SSE Scarborough Centre Platform Rendering

Scarborough Subway Extension

Extending Line 2 subway service 7.8 km farther into the heart of Scarborough.

Overview

The Scarborough Subway Extension will bring the TTC’s Line 2 subway service nearly eight kilometres farther into Scarborough.

It will extend from Kennedy Station to Sheppard Avenue and McCowan Road, providing quick and seamless transit for those heading into and out of the downtown core and those travelling within Scarborough. The extension will replace Line 3 (the Scarborough RT), helping to reduce travel times and improve access to jobs, schools and other key destinations throughout the city.

Project map

SSE Map English

Key facts

Number of stations

Three

Connections to other transit options

Up to six

  • One GO Train line - Stouffville
  • Up to two local rapid transit lines - Line 5 (Eglinton Crosstown); planned connection to future Sheppard Subway Extension
  • Three bus services - GO Transit, Durham Region Transit and TTC buses

Route length

7.8 km

Ridership

105,000 daily boardings

Increase in transit use

52,000 daily boarding by new users

Improved access to transit

38,000 more people within walking distance to transit

Improved access to jobs

34,000 more jobs within walking distance to transit

Yearly reductions in greenhouse gas emissions

10,000 tonnes

In the news

Tunnelling begins on Scarborough Subway Extension

Jan. 18, 2023

Tunnelling is officially underway on Scarborough’s 7.8-km subway extension. [Read more]


Partner selected for Scarborough Subway Extension stations

Dec. 5, 2022

Development partner selected to help design remaining parts of 7.8-km subway extension. [Read more]


Part of Eglinton to be realigned for Scarborough Subway work

Aug. 14, 2022

Metrolinx keeps people moving at Eglinton & Midland during Scarborough Subway Extension construction. [Read more]


Find more updates on Discover.

Milestones

  • Preliminary Design Business Case released

    February 2020

  • Procurement begins for tunnelling contract

    March 2020

  • Tunnel contract awarded

    May 2021

  • Groundbreaking at launch shaft site

    June 2021

  • Procurement begins for stations, rail and systems contract

    September 2021

  • Development partner selected for stations, rail and systems contract

    November 2022

  • Tunnelling begins

    January 2023

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Land Acknowledgement

Metrolinx acknowledges that it operates on lands that have been, and continue to be, home to many Indigenous Peoples including the Anishnabeg, the Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat peoples. We are all Treaty people. Many of us have come here as settlers, as immigrants or involuntarily as part of the trans-Atlantic slave trade, in this generation, or generations past. We acknowledge the historic and continued impacts of colonization and the need to work towards meaningful reconciliation with the original caretakers of this land. We acknowledge that Metrolinx operates on territories and lands covered by many treaties that affirm and value the rights of Indigenous communities, Nations and Peoples. We understand the importance of working towards reconciliation with the original caretakers of this land. At Metrolinx, we will conduct business in a manner that is built on a foundation of trust, respect and collaboration.