Location | 290 Borough Drive, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Coordinates | 43°46′28″N 79°15′28″W / 43.77444°N 79.25778°WCoordinates: 43°46′28″N 79°15′28″W / 43.77444°N 79.25778°W | ||||||||||
Platforms | side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | elevated | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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Opened | 22 March 1985 | ||||||||||
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Passengers (2015) | 24,630 | ||||||||||
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Scarborough Centre is a major rapid transit station and bus terminal in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving Line 3 Scarborough of the Toronto subway system and multiple bus routes of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). It is located north of Ellesmere Road between Brimley and McCowan Roads, just south of Highway 401. It is adjacent to the Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal, which is a station for GO Transit buses and other intercity coach services.
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.
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.
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. But amendments to the line's construction plan lead to the abandoning of that idea.