A long-term project to rebuild the TTC’s Warden Station is now well underway, and demolition crews are making quick work of the transit hub’s former bus terminal.
The station’s bus terminal was closed off to commuters at the start of 2025 following the completion of a temporary hub, paving the way for the teardown activity now converting the almost 57-year-old structure into piles of rubble and debris.
It will eventually be replaced by a rebuilt Warden Station bus terminal that will feature two new elevators linking passengers between a pick-up/drop-off area, the station’s concourse level and the subway platforms below.
Aerial photos of the site captured in mid-March by local photographer Kotsy offer a unique perspective on the teardown of this transit infrastructure.
In the set of images shared on Instagram, Kotsy notes the “big changes happening at Warden Station with the demolition of nine bus bays that were accessible only by stairs.”
Partially-demolished bus bays sit adjacent to large heaps of rubble, while corridors that have not exposed to direct sunlight since they were constructed in the 1960s are plainly visible from the airspace above the station.
Warden Station opened on May 10, 1968, though the bus terminal will not live to see its 57th birthday, a milestone it will cross in dusty fragments of concrete and rebar sorted in neat piles for recycling.
Construction of the replacement structure that will soon appear in the bus terminal’s footprint was initially anticipated to wrap up in 2026, though this timeline has since been pushed.
Commuters can now expect this accessible replacement to be operational by the end of 2027, and will have to endure at least another year and a half of construction in the meantime.
