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Viva Rapid Transit
Viva is the bus rapid transit service of York Region Transit in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Viva service forms the spine of YRT's local bus service, providing seamless transit service across York Region with connections to northern Toronto. Viva bus routes operate on a mix of dedicated bus lanes and in mixed traffic. Viva was designed and built using a public–private partnership (P3) model. York Region partnered with York Consortium, which comprises seven private sector firms with international experience in transit design, architecture, construction and operations. Under the terms of the partnership agreement, public sector responsibilities include establishing fare policies and service levels, ownership of all assets, and control of revenues and funding. Private sector responsibilities include providing professional staffing and procurement support, assuming risk on all approved budgets and schedules, and assisting York Region in its funding and financing requirements. Vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
Richmond Hill Centre Terminal is a York Region Transit, Viva (bus rapid transit), Viva, and GO Transit bus terminal in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Despite its name, the terminal is not located in downtown Richmond Hill, but is situated 4 km (2.5 miles) to the south at the city's southern limits, bordering Vaughan and Markham, Ontario, Markham, near the connecting road that links the grade-separated Yonge Street and Ontario Highway 7, Highway 7 intersection. It opened on September 4, 2005. It is immediately west of the Langstaff GO Station, Langstaff GO train station, but is separated by the tracks. A pedestrian bridge over the tracks was opened in March 2008 to connect the bus terminal and the train station. Public washrooms were added to the terminal in December 2012. Bus service Platform assignments All routes are YRT unless indicated otherwise. *Platform 1: Viva Purple *Platform 2: Viva Orange *Platform 3: Viva Blue southbound *Platform 4: Viva Blue northbound *Platform 5: 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Purple
Viva Purple is a line on the Viva bus rapid transit system in York Region, Ontario, Canada. The route primarily runs in an east–west direction along a dedicated right-of-way, dubbed the '' Highway 7 Rapidway'', in Markham and Richmond Hill. It is operated by Tok Transit under contract from York Region. Route description Viva Purple operates along Highway 7 from Richmond Hill Centre Terminal (at Yonge Street) in the west, to Cornell Terminal (east of Ninth Line) in the east. Viva Purple also operates an 'A' branch along Enterprise Boulevard (serving Downtown Markham) between Town Centre Boulevard and Kennedy Road. Alternating buses serve this branch and the Highway 7 base route except during weekday rush hour. Viva Purple connects with all other Viva lines except Viva Yellow. Currently, there are 27 stops (dubbed ''Vivastations'') along the route. Notes Stop served by 'A' branch (via Enterprise Blvd.) only Stop served by base route (via Highway 7) only Eastboun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre (also known as Vaughan, Vaughan Metro Centre or VMC) is a rapid transit station in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada. Opened on December 17, 2017, it is the north terminus of the western section of the Toronto subway's Line 1 Yonge–University. It is operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and is one of two subway stations in the system outside of Toronto's city limits. It provides connections to a York Region Transit (YRT) Viva Rapid Transit, Viva bus rapid transit route along the Highway 7 Rapidway, which is also used by a Brampton Transit Züm route, as well as several local YRT bus routes. Located in Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, the suburban city's planned community, planned downtown, the station is designated by Metrolinx as a Metrolinx mobility hubs, mobility hub, one of several Multimodal transport, multimodal transit terminals in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area. The station has a 900-space park-and-ride lot, which is privately owned and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Line 1 Yonge–University
Line 1 Yonge–University is a rapid transit line of the Toronto subway. It serves Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada. It is operated by the Toronto Transit Commission, has 38 stations and is in length, making it the longest line on the subway system. It opened as the "Yonge subway" in 1954 as Canada's first underground passenger rail line and was extended multiple times between 1963 and 2017. As of 2010, Line 1 was the busiest rapid transit line in Canada, and one of the busiest lines in North America. In the 12 months ending August 2024, it averaged over 625,000 riders per weekday. Route description The line forms a rough 'U' shape, with two portions running generally north–south that meet at in the southern part of the city's downtown, and then gradually spreading farther apart as they proceed northward. From Union station, the eastern portion of the line runs straight under or nearby Yonge Street, sometimes in an uncovered trench, for to its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toronto Subway
