page_title: Line 3 Scarborough
hierarchical_section_title: Line 3 Scarborough
caption_attribution_description: English: S-series train at Line 3 platform in Kennedy station in Toronto
context_page_description: Line 3 Scarborough, originally known as the Scarborough RT, is a light rapid transit line that is part of the Toronto subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The line runs entirely within the suburban district of Scarborough, encompassing six stations and 6.4 kilometres of mostly elevated track. It connects with Line 2 Bloor–Danforth at its southwestern terminus, Kennedy, and terminates in the northeast at McCowan.
  Rather than the larger manually operated subway trains used on the other lines in the system, the rolling stock of Line 3 consists of smaller, fully automated, medium-capacity trains, designated by the Toronto Transit Commission as the S series, which are Intermediate Capacity Transit System Mark I trains built by the Urban Transportation Development Corporation. The trains are powered by linear induction motors, operating on 1,435 mm standard gauge tracks, unlike the city's subway lines and the Toronto streetcar system, which use the unique 1,495 mm Toronto-gauge railways.
  The line has remained unchanged since its opening in 1985 and contains two of the least used stations in the system.
context_section_description: Line 3 Scarborough, originally known as the Scarborough RT, is a light rapid transit line that is part of the Toronto subway system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The line runs entirely within the suburban district of Scarborough, encompassing six stations and 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) of mostly elevated track. It connects with Line 2 Bloor–Danforth at its southwestern terminus, Kennedy, and terminates in the northeast at McCowan.
  Rather than the larger manually operated subway trains used on the other lines in the system, the rolling stock of Line 3 consists of smaller, fully automated, medium-capacity trains, designated by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) as the S series, which are Intermediate Capacity Transit System (ICTS) Mark I trains built by the Urban Transportation Development Corporation (UTDC). The trains are powered by linear induction motors, operating on 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ¹⁄₂ in) standard gauge tracks, unlike the city's subway lines and the Toronto streetcar system, which use the unique 1,495 mm (4 ft 10 ⁷⁄₈ in) Toronto-gauge railways.
  The line has remained unchanged since its opening in 1985 and contains two of the least used stations in the system. Plans to revitalize and expand it—whether to convert the line to use modern light rail vehicles or to close the line and extend Line 2 Bloor–Danforth further into Scarborough—have been debated for over a decade by the municipal government of Toronto. In September 2013, the Government of Ontario, under Premier Kathleen Wynne of the Liberal Party, announced it would fund the extension of Line 2 to Scarborough City Centre along a new alignment, which will result in the eventual closure of Line 3. In April 2019, Premier Doug Ford of the Progressive Conservative Party committed $5.5 billion from the provincial government to complete what the TTC is calling the "Line 2 East Extension" by 2030.
caption: An S-series train at the Line 3 platform of Kennedy station
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