McCowan Station is a rapid transit station operated by the Toronto Transit Commission in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located at 1275 McCowan Road, on the northeast corner of McCowan Road and Bushby Drive.
Station description
McCowan is a modest station. It had a set of doors facing McCowan directly underneath the SRT tracks. Inside is the collector's booth. North of the fare booth (leading into the unpaid area) is a door connecting to a covered walkway which connects to the west side of McCowan and highrise developments north and east of the station.
Inside the fare-paid area, the path splits into 2: the main passenger flow is up to the north, which leads to 2 long escalators (one up, one down) which leads up to the north platform, the one normally used for SRT service. The south one also heads up to the south platform, used for trains leaving service into nearby McCowan Yard. The south platform has one-way barriers preventing passengers from entering the platform, and contains only a staircase.
On the north platform, there is a small break room for drivers to use between trips, located near the west end.
There is an independent parking lot wrapping around Bushby Drive that is primarily used for SRT commuters.
History
McCowan station was one of the last stations to be built, as construction headed north and east from Kennedy. It opened with the rest of the line for revenue service. It's primary purpose was (and still is) to turn trains back west to Scarborough Centre and Kennedy stations. It also provides an alternative to Scarborough Centre, as passengers can claim a spot on the train before the large crowds waiting at Scarborough Centre Station get on.
Expansion plans will extend the SRT line past McCowan to Markham Road/Sheppard Avenue, meaning McCowan will not be used for turning back anymore. McCowan Yard will close, being replaced by a larger Bellamy Yard instead, as McCowan has no room for expansion. The nearby Bellamy Yard may mean the crossovers directly east and west of McCowan will cease to exist, as they have no real purpose.
Routes
Note that both these routes terminate at Scarborough Centre Station's bus terminal, so the connection with these routes is mostly useless.
Connections can be made to these buses at the corner of Bushby Drive/McCowan Road, near the station entrance.
Historical Line 3 Schedule
McCowan Station
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Scarborough
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Monday to Friday
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Saturday
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Sunday
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First Train westbound
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5:45am
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5:49am
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7:57am
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Last Train westbound
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1:16am
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1:16am
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1:16am
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Miscellaneous
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Vehicles
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Buses - Community Buses - Wheel-Trans - Streetcars - Subway - Rail Workcars - Support Vehicles
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Current Divisions
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Arrow Rd - Birchmount - Davisville - Eglinton - Greenwood - Hillcrest - Lakeshore - Leslie Barns - Malvern - McNicoll - Mount Dennis - Queensway - Roncesvalles - Russell - Wilson
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Former Divisions
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McCowan - Danforth - (Old) Eglinton - Lansdowne - St. Clair (Wychwood) - Vincent (Keele)
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Current Projects
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RapidTO - Easier Access
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Former Projects
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Network 2011 - OneCity - Transit City (Bus Plan - Light Rail Plan)
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Bus Stops
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1-999, 1000-1999, 2000-2999, 3000-3999, 4000-4999, 5000-5999, 6000-6999, 7000-7999, 8000-8999, 9000-9999, 10000-10999, 11000-11999, 12000-12999, 13000-13999, 14000-14999, 15000-15999, 16000-16999
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Current Routes
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Rapid Transit
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1 (Yonge-University) - 2 (Bloor-Danforth) - 3 (Ontario Line) - 4 (Sheppard) - 5 (Eglinton Crosstown) - 6 (Finch West)
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Bus
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7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 115 116 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 160 161 162 165 167 168 169 171 176 184 189
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Downtown Express
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141 142 143 144 145
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Seasonal
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200 201 202
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Blue Night
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300 301 302 304 306 307 310 312 315 320 322 324 325 329 332 334 335 336 337 339 341 343 352 353 354 363 365 384 385 395 396
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Community Bus
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400 402 403 404 405
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Streetcar
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501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512
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Express Network
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900 902 903 905 924 925 927 929 935 937 938 939 941 943 944 945 952 953 954 960 968 984 985 986 989 995 996
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Former Routes
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Rapid Transit
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3 (Scarborough)
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Bus
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1 2 3 4 5 6 13 13 13 14 19 24 27 28 30 38 40 42 58 59 93 102 106 107 107 108 117 117 118 121 121 121 123 124 134 136 137 139 139 140 144 163 163 164 166 171 172 172 175 197 224 268 406 408
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Rocket
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185 186 188 190 191 192 193 194 194 195 196 198 199
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Seasonal
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174 203
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Blue Night
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302 303 305 307 308 309 310 311 313 315 316 317 319 321 383
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Community
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401 406 407 409 425
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Streetcar
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513 514 521 522
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Express
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913
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Current Stations
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Yonge-University
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Vaughan Metropolitan Centre - Highway 407 - Pioneer Village - York University - Finch West - Downsview Park - Sheppard West - Wilson - Yorkdale - Lawrence West - Glencairn - Eglinton West - St. Clair West - Dupont - Spadina - St. George - Museum - Queen's Park - St. Patrick - Osgoode - St. Andrew - Union - King - Queen - Dundas - College - Wellesley - Bloor-Yonge - Rosedale - Summerhill - St. Clair - Davisville - Eglinton - Lawrence - York Mills - Sheppard-Yonge - North York Centre - Finch
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Bloor-Danforth
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Kipling - Islington - Royal York - Old Mill - Jane - Runnymede - High Park - Keele - Dundas West - Lansdowne - Dufferin - Ossington - Christie - Bathurst - Spadina - St. George - Bay - Bloor-Yonge - Sherbourne - Castle Frank - Broadview - Chester - Pape - Donlands - Greenwood - Coxwell - Woodbine - Main Street - Victoria Park - Warden - Kennedy
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Sheppard
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Sheppard-Yonge - Bayview - Bessarion - Leslie - Don Mills
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Bus
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Scarborough Centre
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Former Stations
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Rapid Transit
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Lower Bay - Lawrence East - Ellesmere - Midland - McCowan
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Greater Golden Horseshoe Agencies
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