The Scarborough Busway opened for business on September 30, 2026 giving buses a faster, direct route between Ellesmere and Kennedy Station.

This article reviews travel times in both directions for route 38 Highland Creek between Brimley & Ellesmere (a common point for both routings) and Kennedy Station for the months of September and October. Also included is a comparison of headway reliability leaving Kennedy Station.

The difference in travel times is somewhat less than claims made by the TTC, but an important factor is that times are more reliable with fewer outliers caused by delays enroute. One aspect of travel time comparisons is that the routes differ with and without the busway:

• Southbound buses formerly turned off of Ellesmere at Midland, ran south to Eglinton, and then west to Kennedy Station. They now travel further west on Ellesmere and through the lanes giving access to Ellesmere Station and the busway.
• Northbound buses formerly ran via Eglinton, Kennedy and Ellesmere. Now they run directly north from Kennedy Station on the busway, then east on Ellesmere for a shorter route.

The charts of weekday headways at Kennedy Station show that in spite of whatever benefit the busway might give, departures are still widely scattered around what would be expected for regular service both in September and October. An irregular departure pattern can add wait time to trips partly undoing any benefit the busway might give for a rider’s total journey time.