VIVA Rapid Transit

Info
Managed by	Region of York
Transit type	BRT
Number of lines	5
Headquarters	50 High Tech Road Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Operation
Began operation	September 4th, 2005
Operator(s)	York BRT Services LP
Number of vehicles	122

VIVA is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system operation in the Region of York, Ontario. The service is a division of York Region Transit and is operated by York BRT Services LP a division of Veolia Transportation.

VIVA Stops, known as VIVA Statins are spaced a minimum of 750 metres apart. Customers are required to buy and validate their fare before boarding.

History

VIVA was designed and built as a Public-Private Partnership ("PPP"). The Region of York partnered with York Consortium, which comprises seven private sector firms with extensive international experience in transit design, architecture, construction and operations.

The agreement that was made between the public and private partners was that the Region of York established the fare policies and service requirements, owned the assets of the operations as well as the control of funds and revenue. The private partners hire the workers and assist the public partners with the funding and financing.

VIVA was opened up in 5 stages;

• Stage 1 opened up on September 6th, 2005
• Stage 2 opened up on October 16th, 2005
• Stage 3 opened up on November 20th, 2005
• Stage 4 opened up on January 2nd, 2006

Fare Structure

2014 Fare Structure

Ticket Type		Validity Period	Regular Fare	Student Fare	Reduced Fare
Cash	1 ZONE	1 trip	$4.00
Presto		1 trip	$3.30	$2.50	$2.00
10 Tickets		1 trip each	$33.00	$25.00	$20.00
Monthly Card		1 month	$132.00	$99.00	$55.00
Cash	2 ZONES	1 trip	$5.00
Presto		1 trip	$4.30	$3.50	$3.00
10 Tickets		1 trip	$43.00	$35.00	$30.00
Monthly Card		1 month	$177.00	$144.00	$85.00
Cash	1 ZONE EXPRESS	1 trip	$4.50
Presto		1 trip	$3.80
10 Tickets		1 trip each	$38.00
Monthly Card		1 month	$152.00
GTA Weekly Pass1		1 calender week	$56.00
GO Transit Transfer Fare2		1 trip	$0.75

• ¹: Valid for one week on Brampton Transit, TTC, MiWay and YRT/Viva.
• ²: Fare with valid GO Transfer.

Legend
Regular Fare	Adults and College/University Students
Student Fare	High-School Students
Reduced Fare	Passengers aged 6 to 12 and 65 and over

Routes

Route Name Nom	Route Type Type	Division					Remarks Remarques
Blue	BRT	BRT Division	Finch GO Bus Terminal	Newmarket GO Bus Terminal	Langstaff	Finch	Internally known as Route 601 Some trips terminate at Bernard Terminal
				Bernard Terminal
Blue A				Newmarket GO Bus Terminal			Rush hour service only Internally known as Route 602 Bypasses Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
Purple	BRT	BRT Division	Pioneer Village Terminal (Weekdays only)	Markham-Stouffville Hospital	Langstaff	Pioneer Village York University	Internally known as Route 603 Via York University and Promenade Terminal Service extended to Pioneer Village Terminal on weekdays only Trips alternate between operating via Highway 7 and via Enterprise Blvd.
			Richmond Hill Centre Terminal (Weekdays after 11 PM and weekends)
Pink	BRT	BRT Division	Finch GO Bus Terminal	Unionville GO Station	Langstaff Unionville	Finch	Rush hour service only Internally known as Route 604
Orange	BRT	BRT Division	Richmond Hill Centre Terminal	Martin Grove VIVA Station (Weekdays)	Langstaff	Vaughan Metropolitan Centre	Internally known as Route 605 Previously served Sheppard West Station Via Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Station and Promenade Terminal
				Pine Valley VIVA Station (Weekends)
Green	BRT	BRT Division	Don Mills Subway Station	McCowan VIVA Station		Don Mills	Rush hour service only Internally known as Route 606
Yellow	BRT	BRT Division	Newmarket GO Bus Terminal	Davis Dr. & Hwy. 404 Park & Ride			Internally known as Route 607 Began service on November 29, 2015

Fleet

Current Fleet

Thumbnail	Fleet number range	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Remarks
	5101 to 5160	2005	Van Hool	New A330	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.3	Some units transferred to YRT local service
	5201 to 5225	2005	Van Hool	New AG300	Cummins ISM	Voith D864.3	Some units transferred to YRT local service
	7201 to 7205	2007	Van Hool	New AG300	Cummins ISM	Voith D864.3
	8201 to 8211	2008	Van Hool	New AG300	Cummins ISL	Voith D864.3
	1080 to 1094	2010	Nova Bus	LFX Artic	Cummins ISL9	Voith D864.3
	1370 to 1396	2013	Nova Bus	LFS Artic	Cummins ISL9	Voith D864.3
	1770 to 1782	2016-17	Nova Bus	LFS Artic	Cummins ISL9	Voith D864.3	Currently on delivery