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{{Short description|Bus terminal in Toronto, Ontario, Canada}}
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{{About|the regional bus terminal|the TTC subway station located south of the terminal|Finch station}}{{Infobox station
| name               = Finch Bus Terminal
| style              = GO Transit
| image              = Finch Bus Terminal 2023.jpg
| image_caption      = 
| owned              = [[Hydro One]] / [[Metrolinx]]
| address            = 5697 Yonge Street,<br>[[Toronto]], [[Ontario]],
| country            = [[Canada]]
| coordinates        = {{coord|43|46|56|N|79|24|56|W|region:CA-ON_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| connections        = {{rail-interchange|toronto|subway|1}} [[Finch station]]
| structure          = 
| bus_operators      = {{rint|york|yrt}} [[York Region Transit]]<br />{{rint|gotransit}} [[GO Transit]]
| platform           = 18
| bus_stands         = 
| routes             = {{Collapsible list
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  |title={{rint|york|yrt}} [[List of York Region Transit and Viva bus routes|YRT]]/[[Viva Rapid Transit|Viva]] buses
| 1= {{RouteBox|2||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Miliken
| 2= {{RouteBox|5||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Clark
| 3= {{RouteBox|23||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Thornhill Woods
| 4= {{RouteBox|77||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Highway 7
| 5= {{RouteBox|88||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Bathurst
| 6= {{RouteBox|91||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Bayview
| 7= {{RouteBox|99||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Yonge
| 8= {{RouteBox|300||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Business Express
| 9= {{RouteBox|301||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Markham Express
| 10= {{RouteBox|302||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Unionville Express
| 11= {{RouteBox|303||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Bur Oak Express
| 12= {{RouteBox|304||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Mount Joy Express
| 13= {{RouteBox|305||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Box Grove Express
| 14= {{RouteBox|360||#{{rcr|YRT}}|white}} Vaughan Mills/Wonderland
| 15= {{rint|york|blue}} [[Viva Blue]]
}}
{{Collapsible list
  |framestyle=border:none; padding:0; <!--Hides borders and improves row spacing-->
  |title= {{rint|gotransit|bus}} [[GO Transit bus services|GO buses]]
| 1= {{RouteBox|19||#{{rcr|GO Transit|Milton}}|white}} Mississauga/North York
| 2= {{RouteBox|27||#{{rcr|GO Transit|Milton}}|white}} Milton/North York 
| 3= {{RouteBox|32||#{{rcr|GO Transit|Kitchener}}|white}} Brampton Trinity Common/North York 
| 5= {{RouteBox|67||#{{rcr|GO Transit|Barrie}}|white}} Keswick/North York 
| 6= {{RouteBox|92A||#{{rcr|GO Transit|Lakeshore East}}|white}} Oshawa/Yorkdale 
| 7= {{RouteBox|96||#{{rcr|GO Transit|Lakeshore East}}|white}} Oshawa/Finch Express 
}}
| parking            = 1,683 paid spaces
| bicycle            = Yes
| baggage_check      = 
| opened             = 1974
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 2005
| electrified        = 
| accessible         = Yes
| code               = {{GO Transit code|00736}}
| zone               = GO Transit Zone 5
| former             = 
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'''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 station|Finch subway station]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gotransit.com/publicroot/en/travelling/stations.aspx?station=FNCH |title=Finch GO Bus Terminal |work=Stations and stops |publisher=GO Transit |access-date=April 29, 2015}}</ref> The station facilities, constructed by GO Transit, are within a major east-west electricity transmission corridor owned by [[Hydro One|Hydro One Networks]].

