Question for GTA residents

yorktonite · #1 Posted: **Sep 12, 2011, 7:02 PM**

I from the prarires and I have a potential opportunity for a job in Scarborough. I know this is a suburb of Toronto and looking on a map it isn't that far from downtown (approx 25km). If you had a condo in downtown Toronto (somewhere near Rogers Center) then how would you commute to downtown Scarborough? Is the only option a bus or car? Is there a train that goes out there? If so, how long is the commute in time? Thanks.

Doady · #2 Posted: **Sep 12, 2011, 8:30 PM**

Getting to Scarborough Centre from downtown will require 3 trains, and the trip will be around 30 minutes long.

vid · #3 Posted: **Sep 12, 2011, 11:51 PM**

If you decide to live in Uptown Toronto along the Bloor-Danforth line, you'll only need to take two trains, and the trip is shorted by about 8-10 minutes. The Scarborough rapid transit is an extension of the Bloor-Danforth line that uses different technology and thus requires a transfer. No streetcars travel in Scarborough.

thepatrickblack · #4 Posted: **Sep 28, 2011, 4:24 PM**

Yeah, it might be 30 min to get there. But if your workplace is not AT Scarborough LRT stop, you'll need to get on a bus which would be the 4th vehicle you would have to wait for. I've done this commute and it got really annoying, really quickly. If your job is in Scarborough, don't live downtown. Try somewhere in between, likely on the Danforth. Greektown (Broadview to Pape) is nice.

samne · #5 Posted: **Oct 3, 2011, 4:04 PM**

Depending where in Scarborough, you can also take the GO Train direct from Union Station.

http://gotransitnlb.gotransit.com/pu...es/sysmap.aspx

realcity · #6 Posted: **Mar 9, 2012, 9:09 PM**

GO Train is a good option. But why downtown? I'd live midtown.

This is why Eglinton needs a subway.