Bernard Terminal

Infobox YRT
station= Bernard Terminal

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caption=A vivabus at one of Bernard Terminal's platform
address= 10909 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill
type= Bus terminal
line= Viva Blue
nextstop= Elgin Mills (southbound, 0.6km) 19th-Gamble (northbound, 1.6km)
connections= 81 Inspiration 83 Trench 86 Wekdrick—Newkirk 98 Yonge North 99 Yonge South
multiride= No
opened=September 4, 2006

Bernard Terminal is a small bus station in York Region, Ontario, Canada, located at 11000 Yonge Street. It is on the west side of a mall on the southeast corner of Bernard Avenue and Yonge Street in the town of Richmond Hill, Ontario, one city block north of Elgin Mills Road East.

It replaced the previous bus loop at the north end of the Richmond Heights Centre, that was used after the former Toronto Transit Commission loop was replaced by GO Transit Yonge ‘C’ Buses in the 1970s, until the late 1990s.

The bus terminal land, formerly owned by the Town of Richmond Hill, was conveyed to York Region in 2005, since the responsibility for public transit now belonged to the Region. [ [http://www.york.ca/NR/rdonlyres/ud7snf6puuuizdlrpszfzv2gqq645eee7sdxwxbsbeeytxmaykwreubfqtkejjkt5yl7ivyvs3s44scmnstksgzzhd/rpt+3+cls+2.pdf Report No. 3, Item 2, of the Transit Committee Regional Council Meeting of March 31, 2005] ] It presently serves York Region Transit (YRT) routes 83 (Trench), 86 (Weldrick-Newkirk), 98 (Yonge North), and 99 (Yonge South), plus the recently-launched Viva Blue service; previously other routes served this stop, including the 84A and 84C Oak Ridges route.

During the first and second stages of Viva’s launch (launched on September 4, 2005, and October 16, 2005, respectively), Bernard Terminal served as the northernmost last stop of the Viva Blue line. On November 20, 2005, the line was extended northward to Newmarket Bus Terminal, relegating Bernard to a large intermediate stop.

The terminal consists of a series of partially covered platforms, Viva kiosk and fenced off driveway.

Bus service

Bernard is the terminus and division point for the 98 Yonge North and 99 Yonge South routes and during peak periods additional Viva Blue service to Finch also originates here. Regular Viva service, operating between Newmarket Bus Terminal and Finch Bus Terminal, stops on Yonge Street beside the terminal. Similarly the 83 Trench route has its stop on the south side of Bernard Avenue, north of the terminal. [ [http://www.yrt.ca/maps/richmondhill.asp Richmond Hill - route navigators and maps] ]

Platform assignments

Connections

*Platform 1: Unloading/layover only
*Platform 2: Viva Blue southbound (peak periods only)
*Platform 3: 86 Weldrick-Newkirk
*Platform 4: 81 Inspiration
*Platform 5: 98 Yonge North
*Platform 6: 99 Yonge South

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