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York Region Transit Viva System Two easy ways to pay your fare! OR PRESTO Smart Card YRT/ Viva Pay app Pay your fare with a simple Purchase fares anywhere, anytime, through tap of your PRESTO card. the convenience of your smartphone. For more information, call 1-866-668-3978 or visit yrt.ca Fare Information to boarding. When a ticket is validated, the date Viva blue Viva orange As of July 1, 2017, YRT / Viva is a paperless and expiry time are printed on the ticket. If you Newmarket GO Bus Terminal − 320 Eagle Martin Grove − 5601 Highway 7 West system. Customers may purchase fares using are using a single ride ticket, the date and expiry Eagle − 17150 Yonge Kipling − 5263 Highway 7 West PRESTO, the YRT / Viva Pay app or exact cash fare. time are printed on it at the time of purchase so it Mulock − 16775 Yonge Islington − 5020 Highway 7 West However, PRESTO is not accepted on TTC routes does not need to be validated. Hold onto validated Savage − 16206 Yonge Pine Valley − 4499 Highway 7 West in York Region; these customers may continue to tickets and transfers, or present your PRESTO Orchard Heights − 15611 Yonge Ansley Grove − 3940 Highway 7 West purchase and use paper tickets and passes, card or mobile device (with the Pay app) when Wellington − 15255 Yonge Weston − 7600 Highway 7 West the GTA Weekly Pass or the YRT/Viva Pay app. Transit Enforcement asks for proof of payment. Golf Links − 14879 Yonge Vaughan Corporate Ctr. − 10 Interchange Way Henderson − 14591 Yonge Interchange Way − 300 Interchange Way Our two-hour fares let you travel on any Vivastations along the rapidway have a Bloomington − 13723 Yonge York University − 4700 Keele / Ian MacDonald YRT / Viva vehicle in any direction for two hours designated area for purchasing or validating Regatta − 13300 Yonge Murray-Ross − 261 Murray Ross Parkway with just one fare. fares. After purchasing or validating your fare, King − 13025 Yonge Dufferin-Finch − 4580 Dufferin you will be able to wait in the Fare Paid Zone to Jefferson − 12085 Yonge Sheppard West − 1035 Sheppard Ave. West If you begin your trip on a YRT bus ( or Brampton board Viva vehicles. Proof of payment is required Transit or TTC bus operating in York Region ) you 19th-Gamble − 11575 Yonge inside the Fare Paid Zone. Customers inside the Viva purple will need to pay the cash fare, deposit a valid ticket Bernard − 10909 Yonge Fare Paid Zone without valid tickets, transfers, Keele − 7733 Keele into the fare box, tap a PRESTO card ( not accepted Elgin Mills − 10737 Yonge passes, PRESTO card or mobile ticket/pass may Dufferin − 1465 Centre on TTC in York Region ), or show your valid monthly Crosby − 10375 Yonge be subject to a fine or criminal charge. Promenade − 1 Promenade Circle pass or mobile ticket/pass ( YRT / Viva Pay app ). Major Mackenzie − 9993 Yonge To transfer to a YRT bus, deposit your validated Weldrick − 9625 Yonge Atkinson − 8001 Bathurst If you will be transferring to another YRT or Viva ticket into the farebox or show the driver your 16th-Carrville − 9271 Yonge Bayview Towers − 265 Highway 7 East route, remember to ask for a transfer when you YRT / Viva pass. If using PRESTO, tap your card Bantry-Scott − 9005 Yonge Chalmers − 335 Highway 7 East pay your cash / ticket fare. If using PRESTO, your on the device next to the driver; your continuous Richmond Hill Centre Terminal − 8675 Yonge Valleymede − 401 Highway 7 East two-hour transfer is placed electronically on the travel and transfer is automatically calculated. Royal Orchard − 7951 Yonge West Beaver Creek − 501 Highway 7 East card. If using the YRT / Viva Pay app, your mobile If using the Pay app, show the driver your activated Centre − 7751 Yonge Leslie − 555 Highway 7 East ticket / pass acts as your transfer. mobile ticket / pass and tap the screen to show that Clark − 7368 Yonge East Beaver Creek − 675 Highway 7 East Allstate Parkway − 2800 Highway 7 East Viva operates on a pre-paid, proof-of-payment the fare is valid. Steeles − 7015 Yonge Woodbine − 2890 Highway 7 East system. There are no fare boxes on Viva so you Finch GO Bus Terminal − 5697 Yonge CUSTOMERS WITHOUT VALID FARES MAY BE Montgomery − 3190 Highway 7 East