Kitchener line

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Kitchener line
GO Transit logo.svg GO Kitchener logo.svg
Georgetown GO Train Eastbound.jpg
Overview
Type Commuter rail
System GO Train
Locale Greater Toronto Area
Stations 12
Daily ridership 18,000 (2014)[1]
Website Table 31
Operation
Opened April 29, 1974
Owner Metrolinx
Canadian National Railway
Operator(s) GO Transit
Technical
Line length 102.7 kilometres (63.8 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in) standard gauge
Route map
km time
102.7 KitchenerVIA Rail Canada simplified.svg 1:57
Conestoga Parkway
Grand River
Waterloo Region
Wellington County
Hanlon Parkway
80.3 GuelphVIA Rail Canada simplified.svg 1:33
Speed River
Wellington County
Halton Region
Acton 1:18
CN Halton Subdivision
48.9 GeorgetownVIA Rail Canada simplified.svg 1:01
Credit River
Halton Region
Peel Region
40.6 Mount Pleasant 0:51
PRR107.PNG
Peel Regional Road 107
(formerly Highway 7)
Orangeville Brampton Railway
35.9 BramptonVIA Rail Canada simplified.svg 0:45
Hurontario Street
Highway 410
29.8 Bramalea 0:36
Steeles Avenue
Highway 407
27.4
Halwest Junction
CN Halton Sub to MacMillan Yard
23.7 Malton 0:29
Pearson Station
Union Pearson Express
Pearson Airport
Peel Region
Toronto
Highway 427
17.7 Etobicoke North 0:22
Highway 401
15.1 Humber River
13.8 Weston UP Express logo.svg 0:17
Milton line
West Toronto Diamond
CP North Toronto Sub
6.2 BloorBSicon BUS1.svg BSicon CLRV.svg TTC - Line 2 - Bloor-Danforth line.svg UP Express logo.svg 0:09
Bloor–Danforth line
Dundas West
Parkdale Junction
Barrie line
Lakeshore West line
to Hamilton
North Bathurst Yard
0.00 UnionBSicon CLRV.svg TTC - Line 1 - Yonge-University-Spadina line.svg GO Transit logo.svg UP Express logo.svg VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg 0:00

Kitchener is one of the seven train lines of the GO Transit system in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. It extends from Union Station in Toronto to Kitchener.

History

Services

The GO Transit Georgetown line opened on April 29, 1974, becoming the second line in the GO Transit rail network. Peak-direction train service operated between Georgetown and Union Station, replacing a commuter service previously operated by CN.[2]

Service was extended beyond Georgetown to Guelph on October 29, 1990, but was again cut back to Georgetown on to July 2, 1993.[2]

Limited weekday midday service was introduced in April 2002, with four trains in each direction between Union and Bramalea. These trains were discontinued in 2011 to facilitate construction of the Georgetown South Expansion project.

On December 19, 2011, the Georgetown Line was renamed the Kitchener Line as service was extended to Kitchener, making one intermediate stop at Guelph. Another intermediate stop, Acton, opened on January 7, 2013.[3]

Weekday midday service was re-introduced in September 2015, with hourly service between Mount Pleasant and Union.[4]

Infrastructure

As a part of the GO Transit Rail Improvement Program, the West Toronto Diamond was grade separated. The Metrolinx Weston railway, which carries the Kitchener Line as well as UP Express and Via trains, was lowered into a trench to pass under CP's North Toronto main line.[5] Trains began using the new grade separation in May 2014.[6]

The Georgetown South railway expansion project was initiated in 2009 with Metrolinx now as its proponent.[7] The project represented a significant increase in railway capacity, with the former 2-track railway being widened to 4 tracks, with a total of 8 tracks where the Milton line and Barrie line share the corridor. All level crossings along the corridor were eliminated with using railway or roadway underpasses. The plan would allow for an increased frequency of trains on the route, increasing service from approximately 50 per day to about least 300.[8] It drew criticism from Weston community groups, which opposed the increased use of diesel locomotive on the basis of air pollution. They preferred instead that the corridor be electrified.[8] The group has also requested more stations along the route.[8]

In September 2014, Metrolinx purchased the 53 kilometres of track from Georgetown to Kitchener from CN.[9]

Station list

Station Municipality Connections Notes
Kitchener Kitchener GO Transit logo.svg GO bus symbol.svg
Mainline rail interchange VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg
Tram interchange GRT Ion
Bus interchange GRT
No off-peak services
Guelph Central Guelph GO Transit logo.svg GO bus symbol.svg
Mainline rail interchange VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg
Bus interchange Guelph Transit
No off-peak train service
Acton Halton Hills GO Transit logo.svg GO bus symbol.svg No off-peak train service
Georgetown GO Transit logo.svg GO bus symbol.svg
Mainline rail interchange VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg
No off-peak train service
Mount Pleasant Brampton GO Transit logo.svg GO bus symbol.svg
Bus interchange Brampton Transit
Brampton GO Transit logo.svg GO bus symbol.svg
Mainline rail interchange VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg
Bus interchange Brampton Transit
Bramalea GO Transit logo.svg GO bus symbol.svg
Bus interchange Brampton Transit
Malton Mississauga GO Transit logo.svg GO bus symbol.svg
Mainline rail interchange VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg
Bus interchange MiWay
Etobicoke North Toronto Bus interchange TTC
Weston Mainline rail interchange UP Express logo.svg
Bus interchange TTC
Mount Dennis Mainline rail interchange UP Express logo.svg
BSicon TRAM.svg TTC - Line 5.svg
Bus interchange TTC
Future station
Bloor Mainline rail interchange UP Express logo.svg
BSicon SUBWAY.svg TTC - Line 2 - Bloor-Danforth line.svg
BSicon CLRV.svg TTC
Union GO Transit logo.svg GO Lakeshore West logo.svg GO Milton logo.svg GO Barrie logo.svg GO Richmond Hill logo.svg GO Stouffville logo.svg GO Lakeshore East logo.svg GO bus symbol.svg
Mainline rail interchange Amtrak UP Express logo.svg VIA Rail Canada simplified.svg
BSicon SUBWAY.svg TTC - Line 1 - Yonge-University-Spadina line.svg
BSicon CLRV.svg TTC

Future expansion

The 2008 proposal to extend the line past Georgetown to Kitchener included some components which have not yet been realized. In addition to the now-realized stations in Kitchener, Guelph and Acton, the report proposed a station in Breslau which would serve as a Park-and-ride facility for Waterloo Region, and a layover yard in Baden, Ontario.[10]

The provincial initiative known as GO Regional Express Rail proposes a substantial increase in Kitchener Line service over the next decade. During peak hours, trains would run in peak direction every 30 minutes from Kitchener to Union Station and every 15 minutes from Mount Pleasant to Union Station. Electrification will be in place from Bramalea to Union Station, with trains running every 15 minutes along the electrified line throughout the day.[11]

A new station is also proposed where the line crosses Eglinton Avenue in the Mount Dennis neighbourhood; it would interface with the western end of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT line, at Mount Dennis LRT station, and open when that line opens in about 2022.[12]

References

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