Scarborough subway extension

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The Scarborough subway extension (SSE) is an under-construction extension of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth northeast from its existing terminus at Kennedy station along McCowan Road to three new stations at Lawrence Avenue, Scarborough Centre, and Sheppard Avenue. It will replace Line 3 Scarborough (the Scarborough RT), which ran to Scarborough City Centre and closed in 2023. The extension is expected to open in 2033. It is part of the Toronto subway system. In the 2000s, proposals for the aging Scarborough RT included replacement with either a subway extension or light rail line, or refurbishing the line. The light rail proposal was part of then-mayor David Miller's Transit City plan. Following the plan's cancellation by Mayor Rob Ford, the project was instead included as part of the Eglinton Crosstown light rail project. This plan was cancelled by the Ontario government in 2013 in favour of a three-stop subway extension, which was reduced to one stop in 2016 before a new three-stop plan was announced...

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