Entry #33 Transit Stations/Terminals

When looking at transit routes they can service an area and service more than one transit station. For people that do not use transit, a transit station is where routes servicing that area connect and passengers can transfer to another route. In the Region of Waterloo, there are many transit stations/terminals for passengers to make connections with other routes. Below I will start with Waterloo and end with Cambridge terminals and the connecting routes as well. 

Waterloo Transit Stations

Conestoga Mall Station

Connecting Routes: 6 Bridge, 7 Mainline, 9 Lakeshore, 12 Fairview Park-Conestoga Mall, 14 Waterloo Industrial, 21 Elmira, 31 Columbia, 200 iXpress Ainslie Terminal, 201 Fischer-Hallman iXpress, 202 University iXpress

The Boardwalk Transit Station*

Connecting Route:s 1 Queen-River, 4 Glasgow, 5 Erb, 20 Victoria-Frederick, 29 Keats Way, 202 University iXpress, 204 Victoria-Highland iXpress

Uptown Waterloo

Connecting Routes: 5 Erb, 7 Mainline, 200 iXpress

Kitchener transit Stations

The Boardwalk Station*

Connecting Routes: 1 Queen-River, 4 Glasgow, 5 Erb, 20 Victoria-Frederick, 29 Keats Way, 202 University iXpress, 204 Victoria-Highland iXpress

Highland Hills Mall Station

Forest Glen Transit Station

Connecting Routes: 3 Ottawa South, 11 Country Hills, 12 Fairview Park-Conestoga Mall, 16 Conestoga College-Forest Glen, 22 Laurentian West, 33 Huron, 201 Fischer-Hallman iXpress

Fairview Park Transit Station

Connecting Routes: 1 Queen-River, 7 Mainline, 8 University-Fairview Park, 10 Conestoga College, 12 Fairview Park-Conestoga Mall, 23 Idlewood, 27 Chicopee, 52 Ainslie St. Terminal-Fairview Park, 200 iXpress Conestoga Mall-Ainslie Terminal

Stanley Park Mall Station

Connecting Routes: 1 Queen-River (Board on River Rd.), 20 Victoria-Frederick, 23 Idlewood

Charles St. Terminal

Connecting Routes: 1 Queen-River (Temporarily until LRT construction is completed), 2 Forest Heights, 3 Ottawa South, 4 Glasgow, 6 Bridge, 7 Mainline, 8 University-Fairview Park, 11 Country Hills, 22 Laurentian West, 34 Bingemans, 200 iXpress Ainslie Terminal-Conestoga Mall

Conestoga College*

Connecting Routes: 10 Conestoga College-Fairview Park, 16 Conestoga College-Forest Glen 61 Conestoga College-Cambridge Centre, 111 Conestoga College-Ainslie Street Express, 110 Fairview Park-Conestoga College Express, 116 Conestoga College-Forest Glen Express, 203 Mid-Region iXpress

Sportsworld Crossing Station*

Connecting Routes: 52 Fairview Park-Ainslie St. Terminal, 72 Cherry Blossom BusPlus, 200 iXpress Conestoga Mall-Ainslie Terminal, 203 Mid-Region iXpress

Cambridge Transit Station

Sportsworld Crossing Station*

Connecting Routes: 52 Fairview Park-Ainslie St. Terminal, 72 Cherry Blossom BusPlus, 200 iXpress Conestoga Mall-Ainslie Terminal, 203 Mid-Region iXpress

Hespeler Transit Station

Connecting Routes: 51 Hespeler Rd. 

Cambridge Centre Station

Connecting Routes: 51 Hespeler Rd., 53 Franklin, 56 Dunbar, 60 Northview Acres, 61 Conestoga College-Cambridge, 64 Langs, 67 Lovell Industrial, 200 iXpress Conestoga Mall-Ainslie Terminal, 203 Mid-Region iXpress

Ainslie Street Station 

Connecting Routes: 51 Hespeler Rd., 52 Fairview Park-Ainslie St. Terminal, 53 Franklin, 54 Lisbon Pines, 55 St. Andrews, 57 Blair Road, 58 Elmwood, 59 Christopher, 62 Woodside, 63 Champlain, 111 Conestoga College-Ainslie Express

The stations that were marked with a star (*) are in both cities so that passengers can make connections with intercity buses that can take them to Waterloo-Kitchener, Kitchener-Cambridge. 

Future Stations

With the implementation of the ION LRT there are transit stations that will be removed/reallocated to a new location. For example, Highland Hills station will be discontinued because everything is being moved towards the Boardwalk station. The only two routes servcing Highland Hills will be the 204 and 201 iXpress. Sunrise Centre will become a station to have route 22 Laurentian West and future 205 Ottawa Street iXpress will be servicing. There is the possibility of the route 2 and route 33 servicing it as well.  Forest Glen station will be moved to Block Line to provide connections with the LRT. 

The King-Victoria station will only have 2-3 routes starting there, everything else will be on-street parking.