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Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
General information
Location	8675 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°50′24″N 79°25′32″W / 43.84000°N 79.42556°W / 43.84000; -79.42556
Owned by	York Region Transit
Platforms	11
Bus operators	York Region Transit (Includes Viva) GO Transit
Connections	Langstaff GO Station
Construction
Parking	200 parking spaces
Bicycle facilities	3 racks
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: 00350
Fare zone	1
History
Opened	September 4, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-09-04)

Richmond Hill Centre Terminal is a York Region Transit, Viva, and GO Transit bus terminal in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Despite its name, the terminal is not located in downtown Richmond Hill, but is situated 4 km (2.5 miles) to the south at the city's southern limits, bordering Vaughan and Markham, near the connecting road that links the grade-separated Yonge Street and Highway 7 intersection. It opened on September 4, 2005. It is immediately west of the Langstaff GO train station, but is separated by the tracks. A pedestrian bridge over the tracks was opened in March 2008 to connect the bus terminal and the train station. Public washrooms were added to the terminal in December 2012.

Bus service

Platform assignments

All routes are YRT unless indicated otherwise.

• Platform 1: Viva Purple
• Platform 2: Viva Orange
• Platform 3: Viva Blue southbound
• Platform 4: Viva Blue northbound
• Platform 5: 1 Highway 7, 360 Vaughan Mills/Wonderland, Mobility On-Request
• Platform 6: 83 Trench, 87 Autumn Hill
• Platform 7: 91B Bayview, 99 Yonge southbound
• Platform 8: 86 Newkirk-Red Maple, 99 Yonge northbound
• Platform 9: GO Transit westbound 41: 407 West, 52-54-56: 407 East
• Platform 10: GO Transit 40: Hamilton/Richmond Hill Pearson Express to Hamilton GO Centre via Toronto Pearson International Airport and Square One Bus Terminal, 56 eastbound: 407 East
• Platform 11: GO Transit eastbound 41, 41B: 407 West, 52-54: 407 East

As of April 26, 2008, GO Transit commenced Airport Express GO Bus service directly from this terminal to Toronto Pearson International Airport, providing one arrival and departure in each of 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Travel time is approximately 20 minutes. This service was subsequently extended to Hamilton via Mississauga. In 2011, GO Transit moved all bus services (except route 61 Richmond Hill) from Langstaff GO Station to Richmond Hill Centre Terminal. Passengers using the GO Transit bus to Pearson Airport should check with York Region Transit before parking overnight in the parking lot. In September 2020, GO Transit extended route 45B to Richmond Hill Centre, which provides increased weekday frequencies to Unionville GO Station, Square One Bus Terminal while bypassing Toronto Pearson International Airport, and new access to Streetsville GO Station in Mississauga from Richmond Hill.

There are no sidewalks for pedestrian access to this terminal.

Subway extension proposal

Under the MoveOntario 2020 plan, the Yonge subway line will extend north from Finch Station to Richmond Hill Centre Terminal. In a 2012 concept design report, the subway station was located in a north-south orientation underneath the cinema and High Tech Road, with three options for integration with a bus terminal and the Langstaff GO station. In March 2021, after budget considerations, Metrolinx announced that the two northern-most stations, one at Highway 7 and another 400 metres (1,300 ft) further north at High Tech Road, would be built on the surface. From south of Highway 7, the extension would veer east away from Yonge Street to surface and then turn north along a railway corridor.

References

1. York Regional Transit facilities Archived January 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
2. YRT/Viva Bike Rack Locations
3. "Richmond Hill Centre Terminal" (PDF). York Region Transit. April 28, 2024.
4. ^ "407 West GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved September 30, 2024.
5. ^ "Oshawa/Oakville GO Bus Schedule" (PDF). Retrieved October 18, 2023.
6. Table 40: Hamilton/Richmond Hill GO Bus Schedule Archived December 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
7. ^ McCormick Ransom Corporation; Hatch Mott MacDonald (March 2012). "Yonge subway extension conceptual design services, Contract Y85-9: Conceptual Design Report" (PDF). Retrieved 24 July 2016.
8. Moore, Oliver (March 18, 2021). "Ontario scales back on proposed Yonge subway extension". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved March 18, 2021.

External links

• YRT/Viva: Richmond Hill Centre Terminal
• GO Transit: Richmond Hill Centre Bus Terminal

• York Region Transit Terminals
• Transport in Richmond Hill, Ontario
• Transport infrastructure completed in 2005
• 2005 establishments in Ontario
• GO Transit bus terminals