The station replaced transit access to the Scarborough Town Centre shopping mall's south side (at ground level along roadway).

The Toronto Transit Commission had planned to extend Line 4 Sheppard southeast from its current terminus at Don Mills to Scarborough Centre.

In March 2007, however, the TTC dropped this plan when it announced its Transit City proposal to build the Sheppard East LRT.

The LRT proposal was later replaced by a plan to extend Line 4 eastwards from Don Mills station to McCowan Road.

[10] The provincial transit agency Metrolinx is building a new underground Scarborough Centre station parallel to McCowan Road along an extension of Line 2 Bloor–Danforth.

Until it closed, the former bus terminal was served by GO Transit and interurban buses, which now stop at various on-street locations near Scarborough Centre station.

[11]: 00:21:00–00:32:30 Since September 2023, Durham Region Transit (DRT) route 920 buses serve the TTC Scarborough Centre bus terminal.

As the station is located inside the TTC's fare-paid zone and as free card transfers need to be recorded for the province to reimburse participating transit agencies as well as to enforce double fares for customers ineligible for free transfers, passengers heading towards Durham Region board the DRT buses inside the TTC bus terminal, while those heading towards Scarborough Centre alight at nearby on-street stops outside of the station.