must purchase tickets and passes, tap your SUBJECT TO A FINE OR CRIMINAL CHARGE. Viva pink Town Centre − 3570 Highway 7 East PRESTO card or activate your mobile ticket / pass Unionville GO Station − 155 YMCA Blvd. Cedarland − 11 Cedarland prior to boarding. If you are using an unvalidated For more information about our fare policy, ( see Viva blue and purple for other vivastation Warden − 10 Enterprise Blvd ticket, you must validate it at a vivaNow machine please visit http://www.yrt.ca/en/farespasses/ addresses ) Post Road − 212 Enterprise Blvd ( located at all vivastations and terminals ) prior farepolicy.asp Enterprise − 101 YMCA Blvd Viva green Kennedy − 8501 Highway 7 East th 14 − 7755 Warden Bullock − 4981 Highway 7 East Denison − 7301 Warden YORK REGION TRANSIT ( Head Office ) CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTRE HOURS McCowan − 5261 Highway 7 East Esna-Steeles − 571 Esna Park 50 High Tech Road, 5th floor Monday to Friday Galsworthy − 5739 Highway 7 East McNicoll − 150 Gordon Baker Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 4N7 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Main Street Markham − 6001 Highway 7 East Seneca Hill − 1750 Finch Ave. East Wootten Way − 6501 Highway 7 East toll free 1-866-MOVE-YRT ( 668-3978 ) Saturday, Sunday / Holiday Don Mills Station − 1700 Sheppard Ave. East Markham Stouffville Hospital − 377 Church local 905-762-2100 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Bur Oak − not available * Viva yellow TTY teletypewriters Cornell − not available * YRT OFFICE HOURS Longford − 165 Davis 905-881-5167 Monday to Friday Main − 190 Davis * new and future stations may not have Southlake − 401 Davis TTY toll free 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. an available address at time of printing Huron Heights − 430 Davis 1-866-276-7478 Leslie − 635 Davis visit us online at yrt.ca Highway 404 Carpool Lot − 1090 Davis blue departure times southbound weekdays saturdays sundays from Newmarket GO Bus Terminal first 4:45 a.m. 6:00 a.m. 7:16 a.m. to Finch GO Bus Terminal last 11:29 p.m. 11:37 p.m. 12:00 a.m. northbound from Finch GO Bus Terminal first 5:30 a.m. 7:05 a.m. 8:19 a.m. to Newmarket GO Bus Terminal last 12:49 a.m. 12:46 a.m. 12:54 a.m. from Yonge St. & 16th Avenue first 4:02 a.m. 5:16 a.m. 6:34 a.m. to Newmarket GO Bus Terminal First & last blue “A” departure times southbound weekdays A.M. only departure times from Newmarket GO Bus Terminal 5:53 a.m. 6:08 a.m. 6:23 a.m. 6:38 a.m. 6:53 a.m. 7:08 a.m. effective: September 3, 2017 to Finch GO Bus Terminal 7:23 a.m. 7:38 a.m. 7:53 a.m. 8:08 a.m. 8:23 a.m. 8:38 a.m. 8:53 a.m. northbound weekdays P.M. only from Finch GO Bus Terminal 3:55 p.m. 4:10 p.m. 4:25 p.m. 4:40 p.m. 4:55 p.m. 5:10 p.m. to Newmarket GO Bus Terminal 5:25 p.m. 5:40 p.m. 5:55 p.m. 6:10 p.m. 6:25 p.m. 6:40 p.m. orange departure times southbound weekdays weekdays weekdays saturdays sundays A.M. P.M. evenings from Martin Grove & Highway 7 first 5:15 a.m. 2:51 p.m. n/a n/a n/a to Sheppard West ( rush hour only ) last 9:47 a.m. 7:07 p.m. n/a n/a n/a from Martin Grove & Highway 7 first 5:15 a.m. n/a n/a n/a n/a to York University last n/a n/a 8:19 p.m. n/a n/a from Pine Valley & Highway 7 first n/a n/a 8:44 p.m. 6:33 a.m. 7:18 a.m. to York University last n/a n/a 12:20 a.m. 11:48 p.m. 11:48 p.m. northbound from Sheppard West first 5:58 a.m. 3:20 p.m. n/a n/a n/a to Martin Grove & Highway 7 last 10:14 a.m. 7:36 p.m. n/a n/a n/a from York University first 4:49 a.m. n/a n/a n/a n/a to Martin Grove & Highway 7 last n/a n/a 7:55 p.m. n/a n/a from York University first n/a n/a 8:19 p.m. 6:10 a.m. 7:53 a.m. to Pine Valley & Hwy 7 last n/a n/a 12:43 a.m. 12:10 a.m. 12:23 a.m. Get real-time bus info yellow departure times westbound weekdays saturdays sundays with RideNow from Highway 404/Davis carpool lot first 4:23 a.m. 5:38 a.m. 6:52 a.m. to Newmarket GO Bus Terminal last 10:50 p.m. 11:23 p.m. 11:22 p.m. YRT/Viva’s real-time technology tells you the eastbound next few times a bus is really due at your stop. All you need is your four-digit bus stop number. from Newmarket GO Bus Terminal first 4:05 a.m. 5:18 a.m. 6:32 a.m.
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