DELAYED3 years late40% CONFIDENCEThe article says "reports suggest the project may not open until 2033", a year with no fixed day, so the pin sits at the end of 2033.[1]First promised for 12/31/2030; now 3 years later. Stated: Wikipedia's Line 2 article records that "When construction began, the projected completion date for the extension was 2030", while NOW Toronto reports from internal TTC emails that "reports suggest the project may not open until 2033".
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- Dec 31, 203340% CONFIDENCELow confidencefrom the source
Scarborough Subway Extension Opens on Line 2
The 7.8-kilometre extension carries Line 2 Bloor-Danforth east from Kennedy station to three new stops - Lawrence and McCowan, Scarborough Centre and a terminal at McCowan and Sheppard - replacing the Line 3 RT shut in 2023, and is projected to carry about 105,000 trips a day. Infrastructure Ontario values the stations, rail and systems contract alone at $5.7 billion.
- The Scarborough Subway Extension runs 7.8 km and adds three stations to TTC Line 2: Lawrence and McCowan, Scarborough Centre, and Sheppard and McCowan, "which will serve as the line's new eastern terminus"[1]
- The source gives no confirmed opening: "Despite the construction progress, there is still no official opening date for the project"[1]
- It reports that in May the Toronto Star said internal TTC emails indicated the anticipated opening had slipped from 2030 to 2033, "although neither Metrolinx nor the provincial government has officially confirmed that revised timeline" - so the pin's 2033 date rests on an unconfirmed report rather than an announced date[1]
- Tunnelling, begun in 2023, is "now more than 75 per cent complete", and Metrolinx and the Ontario government announced that progress the week before the report[1]
- Major construction has begun at the future Lawrence and McCowan Station near Lawrence Avenue East and McCowan Road, with piling and excavation under way; it is the second of the three new stations to enter major construction, after Scarborough Centre "last year"[1]
- Lawrence and McCowan is expected to serve more than 5,000 riders and accommodate more than 4,000 transfers during rush hour, with a bus terminal connecting to express routes on Lawrence Avenue[1]
- Once complete, the province estimates the extension "will support approximately 105,000 daily trips while placing an additional 38,000 residents and 34,000 jobs within a 10-minute walk of rapid transit"[1]
- It replaces the Scarborough RT, which closed permanently in 2023 after a derailment; the replacement express buses are expected to move onto a dedicated busway along the former RT corridor when it opens in 2027[1]
- The pin's $5.7 billion Infrastructure Ontario figure for the stations, rail and systems contract does not appear anywhere in the source[1]
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- [1]40%nowtoronto.com/news/scarborough-subway-extension-75-percent-tunnellingnowtoronto.com· Posted Sep 20, 2026· Starts Dec 31, 2033 ✓· 100% of score
The article says "reports suggest the project may not open until 2033", a year with no fixed day, so the pin sits at the end of 2033.
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