Highway 7 Rapidway

The Highway 7 Rapidway in York Region, Ontario, Canada, is a bus rapid transit right-of-way that runs from Bruce Street in Vaughan to Birchmount Road 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, Viva Orange and Viva Green bus routes.

Highway 7 Rapidway
Warden Vivastation
Overview
SystemViva Rapid Transit
OperatorYork Region Transit
Began serviceMarch 6, 2011
Route
LocaleYork Region, Ontario
(Vaughan; Richmond Hill; Markham)
StartWigwoss–Helen
EndBirchmount Road
Stations25
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Route description

The first phase consisted of a Rapidway along the portion of Viva Purple from Bayview Avenue to Birchmount Road. The Rapidway consists 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 the existing Warden Avenue Vivastation 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).[1] 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. On February 26, 2017, YRT 77 Highway 7 buses began serving the Creditstone and Keele stations along Highway 7 West Rapidway. After the extension of the Line 1 Yonge–University subway opened, Viva Orange began serving these stations along with the opening of the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Rapidway station.

Stations
The Rapidway station at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station
Leslie Street Rapidway station under construction in May 2012
Rapidway stations feature heated shelters

There are 25 operating rapidway stations. All stations are built at-grade.

Stations[2]
Name Opening date Municipality Service
Highway 50 TBA Vaughan
Highway 427
Highway 27
Martin Grove
Kipling
Islington
Wigwoss–Helen November 24, 2019[3][4]
Pine Valley
Ansley Grove
Weston
Commerce
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre December 17, 2017[5]
Creditstone February 26, 2017[6]
Keele
Dufferin January 5, 2020[7]
Taiga
Disera–Promenade
Atkinson
Bathurst September 22, 2019[8]
Richmond Hill Centre Terminal N/A Richmond Hill
Bayview August 19, 2013[9] Markham,
Richmond Hill
Chalmers
Valleymede
West Beaver Creek
Leslie
East Beaver Creek
Allstate Parkway August 24, 2014 Markham
Woodbine
Montgomery
Town Centre
Cedarland January 4, 2015
Warden March 6, 2011
Post Road TBA
Enterprise
Kennedy
Bullock
McCowan
Gallsworthy
Main Street Markham
Wootten Way
Markham Stouffville Hospital
Cornell Terminal

References
  1. Marshall, Sean (September 12, 2013). "York Region's Rapidways: the good, the bad and the ugly". Spacing Toronto. Retrieved December 29, 2018.
  2. "Project Map". vivanext. 2017-09-01.
  3. "Highway 7 West Rapidway Now Open From Commerce To Wigwoss/Helen". www.yrt.ca. 24 November 2019. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. "Hwy 7 West Woodbridge" (PDF). vivanext. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  5. "Changes are coming to Vaughan". Vivanext. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
  6. "Hwy 7 West VMC" (PDF). vivanext. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
  7. "Viva Bus Rapid Transit Segments Opening in Vaughan and Newmarket". www.vivanext.com. January 3, 2020. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  8. "Viva Bus Rapid Transit Segment Opens Three Months Ahead of Schedule on Highway 7 in Richmond Hill and Vaughan". vivaNext. September 22, 2019. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
  9. "Hwy 7 East" (PDF). vivanext. Retrieved 2017-09-28.
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