Scarborough Centre (TTC)

Scarborough Centre
Location	290 Borough Drive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates	43°46′28″N 79°15′28″W / 43.77444°N 79.25778°W / 43.77444; -79.25778Coordinates: 43°46′28″N 79°15′28″W / 43.77444°N 79.25778°W / 43.77444; -79.25778
Platforms	side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses  9  Bellamy  16  McCowan  21  Brimley  38  Highland Creek  43B  Kennedy  129  McCowan North  130  Middlefield  131  Nugget  132  Milner  133  Neilson  134  Progress  169  Huntingwood  190  Scarborough Centre Rocket  199  Finch Rocket Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal
Construction
Structure type	elevated
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	22 March 1985
Traffic
Passengers (2014[1])	26,470
Services
Preceding station   TTC   Following station Midland toward Kennedy Scarborough McCowan Terminus

Scarborough Centre is a station on the Scarborough RT line of the Toronto subway and RT. It is located north of Ellesmere Road between Brimley and McCowan Roads, just south of Highway 401. It also houses the Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal.

History

Scarborough Centre station was opened in 1985 along with the rest of the Scarborough RT line. The station replaced a transit access to the Scarborough Town Centre shopping mall.

In 2000, this station became accessible with elevators.

Subway extension

The future of the station is still in question, as many proposals have been made about either the extension of the Bloor–Danforth line or a light rail transit replacement for the Scarborough RT.^[2]

The Toronto Transit Commission had planned to extend the Sheppard line south-east from its current terminus at Don Mills to Scarborough Centre. The 190 Rocket Express bus currently links the two stations, making limited stops along Sheppard Avenue. In March 2007, however, the TTC dropped this plan when it announced its Transit City proposal to build the Sheppard East LRT Line. The station was also to be part of the Eglinton Crosstown line.^[3][4] But amendments to the line's construction plan lead to the abandoning of that idea.

On September 4, 2013, the province of Ontario announced that it would fund two-thirds of the 6.4 km Bloor-Danforth line subway extension from Kennedy to Scarborough Centre, which would lead to the closure of the rest of the aging Scarborough RT line.^[5]

On January 21, 2016, city council revised the subway extension plan which would make only one additional stop along Line 2 (Bloor-Danforth Line), which is the Scarborough Centre stop and saving $1 billion that would be used to extend the LRT line along Eglinton from Kennedy station, towards the University of Toronto Scarborough campus.^[6]

Station description

Bus bays with the concourse and train platform levels above

The station is located north of Ellesmere Road, between Brimley and McCowan roads, south of the Scarborough Town Centre, and is built on three levels; the Scarborough RT is on the upper level, the mezzanine, and passenger entry from the mall and an automatic entrance from Brian Harrison Way is on the middle level (also where you pay fares to board RT), and the bus terminal and an automatic entrance from the Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal are at ground level. There is elevator access for all the TTC services, making this station fully accessible to anyone with disabilities.

Rapid transit infrastructure in the vicinity

East of the station, the RT tracks continue travelling east on an elevated bridge until it reaches McCowan station. West of the station, the RT tracks are on an elevated bridge which begins to descend after passing over Brimley Road. It continues to descend until it reaches Midland station.

Nearby landmarks

Located in Scarborough City Centre, nearby landmarks include the Scarborough Town Centre shopping mall, the Scarborough Civic Centre, Albert Campbell Square, the Canada Centre government offices, and the Scarborough YMCA.

Surface connections

Toronto Transit Commission

Scarborough Centre has the most surface routes (mostly operated from Malvern Division). A number of connecting buses serve the lower level, including TTC routes running into York Region like the 129A McCowan North.^[7] The TTC routes that connect here are:

Other operators

Scarborough Centre station is also home to the Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal which is located directly east of the TTC bus platform. It is served by GO Transit, Greyhound, Coach Canada, and Can-ar.

References

External links

Media related to Scarborough Centre Station at Wikimedia Commons

• Scarborough Centre Station at the Toronto Transit Commission

Stations, stops and loops of the Toronto Transit Commission
Yonge–University	Finch North York Centre Sheppard–Yonge York Mills Lawrence Eglinton Davisville St. Clair Summerhill Rosedale Bloor–Yonge Wellesley College Dundas Queen King Union St. Andrew Osgoode St. Patrick Queen's Park Museum St. George Spadina Dupont St. Clair West Eglinton West (Cedarvale) Glencairn Lawrence West Yorkdale Wilson Downsview (Sheppard West) Downsview Park Finch West York University Pioneer Village Highway 407 Vaughan Metropolitan Centre
Bloor–Danforth	Kipling Islington Royal York Old Mill Jane Runnymede High Park Keele Dundas West Lansdowne Dufferin Ossington Christie Bathurst Spadina St. George Bay Bloor–Yonge Sherbourne Castle Frank Broadview Chester Pape Donlands Greenwood Coxwell Woodbine Main Street Victoria Park Warden Kennedy
Scarborough	Kennedy Lawrence East Ellesmere Midland Scarborough Centre McCowan
Sheppard	Sheppard–Yonge Bayview Bessarion Leslie Don Mills
Eglinton	Mount Dennis Keelesdale Caledonia Fairbank Oakwood Eglinton West (Cedarvale) Forest Hill Chaplin Oriole Park Eglinton Mount Pleasant Leaside Laird Sunnybrook Park Science Centre Aga Khan Park & Museum Wynford Sloane O'Connor Pharmacy Hakimi Lebovic Golden Mile Birchmount Ionview Kennedy
Streetcar system	Bingham Loop Distillery Loop Dufferin Loop Exhibition Loop Fleet Loop Gunns Loop High Park Loop Humber Loop Long Branch Loop McCaul Loop Neville Park Loop Queens Quay station
Italics indicate a project under construction