Yonge Street Rapidway

Yonge Street Rapidway
Major MacKenzie Viva station in 2020
Overview
System	Viva Rapid Transit
Operator	York Region Transit
Status	Open
Began service	January 5, 2020 (2020-01-05)
Route
Route type	Bus rapid transit
Locale	York Region, Ontario (Newmarket; Aurora; Richmond Hill; Markham; Vaughan)
Start	Newmarket Terminal
End	Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
Length	8.9 km (5.5 mi)
Stations	10
Route map Legend Newmarket Terminal Davis Drive Rapidway Davis Eagle Mulock Newmarket Aurora Potential future stops Aurora Richmond Hill 19th–Gamble Bernard Terminal Elgin Mills Crosby Major Mackenzie Weldrick 16th–Carrville Bantry–Scott Langstaff GO Richmond Hill line Richmond Hill Centre Highway 7 Rapidway Yonge North extension This diagram: view talk edit ← {{{previous_line}}}  {{{system_nav}}}  {{{next_line}}} →

The Yonge Street Rapidway is a bus rapid transit corridor on Yonge Street in York Region, Ontario, Canada. Construction of the Yonge Street portion of the network began in 2014.^[1] The Rapidway is primarily used by the Viva Blue service.

The Yonge Street Rapidway is central to the Vivanext transport masterplan and will eventually extend from the Richmond Hill/Langstaff Urban Growth Centre at Highway 7 to Green Lane in East Gwillimbury.^[2]

In February 2010, a public open house was held for the first segment of the Yonge Street Rapidway, which will extend from Mulock to Davis Drive in Newmarket.^[3]

The first segment from the Newmarket Bus Terminal on Davis Drive to Mulock Drive opened in January 2020. The second segment, from 19th Avenue to the Richmond Hill Centre Terminal at Highway 7, opened in December 2020.^[2]

The corridor was originally intended to continue south of Richmond Hill Centre Terminal towards the regional bus terminal at Finch subway station in Toronto. However, with the anticipated northward extension of the Yonge–University subway, Richmond Hill Centre will remain the Rapidway's southern terminus.^[4]

Stations[edit]

Excluding the terminals, there will be up to 19 Rapidway stations between Newmarket and Richmond Hill. Ten stations were open by the end of 2020.^[5]

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