Viva Yellow

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Viva Yellow
Overview
SystemYRT/Viva
OperatorTok Transit
VehicleVan Hool A330
Began service29 November 2015 (2015-11-29)[1]
Route
Route typeBus rapid transit
LocaleYork Region
Communities servedNewmarket
StartNewmarket Bus Terminal
EndHighway 404
Stops7
Service
Frequency15 to 23 mins
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Viva Yellow or the Davis Drive corridor line, is a Viva bus rapid transit line that serves Newmarket, Ontario, Canada on the Davis Drive Rapidway. This route is within York Region Transit's "North Division", and is operated by Tok Transit under contract from the Region of York.[2]

Route Description

Viva Yellow runs east-west on Davis Drive between Yonge Street and Highway 404. The route is less than 5 kilometres long, the shortest line in the Viva system.

There are seven stations on the Viva Yellow line. From west to east they are:

colspan="5" style="background:#Template:YRT color; color:white" | Viva Yellow[3]
Name Opening Date Town Major Connections
Newmarket Terminal November 29, 2015 Newmarket
Longford
Main Newmarket GO
Southlake
Huron Heights
Leslie
Highway 404 Davis Drive

Rapidway

The majority of Viva Yellow's route runs along the Davis Drive Rapidway which is a bus-only lane that occupies the centre lanes of Davis Drive. The rapidway extends 2.6 kilometres from Yonge Street to the Southlake Regional Health Centre.

References

  1. ^ Viva Yellow begins running on Davis Drive rapidway Sunday
  2. ^ "Northern Division of York Region Transit Maintenance Contract Extended". TOK Transit. May 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "Viva System Map September 2018" (PDF). York Region Transit. Retrieved 2 September 2018.