VIVA Rapid Transit: Route 601 - Blue

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VIVA Route Blue is a bus rapid transit route operating in the Region of York, a suburb north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Route Blue, internally known as Route 601 has 2 different branches and uses 60ft Articulated buses (Van Hool New AG300, Nova Bus LFX Artic and Nova Bus LFS Artic) during the weekdays and 40ft Regular buses (Van Hool New A330) on weekends

Route Branch
Blue Finch GO Bus Terminal Newmarket GO Bus Terminal
Finch GO Bus Terminal Bernard Terminal

History

Route Blue started operation of September 4th, 2005 at the launch of the VIVA service.

  • Between September 4th, 2005 and October 16th, 2005, the routes was from Finch GO Bus Terminal to Bernard Terminal.
  • Between October 16th, 2005 to present the routes now operated from Finch GO Bus Terminal to Newmarket GO Bus Terminal. A Rush-Hour Version of the original branch was kept between Finch GO Bus Terminal and the Bernard Terminal.