Cornell Terminal

Cornell Terminal
Location Markham, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°52′52″N 79°13′10″W / 43.88111°N 79.21944°WCoordinates: 43°52′52″N 79°13′10″W / 43.88111°N 79.21944°W
Owned by York Region Transit
Bus operators
History
Opening Expected mid 2016 or 2017

Cornell Terminal is a proposed bus terminus in York Region, Ontario, Canada. The terminal was scheduled to open in 2008[1] but, although planning has continued,[2] the construction has been postponed to a later date.

This terminal was originally planned to be built near to Markham Stouffville Hospital.

Cornell Terminal was brought up again in 2014 when York Region acquired land just south of the hospital property, adjacent to Rose Way east of 9th Line. The road is currently used for hospital employees, ambulances and other visitors not wanting to use Church St. to access the hospital facility, but has room for expansion to accommodate buses, as well as a regional transit terminal. The terminal is now scheduled to open in mid 2016, with future connections with GO Transit and Durham Region Transit services. [3]

A long term proposal for a Metrolinx transitway terminal close to Highway 407 and future integration with a Havelock GO Train line (using the CPR Havelock Subdivision) will not result in the Cornell Terminal being moved (to a location near 407 and Reesor Road), since it will still be required for local bus services and Viva would serve both locations.[4]

Bus service

The following bus routes will probably connect with the terminal:

References

  1. ↑ "CORNELL TERMINAL STATUS REPORT" (PDF). Report of the Vice President of the York Region Rapid Transit Corporation. The Regional Municipality of York. September 20, 2007. Retrieved June 2013.
  2. ↑ "AWARD OF CORNELL TERMINAL SITE PLAN" (PDF). Report No. 1 of the Rapid Transit Public/Private Partnership Steering Committee. The Regional Municipality of York. January 24, 2008. Retrieved June 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.vivanext.com/files/Playbook/Markham_Community_Brochure_2014.pdf
  4. ↑ "The Cornell terminal will remain in place providing a transit interconnection for the VIVA and YRT local service primarily focused on Highway 7" (PDF). Interim Report for the Cornell Centre Precinct Plan. Markham. February 15, 2013. Retrieved June 2013.