Transit agencies that use the terminal are [[GO Transit]] and [[York Region Transit]]/[[Viva Rapid Transit|Viva]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Facilities|url=http://www.yorkregiontransit.com/en/aboutus/ourfacilities.asp|website=York Region Transit/Viva|access-date=2 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140417200342/http://www.yorkregiontransit.com/en/aboutus/ourfacilities.asp|archive-date=17 April 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The terminal was built by the [[Toronto Transit Commission]] in 1974, and was acquired by the [[Toronto Area Transportation Operating Authority]] in March 1977.<ref name="TATOA">{{cite news|url=http://news.ourontario.ca/newmarket/2436482/page/10|title=TATOA to get Finch terminal|newspaper=The Era|date=2 March 1977 |page= B02 |access-date=29 April 2015}}</ref>

An elevator and new platforms were added in mid-2005 to accommodate [[Viva Rapid Transit|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== 
[[File:Finch Bus Terminal 4489741855.jpg|thumb|right|Viva, GO and YRT buses]]
[[York Region Transit|YRT]], which also operates the [[Viva Rapid Transit|Viva]] [[bus rapid transit]] routes, as well as [[Toronto Transit Commission|TTC]], and [[GO Transit]] routes, connect to the terminal.

{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Agency
! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Type
! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Colour
|-
| rowspan="3" | York Region Transit
| BRT
! style="font-weight: bold; background:white; text-align: center" | {{rail-interchange|york|viva}}
|-
| Regular
! style="font-weight: bold; background:#87CEFA; text-align: center" | 2
|-
| Express
! style="font-weight: bold; background:#F4A460; text-align: center" | 300
|-
| GO Transit
| Regular
! style="font-weight: bold; background:#7CFC00; text-align: center" | 19A
|}

===York Region Transit===
{| class="wikitable"
! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Platform number
! colspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Route
! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Direction
! style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | Destination
|-
! 1
| colspan="4" | Unused
|-
! 2
| style="font-weight: bold; background:; text-align: center" | {{rail-interchange|york|blue}}
| [[Viva Blue]] 
! style="text-align: center;" | NB
| [[Newmarket GO Bus Terminal]]<br><small>via Richmond Hill Centre Terminal</small><br> 
|-
! 12
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#87CEFA; text-align: center" | 2
| Milliken
! style="text-align: center;" | EB
| Denison and Markham Road <br> [[Cornell Terminal]] <small>(weekends only)</small>
|-
! 14
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#87CEFA; text-align: center" | 5
| Clark
! style="text-align: center;" | WB
| Clark and Dufferin
|-
! 16
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#87CEFA; text-align: center" | 23
| Thornhill Woods
! style="text-align: center;" | NB
| Teston Road and Via Romano
|-
! 10
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#87CEFA; text-align: center" | 77
| Highway 7
! style="text-align: center;" | WB
| Queen and Highway 50
|-
! 15
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#87CEFA; text-align: center" | 88
| Bathurst
! style="text-align: center;" | NB
| [[Seneca College#King Campus|Seneca College King Campus]]
|-
! 3
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#87CEFA; text-align: center" | 91/91A
| Bayview
! style="text-align: center;" | NB
| Bayview and Major Mackenzie
|-
! rowspan="2" | 8
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#87CEFA; text-align: center" | 98
| rowspan="2" | Yonge
! rowspan="2" style="text-align: center;" | NB
| rowspan="2" | Newmarket GO Bus Terminal
|-
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#87CEFA; text-align: center" | 99
|-
! rowspan="6" | 11
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#F4A460; text-align: center" | 300
| Business Express
! style="text-align: center;" | EB
| Clegg Road and Rodick Road<br><small>via Seneca College Markham Campus</small><br>
|-
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#F4A460; text-align: center" | 301
| Markham Express
! style="text-align: center;" | EB
| [[Mount Joy GO Station]]<br><small>via [[Markham GO Station]]</small><br>
|-
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#F4A460; text-align: center" | 302
| Unionville Express
! style="text-align: center;" | NB
| Warden Avenue and Baycliffe Road
|-
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#F4A460; text-align: center" | 303
| Bur Oak Express
! style="text-align: center;" | EB
| Mount Joy GO Station<br><small>via [[Markham-Stouffville Hospital]]</small><br>
|-
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#F4A460; text-align: center" | 304
| Mount Joy Express
! style="text-align: center;" | EB
| Mount Joy GO Station<br><small>via Enterprise Boulevard</small><br>
|-
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#F4A460; text-align: center" | 305
| Box Grove Express
! style="text-align: center;" | EB
| Markham Road and Highway 407<br><small>via Donald Cousens Parkway</small><br>
|-
! 16
| style="font-weight: bold; background:#F4A460; text-align: center" | 360
| Vaughan Mills/Wonderland
! style="text-align: center;" | NB
| [[Canada's Wonderland]]<br><small>via Richmond Hill Centre Terminal<br>via [[Vaughan Mills]]</small>
|-
! 13
| colspan="4" rowspan="2" | Dropoffs Only
|-
! 18
|}

