The Barrie Bus Terminal, also called the Barrie Transit Terminal or Barrie Bus Depot, is an intercity and municipal

bus station A bus station or a bus interchange is a structure where city or intercity buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. While the term bus depot can also be used to refer to a bus station, it generally refers to a bus garage. A bus station is ...

Barrie Barrie is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada, about north of Toronto. The city is within Simcoe County and located along the shores of Kempenfelt Bay, the western arm of Lake Simcoe. Although physically in Simcoe County, Barrie is politically ...

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, Canada. It serves as one of five hubs for the local

Barrie Transit Barrie Transit is a Canadian public transport agency serving the city of Barrie. Daily operation of Specialized Transit (formally known as BACTS) is provided under contract by MVT Canadian Bus. Hubs Barrie Bus Terminal Other hubs Georgian ...

system as well as the city's stop on intercity bus routes operated by

GO Transit GO Transit is a regional public transit system serving the Greater Golden Horseshoe region of Ontario, Canada. With its hub at Union Station in Toronto, GO Transit's green-and-white trains and buses serve a population of more than seven millio ...

, and

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. The terminal was built in 1991 to replace the old terminal across the street built in 1956. The building also houses some administration offices for Barrie Transit. On January 23, 2017, the Barrie City Council unanimously approved plans to turn the terminal building into a public market to attract tourists and residents to the city's waterfront. Local bus services will continue to use the building as a hub with new platforms built closer to the street, but all intercity bus services will be relocated to the nearby

Allandale Waterfront GO Station Allandale Waterfront GO Station was built just south of Allandale Station, a historic train station that occupies a large property on the southern shore of Lake Simcoe in the waterfront area of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. The current station and fo ...

. Construction of this project has yet to begin; the new Allandale hub is expected to open in spring 2023.

Platform assignments

*Platform 1: 1A Georgian Mall - Northbound, 1B Welham - Southbound *Platform 2: 7A Grove - Northbound, 8B Essa - Southbound *Platform 3: 100A Red Express - Clockwise, 100B Blue Express - Counter Clockwise, 100C Red Express - Clockwise, 100D Blue Express - Counter Clockwise *Platform 4: 4A East Bayfield - Northbound, 4B South Go - Southbound *Platform 5: 5A Edgehill - Westbound, 8B Crosstown - Northbound *Platform 6: 6A Letitia - Clockwise *Platform 7: 3B Painswick - Southbound, 6B College - Counter Clockwise *Platform 8: 2B Park Place - Southbound, 8A RVH - Northbound *Platform 9-12: Intercity Buses *Platform 13: 7B Bear Creek - Southbound, 8A Yonge - Southbound

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{{Barrie 1956 establishments in Ontario Buildings and structures in Barrie Bus stations in Ontario GO Transit bus terminals Transport in Barrie Transport infrastructure completed in 1956