Oshawa Bus Terminal was a bus terminal located at 47 Bond Street West in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. The building is owned by the City of Oshawa and incorporates a multi-storey municipal parking lot;[2] it no longer serves buses.[1] City Council has adopted, in principle, the Downtown Action Plan, July 2005, which recommended that the bus terminal functions should be relocated from this priority development site.[3]
Oshawa Bus Terminal | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | 47 Bond Street West Oshawa, Ontario Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°53′52″N 78°51′56″W / 43.89778°N 78.86556°W |
| Owned by | City of Oshawa |
| Bus operators | |
| Construction | |
| Bicycle facilities | Yes |
| Other information | |
| Station code | GO Transit: OSHW |
| Fare zone | 94 |
| History | |
| Closed | September 5, 2020[1] |
On November 2, 2018, the Oshawa Bus Terminal partially shut down; ticket booths, the waiting room and washrooms were closed indefinitely. GO Transit stopped selling tickets at the ticket booth on October 30 but tickets and Presto remained available via a vending machine. Ticket sales for Durham Region Transit ended after November 2. Greyhound Canada ended parcel delivery services at the terminal on October 31.[4]
Effective September 5, 2020, the bus terminal fully closed. GO Transit was the last user of the terminal. Instead of terminating at Oshawa Bus Terminal, GO routes 52 and 92 would use nearby street stops and would continue on to terminate at Oshawa GO Station instead of the downtown terminal.[1]
As this is the hometown of General Motors Canada, the bus terminal has murals of the auto industry decorating the face of the structure.[5] [6] Eight panels represent each of GM's corporate values: Heritage, Diversity, People, Innovation, Safety, Environment, Customer Enthusiasm and Quality.
Bus services
editSince September 5, 2020, none of the following bus services have used the terminal. All have on-street stops in the vicinity of the closed terminal.[1]
GO Transit
edit- Hwy 2 GO Bus Service (route 92) to Yorkdale Bus Terminal and Oshawa GO Station: The bus no longer stops inside the bus terminal as of September 5, 2020, and instead stops at Centre/Simcoe and Athol streets.[7]
- Hwy 407 East GO Bus Service (route 52) to Highway 407 Bus Terminal via Durham College/UOIT and to Oshawa GO Station: The bus no longer stops inside the bus terminal as of September 5, 2020, and instead stops at Centre/Simcoe and Athol streets.[8]
- Lakeshore East GO Train & Bus Service, from Oshawa GO Station to Courtice, Bowmanville and Newcastle (Note: this service operates on Bond Street and King Street, and does not enter the bus terminal) [9]
Durham Region Transit
editCustomers travelling within Durham Region can ride on GO Transit buses with a DRT ticket, pass, or transfer under the fare integration agreement. Local DRT bus routes operate on the adjoining street grid: Centre Street, Simcoe Street, Bond Street and King Street.[10]
- 401 / 401B / 401C Simcoe
- 402 King
- 405 / 405B Wilson
- 407 / 407C Ritson Colonel Sam
- 900 PULSE - Highway 2 BRT
TOK Coachlines
editTOK Coachlines (formerly Can-ar Coach Service) operates one route via Oshawa:
- Toronto-Oshawa-Lindsay-Haliburton boards on Centre Street between King and Bond Streets.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Final Days of the Oshawa Terminal". YouTube. Vanishing Underground. September 6, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
Metrolinx / Bus Stop Change / Starting Saturday, September 5 / GO buses will no longer stop at this terminal and will instead use street stops. Routes 52 and 92 will extend to Oshawa GO.
Quote is from a Metrolinx notice posted at the terminal; the video shows it at 1:49. - ^ "Municipal Parking, 2008 Operating Budget" (PDF). City of Oshawa. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- ^ "Downtown Oshawa Action Plan, July 2005" (PDF). City of Oshawa. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- ^ "Bus ticket booth closing for now". The Oshawa Express. October 30, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
- ^ "Mural on the north wall of the GO Bus Station". Archived from the original on 2006-08-22. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- ^ "Mural on the east wall of the GO Bus Station". Archived from the original on 2007-03-17. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- ^ GO Transit 51-52-54 Schedules
- ^ "GO Transit 92 Schedules" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-10-31. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ^ "Lakeshore East GO Train & Bus Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
- ^ "| Schedules & Route Maps". Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-07-11.
- ^ "Toronto – Lindsay – Haliburton" (PDF). TOK Coachlines. November 15, 2020. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
External links
edit- Final Days of the Oshawa Terminal on YouTube published on September 6, 2020