Fairway station
Fairway | |||||||||||
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 Station structurally complete, December 2017. The park-and-ride and the new bus terminal will locate at the empty space to the right | |||||||||||
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Kitchener, Ontario Canada | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 43°25′20″N 80°26′31″W / 43.42236°N 80.44194°W | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |
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| Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | Under construction | ||||||||||
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| Opening | 2018 | ||||||||||
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Fairway[1] will be a stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system. It will be located just off Wilson Avenue between Fairway Road and Kingsway Drive, adjacent to Fairview Park Mall. Fairway will be the Ion line's southern terminus, with adapted bus rapid transit continuing on toward Cambridge. It is scheduled to open in 2018. At the same time as the light rail launch, the existing bus terminal will be moved from its current location adjacent to the Hudson's Bay store, to a new park and ride lot at the corner of Fairway and Wilson, off of the mall property.
The two LRT platforms will also pair with a bus platform, on the far side of the north platform; this will be for Ion-branded buses to Cambridge to interchange swiftly with LRT. These platforms will have access from the west, toward the new bus terminal; and from the east, toward the mall.
The station's feature wall consists of glass tiles in a pattern of white, black, blue, and gray.
The station will feature the artwork Shaping Residency by Stephen Cruise with large sculptures of two finches, reminiscent of 19th century Fraktur folk art. The Fairway Transit Driver’s Facility will feature the artwork Arras by Lauren Judge and Elana Chand representing the interweaving of ethnicities, genders, generations and commerce.[2]
References
- ↑ "Fairway". About ION. GrandLinq Contractors. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ↑ Beattie, Samantha (February 16, 2017). "Ion public art costs more than anticipated but will make region "friendlier"". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved January 3, 2018.