===GO Transit===
{|class="wikitable"
!style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold;"|Platform Number
!colspan="2" "text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"|Route
!style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold;"|Direction
!style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold;"|Destination
!style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold;"|Destination
!style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold;"|Destination
!style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold;"|Destination
!style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold;"|Destination
!style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold;"|Destination
!style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold;"|Destination
|-
!rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;"|4
|style="text-align:center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|19
|rowspan="2"|Mississauga-North York
!rowspan="2" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"|WB
|Yonge Street and Sheppard
|[[Yorkdale Bus Terminal]]
|Keele Street and Highway 401
|[[Renforth station|Renforth]]
|[[Dixie station (MiWay)|Dixie]]
|[[Square One Bus Terminal]]
|
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|19C
|Yonge Street and Sheppard
|[[Square One Bus Terminal]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|27
|rowspan="4"|Milton-North York
!rowspan="4" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | WB
|Yonge Street and Sheppard
|[[Yorkdale Bus Terminal]]
|Keele Street and Highway 401
|[[Meadowvale GO Station]]
|Meadowvale Town Centre
|[[Milton GO Station]]
|
|-
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;" | 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
|-
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;" | 27C
|Yonge Street and Sheppard
|Meadowvale GO
|Meadowvale Town Centre
|Milton GO
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;" | 27F
|Yonge Street and Sheppard
|Yorkdale Bus Terminal
|Keele Street and Highway 401
|Syntex Crt and Financial Dr
|Meadowvale GO
|
|
|-
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|67
|Keswick-North York
!style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"|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
|
|-
!rowspan="5" style="text-align: center;"|6
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|96
|rowspan="5" |Oshawa-Finch Express
!rowspan="5" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"|EB
|Yonge Street and Sheppard
|[[Ajax GO Station]]
|[[Whitby GO Station]]
|[[Oshawa GO Station]]
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|96B
|Yonge Street and Sheppard
|[[Scarborough Town Centre]]
|Ajax GO
|Whitby GO
|Oshawa GO
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|96C
|Yonge Street and Sheppard
|Ajax GO
| 
|
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|96D
|Yonge Street and Sheppard
|Whitby GO
|Oshawa GO
|
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|96E
|Yonge Street and Sheppard
|[[Scarborough Town Centre]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
!rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|9
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|32
|rowspan="3"|Brampton Trinity Common-North York
!rowspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;" | WB
|Yonge Street and Langstaff Road East
|[[Bramalea GO Station]]
|Williams and 410 GO Park and Ride
|[[Trinity Common Terminal|Trinity Commons Terminal]]
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;" | 32A
|Yonge Street and Langstaff Road East
|[[Bramalea GO Station]]
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|style="text-align: center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;" | 32B
|Yonge Street and Langstaff Road East
|[[Bramalea GO Station]]
|[[Bramalea Terminal]]
|
|
|
|
|-
!rowspan="3" style="text-align: center;"|Yonge Street and Hendon Ave.
|style="text-align:center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|32
|rowspan="3"|Brampton Trinity Common-North York
!rowspan="3" style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"|EB
|rowspan="3"|Yonge Street and Sheppard
|rowspan="3"|[[York Mills Station]]
|rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|32A
|-
|style="text-align:center; background:#7CFC00; font-weight: bold;"|32B
|}

===TTC===
''For Toronto Transit Commission bus connections, see the adjoining [[Finch station#Surface connections|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]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://safewaytours.net/casinobus.html |title=Safeway Tours - Fallsview Casino route |access-date=2012-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525112333/http://www.safewaytours.net/casinobus.html |archive-date=2013-05-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[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]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category-inline|Finch Bus Terminal}}
{{GO Station|FNCH}}

{{YRT Terminals}}
{{GO Transit}}

[[Category:GO Transit bus terminals]]
[[Category:York Region Transit Terminals]]
[[Category:Transport infrastructure completed in 1974]]
[[Category:1974 establishments in Ontario]]