York Region Transit route 'Viva Orange'

Viva Orange is a Viva base route operated by YRT in Vaughan and Toronto, ON.

Basic
Viva Orange serves Highway 7 between Martin Grove Rd. and Interchange Way, and is a precursor to the Spadina Subway extension to Vaughan Corporate Centre.

This route has 2 branches:
 * Viva Orange Martin Grove - Downsview Station (Weekday rush hours only)
 * Viva Orange Martin Grove - York University (Weekday midday only)
 * Viva Orange Pine Valley - York University

Viva Orange serves the Woodbridge community. It also serves Vaughan Corporate Centre and York University, where it connects to Viva Purple.

History
Viva Orange first operated on October 16, 2005, as part of Viva phase 2. In September 2007, Viva Purple's rush hour extension west of York University was eliminated, making Viva Orange take all of the demand for this section. In 2007, Viva Orange was officially assigned route 605. This number was only seen by the public for a short time before being removed, although this number is used on Google Maps' transit routing for the route.

Viva Orange's lifetime is expected to be short. With the extension of the Spadina Subway to Vaughan Corporate Centre on Highway 7, there will be no need for the southern part of the route. YRT may decide that it would make more sense to extend Viva Purple through Vaughan Corporate Centre to Martin Grove, and eliminate a transfer with Viva Orange. This would entirely eliminate this route.

In May 2011, Viva Orange was rerouted from its old routing down Keele St., St. Regis Cr., and Sheppard Ave. to utilizing the York University Busway and Dufferin St. between York University and Downsview Station. This eliminated the Keele-Finch vivastation and added two new vivastations: Murray Ross and Dufferin-Finch.

Off-peak service south of York University was discontinued on June 30, 2013, with service to Downsview Station operating during rush hours only. Service west of Pine Valley Drive was cut after 8pm on weekdays and all day on weekends on April 20, 2014.

The Spadina Subway Transit Strategy will modify Viva Orange's routing in 2016. Service will serve the new VMC Station and continue east to Promenade Terminal, replacing Viva Purple along that stretch. Service south of VMC Station will be discontinued and replaced by the subway extension. Furthermore, the Rapid Transit Network Plan will extend Viva Orange west from Martin Grove to Highway 50, and two east branches will be provided: from Promenade Terminal to Richmond Hill Centre Terminal via Bathurst Street and Highway 7, and from Promenade Terminal to Finch GO Bus Terminal via Centre Street and Yonge Street.

Vehicles
Viva Orange is primarily a 40ft route, and uses Van Hool A330.