Kingston Bus Terminal is the inter-city

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, Canada.City of Kingston, Getting Around
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Kingston Transit Kingston Transit operates the transit service in Kingston, Ontario, Canada as well as to the neighbouring community of Amherstview, in Loyalist Township. Major transfer points are at the Kingston Centre, Downtown Kingston (at the corner of Bagot ...

head office and bus garage. This location is in the northern portion of Kingston near

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, the main highway across Southern Ontario. The terminal has 4 bays to handle 4 buses at a time. The station is open between 10:30 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. daily. Coq-O-Bec Rotisserie Chicken is located within the terminal, and there is a

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next door. Parking for cars is available at the front the building, and for buses to the rear. Local buses operating in the area of the terminal are

Routes 2, 7, and 16.https://www.cityofkingston.ca/documents/10180/8664501/MAP_AllRoutes-Sep15.pdf/119aa4ec-a273-4da0-a031-51d19a7e6952 The facility opened in 1992, replacing the old bus terminal located on Division Street south of the 401.

Bus services

Previous terminals

Colonial Coach Lines initially operated from a garage at Queen and Bagot streets in 1926. In 1931, a new terminal was built behind the Windsor Hotel at Princess and Montreal Streets. In 1947, the terminal moved to a new building off the

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at Bath Road and Princess, which included a restaurant and waiting room. In 1972, what was by then

Voyageur Colonial Bus Lines Voyageur Colonial Bus Lines, commonly called Voyageur Colonial or just Voyageur, was a Canadian intercity bus company that serves Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec, primarily the cities of Montreal, Ottawa and Kingston, Toronto. It has been ...

relocated to a terminal at Division Street just south of Counter, close to

. That building is now the Portuguese Cultural Centre.

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Bus services

Previous terminals

See also

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