Finch Bus Terminal

Finch Bus Terminal
Finch Bus Terminal
General information
Location	5697 Yonge Street,; Toronto, Ontario,; Canada
Coordinates	43°46′56″N79°24′56″W / 43.78222°N 79.41556°W
Owned by	Hydro One / Metrolinx
Platforms	18
Bus routes	YRT/Viva buses 2 Miliken; 5 Clark; 23 Thornhill Woods; 77 Highway 7; 88 Bathurst; 91 Bayview; 99 Yonge; 300 Business Express; 301 Markham Express; 302 Unionville Express; 303 Bur Oak Express; 304 Mount Joy Express; 305 Box Grove Express; 360 Vaughan Mills/Wonderland; Viva Pink ; Viva Blue ; GO buses 19 Mississauga/North York; 27 Milton/North York; 32 Brampton Trinity Common/North York; 34 Pearson/North York; 67 Keswick/North York; 92A Oshawa/Yorkdale; 96 Oshawa/Finch Express;
Bus operators	York Region Transit ; GO Transit
Connections	Finch station
Construction
Parking	1,683 paid spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: FNCH
Fare zone	GO Transit Zone 5
History
Opened	1974
Rebuilt	2005

Last updated April 22, 2024

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.

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		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 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.

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References

↑ "Finch GO Bus Terminal". Stations and stops. GO Transit. Retrieved April 29, 2015.
↑ "Our Facilities". York Region Transit/Viva. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. 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". Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2012-12-12.

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[1] "Finch GO Bus Terminal". Stations and stops. GO Transit. Retrieved April 29, 2015.

[2] "Our Facilities". York Region Transit/Viva. Archived from the original on 17 April 2014. Retrieved 2 July 2014.

[TATOA-3] "TATOA to get Finch terminal". The Era. 2 March 1977. p. B02. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

[4] "Safeway Tours - Fallsview Casino route". Archived from the original on 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2012-12-12.

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v t e York Region Transit / Viva
Routes	Viva Blue Viva Green Viva Orange Viva Pink Viva Purple Viva Silver Viva Yellow
Terminals	Bernard Cornell Don Mills Finch Major Mackenzie West Markham Stouffville Hospital Newmarket Pioneer Village Promenade Richmond Hill Centre Unionville GO Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Vaughan Mills
Rapidways	Davis Drive Green Lane Highway 7 Yonge Street
Predecessors	Aurora Transit Markham Transit Newmarket Transit Richmond Hill Transit Vaughan Transit

v t e GO Transit
Lakeshore West line	Union Station Exhibition Park Lawn † Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation † Grimsby † St. Catharines Niagara Falls
Milton line	Union Station Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton
Kitchener line	Union Station King–Liberty † Bloor St. Clair–Old Weston † Mount Dennis † Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Breslau † Kitchener ( Kitchener Central †)
Barrie line	Union Station Spadina–Front † Bloor–Lansdowne † Caledonia † Downsview Park Rutherford Maple Kirby † King City Aurora Mulock † Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Innisfil † Barrie South Allandale Waterfront
Richmond Hill line	Union Station Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley Bloomington
Stouffville line	Union Station Kennedy Agincourt Finch–Kennedy † Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Old Elm
Lakeshore East line	Union Station East Harbour † Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners East † Ritson Road † Courtice † Bowmanville †
Union Pearson Express	Union Station Bloor Mount Dennis † Weston Pearson Airport
Former or proposed station sites	Lawrence–Kennedy York University
Bus terminals	Bramalea Brampton Cornell Finch Highway 407 Kipling Richmond Hill Centre McMaster University Scarborough Centre Square One Union Station University of Waterloo York Mills Yorkdale
Miscellaneous	History Fares Rail services Bus services Fleet Expansion GO-ALRT
See also	Metrolinx Presto card SmartTrack The Big Move
† and italics denotes a future station

Finch Bus Terminal

General information
Location	5697 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°46′56″N79°24′56″W / 43.78222°N 79.41556°W / 43.78222; -79.41556
Owned by	Hydro One / Metrolinx
Platforms	18
Bus routes	YRT/Viva buses 2 Miliken 5 Clark 23 Thornhill Woods 77 Highway 7 88 Bathurst 91 Bayview 99 Yonge 300 Business Express 301 Markham Express 302 Unionville Express 303 Bur Oak Express 304 Mount Joy Express 305 Box Grove Express 360 Vaughan Mills/Wonderland Viva Pink Viva Blue GO buses 19 Mississauga/North York 27 Milton/North York 32 Brampton Trinity Common/North York 34 Pearson/North York 67 Keswick/North York 92A Oshawa/Yorkdale 96 Oshawa/Finch Express
Bus operators	York Region Transit GO Transit
Connections	Finch station
Construction
Parking	1,683 paid spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: FNCH
Fare zone	GO Transit Zone 5
History
Opened	1974
Rebuilt	2005