Toronto Bus Terminal
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The Toronto Bus Terminal or Toronto Coach Terminal, located at 610 Bay Street (just north of Dundas Street), is a terminal in downtown Toronto for inter-city bus lines. It is one block west of Dundas subway station, and connected to it underground via the PATH network. It is also about the same distance from St. Patrick station. The bus platforms are located on the north side of the building on Edward Street, and a small side entrance is on the west side of the building on Elizabeth Street, connected to the main concourse area on Bay Street by a corridor behind the bus platforms.
An annex is located to the west of the main terminal building on Elizabeth Street and houses buses using the terminal.
The terminal is owned by the Toronto Transit Commission as the sole shareholder of the provincially incorporated business called Toronto Coach Terminal Incorporated.
[edit] History
Built in the 1930s, the Art-Deco style terminal was home base for then-TTC-owned interurban bus service or Gray Coach. The terminal consists of two buildings, the main one on the east side of Elizabeth Street.
Nearby landmarks include the Toronto Eaton Centre, the Atrium on Bay, the Hospital for Sick Children, and the Toronto City Hall and Nathan Phillips Square. It is also within walking distance to Chinatown.
The terminal is a two-storey-high historic building. Around 1990, the building was renovated by demolishing the internal walls, keeping the external walls intact—a process known as facadism.
Unlike TTC bus terminals, the terminal has the form of a traditional bus terminal, with traditional, clearly numbered separate bus platforms for each bus route.
There are three other bus terminals in Toronto:
- Scarborough Town Centre Bus Terminal
- Yorkdale
- Union Station GO Bus Terminal
- Toronto Bus Terminal
