The busway temporarily replacing most of the defunct Scarborough Rapid Transit route will open next fall — a year earlier than expected, Mayor Olivia Chow announced on Friday.

Commuters will be using the busway until the opening of the SRT’s successor, the Scarborough Subway Extension, which will not be complete until at least 2030.

“Today I have good news: the Scarborough busway will open in September 2026,” Chow told reporters Friday by the transit corridor’s construction site near Ellesmere Station. “Not sharing the road, but its own bus lane.”

As a result, riders will have “faster commutes and more time for what matters,” Chow added.

Construction on the $93.8-million project to convert the SRT corridor into a dedicated busway began this year and wasn’t expected to finish until at

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