Viva Green

Infobox rail line
name = VIVA Green
color = C1D82E
type = Bus Rapid Transit
status = Phase 1
system = YRT/VIVA 1system
locale = York Region, Ontario
(Markham)
Toronto (North York)
start = Don Mills
end = McCowan
stations = 11
open = October 16, 2005.
close =
owner = Regional Municipality of York (York Region Transit)
operator = Veolia Transportation

Viva Green, or the Don Mills-McCowan-Cornell line, is a bus rapid transit line in York Region, north of Toronto, Canada.

There are 11 stations on the Viva Green line, plus five proposed (from south-west to north-east):

Name		Opening Date	City / Town	Major Connections
Viva Green
-Don Mills Station- *		October 16, 2005	North York, Ontario	Sheppard (Don Mills)
-Seneca Hill- *		October 16, 2005	North York, Ontario
-McNicoll- *		October 16, 2005	North York, Ontario
Esna-Steeles *		October 16, 2005	Markham, Ontario
Denison *		October 16, 2005	Markham, Ontario
14th *		October 16, 2005	Markham, Ontario
Warden *		November 20, 2005	Markham, Ontario	Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Enterprise *		November 20, 2005	Markham, Ontario	Viva Purple, Viva Pink
Kennedy*		November 20, 2005	Markham, Ontario	Viva Purple
Bullock*		November 20, 2005	Markham, Ontario	Viva Purple
McCowan*		November 20, 2005	Markham, Ontario	Viva Purple
"Main St. Markham"*		February 2008	Markham, Ontario	Viva Purple
"Wootten Way"*		February 2008	Markham, Ontario	Viva Purple
"Markham Stouffville Hospital"*		February 2008	Markham, Ontario	Viva Purple
"Bur Oak"		TBA	Markham, Ontario
"Cornell"		TBA	Markham, Ontario

* -Vivastations south of Steeles Avenue-
* *peak periods only
* "originally proposed Vivastations to open on July 1, 2007"
* "proposed Vivastations after extension to Markham Stouffville Hospital"

Service from Don Mills Station to Unionville Station began October 16, 2005 to November 20, 2005 and shifted to peak service to McCowan Road and off-peak service to Unionville Station afterwards. As of September 1, 2007, the entire line offers service during peak times only, with service from Don Mills Station to McCowan Road only. To access Unionville Station, passengers should get off at Enterprise Vivastation on Viva Purple or Viva Green and walk to the station, or take Viva Pink at peak periods to Unionville GO Station. Service east of McCowan Road to Markham Stouffville Hospital was to begin on July 1, 2007, but has been postponed to February 2008. Service east of McCowan Road to Cornell will replace the aforementioned service at a future date.

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In the future, the Viva Green line could have full service restored if enough of Downtown Markham has been developed. However, service along the Highway 7 portion of the route could be eliminated. As the Markham North-South Link transit corridor, the Viva Green line will soon have its own dedicated transitway on the Warden Avenue portion of the route, and if service on Highway 7 remains, on most of Highway 7 as well, enabling VIVA buses to quickly pass through traffic. The line will also have 2 spurs from Denison Street south: one to Steeles Avenue on Warden, and the other to Don Mills Station. The Don Mills Station spur will have buses in mixed traffic. Eventually, the transitway portion of the route, possibly the entire line, will be upgraded to allow light rail transit on this corridor.

The list of stations are as follows, from northeast to southwest:

* York-Durham Line*
* Markham By-Pass*
* Bur Oak Avenue/Markham Stouffville Hospital*
* Ninth Line* (if future development warrants)
* Wootten Way*
* Main Street Markham*
* Galsworty Drive/Grandview Boulevard*
* McCowan Road*
* Kennedy Road*
* Unionville Gate Area*
* Unionville GO Station*
* Market Drive (future)*
* Warden Avenue
* 14th Avenue/Alden Road
* McNabb Street/McPherson Street
* Denison Street

teeles Avenue spur

* Steeles Avenue/Warden Avenue

Don Mills Station spur

* Esna Park Drive/Denison Street
* Steeles Avenue/Esna Park Drive
* McNicoll Avenue/Gordon Baker Road
* Seneca College
* Don Mills Station

* *May be eliminated if Highway 7 is no longer included as part of Viva Green route

Frequency of vehicles

As of September 2, 2007:

*Don Mills Station to Warden: every 15 minutes on peak periods
*Warden to Enterprise (combined with Viva Purple and Viva Pink): every 3-4 minutes on peak periods
*Enterprise to McCowan (combined with Viva Purple): every 6-7 minutes on peak periods

Viva Green operates to McCowan during peak periods. The frequency of vehicles on off-peak periods is every 15 minutes on all corridors, except between Warden and Enterprise, which combined, will operate every 7-8 minutes. These results will vary depending on the traffic volume and weather.

Travel times

As of September 2, 2007:

*Don Mills Station to Enterprise: 30 minutes on peak periods to Enterprise
*Enterprise to McCowan: 8 minutes on peak periods

These results will vary depending on the traffic volume and weather.