, in northeast Malvern Several major roadways are located in Malvern. The neighbourhood is bounded to the south by
Highway 401 is a major east-west
controlled access highway that passes through
Greater Toronto. Several other major roadways include
Morningside Avenue and
Sheppard Avenue. Located on Sewells Road, the
Sewells Road Bridge is a bridge over the
Rouge River, in the northeast of Malvern.
Public transit Malvern is served by several
Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) bus routes (39 Finch East, 85 Sheppard East, 102 Markham Rd, 116 Morningside, 131 Nugget, 132 Milner, 133 Neilson, 134 Progress, 902 Markham Rd Express, 939C Finch Express, and 985B Sheppard East Express). In the 1980s, there was a plan to bring rapid transit to Malvern by extending the
Scarborough line, but lack of government funding prevented any extension of the line. In August 2006, city councillors representing Scarborough rallied for the expansion of the Scarborough line, or its possible
light rail replacement, to the Malvern community.
Scarborough line extension to Malvern Back in 2012, the TTC considered extending the RT from McCowan to Malvern Town Centre. They have also made a motion that the current study should include the addition of a station where the existing line crosses
Brimley Road. The proposal is moot now as
Line 3 Scarborough RT has been torn down and will get replaced by the extension of
Line 2 Bloor–Danforth. In 2006, a study was completed on the prospects of this line. It recommended upgrading the line to handle larger
ART Mark II vehicles, at a cost of $360 million (2006 dollars). Extending the
Bloor–Danforth line (either along the current Scarborough RT route, or along a different alignment directly to
Scarborough Centre) was not considered cost-effective or justifiable. On June 15, 2007, the Ontario government had released
MoveOntario 2020, a plan that would fund 52 different transit projects throughout
Toronto and
Hamilton for the cost of $17.5 billion, including the Scarborough RT extension to
Sheppard Avenue, which would meet the proposed
Sheppard East LRT line, also to be funded by MoveOntario 2020. Unfortunately, in a 2010 budget release, Ontario Premier
Dalton McGuinty had chosen to postpone necessary funding for the project. With the construction of
Line 5 Eglinton nearing its end, there have been discussions and studies about either extending this LRT line or constructing a brand new LRT line to Malvern via
University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. In May 2023, the city decided to plan a stand-alone light-rail line running from Kennedy station to Malvern via Eglinton Avenue, Kingston Road, Morningside Avenue and Sheppard Avenue. The new line, dubbed the
Eglinton East LRT, would mostly follow the route of the previously proposed but cancelled Scarborough Malvern LRT.
Scarborough Malvern LRT The
Scarborough Malvern LRT line, part of the TTC's
Transit City plan, would run for 15 km, estimated to account for 14 million trips in 2021. The southern terminus of the line would be built at
Kennedy Station at
Kennedy Road and
Eglinton Avenue, with a connection to the
Bloor-Danforth subway, the Scarborough RT, and the
Eglinton Crosstown LRT line. The whole line would be built within Scarborough. The line would run along Eglinton Avenue East until it reaches
Kingston Road, then continues northeast until
Morningside Avenue is reached, then continues north until Sheppard Avenue East, where it turns west, sharing the same tracks and stops as in the
Sheppard East LRT line. Finally, the line turns north at Neilson Road, terminating at Malvern Town Centre. Newly elected
Rob Ford cancelled the Malvern LRT shortly after he came to office in 2010. ==Economy==