Category Archives: Kitchener-Waterloo

Metrolinx Updates The Big Move, Announces Priorities for Phase 2 Projects (Updated)

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Steve

Updated December 6, 2012 at 11:20 am: A warmed over version of the Board of Trade presentation was given to the Metrolinx Board by President & CEO Bruce McCuaig at the Board meeting on December 5.  There were a few … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Beyond 416, Finance, GO Transit, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Transit | 36 Comments

GO Kitchener Rail Service Starts December 19, 2011

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Steve

As previously rumoured in comments, the Kitchener rail service begins on December 19.  GO will implement this with two trains a day. In the morning, the existing 6:47 Georgetown trip will originate in Kitchener at 5:52.   A new train will … Continue reading →

Posted in Beyond 416, GO Transit, Kitchener-Waterloo | 20 Comments

Waterloo Regional Council Approves LRT Line 9-2

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Steve

Congratulations to our neighbours in Kitchener-Waterloo for embracing an LRT line in their city.  Unlike Toronto, with a would-be Mayoral dynasty whose grasp of transit and municipal finance can be breathtakingly mean and shortsighted, K-W has decided to proceed with … Continue reading →

Posted in Beyond 416, Kitchener-Waterloo | 58 Comments

Not Quite Greased Lightning: GO Transit to Electrify, Eventually

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Steve

Today, Metrolinx released its long-awaited study of GO Transit electrification.  I will comment on this in more detail over the next day or so, but here are preliminary observations while the news is fresh. Updated 4:30 pm: The study appendices … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, Beyond 416, Commuter Rail Electrification, GO Transit, Hamilton, Kitchener-Waterloo, Transit | 56 Comments

GO Transit Announces Rail Service to Kitchener-Waterloo (Updated)

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Steve

GO Transit has announced that effective late in 2011 they will begin operation of two trains each way on weekdays to Kitchener-Waterloo stopping at Guelph and Acton. No details of train times nor of overall service levels in the Georgetown … Continue reading →

Posted in Beyond 416, GO Transit, Kitchener-Waterloo | 37 Comments

Kitchener-Waterloo Opts For Light Rail & Gets Instant Funding

Posted on June 27, 2009 by Steve

Kitchener-Waterloo  has been working away at a Rapid Transit plan since 2004, almost entirely out of the Toronto media spotlight, including mine.  (A large amount of background detail can be found in the “Reports” section.) Earlier this week, on June 24, Waterloo … Continue reading →

Posted in Kitchener-Waterloo, Transit | 45 Comments

GO Transit Buys CN Weston Subdivision

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Steve

GO Transit announced today that it will purchase the CN Weston Subdivision for $160-million.  The line in question runs from roughly the Strachan Avenue grade crossing to the junction with the CN York Subdivision at Steeles Avenue. CN and VIA … Continue reading →

Posted in GO Transit, Kitchener-Waterloo, Transit | 27 Comments

GO Kitchener-Waterloo & Guelph

Posted on February 17, 2009 by Steve

Mark Dowling passed along a link to the presentation materials from the recent GO Transit EA meeting in Kitchener. You can follow the story of GO service from a Kitchener-Waterloo perspective on the GOKW Blog. One of the fascinating points … Continue reading →

Posted in GO Transit, Kitchener-Waterloo, Transit | 24 Comments

GO Georgetown South Open House Reviewed

Posted on February 4, 2009 by Steve

Robert Wightman reports: I was at the GO South Georgetown open house in Mt Dennis (Eglinton and Weston Rd.) today.  Some interesting things that I learned are: There will be a seven or eight track corridor from the TTR yards … Continue reading →

Posted in A Grand Plan, GO Transit, Kitchener-Waterloo, Transit | 40 Comments