opening Date	City / Town	Major Connections
Finch Station*		January 2, 2006	Toronto	• Finch (TTC) Finch Bus Terminal
Steeles*			Markham/Vaughan
Clark*
Centre St.*
Royal Orchard*
Richmond Hill Centre*			Richmond Hill	• Langstaff GO Station
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		•
Birchmount*		TBA
Enterprise*		January 2, 2006
Unionville Station*		January 2, 2006		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.