Finch Bus Terminal

Finch Bus Terminal

Location	5697 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°46′56″N 79°24′56″W / 43.78222°N 79.41556°W / 43.78222; -79.41556Coordinates: 43°46′56″N 79°24′56″W / 43.78222°N 79.41556°W / 43.78222; -79.41556
Owned by	Hydro One / Metrolinx
Platforms	18
Bus operators	GO Transit York Region Transit Viva
Connections	Finch (TTC)
Construction
Parking	1,683 paid spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: FNCH
Fare zone	YRT Zone 1, GO Transit Zone 5
History
Opened	1974
Rebuilt	2005

Finch GO Bus Terminal serves York Region, Ontario, Canada, making connections to transit services in the City of Toronto. It is located at 5697 Yonge Street on the northeast corner of Bishop Avenue and Yonge Street, one block north of Finch Avenue, connected by tunnel to Finch subway station.^[1] The station facilities, although constructed by GO Transit, are within a major east-west electricity transmission corridor owned by Hydro One Networks, a provincially owned crown corporation.

Transit agencies that use the terminal are GO Transit and York Region Transit/Viva^[2]

The terminal was built by the Toronto Transit Commission in 1974, and was acquired by the Toronto Area Transportation Operating Authority in March 1977.^[3]

An elevator and new platforms were added in mid-2005 to accommodate Viva bus rapid transit service, which York Region Transit began operating on September 4, 2005. It is the southern terminus of the Viva Blue and Viva Pink lines. New shelters were added along the south platform to replace the smaller shelters to accommodate more passengers waiting for buses at the terminal.

Platforms for GO Transit and York Region Transit remain unchanged until September 2012. The platform next to the station, formerly for GO Transit buses was rebuilt and lowered for Viva buses.

Inside is a newsstand, washrooms and indoor Viva kiosks. A set of escalators connects to the Finch TTC station across the street. A set of covered stairs on the south side of the station also connects to Finch.

The east of the platforms and next to the TTC east parking lot is a parking area for 13 standard buses (30–40 foot buses). Passenger pickups by taxis (capacity for 9 taxis) can be made from the 'Taxi Stand' on the southeast side of the station next to Bishop Avenue, an off-street driveway.

Bus service

VIVA, GO and YRT buses

York Region Transit (YRT), Viva, TTC, and GO Transit routes connect to this terminal.

Agency	Type	Colour
York Region Transit	Regular	2
	Express	300
	Seasonal (July-September)	760
GO Transit	Regular	19A

York Region Transit

Platform Number	Route		Direction	Destination
1	Pink		EB	Unionville GO Station via Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
2	Blue		NB	Newmarket GO Bus Terminal via Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
12	2	Milliken	EB	Denison and Highway 48
14	5	Clark	WB	Clark and Dufferin
16	23	Thornhill Woords	NB	Teston Road and Via Romano
10	77/77A	Highway 7	WB	Queen and Highway 50
15	88	Bathurst	NB	Seneca College King Campus
3	91/91A	Bayview	NB	Bayview and Major Mackenzie
3	98E	Young Limited Express	NB	Newmarket GO Bus Terminal
8	98	Young	NB	Newmarket GO Bus Terminal
8	99	Young	NB	Newmarket GO Bus Terminal
11	300	Business Express	EB	Clegg Road and Rodick Road via Seneca College Markham Campus
	301	Markham Express	EB	Mount Joy GO Station via Markham GO Station
	302	Unionville Express	NB	Warden Avenue and Baycliffe Road
	303	Bur Oak Express	EB	Mount Joy GO Station via Markham-Stouffville Hospital
	304	Mount Joy Express	EB	Mount Joy GO Station via Markville Shopping Centre
16	760	Vaughan Mills/Wonderland	NB	Canada's Wonderland via Richmond Hill Town Centre via Vaughan Mills
13	Dropoffs Only
18	Dropoffs Only

