Update — Tuesday, August 26, 6:49 a.m.: The TTC and City say they’re “on track” to open the busway, Wednesday, September 30.

Today, Friday, December 12, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, the chair of the Toronto Transit Commission, Councillor Jamaal Myers, and the TTC’s chief executive officer, Mandeep S. Lali, announced that the TTC and the City of Toronto are speeding up construction of the Scarborough Busway. The transit agency and City now expect buses to operate along the bus roadway by the end of September, 2026.

The TTC and City originally planned to complete the project in 2027. It will feature dedicated lanes and corridors to bypass regular traffic congestion, ensuring faster and more reliable travel times for passengers. The busway will replace service along the TTC’s Line 3 Scarborough. The transit agency ended service along Line 3 in 2023.

Since November 2023, the TTC has been operating an interim bus-replacement service with full transit priority measures — southbound along Midand Avenue and northbound along Kennedy Road — after the transit agency closed Line 3.

Buses will operate along about four kilometres of the former Line 3 right-of-way. The route starts at Kennedy Station, with buses stopping at Tara Avenue / Mooregate Avenue, Lawrence East Station and Ellesmere Station. From Ellesmere Station, buses will transition to priority bus lanes on Ellesmere Road to connect to Scarborough Town Centre.

The new bus corridor will provide transit riders with faster, more reliable travel options while Metrolinx works to extend Line 2 Bloor - Danforth to Sheppard Avenue East and McCowan Road. When the busway is open, the TTC and City expect that trips between Scarborough Centre and Kennedy stations will only require 15 minutes — seven minutes less than current trips.