Yorkdale Bus Terminal | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | 1 Yorkdale Road Toronto,Ontario Canada | ||||
| Coordinates | 43°43′31″N79°26′56″W / 43.72528°N 79.44889°W /43.72528; -79.44889 | ||||
| Bus stands | 13 | ||||
| Bus operators |  GO Bus Ontario Northland Megabus | ||||
| Connections |   Yorkdale TTC buses | ||||
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| Parking | Shopping centre parking only[1] | ||||
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| Station code | GO Transit: YKDL | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1979 | ||||
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Yorkdale Bus Terminal, located at 1 Yorkdale Road,Toronto,Ontario,Canada[1] occupies the lowest level of an office building[1] adjacent toYorkdale Shopping Centre and is connected directly toYorkdale subway station by a pedestrian bridge.[2]
Its creation was announced byJames Snow, the OntarioMinister of Transportation and Communications, in March 1977.[3] Construction of the station started soon afterward and was expected to be completed by late 1977.[3]
The bus terminal is strategically located in the middle of what was formerly theNorth York, atAllen Road on the south side ofHighway 401, the main transportation artery across theGreater Toronto Area. That is ideal for providingGO Transit commuter bus services to points east and west of the city and long-distance intercity coach connections byOntario Northland.[4][5] When it opened on October 12, 1979, it was a hub forGray Coach interurban bus service and, until 2000, for theToronto Airport Express bus service, which was originally operated by Gray Coach and, after 1993, byPacific Western Transportation.
Because of the office building directly above the terminal, there is a severe height restriction within the terminal, which prevented GO Transit from operating its current fleet ofdouble-decker buses into the terminal until Enviro 500 'Super-Lo' models became available.
Bus stop is located on the west side of Yorkdale Road to the north of the terminal.
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