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McCowan
Station platform
General information
Location	1275 McCowan Road Toronto, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°46′29.7″N 79°15′06″W / 43.774917°N 79.25167°W / 43.774917; -79.25167
Platforms	Side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	TTC buses  9  Bellamy  16  McCowan  38  Highland Creek  129  McCowan North  130  Middlefield  131  Nugget  132  Milner  133  Neilson  134  Progress  169  Huntingwood  302   Kingston Rd - McCowan  913  Progress Express DRT
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	No
Other information
Website	Official station page
History
Opened	March 22, 1985 (1985-03-22)
Closed	July 24, 2023 (2023-07-24)
Passengers
2022	2,331
Rank	73 of 75 (2022)
Services
Preceding station Toronto Transit Commission Following station Scarborough Centretowards Kennedy Line 3 Scarborough Terminus
Location

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 (TTC) recommended the closure of Line 3 in November 2023 and its replacement by bus service until the completion of the Scarborough extension of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. However, this station permanently closed following a derailment on July 24, 2023, after which the TTC decided not to reopen Line 3 service.

Station description

The station structure was built on three levels: Line 3 was on the upper floor, an automatic entrance from the Consilium Place office complex via the Pedway pedestrian walkway was on the second floor, and the station entrance from McCowan Road with the collector and the concourse was on the lower floor. At the time of its closure, 15 TTC bus routes (13 daytime routes and 2 Blue Night routes) plus one Durham Region Transit bus route passed by McCowan station.

Rapid transit infrastructure in the vicinity

McCowan station was the terminus station of Line 3 and lay just west of McCowan Yard (completed in 1983), which stored and maintained Line 3's trains.

Trains used a double crossover before the station entrance, but only one side of the station was used. In earlier years both platforms were used for line-end and westbound trains, but the double crossover allowed eastbound trains to cross over to the westbound platform, making for a more efficient system. The eastbound track was used when taking trains out of service. This allowed the operator to ensure that the train was empty with no one boarding before bringing the train to McCowan Yard.

References

1. ^ Reporter, Lex Harvey Transportation (August 24, 2023). "TTC ends Scarborough RT service permanently". Toronto Star. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
2. Spurr, Ben; Pagliaro, Jennifer (February 4, 2021). "TTC recommends seven years of shuttle buses on Scarborough RT ahead of 2030 subway opening". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on February 4, 2021. Retrieved February 4, 2021.
3. "Toronto Transit Commission Report - Scarborough RT Strategic Plan" (PDF). Toronto Transit Commission. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved September 1, 2014. Subway Eliminates:McCowan, Midland and Ellesmere
4. "McCowan Station". Toronto Transit Commission. Archived from the original on August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

External links

• Media related to McCowan station at Wikimedia Commons
• Official station page

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