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[[File:501 Zum VMC.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1|A 501 Züm Queen bus at the Vivastation at [[Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station]]]]
'''501 Züm Queen''' is a [[bus rapid transit]] route in [[Brampton, Ontario]] that is part of the [[Züm]] network. The route first began service on September 20, 2010, and
501 Züm Queen shares routing with [[York Region Transit]]'s [[Viva Orange]]
==Route history==
▲501 Züm Queen shares routing with [[York Region Transit]]'s [[Viva Orange]] express bus route between Martin Grove and Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, and has been fare integrated with it since its creation. Both Brampton Transit and York Region Transit proofs of payment ([[Presto card|Presto]]-marked transfers for riders paying cash) are accepted for the entire length of both bus routes. As of September 4, 2018, only the A and C branches of 501 Züm Queen service [[York University station]]. However as of March 2020, this service has been temporarily suspended due to lower ridership amid the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Schedules and Maps |url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Pages/Schedules-Maps-Covid.aspx |website=Brampton |publisher=Brampton Transit |access-date=May 8, 2022}}</ref>
[[File:ZümQueenYorkUniversity.JPG|thumb|upright=1|The former Züm stop at [[York University]]. Service to the university ended in 2024.]]
Originally, the route continued to [[York University]] (which also had [[York University station|a subway connection]] when the line's extension to Vaughan opened on December 17, 2017).<ref name="Subway">{{Cite news|url = https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2017/12/16/after-delays-cost-overruns-and-tragedy-a-subway-to-vaughan-is-complete.html|title = After delays, cost overruns, and tragedy, a subway to Vaughan is complete|newspaper = The Toronto Star|date = December 16, 2017|last1 = Beattie|first1 = Samantha|last2 = Spurr|first2 = Ben|access-date = December 17, 2017|archive-date = December 17, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171217065307/https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2017/12/16/after-delays-cost-overruns-and-tragedy-a-subway-to-vaughan-is-complete.html|url-status = live}}</ref> There were also two branch routes: 501A and 501C, which followed an express routing through Vaughan along [[Ontario Highway 427|Highways 427]] and [[Ontario Highway 407|407]], with 501A running the full distance between the Downtown Brampton Terminal and York University, and 501C terminating at the Bramalea Terminal. These two branches were suspended during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario|COVID-19 pandemic]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Documents/501C_UpdateNotice.pdf |publisher=City of Brampton (Brampton Transit) |title=501C York University Service |access-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-date=October 13, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013040747/https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Documents/501C_UpdateNotice.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> with the 501C being reinstated on September 6, 2022, and the 501 being cut back to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.brampton.ca//EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Pages/Schedules-Maps-Covid.aspx |publisher=City of [[Brampton]] ([[Brampton Transit]]) |title=Schedules and Maps |access-date=September 8, 2020 |archive-date=September 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915084836/https://www.brampton.ca//EN/residents/transit/plan-your-trip/Pages/Schedules-Maps-Covid.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> On June 24, 2024, the 501C branch was cancelled permanently, leaving only the base route operating.<ref name="faq">{{cite web|url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/service-alerts/Pages/501-zum-queen.aspx |title=501 Züm Queen ''FAQs: Why is Brampton Transit making this change?'' |publisher=City of Brampton |access-date=June 25, 2024}}</ref> Brampton Transit cited high operating costs due to Highway 407 tolls and the recently introduced fare integration program (enabling free transfers from the TTC subway) as reasons for the change.<ref name="faq" />
==Stops==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! style="background:#{{rcr|Brampton Transit|Queen}}; color:white" colspan=
|-
! Name
! Opening Date
! Municipality
!Local parallel routes
! Connections
|-
| [[Downtown Brampton Terminal]]
| rowspan="21" | September 20, 2010
| rowspan="15" | [[Brampton]]
| rowspan="3" |1/1A Queen
| {{rint|gotransit|bus}} {{rint|gotransit|rail|D}} {{rint|ca|via}}
{{rint|brampton|zum}} {{rcb|Brampton Transit|502|inline=route}} {{rcb|Brampton Transit|561|inline=route}}
Line 60 ⟶ 66:
|-
| Rutherford
| rowspan="2" | {{ubl|list_style=text-align:center;|1/1A Queen|8 Centre}}
|-
| West Drive / Laurelcrest
|-
| Dixie
|8 Centre
|-
| [[Bramalea Terminal]]
| rowspan="6" |1/1A Queen
| {{rint|gotransit|bus}} / [[MiWay]]
|-
Line 84 ⟶ 93:
|-
| Goreway
| rowspan="2" |1 Queen
|
|-
| McVean
Line 90 ⟶ 100:
|-
| Gore Road
|31 McVean
|
|-
| Highway 50
| Brampton, [[Vaughan, Ontario|Vaughan]]
| {{ubl|list_style=text-align:center;|1 Queen|77 Highway 7 (YRT)}}
| {{rint|york|yrt}} {{rint|gotransit|bus}}
|-
| Roybridge Gate / Vaughan Valley
| rowspan="12" |
| rowspan="11" |77 Highway 7 (YRT)
|
|-
Line 123 ⟶ 136:
| November 24, 2019<ref name="Highway7" /><ref name="service-november-2019"/>
|-
| [[Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station|Vaughan Metropolitan Centre]]
| September 20, 2010 (stop)<br/>—<br/>December 17, 2017<br/>(subway station)<ref name= "Subway" />
| {{rint|york|yrt}} {{rint|york|orange}} {{rint|toronto|subway|1}}
|-
| Smart VMC Bus Terminal{{efn|
| August 31, 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.brampton.ca/EN/residents/transit/service-alerts/Pages/Transit-Updates.aspx#497 |title=
| {{rint|york|yrt}} {{rint|toronto|subway|1}}
▲|-
|-
|}
Line 142 ⟶ 151:
==See also==
▲* [[Viva Orange]]
* [[561 Züm Queen West]]
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