Oshawa Bus Terminal

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Oshawa Bus Terminal
General information
Location47 Bond Street West
Oshawa, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°53′52″N78°51′56″W / 43.89778°N 78.86556°W / 43.89778; -78.86556 Coordinates: 43°53′52″N78°51′56″W / 43.89778°N 78.86556°W / 43.89778; -78.86556
Owned by City of Oshawa
Bus operators
   GO Transit
   Durham Region Transit
   TOK Coachlines
Construction
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: OSHW
Fare zone94
History
ClosedSeptember 5, 2020 [1]

Oshawa Bus Terminal was a bus terminal located at 47 Bond Street West in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The building is owned by the City of Oshawa and incorporates a multi-storey municipal parking lot; [2] it no longer serves buses. [1] City Council has adopted, in principle, the Downtown Action Plan, July 2005, which recommended that the bus terminal functions should be relocated from this priority development site. [3]

Contents

On November 2, 2018, the Oshawa Bus Terminal partially shut down; ticket booths, the waiting room and washrooms were closed indefinitely. GO Transit stopped selling tickets at the ticket booth on October 30 but tickets and Presto remained available via a vending machine. Ticket sales for Durham Region Transit ended after November 2. Greyhound Canada ended parcel delivery services at the terminal on October 31. [4]

Effective September 5, 2020, the bus terminal fully closed. GO Transit was the last user of the terminal. Instead of terminating at Oshawa Bus Terminal, GO routes 52 and 92 would use nearby street stops and would continue on to terminate at Oshawa GO Station instead of the downtown terminal. [1]

As this is the hometown of General Motors Canada, the bus terminal has murals of the auto industry decorating the face of the structure. [5] [6] Eight panels represent each of GM's corporate values: Heritage, Diversity, People, Innovation, Safety, Environment, Customer Enthusiasm and Quality.

Bus services

Since September 5, 2020, none of the following bus services have used the terminal. All have on-street stops in the vicinity of the closed terminal. [1]

GO Transit

Durham Region Transit

Customers travelling within Durham Region can ride on GO Transit buses with a DRT ticket, pass, or transfer under the fare integration agreement. Local DRT bus routes operate on the adjoining street grid: Centre Street, Simcoe Street, Bond Street and King Street. [10]

TOK Coachlines

TOK Coachlines (formerly Can-ar Coach Service) operates one route via Oshawa:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Final Days of the Oshawa Terminal". YouTube. Vanishing Underground. September 6, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020. Metrolinx / Bus Stop Change / Starting Saturday, September 5 / GO buses will no longer stop at this terminal and will instead use street stops. Routes 52 and 92 will extend to Oshawa GO. Quote is from a Metrolinx notice posted at the terminal; the video shows it at 1:49.
  2. ↑ "Municipal Parking, 2008 Operating Budget" (PDF). City of Oshawa. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  3. ↑ "Downtown Oshawa Action Plan, July 2005" (PDF). City of Oshawa. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  4. ↑ "Bus ticket booth closing for now". The Oshawa Express. October 30, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  5. ↑ Mural on the north wall of the GO Bus Station
  6. ↑ Mural on the east wall of the GO Bus Station
  7. ↑ GO Transit 51-52-54 Schedules
  8. ↑ GO Transit 92 Schedules
  9. ↑ Lakeshore East GO Train & Bus Schedule
  10. ↑ "| Schedules & Route Maps". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  11. ↑ "Toronto –Lindsay –Haliburton" (PDF). TOK Coachlines. November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
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