Viva (bus Rapid Transit) - Vehicles and Fleet Rosters

Vehicles and Fleet Rosters

Viva's buses are referred to as Rapid Transit Vehicles (RTVs). Viva operates 85 Van Hool buses and 15 Novabuses.

Make/Model Description Fleet # Notes
Van Hool Belgium Articulated newAG300 5201-5225, 7201-7205, 8201-8211
Length: 18 meters (60 ft)
Cost per vehicle: $742,000
Engine/Transmission: Cummins ISM/Voith D864.3E
(Cummins ISL/Voith D864.5 for 8201-8211)
Van Hool Belgium newA330 5101-5160
Length: 12 meters (40 ft)
Cost per vehicle: $494,000
Engine/Transmission: Cummins ISL/Voith D864.3E
Novabus Canada Articulated
LFX		 1080–1094 (36 units more by 2015)
  • When vehicles were first delivered they were banned from running on Viva Purple routes due to blue hubcaps that would conflict with the platform height at Warden Station. Since then the hubcaps were removed for cosmetic purposes. The vehicles now service Viva Routes Blue and Purple (Routes with highest ridership).
Length: 18 meters (62 ft)
Cost per vehicle: $902,234
Engine/Transmission: Cummins ISL9/Voith D864.5
Ford Motor Company Ford Focus USA N/A compact station wagons - support vehicles

Similar buses are being used in Longueuil (Montreal's South Shore) by Réseau de transport de Longueuil, and in Oakland, California by AC Transit.

All Viva vehicles are wheelchair-accessible.

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