Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal is a regional and intercity bus terminal in

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, Ontario, Canada, located near its namesake rapid transit station on

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of the

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. It is served by

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buses. The terminal is near the

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shopping mall and the

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. Until 2022, Megabus (

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), and other private coach services used the terminal, but have moved to temporary on-street locations nearby due to subway construction. The original regional bus terminal opened in 1985 adjacent to the Line 3 station but was relocated to a temporary on-street terminal on Borough Drive starting October 1, 2022. Line 3 is expected to close permanently in 2023 and be replaced with TTC bus service until the Scarborough extension of

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opens for revenue service, expected in 2030. The TTC required more space to handle replacement buses and required GO Transit and intercity buses to vacate the original terminal. A new Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal is expected to be completed in 2030 east of Scarborough Town Centre as part of the planned new Scarborough Centre station. The future bus terminal will also be the western terminal of the proposed Durham–Scarborough bus rapid transit corridor.

Operators

GO Transit

* Hwy 407 East GO Bus service (route 41) between

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and Pickering GO Station via

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and

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at Scarborough *

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GO Bus service (route 92) via Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal and York Mills Bus Terminal *

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/ UOIT GO Bus service (route 93) * Oshawa/

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Express GO Bus service (route 96) via Whitby GO Station,

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, and Sheppard–Yonge station

Relocated services

The private inter-city bus lines operate nearby at on-street locations. * Megabus service to

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, and

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service to Kingston and Ottawa *

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– Ottawa

Terminal location

Original terminal (1985–2022)

Opened in 1985, the regional bus terminal was originally located adjacent to

Scarborough Centre station Scarborough Centre is a bus terminal station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, serving multiple bus routes of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and one Durham Region Transit (DRT) bus route. It was also a rapid transit station serving Line 3 Scarb ...

of the

. With the expected closure of Line 3 in 2023 and its replacement by TTC bus service until about 2030, the TTC needed the terminal space for its own buses. Thus, GO Transit and intercity buses had to vacate the original location so that the area could be reconfigured for more TTC buses. On October 1, 2022, the regional bus terminal was relocated to Borough Drive on the west side of Scarborough Town Centre.

Temporary terminal (2022–2030)

On October 1, 2022, a temporary on-street terminal opened, replacing the original bus terminal. The temporary terminal has six bus bays located on the east side of Borough Drive between Progress Avenue and Triton Road. The terminal location is near the west side of

shopping mall. TTC bus routes 21 Brimley and 43 Kennedy have stops within from the temporary terminal. This temporary terminal will be replaced by a future terminal expected to open in 2030.

Future terminal (from 2030)

A new Scarborough Centre Bus Terminal is expected to open in 2030 east of Scarborough Town Centre as part of the planned new Scarborough Centre station on the Scarborough extension of

. It will be adjacent to a new Scarborough Centre station, which will be located on the east side of McCowan Road, north of the Line 3 right-of-way next to the site of

McCowan station McCowan was a terminal station on Line 3 Scarborough of the Toronto subway. The closed station is located at 1275 McCowan Road, just north of Ellesmere Road at Bushby Drive/Town Centre Court. In February 2021, the Toronto Transit Commission ( ...

. The new bus terminal will also be the western terminal of the proposed Durham–Scarborough bus rapid transit corridor.

Nearby landmarks

Located in Scarborough's city centre, nearby landmarks include

shopping mall, the

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, the Canada Centre government offices, Consilium Place and the Scarborough

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References

External links

GO Transit page Scarborough Centre bus terminal
{{GO Transit Bus stations in Ontario GO Transit bus terminals Transport infrastructure completed in 1985 1985 establishments in Ontario Transport in Scarborough, Ontario