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{{short description|Bus station in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada}}
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| image         = Bernard Terminal 2023.jpg
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| address       = 10909 [[Yonge Street]], [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]], [[Ontario|ON]]
| coordinates   = {{Coord|43|53|40.7|N|79|26|31.6|W|display=inline,title}}
| operator      = {{rint|york|yrt}} [[York Region Transit]]
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| bus_stands    = 6 + 4 on-street stops
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| 1= {{RouteBox|81||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Inspiration
| 2= {{RouteBox|83||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Trench
| 3= {{RouteBox|86||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Newkirk–Red Maple
| 4= {{RouteBox|98||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Yonge
| 5= {{RouteBox|99||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Yonge
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[[Image:VIVA Bernard.JPG|thumb|right|250px|Bernard Vivastation on Yonge Street adjoining the terminal]]
'''Bernard Terminal''' is a small [[bus station]] in [[York Region]], [[Ontario]], Canada, located at 11000 [[Yonge Street]]. It is on the west side of a mall on the southeast corner of Bernard Avenue and [[Yonge Street]] in the town of [[Richmond Hill, Ontario]], one city block north of Elgin Mills Road.

It replaced the previous bus loop at the north end of the Richmond Heights Centre, that was used after the former [[Toronto Transit Commission]] loop was replaced by [[GO Transit]] Yonge 'C' Buses in the 1970s, until the late 1990s.

The bus terminal land, formerly owned by the [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Town of Richmond Hill]], was conveyed to [[York Region]] in 2005, since the responsibility for public transit now belonged to the Region.<ref>[http://www.york.ca/NR/rdonlyres/ud7snf6puuuizdlrpszfzv2gqq645eee7sdxwxbsbeeytxmaykwreubfqtkejjkt5yl7ivyvs3s44scmnstksgzzhd/rpt+3+cls+2.pdf Report No. 3, Item 2, of the Transit Committee Regional Council Meeting of March 31, 2005]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706213738/http://www.york.ca/NR/rdonlyres/ud7snf6puuuizdlrpszfzv2gqq645eee7sdxwxbsbeeytxmaykwreubfqtkejjkt5yl7ivyvs3s44scmnstksgzzhd/rpt%2B3%2Bcls%2B2.pdf |date= July 6, 2011  }}</ref>

It presently serves [[York Region Transit]] (YRT) routes 81 (Inspiration), 83 (Trench), 86 (Newkirk-Red Maple), 98 (Yonge), and 99 (Yonge), [[Viva Blue]] service; previously other routes served this stop, including the 84A/C Oak Ridges route.

During the first and second stages of [[Viva (bus rapid transit)|Viva]]'s launch (launched on September 4, 2005, and October 16, 2005, respectively), Bernard Terminal served as the northernmost last stop of the [[Viva Blue]] line. On November 20, 2005, the line was extended northward to [[Newmarket Bus Terminal]], relegating Bernard to a large intermediate stop.

Currently, half of the [[Viva Blue]] buses from [[Finch Bus Terminal]] short turns here.

The terminal consists of a series of partially covered platforms, [[Viva (bus rapid transit)|Viva]] kiosk and fenced off driveway.

==Bus service==
Bernard is the terminus and division point for the 98 Yonge and 99 Yonge routes and on weekday and Sunday, additional [[Viva Blue]] service to [[Finch Bus Terminal]] also originates here. Regular [[Viva (bus rapid transit)|Viva]] service, operating between [[Newmarket Bus Terminal]] and [[Finch Bus Terminal]], stops on [[Yonge Street]] beside the terminal. Similarly the 83 Trench route has its stop on the south side of Bernard Avenue, north of the terminal.

===Platform assignments===
*Platform 1: Unloading/layover only
*Platform 2: Viva Blue southbound 
*Platform 3: '''86''' Newkirk–Red Maple
*Platform 4: '''81''' Inspiration
*Platform 5: '''98''' Yonge
*Platform 6: '''99''' Yonge
*Bernard Avenue South Side: '''83''' Trench
*Yonge Street East Side: Viva Blue northbound, '''98/99''' Yonge
*Yonge Street West Side: Viva Blue southbound, '''98/99''' Yonge

==References==
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{{YRT Terminals}}

[[Category:York Region Transit Terminals]]
[[Category:Transport in Richmond Hill, Ontario]]
[[Category:Transport infrastructure completed in 1996]]
[[Category:1996 establishments in Ontario]]