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Yorkdale Bus Terminal

Coordinates: 43°43′31″N 79°26′56″W / 43.72528°N 79.44889°W / 43.72528; -79.44889
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Yorkdale Bus Terminal
General information
Location1 Yorkdale Road
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates43°43′31″N 79°26′56″W / 43.72528°N 79.44889°W / 43.72528; -79.44889
Bus stands13
Bus operators GO Bus
Ontario Northland
Megabus (North America) Megabus (Coach Canada)
Connections Yorkdale
TTC buses
Construction
ParkingShopping centre parking only[1]
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: YKDL
History
Opened1979

Yorkdale Bus Terminal, located at 1 Yorkdale Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1] occupies the lowest level of an office building[1] adjacent to Yorkdale Shopping Centre and is connected directly to Yorkdale subway station by a pedestrian bridge.[2]

Its creation was announced by James Snow, the Ontario Minister of Transportation and Communications, in March 1977.[3] Construction of the station started soon afterward and was expected to be completed by late 1977.[3]

The bus terminal is strategically located in the middle of what was formerly the North York, at Allen Road on the south side of Highway 401, the main transportation artery across the Greater Toronto Area. That is ideal for providing GO Transit commuter bus services to points east and west of the city and long-distance intercity coach connections by Ontario Northland.[4][5] When it opened on October 12, 1979, it was a hub for Gray Coach interurban bus service and, until 2000, for the Toronto Airport Express bus service, which was originally operated by Gray Coach and, after 1993, by Pacific Western Transportation.

Because of the office building directly above the terminal, there is a severe height restriction within the terminal, which prevented GO Transit from operating its current fleet of double-decker buses into the terminal until Enviro 500 'Super-Lo' models became available.

Services

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  • Route 19 Mississauga/North York
  • Route 27 Milton/North York
  • Route 36 Brampton/North York
  • Route 92 Oshawa/Yorkdale
  • Route 94 Pickering/Mississauga
  • Mississauga/Kingston
  • Toronto/Sudbury
  • Toronto/North Bay

Local bus connections

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Bus stop is located on the west side of Yorkdale Road to the north of the terminal.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Yorkdale Bus Terminal— BUS TERMINAL". GO Transit. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  2. ^ "TTC - Existing Yorkdale Station, North Entrance" (PDF). Lawrence-Allen Revitalization. City of Toronto. 28 April 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  3. ^ a b "TATOA to get Finch terminal". The Era. 2 March 1977. p. B02. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  4. ^ "GO Transit Bus Terminal". Trains & Buses. Ontario Northland. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Greyhound Terminal, Yorkdale". Locations. Greyhound.ca. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Route 47". Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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