- Viva Pink
Viva Pink, or the Finch-Richmond Hill-Unionville line, is a
bus rapid transit line inYork Region , north ofToronto ,Canada .There are eighteen stations on the Viva Pink line, plus one proposed (from south-west to north-east):
Name Opening Date City / Town Major Connections Viva Pink Finch Station* January 2 ,2006 North York, Ontario Viva Blue , Yonge-University-Spadina (Finch),GO Transit Steeles* January 2 ,2006 Markham/Vaughan, Ontario Viva Blue Clark* January 2 ,2006 Markham/Vaughan, Ontario Viva Blue Centre St.* January 2 ,2006 Markham/Vaughan, Ontario Viva Blue Royal Orchard* January 2 ,2006 Markham/Vaughan, Ontario Viva Blue Richmond Hill Centre* January 2 ,2006 Richmond Hill, Ontario Viva Blue ,Viva Purple ,GO Transit (Langstaff)Bayview January 2 ,2006 Markham/Richmond Hill, Ontario Viva Purple Valleymede* January 2 ,2006 Markham/Richmond Hill, Ontario Viva Purple West Beaver Creek* January 2 ,2006 Markham/Richmond Hill, Ontario Viva Purple Leslie* January 2 ,2006 Markham/Richmond Hill, Ontario Viva Purple East Beaver Creek* January 2 ,2006 Markham/Richmond Hill, Ontario Viva Purple Allstate Parkway* January 2 ,2006 Markham, Ontario Viva Purple Woodbine* January 2 ,2006 Markham, Ontario Viva Purple Montgomery* January 2 ,2006 Markham, Ontario Viva Purple Town Centre Blvd.* January 2 ,2006 Markham, Ontario Viva Purple Warden* January 2 ,2006 Markham, Ontario Viva Purple ,Viva Green Enterprise* January 2 ,2006 , relocation roughly2007 /2008 Markham, Ontario Viva Purple ,Viva Green Unionville Station* January 2 ,2006 Markham, Ontario Viva Green ,GO Transit (Unionville)* *peak periods only (6:30am - 9:30am and 3:30pm - 7:00pm on weekdays)
Service began on
2 January 2006 , and the entire line offers service during peak times only.vivaNext
In the future, the Viva Pink line will soon 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. Eventually, the entire transitway portion of the route will be upgraded to allow light rail transit on this corridor.Originally, 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.ervice frequency
As of
September 3 ,2006 :*Finch Station to Richmond Hill Centre (combined with Viva Blue): every 3-4 minutes
*Richmond Hill Centre to Warden (combined with Viva Purple): every 5 minutes
*Warden to Unionville Station (combined with Viva Purple and Viva Green): every 3-4 minutesViva Pink only operates on peak periods. These results will vary depending on the traffic volume and weather.
Travel times
As of
September 3 ,2006 :*Finch Station to Richmond Hill Centre: 18 minutes
*Richmond Hill Centre to Unionville Station: 26 minutesViva Pink only operates on peak periods. These results will vary depending on the traffic volume and weather.
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