Finch Bus Terminal Explained

Finch Bus Terminal
Style:	GO Transit
Owned:	Hydro One / Metrolinx
Address:	5697 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario,
Country:	Canada
Coordinates:	43.7822°N -79.4156°W
Connections:	Finch station
Platform:	18
Parking:	1,683 paid spaces
Bicycle:	Yes
Opened:	1974
Rebuilt:	2005
Accessible:	Yes
Zone:	GO Transit Zone 5

Finch GO Bus Terminal is a bus terminal in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It serves to connect the transit services of York Region to the north and the transit services 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, constructed by GO Transit, are within a major east-west electricity transmission corridor owned by Hydro One Networks.

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 can be made from the taxi stand on the southeast side of the station next to Bishop Avenue, an off-street driveway.

Bus service

YRT, which also operates the Viva bus rapid transit routes, as well as TTC, and GO Transit routes, connect to the terminal.

Agency	Type	Colour
York Region Transit	BRT
	Regular	2
	Express	300
GO Transit	Regular	19A

York Region Transit

Platform Number	Route		Direction	Destination
1			EB	Unionville GO Station via Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
2			NB	Newmarket GO Bus Terminal via Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
12	2	Milliken	EB	Denison and Markham Road Cornell Terminal (weekends only)
14	5	Clark	WB	Clark and Dufferin
16	23	Thornhill Woods	NB	Teston Road and Via Romano
10	77	Highway 7	WB	Queen and Highway 50
15	88	Bathurst	NB	Seneca College King Campus
3	91/91A	Bayview	NB	Bayview and Major Mackenzie
8	98	Yonge	NB	Newmarket GO Bus Terminal
8	99	Yonge	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 Enterprise Boulevard
	305	Box Grove Express	EB	Markham Road and Highway 407 via Donald Cousens Parkway
16	360	Vaughan Mills/Wonderland	NB	Canada's Wonderland via Richmond Hill Centre Terminal via Vaughan Mills
13	Dropoffs Only
18	Dropoffs Only

GO Transit

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

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.

Notes and References

Web site: Finch GO Bus Terminal . Stations and stops . GO Transit . April 29, 2015.
Web site: Our Facilities. York Region Transit/Viva. 2 July 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140417200342/http://www.yorkregiontransit.com/en/aboutus/ourfacilities.asp. 17 April 2014. dead.
News: TATOA to get Finch terminal. The Era. 2 March 1977 . B02 . 29 April 2015.
Web site: Safeway Tours - Fallsview Casino route . 2012-12-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130525112333/http://www.safewaytours.net/casinobus.html . 2013-05-25 . dead .