Central Station (Kitchener)

Central Station
Central Station Ion platforms
General information
Location	Kitchener, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	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
Connections	GRT buses  204 iXpress  Highland-Victoria  6  Bridge-Courtland  7  King  8  Weber  20  Victoria-Frederick  34  Bingemans GO Transit buses  25  Waterloo/Mississauga  30  Bramalea FlixBus
Construction
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	June 21, 2019 (2019-06-21) (LRT only)
Opening	2027 (GO & Via)[1]
Services
Preceding station Grand River Transit Following station Grand River Hospital toward Conestoga Ion Kitchener City Hall One-way operation Victoria Park toward Fairway
Future services Preceding station Via Rail Following station Stratford toward Sarnia Sarnia–Toronto Opening 2027[1] Guelph toward Toronto Preceding station GO Transit Following station Terminus Kitchener Opening 2027[1] Guelph towards Union Station
Location

Central Station is a light rail station in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, which is planned to be expanded into an intermodal transit terminal.^[2] As of 2021^[update], it consists of an Ion light rail stop and Grand River Transit bus stops. The site is planned to also include a train station served by Via Rail and GO Transit,^[3] and an intercity bus terminal.

The station will replace the current Kitchener railway station and partially replace the Charles Street Terminal.

In the vicinity is the University of Waterloo's Health Sciences campus (including its 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.