King–Victoria Transit Hub

Kitchener Central Station

Central Station–Innovation District ION station at the future transit hub site in May 2017

Owned by

Region of Waterloo

Platforms

1 side platform
1 island platform
LRT: 2 side platforms

Tracks

3 intercity, 2 LRT

Bus stands

TBD

Bus operators

Construction

Disabled access

Yes

Other information

Fare zone

History

Opened

LRT: 2018
Other uses: TBD

Services

Preceding station	Via Rail	Following station
Stratford toward Sarnia	Sarnia–Toronto Opening TBA	Guelph toward Toronto
GO Transit
Terminus	Kitchener Opening TBA	Guelph toward Union Station
Grand River Transit
Grand River Hospital toward Conestoga	Ion	Kitchener City Hall One-way operation
Grand River Hospital toward Conestoga	Ion	Victoria Park toward Fairway

The King–Victoria Transit Hub, tentatively named Central Station,^[1] is a planned intermodal transportation terminal in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It will serve the Ion light rail line, Via Rail and GO Transit trains, 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.

The light rail (LRT) station, named Central Station–Innovation District,^[2] 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 could not open until 2022 at the earliest.^[1]

The LRT platforms will be located on either side of King Street in Kitchener, on the north side of Victoria Street. North of the station, the LRT tracks will 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.

Also 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.

References

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

External links

Region of Waterloo: King-Victoria Transit Hub

GO Transit
Lakeshore West line	Union Exhibition Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation ^† Grimsby ^† St. Catharines ^‡ Niagara Falls ^‡
Milton line	Union Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton
Kitchener line	Union Liberty Village ^† Bloor St Clair ^† Mount Dennis ^† Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Breslau ^† Kitchener (Kitchener Central ^†)
Barrie line	Union Spadina ^† Lansdowne ^† Caledonia ^† York University (Downsview Park ^†) Rutherford Maple Kirby ^† King City Aurora Mulock ^† Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Innisfil ^† Barrie South Allandale Waterfront
Richmond Hill line	Union Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley Bloomington ^†
Stouffville line	Union Danforth Kennedy Lawrence East ^† Agincourt Finch East ^† Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Lincolnville
Lakeshore East line	Union Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners ^† Oshawa Central ^† Darlington ^† Bowmanville ^†
Union Pearson Express	Union Bloor Weston Pearson Airport
Miscellaneous	History Fares Rail services Bus services Fleet GO-ALRT
See also	Metrolinx Presto card The Big Move
† - Future station ‡ - Limited excursion train service

Grand River Transit Terminals and Stations
Bus terminals	Ainslie St. Boardwalk Cambridge Centre Charles St. Conestoga Mall Fairview Park Mall Forest Glen Hespeler Highland Hills SmartCentres Cambridge
Ion LRT stations	Conestoga Northfield Research and Technology University of Waterloo Laurier–Waterloo Park Waterloo Public Square / Willis Way Allen Grand River Hospital Central Station–Innovation District Kitchener City Hall / Victoria Park Frederick / Queen Kitchener Market Borden Mill Block Line Fairway

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