The Yonge Street Rapidway is a

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corridor on

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, Ontario, Canada. Construction of the Yonge Street portion of the network began in 2014. The Rapidway is primarily used by the

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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

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. 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. The first segment from the

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on Davis Drive to Mulock Drive opened in January 2020. The second segment, from 19th Avenue to the

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at Highway 7, opened in December 2020. The corridor was originally intended to continue south of Richmond Hill Centre Terminal towards the regional bus terminal at subway station in

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. However, with the anticipated northward extension of the Yonge–University subway, the Rapidway's southern terminus will be Richmond Hill Centre.

Stations

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.

References

{{Big Move RT Viva Rapid Transit Bus rapid transit in Canada The Big Move projects Busways