Kipling MiWay and GO Bus Terminal Waiting Area 2022

Kipling Bus Terminal is a regional bus terminal in

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, Ontario, Canada. The terminal serves

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and

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buses. It is owned by

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and is a part of the Kipling Transit Hub, a Metrolinx mobility hub, together with

Kipling station Kipling is the western terminus station of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway system. The station is served by buses and subway trains operated by the Toronto Transit Commission and is adjacent to the Kipling GO Station on the Milton ...

and

Kipling GO Station Kipling GO Station is a GO Transit railway station along the Milton line rail corridor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 27 St. Albans Road in the Islington-City Centre West neighbourhood of Toronto (formerly Etobicoke), near Dunda ...

. The terminal first opened on January 4, 2021, replacing the former MiWay bus connection to the

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subway at Islington station.

History

Before the construction of the Kipling Bus Terminal,

buses connected with the

subway connection at Islington station. After opening, all MiWay bus routes where adjusted to service the terminal, with the exception of route 26 Burnhamthorpe. In December 2007, a draft memorandum of understanding was created between the

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, the

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, and

Mississauga Transit MiWay (; stylized MiWay), also known as Mississauga Transit and originally as Mississauga Transit Systems, is the municipal public transport agency serving Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and is responsible to the city's Transportation and Wor ...

for the construction of a new regional terminal at Kipling station. The memorandum was never signed, but the concept of a regional bus terminal at Kipling station remained. In May 2016, a new memorandum of understanding was signed for the construction of the terminal on top of an existing commuter parking lot. On November 30, 2016, a

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was issued by

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for the construction of the terminal. This was followed by a request for proposal on April 3, 2017; on March 22, 2018,

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Infrastructure Transit was awarded the 73 million contract to design, build, and finance the terminal. Kipling Regional Bus Terminal

Construction lasted from April 13, 2018, to December 29, 2020. On January 4, 2021, service began at the terminal when all MiWay bus routes serving Islington station where adjusted to serve the terminal instead, with the exception of route 26 Burnhamthorpe. GO Transit did not serve the terminal until September 2021, when

bus route 29, which operated between

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and

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, was extended to the terminal. On February 26, 2024, the One Fare program, a GTHA-wide fare integration program, was implemented. The program allows free or discounted transfers between TTC, GO Transit and MiWay for riders paying with a

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, credit, or debit card within a two-hour window (or within a three-hour if GO Transit is used). The regional terminal was kept outside of TTC's Kipling station fare-paid area as free or discounted card transfers need to be recorded for the province to reimburse local transit agencies, as well as for enforcing payment of double fares for customers ineligible to receive free or discounted transfers with other transit agencies.

Features and location

Kipling Go Station Tunnel to Kipling TTC 2022

The terminal is located at the south end of Subway Crescent, southeast of both Kipling station and the intersection of

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and

Kipling Avenue Kipling Avenue is a street in the cities of Toronto and Vaughan, Ontario, Vaughan in Ontario, Canada. It is a concession road, 6 concessions (12 km) west from Yonge Street, and is a major north–south arterial road. It consists of thre ...

. It consists of 16 bays, with 4 being used by GO Transit and the remaining 12 by MiWay. It is connected to Kipling GO Station through an elevated pedestrian bridge to the south and to Kipling station via an underground tunnel to the northeast. These connections form the Kipling Transit Hub, a Metrolinx mobility hub which aims to provide a seamless connection between the three facilities.

Services

MiWay

All MiWay routes are wheelchair accessible and the following serve the terminal:

GO Transit

the terminal is served by two GO Transit bus routes:

References

External links

{{GO Transit GO Transit bus terminals 2021 establishments in Ontario Bus stations in Ontario Transport infrastructure completed in 2021 Transport in Etobicoke MiWay