The Sudbury Ontario Northland Bus Terminal (also known as the Ontario Northland Bus Depot or ONTC Terminal) is a

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and depot in Sudbury,

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. It is operated by the

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(ONTC) and is a stop on a number of

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intercity bus routes. The terminal consists of a single-storey structure situated at the intersection between the Kingsway, a major east-west arterial road in Sudbury, 2nd Avenue North, which leads south toward the residential neighbourhood of Minnow Lake, and Falconbridge Road, which leads northeast toward Garson. It lies to the east of

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, close to the Southeast Bypass.

History

The site of the terminal was formerly a

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dealership, but it has been redeveloped and now features an indoor waiting area, washrooms, a ticket desk, and an attached bus freight depot where parcels can be loaded and unloaded. Following the cancellation of many of its routes in

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announced in 2016 that it was closing its Sudbury bus terminal on Notre Dame Avenue and that existing Greyhound services would be relocated to the Ontario Northland terminal on the Kingsway. Ontario Northland responded to the service gap created by Greyhound Canada's cuts by instituting a new Ottawa–Sudbury route (schedules 670 and 680) in 2017, which was later extended to Hearst, restoring the Hearst service which was cut in 2015. In 2018,

announced a major service expansion west of Sudbury consisting of new routes servicing Sault Ste. Marie and

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, with Sudbury as the eastern terminus of both of these new routes. The service expansion increased passenger traffic at the terminal, with the new routes adding 15,000 new passenger trips in their first year to Ontario Northland, and making the Sudbury terminal a more important component in Northern Ontario's intercity transit network. Manitoulin Island service ended in 2019.

Services

Ontario Northland routes which stop at the terminal include: * Schedule 201-202 : Toronto – Barrie – Parry Sound – Sudbury * Schedule 401-402 : Sudbury – Timmins – Hearst * Schedule 501-502 : Sudbury – North Bay –

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* Schedule 503-504 : Sault Ste. Marie – Sudbury

services were suspended in 2020, and officially ended May 13, 2021.

Connections

Intercity Transport Hubs in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

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connections are available using the on-street bus stops on 2nd Avenue North. Route 12 connects the station to the Downtown Transit Centre, the primary hub for local buses in Greater Sudbury. The downtown Sudbury railway station is the other dedicated intercity transit hub in Sudbury, which serves as the eastern terminus of

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's Sudbury–White River train, but is a considerable distance away and requires a bus or taxi connection.

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, which is served by

's transcontinental passenger railway service, the ''

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'', is a moderate distance away, but is not served by GOVA buses.

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at the north end of Greater Sudbury is the ''Canadians next westbound stop after Sudbury Junction, and is served by GOVA buses.

References

External links

*{{official website, http://ontarionorthland.ca/en/station/sudbury Bus stations in Ontario Transport buildings and structures in Greater Sudbury Bus transport in Greater Sudbury