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.

Platform assignments

Platform	Operator	Routes
1	VIVA	Viva Pink
2	VIVA	Viva Blue
3	YRT	91/91A Bayview, 98E Yonge Limited Express
4	GO Transit	19, 19A, 19C Oakville-North York, 27, 27A, 27F Milton-North York, 34B North York-Pearson Airport
5	GO Transit	67 Keswick-North York
6	GO Transit	95 Oshawa-Finch, 96, 96B, 96C, 96D Oshawa-Finch Express
8	YRT	99 Yonge, 98/99 Yonge late night
9	GO Transit	32 Brampton Trinity Common-North York: Northbound
10	YRT	77/77A Hwy. 7/Centre St.
11	YRT	300 Business Express, 301 Markham Express, 302 Unionville Express, 303 Bur Oak Express, 304 Mount Joy Express
12	YRT	2 Milliken
13	YRT	Unloading
14	YRT	5 Clark
15	YRT	88 Bathurst
16	YRT	23 Thornhill Woods, 760 Vaughan Mills/Wonderland
17	Tai Pan Tours	Tours and Casino Rama
18		Layovers only

Notes:

GO Transit route 32 Brampton Trinity Common / North York buses southbound to York Mills Bus Terminal, stop on west side of Yonge Street at Bishop Avenue.

Tour buses also use the terminal and Bishop Avenue to pick up and drop off patrons.^[4]

For Toronto Transit Commission bus connections, see the adjoining Finch subway station.

Brampton Transit stopped service to Finch in 2010 with passengers transferring via York Region Transit.

References

↑ "Finch GO Bus Terminal". Stations and stops. GO Transit. Retrieved April 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "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 Downsview 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

Bus terminals	Ajax Barrie Bramalea Brampton Erin Mills Finch Kitchener McMaster Newmarket Oshawa Renforth Gateway ^† Richmond Hill Centre Scarborough Centre Square One Union Winston Churchill ^† Yorkdale York Mills

Miscellaneous	History Fares Park and ride Infrastructure Willowbrook Yard Bombardier BiLevel Coach MPI MP40PH-3C GO-ALRT Bus routes

See also	Metrolinx Presto card The Big Move

† - Future station ‡ - Limited excursion train service

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