Kitchener Central Station

Central Station
Central Station Ion platforms
Location Kitchener, Ontario
Canada
Coordinates 43°27′12″N 80°29′58″W / 43.45333°N 80.49944°W / 43.45333; -80.49944Coordinates: 43°27′12″N 80°29′58″W / 43.45333°N 80.49944°W / 43.45333; -80.49944
Owned by Region of Waterloo
Platforms 1 side platform
1 island platform
LRT: 2 side platforms
Tracks 3 intercity, 2 LRT
Bus stands TBD
Construction
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Fare zone 27
History
Opening 2018 (LRT only)
GO/Via service TBA
Services
Preceding station   Grand River Transit   Following station
toward Conestoga
 Ion
One-way operation
toward Fairway
Via Rail
toward Sarnia
Sarnia–Toronto
Opening TBA
toward Toronto
GO Transit
TerminusKitchener
Opening TBA

Central Station is an intermodal transportation terminal being constructed in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada.[1] It will serve the Ion light rail line, Via Rail and GO Transit trains,[2] Grand River Transit local buses, as well as Greyhound, Coach Canada and GO Transit intercity buses.

The station will replace the current Kitchener railway station and partially replace the Charles Street Terminal. Intercity bus services which currently depart from Charles Street will be relocated to the new Central terminal; local GRT buses will continue to use Charles Street as a hub until routes can be sufficiently decentralized to make that function redundant.

In the vicinity are the University of Waterloo's Health Sciences campus (including their School of Pharmacy); the 'One Victoria' condominium development; and the 'Kaufman Lofts' condominium (occupying the former Kaufman Footwear factory). Just north of the mainline tracks is a former industrial building, the 'Breithaupt Block', which currently houses offices of Google Canada.

Ion light rail

The light rail (LRT) station will open along with the start of LRT service in 2018, but as of 2016 there is no timeline for the construction of the remainder of the transit components. As a result, the intermodal facility will not open until 2022 at the earliest.[1]

The LRT platforms are located on either side of King Street in Kitchener, on the northside of Victoria Street.[3] North of the station, the LRT tracks become adjacent through the Moore/Breithaupt intersection and proceed within the median of King beyond, towards Waterloo. South of the station, the tracks split: southbound, they take Victoria to reach Charles Street, which they follow alongside; northbound, they continue along King to Francis Street, which connects them to Duke Street, which they follow alongside.

The platforms are connected with King Street's sidewalks at either end, and pedestrians passing through walk along the platform. The station's feature walls consist of glass tiles in a varying pattern of blues and greys and displays "Innovation District" under the station's name.

References

  1. 1 2 "Central Station Open House Panels" (PDF). Region of Waterloo. May 19, 2016. Retrieved 2016-09-25.
  2. ↑ "Central Station - Innovation District". About ION. GrandLinq Contractors. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
  3. ↑ "ION stations". www.grt.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
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