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Pemberton Exit
Prior to the construction of the Pemberton Exit, all buses except the Finch Avenue routes travelled north on Yonge Street, and thus had to exit at the north end of the station. The number of such buses amounted to approximately 65 buses per hour during the morning rush period and 51 buses per hour during the afternoon rush period. The combination of the bus and car traffic volume resulted in significant delays and queues along Bishop Avenue as buses leaving the station had to make a left turn into heavy traffic and almost immediately reach the right hand curb to make the turn onto Yonge Street. In addition, the queue of exiting buses often backed up into the station loop, further congesting buses circulating within the station, as well as buses trying to enter the station at the same exit. In the morning rush hour, buses took an average of 1 minute and 58 seconds to travel the 40 metres from the station to Yonge Street, with some waiting up to 4 minutes.

To reduce the delays involving bus congestion, construction begain in April 2006 on the Pemberton Avenue Exit. On the western stub of Pemberton Avenue (see geography above) the metered parking was permanently removed (a new Toronto Parking Authority lot was relocated to the former private parking lot at the south-east corner of Yonge and Bishop), and the street was connected to the main loop of Finch station. When finally completed in January 2006, the street resumed two-way public traffic for access to the parking behind the commercial buildings; the connection to Finch Station became an alternate exit for buses headed northbound on Yonge Street (all buses except Finch Avenue buses). Tenants of buildings next to Finch station can also use the exit; a temporary ramp to the lot next to Scotiabank was added during construction, but has since been removed.

During construction, the work blocked part of the west side of the road loop, and as a result three of the routes' designated bus bays on the west platform were temporarily shifted south so that buses did not stop beside the construction and block the loop. When the construction was finished and the exit opened, the bus routes were reverted to their original bays.