Finch 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. 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.

The terminal was built by the Toronto Transit Commission in 1974, and was acquired by the Toronto Area Transportation Operating Authority in March 1977.

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 route. 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 Unused 2 Viva Blue NB Newmarket GO Bus Terminalvia 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 Bayview NB Subrisco Avenue 8 98 Yonge NB Newmarket GO Bus Terminal 99 11 300 Business Express EB Clegg Road and Rodick Roadvia Seneca College Markham Campus 301 Markham Express EB Mount Joy GO Stationvia Markham GO Station 302 Unionville Express NB Warden Avenue and Baycliffe Road 303 Bur Oak Express EB Mount Joy GO Stationvia Markham-Stouffville Hospital 304 Mount Joy Express EB Mount Joy GO Stationvia Enterprise Boulevard 305 Box Grove Express EB Markham Road and Highway 407via Donald Cousens Parkway 16 360 Vaughan Mills/Wonderland NB Canada's Wonderlandvia Richmond Hill Centre Terminalvia Vaughan Mills 13 Dropoffs Only 18

GO Transit Platform NumberRouteDirectionDestinationDestinationDestinationDestinationDestinationDestinationDestination419Mississauga-North YorkWBYonge Street and SheppardYorkdale Bus TerminalKeele Street and Highway 401RenforthDixieSquare One Bus Terminal19CYonge Street and SheppardSquare One Bus Terminal27Milton-North York WBYonge Street and SheppardYorkdale Bus TerminalKeele Street and Highway 401Meadowvale GO StationMeadowvale Town CentreMilton GO Station 27AYonge Street and SheppardYorkdale Bus TerminalKeele Street and Highway 401Syntex Crt and Financial DrMeadowvale GOMeadowvale Town CentreMilton GO 27CYonge Street and SheppardMeadowvale GOMeadowvale Town CentreMilton GO 27FYonge Street and SheppardYorkdale Bus TerminalKeele Street and Highway 401Syntex Crt and Financial DrMeadowvale GO367Keswick-North YorkNBYonge Street and SheppardMajor Mackenzie and 404 GO Park and RideWellington and 404 GO Park and RideDavis and 404 GO Park and RideQueensville and 404 GO Park and RideWoodbine and 404 GO Park and Ride696Oshawa-Finch ExpressEBYonge Street and SheppardAjax GO StationWhitby GO StationOshawa GO Station96BYonge Street and SheppardScarborough Town CentreAjax GOWhitby GOOshawa GO96CYonge Street and SheppardAjax GO 96DYonge Street and SheppardWhitby GOOshawa GO96EYonge Street and SheppardScarborough Town Centre932Brampton Trinity Common-North York WBYonge Street and Langstaff Road EastBramalea GO StationWilliams and 410 GO Park and RideTrinity Commons Terminal 32AYonge Street and Langstaff Road EastBramalea GO Station 32BYonge Street and Langstaff Road EastBramalea GO StationBramalea TerminalYonge Street and Hendon Ave.32Brampton Trinity Common-North YorkEBYonge Street and SheppardYork Mills Station32A32B

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. 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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