York Mills GO Bus Terminal is located at 4023
Yonge Street
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Once the southernmost ...
, near the northeast corner of York Mills Road, in the
North York
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area of
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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. The terminal mainly supports
GO Transit
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's bus services east and west across the Highway 401 corridor and is adjacent to
York Mills station
York Mills is a subway station on Line 1 Yonge–University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 4015 Yonge Street at the intersection of Wilson Avenue and York Mills Road in the neighbourhood of Hoggs Hollow.
History
The stati ...
on the
Yonge-University-Spadina line of the
Toronto Subway
The Toronto subway is a rapid transit system serving Toronto and the neighbouring city of Vaughan in Ontario, Canada, operated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is a multimodal rail network consisting of three heavy-capacity rail li ...
.
Location
The bus station is on the ground floor of
York Mills Centre, Building 4, constructed by York-Trillium Development Group Limited in 1992. This space is part of the upper level of
York Mills
York Mills is a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is centred around Yonge Street and York Mills Road located in the district of North York. In 2010, it encompassed the fourth and seventh most affluent postal codes in Canada. It is ...
subway station and leased from the Toronto Transit Commission/City of Toronto, but is separate and distinct from the TTC facility that it is connected to. There is a height restriction that prevented use of GO Transit's
original fleet of
double-decker bus
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es on routes that serve York Mills Terminal until 'Super-Lo' models became available.
History
The area is part of historic
Hoggs Hollow where the first settler arrived in 1794. Originally it was called York Mills Village due to the development of the area around three mills. At the beginning of the 20th century, the valley began to develop a more residential nature. Surrounded by tall trees, steep hills and parkland, Hoggs Hollow has become one of Toronto's prime residential areas,
History of York Mills Centre
/ref> with a little more commercial development in recent years.
GO Transit bus routes
*19B Mississauga / North York Service
*27B Milton Hwy 401 Service
*32 Brampton Hwy. 407 Service
*33 Guelph Hwy. 410 Service
*36 Brampton via Hwy. 427 Express
*92 Oshawa/Yorkdale Service
See also
* York Mills (TTC)
*GO Transit
GO Transit is a regional public transit system serving the Greater Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. With its hub at Union Station in Toronto, GO Transit's green-and-white trains and buses serve a population of more than seven millio ...
References
External links
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York Mills Centre
{{GO Transit
GO Transit bus terminals
Transport infrastructure completed in 1992
1992 establishments in Ontario
North York