McCowan station


McCowan is a terminal station on Line 3 Scarborough of the Toronto subway. It is located at 1275 McCowan Road, just north of Ellesmere Road at Bushby Drive/Town Centre Court.
Both of the surface routes that pass the McCowan station also stop at Scarborough Centre station, located almost directly across McCowan Road, effectively leaving McCowan as a dead-end in the system.
The station is on three levels: Line 3 is on the upper floor, the automatic entrance from the Consilium Place office complex via the Pedway pedestrian walkway is on the second floor, and the station entrance from McCowan Road with the collector, and the concourse are on the lower floor.
A 2006 TTC staff report that recommended that the line should be upgraded using new-generation vehicles noted that the replacement of Line 3 by an extension of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth would involve the elimination of this station.

Rapid transit infrastructure in the vicinity

McCowan station is the terminus station of the Scarborough Rapid Transit line. Further east is McCowan Yard, which stores the line's trains when they are not in service and can perform basic maintenance. For more complicated work, however, they are carried to the larger Greenwood Yard, which must be done by truck since there is no direct track connection.
There is a double crossover before the station entrance, but only one side of the station is in use. In earlier years both platforms were used for line-end and westbound trains, but the double-crossover allows eastbound trains to cross over to the westbound platform, making for a more efficient system. The eastbound track is used when taking trains out of service. This allows the operator to ensure that the train will empty and no one will board before bringing the train to McCowan Yard.

Surface connections

A transfer is required to connect between the subway system and these surface routes:
TTC routes serving the station include :
RouteNameAdditional Information
9BellamyNorthbound to Scarborough Centre station and southbound to Warden station
129AMcCowan NorthSouthbound to Scarborough Centre station and Northbound to Major Mackenzie Drive
129BMcCowan NorthSouthbound to Scarborough Centre station and northbound to Steeles Avenue East
130AMiddlefieldSouthbound to Scarborough Centre station and northbound to Steeles Avenue East
130BMiddlefieldSouthbound to Scarborough Centre station and northbound to Steeles Avenue East via Maybrook Drive
131NuggetWestbound to Scarborough Centre station and eastbound to Old Finch Avenue and Morningview Trail
132MilnerSouthbound to Scarborough Centre station and northbound to McLevin Avenue and Hupfield Trail
134AProgressSouthbound to Scarborough Centre station and northbound to Finch Avenue East via Tapscott Road
134BProgressSouthbound to Scarborough Centre station and northbound to McNicoll Avenue via Tapscott Road
134CProgressWestbound to Scarborough Centre station and eastbound to Centennial College
169AHuntingwoodEastbound to Scarborough Centre station and westbound to Don Mills station via Van Horne Avenue
169BHuntingwoodEastbound to Scarborough Centre station and westbound to Don Mills station
913Progress ExpressWestbound to Scarborough Centre station and eastbound to Centennial College
302Kingston Road–McCowanBlue Night service; Northbound to Steeles Avenue East and southbound to Bingham Loop