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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 and Vaughan
Start	Downtown Brampton Terminal
Via	Bramalea Terminal
End	Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station
Length	24.0 kilometres (14.9 mi)
Stops	26
Other routes	Viva Orange
Service
Frequency	7.5 minutes or better
Route map Legend 561 Züm Queen West 561 Downtown Brampton Terminal 502 Züm Main 502 Centre Kennedy Rutherford West Drive/Laurelcrest Dixie Bramalea Terminal Bramalea Road Glenvale/Finchgate Torbram Gateway/Chrysler Airport Road 505 Züm Bovaird 505 Goreway McVean Gore Road Highway 50 Highway 27 Martin Grove Kipling Islington Helen Pine Valley Ansley Grove Weston Commerce Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Line 1 Yonge–University Smart VMC Terminal This diagram: view talk edit ← {{{previous_line}}}  {{{system_nav}}}  502 →

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 runs between the Downtown Brampton Terminal in the west to the Toronto Transit Commission's Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station in Vaughan in the east. It runs along Queen Street in Brampton and continues along Highway 7 in Vaughan.

501 Züm Queen shares routing with York Region Transit's Viva Orange bus rapid transit route between Martin Grove Road 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.

Route history

Originally, the route continued to York University (which also had a subway connection when the line's extension to Vaughan opened on December 17, 2017). There were also two branch routes: 501A and 501C, which followed an express routing through Vaughan along Highways 427 and 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, with the 501C being reinstated on September 6, 2022, and the 501 being cut back to Vaughan Metropolitan Centre station. On June 24, 2024, the 501C branch was cancelled permanently, leaving only the base route operating. 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.

Stops

501 Queen
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
Dixie			8 Centre
Bramalea Terminal			1/1A Queen	/ MiWay
Bramalea
Finchgate/Glenvale
Torbram
Gateway/Chrysler
Airport Road				505
Goreway			1 Queen
McVean
Gore Road			31 McVean
Highway 50		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
Pine Valley	September 20, 2010
Ansley Grove / Whitmore
Weston
Commerce	November 24, 2019
Vaughan Metropolitan Centre	September 20, 2010 (stop) — December 17, 2017 (subway station)
Smart VMC Bus Terminal	August 31, 2020

Notes

1. Smart VMC Bus Terminal is part of the VMC station complex

See also

• 561 Züm Queen West

References

1. ^ Beattie, Samantha; Spurr, Ben (December 16, 2017). "After delays, cost overruns, and tragedy, a subway to Vaughan is complete". The Toronto Star. Archived from the original on December 17, 2017. Retrieved December 17, 2017.
2. "501C York University Service" (PDF). City of Brampton (Brampton Transit). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 13, 2022. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
3. "Schedules and Maps". City of Brampton (Brampton Transit). Archived from the original on September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
4. ^ "501 Züm Queen FAQs: Why is Brampton Transit making this change?". City of Brampton. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
5. "Legend - BRT Network" (PDF). Brampton. Brampton Transit. 2014.
6. ^ "Highway 7 West Factsheet" (PDF). VivaNext. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
7. ^ "Highway 7 West Rapidway Now Open From Commerce To Wigwoss/Helen". www.yrt.ca. November 24, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2019.
8. "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.

• Züm bus routes
• 2010 establishments in Ontario