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Brampton Gateway Terminal

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Owned by
  
City of Brampton

Disabled access
  
Yes

Province
  
Ontario

Platforms in use
  
17

Bicycle facilities
  
bike rack/shelter

Opened
  
26 November 2012

Owner
  
Brampton

Brampton Gateway Terminal

Location
  
501 Main Street South, Brampton, Ontario, Canada

Bus operators
  
Brampton Transit & Züm MiWay

Structure type
  
terminal building/enclosed waiting area/concession kiosk

Address
  
Brampton, ON L6Y 1N6, Canada

Similar
  
Bramalea Terminal, Shoppers World Brampton, Mount Pleasant GO Station, Trinity Common Terminal, Shoppers World Terminal

Brampton gateway terminal opening evening november 26 2012


Brampton Gateway Terminal is a Brampton Transit bus station serving the south-central and western areas of Brampton, Ontario. It is located on the north-west corner of Steeles Avenue and Main Street adjoining the Shoppers World Brampton shopping centre. The terminal opened on 26 November 2012 to replace the Shoppers World Terminal on the south-west side of the shopping centre.

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History

In 2009, the manager of Land Use Policy recommended that, with the addition of Acceleride (later Züm) and a proposed Hurontario-Main Street LRT, there was a "demonstrated need" to move the terminal to the corner of Hurontario and Steeles. Such a move would allow less diversion time from the route to the station, and for a larger station.

As a stop on the potential LRT, the terminal is considered part of the Hurontario Higher Order Transit corridor. Expropriations were made to allow for the terminal to be moved; this stands in contrast to the previous location which was leased from Shoppers World Brampton. As of spring 2010, the terminal redesign and relocation was scheduled to coincide with the Zum Main Street launch in fall 2011; it was listed as a 2011 service initiative in the agency's 2011 Current and Capital Budget.

Contract 2011-095, for the construction of the new terminal, its amenities, plus road and intersection improvements was awarded to Graham Construction and Engineering. The lowest tender, the contract was worth $10,190,340. Earlier estimates presumed an $8.3 million cost. A City report placed the "higher actual costs" on a limited construction time-line and tendering the contract during the summer.

The terminal is on the proposed light rail corridor along Main and Hurontario, from the Brampton Downtown Terminal (including the Brampton GO Station) to Port Credit GO Station, passing the Cooksville GO Station.

Bus bay assignments

This terminal has 15 bus bays with several of them being on the streets.

References

Brampton Gateway Terminal Wikipedia