The City Centre Transit Terminal in

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, Canada is the main

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and

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for

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, the city's public transit system. The station is situated in

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at the northwest corner of

Square One Shopping Centre Square One Shopping Centre, or simply Square One, is a shopping mall located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest shopping centre in Ontario and the second largest shopping centre in Canada, after the West Edmonton Mall. It h ...

,Backgrounder: City Centre Transit Terminal Expansion
/ref> and buses using the terminal display "Square One" on their destination signs. Buses use the upper level, while access from the mall is on lower ground via crosswalk (no direct connection), where a

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and

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are located. Services provided on the upper level of the building include ticket sales, information booth, and lost and found, while washroom facilities and

transit police holding cells is located on the lower level. The terminal is accessible by both elevator and escalator. GO Transit's regional

Square One Bus Terminal Square One Bus Terminal is a GO Transit intercity bus terminal located in central Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is situated directly across Rathburn Road West from the Mississauga City Centre Transit Terminal (the main hub for local MiWay ...

is located directly north, across Rathburn Road, on Station Gate Road.

History

The terminal opened in November 1997, replacing an overcrowded loop on the southeast side of the mall. Seventy five percent of the cost of the $6.5 million project was covered by subsidies from the

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, with the balance of funds coming from the city's capital budget.History of Mississauga Transit City Centre Transit Terminal
Platforms were extended east along Rathburn Road in the mid to late 2000s. In 2015, public washrooms were renovated. In 2016, the bus terminal was closed except the building for repairs. Buses at that time had to be boarded along Rathburn Road.

Bus routes

Along with MiWay buses, the terminal is served by one

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route. All routes are wheelchair-accessible.

MiWay

Brampton Transit

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