Grand River Transit | |
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Overview | |
Owner | Waterloo Region |
Area served | Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, St. Jacobs, Elmira, New Hamburg, Breslau |
Transit type | |
Number of lines | 57 bus routes (48 local, 8 express); 1 light rail[1] |
Annual ridership | 26,400,000 (2023)[2] |
Headquarters | 250 Strasburg Road Kitchener, Ontario N2E 3M6 |
Website | www |
Operation | |
Began operation | 2000 |
Operator(s) | Waterloo Region (buses), GrandLinq (light rail) |
Number of vehicles | 259 buses, 15 light rail vehicles |
Grand River Transit (GRT) is the public transport operator for the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It operates daily bus services in the region, primarily in the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge, alongside the ION rapid transit light rail system which began service on June 21, 2019.[3]
It was named for the Grand River, which flows through the Region; the naming also echoes the Grand River Railway, a former electric railway which served the area in the early twentieth century. GRT is a member of the Canadian Urban Transit Association.