Borden station

Borden
Station structurally complete, November 2017
Location Kitchener, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°26′32″N 80°28′30″W / 43.44228°N 80.47501°W / 43.44228; -80.47501Coordinates: 43°26′32″N 80°28′30″W / 43.44228°N 80.47501°W / 43.44228; -80.47501
Platforms Centre platform
Tracks 2
Connections Bus interchange GRT buses
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Status Under construction
History
Opening 2018
Services
Preceding station   Grand River Transit   Following station
toward Conestoga
 Ion
toward Fairway

Borden[1] will be a stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system. It will be located in the median of Charles Street in Kitchener, at Borden Avenue. It is scheduled to open in 2018.

South of the station, the line branches; southbound tracks follow Borden Avenue, while northbound tracks continue along Charles to then follow Ottawa Street. Both branches merge again before the next station, Mill.

The station's feature wall consists of ceramic tiles in a pattern of sky blue, pale green, and forest green.

The primary access to the platform is from the crosswalk at Borden Street; a pair of secondary accesses at the west end of the platform cross either the east- or westbound lanes of Charles Street, giving access from either side of the road.

Kitchener city council approved a plan seeking to create a "walkable urban village" in the neighborhood. Maximum densities could go from the prior 46 residents and jobs per hectare to 250 residents and jobs per hectare near the Borden Avenue LRT station.[2]

Businesses in the vicinity of the station (as of 2018) include a Tim Hortons coffee shop, a City Cafe Bakery bagel and coffee shop, Grand River Rocks indoor rock climbing gym and Kitchener Kicks Martial Arts Centre.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Borden". About ION. GrandLinq Contractors. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  2. ↑ Thompson, Catherine (2017-12-06). "Plan would radically transform Kitchener's Rockway area". TheRecord.com. Retrieved 2018-08-08.
  3. ↑ "Google Maps". Google Maps. Retrieved 2018-08-08.


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