Highway 7 Rapidway

Highway 7 Rapidway

Warden Vivastation
Overview
System Vivanext
Operator YRT/Viva
Began service March 6, 2011
Route
Locale York Region, Ontario
(Vaughan; Richmond Hill; Markham)
Start Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
End Warden Avenue
Stations 12
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The Highway 7 Rapidway in Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada, is a bus rapid transit system that runs from Richmond Hill Centre Terminal in Richmond Hill to Warden Avenue in Markham. There are plans to extend it west to Highway 50 and east to Cornell Terminal. It is served by Viva Purple, Viva Pink, and Viva Green bus routes.

As the Highway 7 transit corridor, the Viva Purple line will have a dedicated right of way dubbed "rapidway" for most of the route. This will enable Viva buses to quickly pass through traffic.

The first phase of VivaNext brings a rapidway along the portion of Viva Purple from Bayview Avenue to Birchmount road. The rapidway will consist of bus lanes in the median of Highway 7 between Bayview Avenue and Town Centre Boulevard, and a new bus-only road parallel to Enterprise Drive, between Warden Road and Birchmount Road, extending to Kennedy Road in 2018. Stations along the rapidway will be longer than existing stations, and include heated shelters protected from the elements. On March 6, 2011, the first segment of the rapidway from Warden Road to Birchmount Road including the Warden rapidway station opened. On August 18, 2013, the rapidway along Highway 7 opened from Richmond Hill Centre to East Beaver Creek Drive and the subsequent year to Town Centre Boulevard (and to Cedarland on December 28, 2014). Later phases will extend the rapidway west to Highway 50 and east to Cornell Terminal, potentially to the Durham Region border at the York-Durham Line.

2014-2017 changes

Viva Purple will undergo many changes between 2014 and 2017. With the opening of the Spadina Subway extension, Viva Purple will terminate at Richmond Hill Centre, where passengers can connect to Viva Orange for service to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre. Eventually, this corridor could be upgraded to light rail transit.

Stations

Leslie Street Rapidway station under construction in May 2012
Rapidway stations feature heated shelters

There are 12 operating rapidway stations and 28 stations to be added. All stations are built at-grade.

Stations[1]
Name Opening Date Municipality Service
Highway 50 TBA Vaughan Viva Orange
Highway 427 TBA Vaughan Viva Orange
Highway 27 TBA Vaughan Viva Orange
Martin Grove TBA Vaughan Viva Orange
Kipling TBA Vaughan Viva Orange
Islington TBA Vaughan Viva Orange
Helen TBA Vaughan Viva Orange
Pine Valley 2020 Vaughan Viva Orange
Ansley Grove 2020 Vaughan Viva Orange
Weston 2020 Vaughan Viva Orange
Commerce 2020 Vaughan Viva Orange
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre 2016 Vaughan Viva Orange
Creditstone 2016 Vaughan Viva Orange
Keele 2016 Vaughan Viva Orange
Dufferin 2020 Vaughan Viva Orange
Centre 2020 Vaughan Viva Orange
Promenade Terminal September 4, 2005 Vaughan Viva Orange
Atkinson 2020 Vaughan Viva Orange
Bathurst 2020 Vaughan Viva Orange
Richmond Hill Centre Terminal September 4, 2005 Richmond Hill Viva Purple, Viva Pink, Viva Orange
Bayview August 19, 2013 Markham, Richmond Hill Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Chalmers August 19, 2013 Markham, Richmond Hill Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Valleymede August 19, 2013 Markham, Richmond Hill Viva Purple, Viva Pink
West Beaver Creek August 19, 2013 Markham, Richmond Hill Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Leslie August 19, 2013 Markham, Richmond Hill Viva Purple, Viva Pink
East Beaver Creek August 19, 2013 Markham, Richmond Hill Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Allstate Parkway August 24, 2014 Markham Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Woodbine August 24, 2014 Markham Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Montgomery August 24, 2014 Markham Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Town Centre August 24, 2014 Markham Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Cedarland January 4, 2015 Markham Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Warden March 6, 2011 Markham Viva Purple, Viva Pink, Viva Green
Birchmount 2018 Markham Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Enterprise 2018 Markham Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Kennedy TBA Markham Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Bullock TBA Markham Viva Purple, Viva Pink
McCowan TBA Markham Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Gallsworthy TBA Markham Viva Purple
Main Street Markham TBA Markham Viva Purple
Wooten Way TBA Markham Viva Purple
Cornell Terminal TBA Markham Viva Purple

Italics indicate future rapidway station.

Viva Green will be rerouted away from McCowan and Highway 7 as the route will terminate at Bathurst and Major Mackenzie and Viva Orange will be extended west to Highway 50 and east to Richmond Hill Centre.

References

  1. "Project Map". vivanext. York Region Rapid Transit Corporation. Retrieved January 2015. Rapidway Construction Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
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