The Toronto subway is a rapid transit system serving Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). The subway system is a rail network consisting of three heavy-capacity rail lines operating predominantly underground. three new lines are under construction: two light rail lines (one running mostly underground, the other running mostly at-grade) and one heavy rail line (running both underground and on elevated guideways). In 1954, the TTC opened Canada's first underground rail line, then known as the "Yonge subway", under Yonge Street between Union Station and Eglinton Avenue with 12 stations. As of 2024, the network encompasses 70 stations and of route. In , the system had a ridership of , or about per weekday as of , making it the busiest rapid transit system in Canada in terms of daily ridership. There are 60 stations under construction as part of three new lines, two light rail lines and one subway li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Presto Card
The Presto card (stylized as PRESTO) is a contactless smart card automated fare collection system used on participating public transit systems in the province of Ontario, Canada, specifically in Greater Toronto Area, Greater Toronto, Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton, and Ottawa. Presto card readers were implemented on a trial basis from 25 June 2007 to 30 September 2008. Full implementation began in November 2009 and it was rolled out across rapid transit stations, railway stations, bus stops and terminals, and transit vehicles on eleven different transit systems. A variant of the Presto card is the #Presto ticket, Presto ticket, introduced on 5 April 2019, which is a single-use paper ticket with an embedded chip. The Presto ticket can only be used for the services of the Toronto Transit Commission. In late 2023 and mid-2024, Presto was made available for use in Google Wallet and Apple Wallet, respectively. Presto is a result of The Big Move, the 2008 regional transportation plan f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NovaBus
Nova Bus is a Canadians, Canadian transit bus manufacturer headquartered in Saint-Eustache, Quebec. Nova is owned by the Volvo Group. The company has roots in the General Motors Diesel Division, which opened in 1979. Nova Bus was established in 1993, by Pierce Manufacturing, Nova Quintech, through the acquisition of Viad, Dial Corporation's transit division which consisted of Motor Coach Industries and Transportation Manufacturing Corporation. Volvo took partial ownership of Nova Bus in 1998 and complete ownership in 2004. History Nova Bus's Saint-Eustache factory is a former General Motors plant that built public transit, city transit buses for the Canadian and US market. Inaugurated in 1979, the plant was used to produce the GM New Look bus, New Look bus (up to 1983) and the Classic (transit bus), Classic (starting 1982) model for sales in Canada. In 1987, GM sold its bus-building holdings to Viad, Greyhound Dial Corporation, the parent company of Motor Coach Industries (MC ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Van Hool
Van Hool NV () was a Belgium, Belgian coachbuilder and manufacturer of buses, Coach (bus), coaches, trolleybuses, and Semi-trailer, trailers. Most of the buses and coaches were built entirely by Van Hool, with engines and axles sourced from Caterpillar Inc., Caterpillar, Cummins, DAF Trucks, DAF and MAN Truck & Bus, MAN and gearboxes from ZF Friedrichshafen, ZF or Voith. Some production involves building bus and coach bodies on separate bus chassis from manufacturers such as Volvo Buses, Volvo and Scania AB, Scania. Worldwide, Van Hool employs 4,500 people and manufactures more than 1,700 buses and coaches (bodyworks and complete vehicles combined) and 5,000 trailers each year. It sells an average of 600 coaches annually in the United States. Van Hool filed for bankruptcy on Friday, 5 April 2024 and was declared bankrupt the following Monday (8 April 2024) by the Commercial Tribunal (Belgium), Commercial Court of Belgium. On 10 April 2024, it was announced that Van Hool's tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viva Green
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. On August 14, 2023, YRT announced that the route would not resume operation. 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. 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. References {{York Region Transit navbox Green Green is the color between cyan and yellow on the visible spectrum. It is evoked by light which has a domin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
