501 Züm Queen

501
501
	Typical station stop: Westbound on the north side of Queen Street, just west of Dixie Road
Overview
System	Züm
Operator	Brampton Transit
Vehicle	New Flyer Xcelsior
Route
Communities served	Brampton; Toronto; Vaughan
Start	Downtown Brampton Terminal
Via	Bramalea Terminal
End	Vaughan Metropolitan Centre; or York University
Length	24.0 kilometres (14.9 mi)
Stops	27
Other routes	Viva Orange
Service
Frequency	7.5 minutes or better
Route map
	Legend
	Downtown Terminal
	502 Züm Main
	Airport Road
	505 Züm Bovaird
	501C Express
	via Highway 407
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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 currently has two branches running between either the Downtown Brampton Terminal or Bramalea Terminal in the west to eastern termini at either the Vaughan Metropolitan Centre or York University Toronto Transit Commission subway stations in Vaughan or Toronto, respectively.

501, the base route, operates eastward along Queen Street from the Downtown Brampton Terminal, with the 501C branch originating at the Bramalea Terminal. The 501 continues along Highway 7 in Vaughan and terminates at Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station, while the C branch follows Highways 427 and 407 from just east of Highway 50 to run express through Vaughan to York University. The C branch provides only limited weekday service.

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-marked transfers for riders paying cash) are accepted for the entire length of both bus routes.

Service changes[edit]

Formerly, there was a third branch, 501A, which followed the express routing through Vaughan along with 501C but ran the full distance between the Downtown Brampton Terminal and York University. The 501A route (along with the 501C) was cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] The 501C was restored on September 6, 2022,^[2] and the 501 was cut back to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station.

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501 Queen ^[3]
Name	Opening Date	Municipality	Local parallel routes	Connections
Downtown Brampton Terminal	September 20, 2010	Brampton	1/1A Queen	502 561
Centre
Kennedy
Rutherford			1/1A Queen 8 Centre
West Drive / Laurelcrest			1/1A Queen 8 Centre
Dixie			8 Centre
Bramalea Terminal^[a]			1/1A Queen	/ MiWay
Bramalea
Finchgate/Glenvale
Torbram
Gateway/Chrysler
Airport Road				505
Goreway			1 Queen
McVean			1 Queen
Gore Road			31 McVean
Highway 50^[b]		Brampton, Vaughan	1 Queen 77 Highway 7 (YRT)
Roybridge Gate / Vaughan Valley		Vaughan	77 Highway 7 (YRT)
Highway 27
Martin Grove
Kipling
Islington
Helen/Wigwoss	November 24, 2019^[4]^[5]
Pine Valley	September 20, 2010
Ansley Grove / Whitmore
Weston
Commerce	November 24, 2019^[4]^[5]
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station	December 17, 2017
Smart VMC Bus Terminal^[c]	August 31, 2020^[6]
York University^[d]	September 20, 2010	Toronto

Notes[edit]

^ C branch originates at Bramalea Terminal
^ C branch follow Highways 427 and 407 east of this stop
^ Base route terminates at Smart VMC Bus Terminal which is part of the VMC station complex
^ C branch continues to York University

References[edit]

^ "501C York University Service" (PDF). City of Brampton (Brampton Transit). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
^ "Schedules and Maps". City of Brampton (Brampton Transit). Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
^ "Legend - BRT Network" (PDF). Brampton. Brampton Transit. 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Highway 7 West Factsheet" (PDF). VivaNext. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Highway 7 West Rapidway Now Open From Commerce To Wigwoss/Helen". www.yrt.ca. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "COVID-19 Updates - 501 Züm Queen Stop Change at YRT SmartVMC Bus Terminal". www.brampton.ca. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

[4] C branch originates at Bramalea Terminal

[5] C branch follow Highways 427 and 407 east of this stop

[8] Base route terminates at Smart VMC Bus Terminal which is part of the VMC station complex

[10] C branch continues to York University

[1] "501C York University Service" (PDF). City of Brampton (Brampton Transit). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.

[2] "Schedules and Maps". City of Brampton (Brampton Transit). Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.

[3] "Legend - BRT Network" (PDF). Brampton. Brampton Transit. 2014.

[Highway7-6] "Highway 7 West Factsheet" (PDF). VivaNext. Retrieved November 18, 2017.

[service-november-2019-7] "Highway 7 West Rapidway Now Open From Commerce To Wigwoss/Helen". www.yrt.ca. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.^{[permanent dead link]}

[9] "COVID-19 Updates - 501 Züm Queen Stop Change at YRT SmartVMC Bus Terminal". www.brampton.ca. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved January 12, 2022.

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v t e Brampton Transit
Terminals	Bramalea GO Bramalea Terminal Brampton Gateway Terminal Brampton GO/Downtown Terminal Heart Lake Terminal Humber College Lisgar GO Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal Mount Pleasant GO Trinity Common Terminal Westwood Mall Bus Terminal York University
Züm Rapid Transit	501 Züm Queen 502 Züm Main 505 Züm Bovaird 511 Züm Steeles 561 Züm Queen West

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