Newmarket Bus Terminal

Newmarket Bus Terminal

Location	320 Eagle Street West Newmarket, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	44°03′10″N 79°29′11.4″W / 44.05278°N 79.486500°W / 44.05278; -79.486500Coordinates: 44°03′10″N 79°29′11.4″W / 44.05278°N 79.486500°W / 44.05278; -79.486500
Owned by	Metrolinx
Platforms	11
Bus operators	GO Bus York Region Transit Blue Yellow
Construction
Structure type	Waiting room and public washrooms
Parking	447 spaces
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: NMKT
Fare zone	64
History
Opened	8 September 1970

Newmarket Terminal is a bus terminal in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada located at 320 Eagle Street West at the intersection of Eagle Street West and Davis Drive. The facility has 447 parking spaces.^[1] The Newmarket GO Train Station is located at Davis Drive about two kilometres to the east.

The Newmarket Terminal includes a convenience store in its interior facility providing various amenities for transit riders. It is also one of the facilities where MultiRide (10 tickets) and monthly passes for York Region Transit/Viva are available.

History

In 1969, planning for commuter services resulted in the establishment of a bus terminal in Newmarket in 1970, from which commuters would be taken to the Richmond Hill GO Station to commute to Toronto.^[2] It was one of four terminals in the "GO North" commuter services expansion of GO Transit, the other three being located in Barrie, Aurora, and Richmond Hill.^[3] In May 1970, the government of Ontario announced that the terminal would provide bus service only, instead of the commuter rail service originally planned for "GO North" service.^[3]

It was originally built by GO Transit as the northern terminal for its "B" service on Yonge Street, and as the southern terminal of its services to Barrie. On 22 April 1970, GO Transit announced that the intersection of Yonge Street and Davis Drive would be the site of the terminal.^[4] That site would use the original auto dealership as its headquarters, and GO Transit began operations at the site on 8 September 1970.^[5]

The terminal was moved to its present location in the 1980s. The building and grounds were upgraded in 2005 and 2006, and are now shared by GO Transit and YRT/Viva.

The first bus service picked up commuters at various stops in Newmarket before departing southbound from the terminal, and made stops in Aurora, Oak Ridges, Richmond Hill.^[6] In Toronto, passengers could disembark at the Eglinton TTC subway station, the Toronto Coach Terminal, or Union Station.^[6]

In March 1971, GO Transit began operating a "Shopper's Special" bus on weekdays and Saturdays, leaving the terminal in the morning and making stops in Aurora, King City, Maple, and by passenger request at other locations, with two final stops at the Toronto Coach Terminal and Union Station.^[7] For the afternoon return trip, passengers were required to board at the Toronto Coach Terminal or Union Station.^[7]

On November 20, 2005, Viva Blue was added to this terminal as part of the northern extension of the line during Viva Phase 3 and the north terminus. 10 years later, on November 29, 2015, Viva Yellow was implemented making this terminal the west terminus of the line.

Bus service

York Region Transit (YRT), Viva, and GO Transit routes connect to this terminal.

Platform assignments

All routes are YRT unless indicated otherwise.

Platform 1: 65 East Gwillimbury (GO)
Platform 2: 65 Union Station (GO)
Platform 3: 66/66A Yorkdale (GO)
Platform 4: 68 Bradford/Barrie (GO)
Platform 5: 52 Holland Landing, 55/55B Davis Drive, 430 Sacred Heart High School Special
Platform 6: 44 Bristol, 98/98E Yonge, 98/99 Yonge
Platform 7: 57/57A Mulock, 420 Newmarket High School Special, 520/521 Newmarket Community Bus
Platform 8: 56 Gorham-Eagle
Platform 9: Viva Blue southbound
Platform 10: Viva Yellow eastbound
Platform 11: 22A King City, 50 Queensway

References

↑ "Newmarket GO Bus Terminal— BUS TERMINAL". GO Transit. Retrieved 1 November 2012.
↑ "Authority wants buses off Main St., terminal may move out to plaza". The Era. 3 December 1969. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
1 2 "GO buses—but no trains". The Era. 6 May 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
↑ "News highlights of the year 1970". The Era. 30 December 1970.
↑ "GO Transit bus unveiled". The Era. 12 August 1970. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
1 2 GO Transit (7 October 1970), GO grows, The Era, retrieved 29 April 2015
1 2 "Shopper's Special". The Era. 10 March 1971. Retrieved 29 April 2015.

External links

Media related to Newmarket Bus Terminal at Wikimedia Commons

GO Transit station page for Newmarket Bus Terminal

Newmarket, Ontario

Municipality	Newmarket Bogarttown Regional Municipality of York

Business and services	Newmarket Public Library Southlake Regional Health Centre Upper Canada Mall

Education	Public: Dr. John M. Denison Secondary School Huron Heights Secondary School Newmarket High School Sacred Heart Catholic High School (Newmarket) Sir William Mulock Secondary School Private: Pickering College

Government	List of mayors Old Newmarket Town Hall and Courthouse Electoral districts: Newmarket—Aurora (federal, provincial) Defunct: Durham—York York—Peel

Transportation	Newmarket Transit (now part of York Region Transit) Newmarket GO Station Newmarket Bus Terminal Ontario Highway 404

Sport	Ray Twinney Complex Newmarket Hurricanes Newmarket Royals Newmarket Saints (OHL) Newmarket Saints (OLA)

Town People

York Region Transit / Viva

Routes	Viva Blue Viva Green Viva Orange Viva Pink Viva Purple Viva Yellow Viva Silver

Terminals	Bernard Cornell Don Mills Downsview Finch Markville Mall Newmarket Promenade Richmond Hill Centre Pioneer Village Vaughan Mills Vaughan Metropolitan Centre Wonderland York University Markham Stouffville Hospital Unionville GO

Rapidways	Davis Drive Green Lane Highway 7 Yonge Street Rapidway

GO Transit

Lakeshore West line	Union Exhibition Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation ^† Grimsby ^† St. Catharines ^‡ Niagara Falls ^‡

Milton line	Union Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton

Kitchener line	Union Liberty Village ^† Bloor St Clair ^† Mount Dennis ^† Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Breslau ^† Kitchener (Kitchener Central ^†)

Barrie line	Union Spadina ^† Lansdowne ^† Caledonia ^† York University (Downsview Park ^†) Rutherford Maple Kirby ^† King City Aurora Mulock ^† Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Innisfil ^† Barrie South Allandale Waterfront

Richmond Hill line	Union Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley Bloomington ^†

Stouffville line	Union Danforth Kennedy Lawrence East ^† Agincourt Finch East ^† Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Lincolnville

Lakeshore East line	Union Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners ^† Oshawa Central ^† Darlington ^† Bowmanville ^†

Union Pearson Express	Union Bloor Weston Pearson Airport

Bus terminals	Ajax Barrie Bramalea Brampton Erin Mills Finch Kitchener McMaster Newmarket Oshawa Renforth Gateway ^† Richmond Hill Centre Scarborough Centre Square One Union Winston Churchill ^† Yorkdale York Mills

Miscellaneous	History Fares Park and ride Infrastructure Willowbrook Yard Bombardier BiLevel Coach MPI MP40PH-3C GO-ALRT Bus routes

See also	Metrolinx Presto card The Big Move

† - Future station ‡ - Limited excursion train service

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