GO Transit

Platform Number	Route		Direction	Destination	Destination	Destination
4	19A	Mississauga-North York	WB	Yorkdale Mall	Keele Street and Highway 401	Square One Bus Terminal
	19C	Mississauga-North York	WB	Yonge Street and Sheppard	Square One Bus Terminal
	27	Milton-North York	WB	Yorkdale Mall	Meadowvale GO Station	Milton GO Station
	27A			Yorkdale Mall	Meadowvale GO	Milton GO
	27C			Meadowvale GO	Milton GO
	27F			Yorkdale Mall	Meadowvale GO
5	34	Pearson-North York	WB	Yonge Street and Sheppard	Yorkdale Mall	Pearson Airport Terminal 1
	67	Keswick-North York	NB	Wellington and 404 GO Park and Ride	Queensville and 404 GO Park and Ride	Woodbine and 404 GO Park and Ride
	92A	Oshawa-Yorkdale	EB	Scarborough Town Centre	Kingston Road and Hardwood
6	96	Oshawa-Finch Express	EB	Ajax GO Station	Whitby GO Station	Oshawa GO Station
	96B			Scarborough Town Centre	Ajax GO	Oshawa GO
	96C			Ajax GO
	96D			Whitby GO	Oshawa GO
9	32	Brampton Trinity Common-North York	WB	Bramalea GO Station	Williams and 410 GO Park and Ride	Trinity Commons Terminal
Yonge Street and Hendon Ave.	32	Brampton Trinity Common-North York	EB	York Mills Station

TTC

For Toronto Transit Commission bus connections, see the adjoining Finch Subway Station

Notes:

Tai Pan Tours and Safeway Tours use platform 17 and stops along Bishop Avenue respectively to pick up and drop off patrons for tours and the shuttle to Fallsview Casino.^[4]

Brampton Transit stopped service to Finch in 2010 with the introduction of their 501 Züm Queen. Previously Brampton Transit buses operated to Finch as part of the Route 77 service that was jointly operated with York Region Transit.

References

↑ "Finch GO Bus Terminal". Stations and stops. GO Transit. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
↑ "Our Facilities". York Region Transit/Viva. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
↑ "TATOA to get Finch terminal". The Era. 2 March 1977. p. B02. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
↑ Safeway Tours - Fallsview Casino route

External links

Media related to Finch Bus Terminal at Wikimedia Commons

GO Transit station page for Finch Bus Terminal

York Region Transit / Viva
Routes	Viva Blue Viva Green Viva Orange Viva Pink Viva Purple Viva Yellow Viva Silver
Terminals	Bernard Cornell Don Mills Sheppard West Finch Markville Mall Newmarket Promenade Richmond Hill Centre Pioneer Village Vaughan Mills Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Wonderland York University Markham Stouffville Hospital Unionville GO
Rapidways	Davis Drive Green Lane Highway 7 Yonge Street Rapidway

GO Transit
Lakeshore West line	Union Exhibition Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation ^† Grimsby ^† St. Catharines ^‡ Niagara Falls ^‡
Milton line	Union Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton
Kitchener line	Union Liberty Village ^† Bloor St Clair ^† Mount Dennis ^† Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Breslau ^† Kitchener (Kitchener Central ^†)
Barrie line	Union Spadina ^† Lansdowne ^† Caledonia ^† York University (Downsview Park ^†) Rutherford Maple Kirby ^† King City Aurora Mulock ^† Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Innisfil ^† Barrie South Allandale Waterfront
Richmond Hill line	Union Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley Bloomington ^†
Stouffville line	Union Danforth Kennedy Lawrence East ^† Agincourt Finch East ^† Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Lincolnville
Lakeshore East line	Union Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners ^† Oshawa Central ^† Darlington ^† Bowmanville ^†
Union Pearson Express	Union Bloor Weston Pearson Airport
Miscellaneous	History Fares Rail services Bus services Fleet GO-ALRT
See also	Metrolinx Presto card The Big Move
† - Future station ‡ - Limited excursion train service

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