The York University Busway is a bus-only roadway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which stretches 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) from Finch West subway station to Dufferin Street.
After the opening of the northern extension of the Line 1 subway on December 17, 2017,[1] route 196 was discontinued and the other segments of bus infrastructure were repurposed.
During construction, it was discovered that a gas pipeline was closer to the surface than had been thought, so the busway in the hydro corridor had to be redesigned to accommodate it.
[2] This caused it to be delayed, and the only part that was open for the fourth-quarter 2009 school term was the busway within York University, which started operation on September 6, 2009.
[10] In 2016, the portion of the busway between Keele Street and Tangiers Road was closed and demolished to make way for the parking lot of the new Finch West station.
[12] The portion of busway between York Boulevard and The Pond Road was closed in mid-2018 to allow the expansion of Seymour Schulich Building.
The York University Busway consists of a single lane in each direction with concrete Ontario Tall Wall barriers along the side.
To facilitate left turns from the curbside bus lanes on Dufferin Street onto the hydro corridor busway, there is a jughandle controlled by traffic signals.