Grand River Transit

Grand River Transit
GRT's fleet consists of low-floor buses such as this Nova LFS, and Flexity Freedom light rail vehicles
GRT's fleet consists of low-floor buses such as this Nova LFS, and Flexity Freedom light rail vehicles
Overview
OwnerWaterloo Region
Area servedCambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo, St. Jacobs, Elmira, New Hamburg, Breslau
Transit type
Number of lines57 bus routes (48 local, 8 express); 1 light rail[1]
Annual ridership26,400,000 (2023)[2]
Headquarters250 Strasburg Road
Kitchener, Ontario
N2E 3M6
Websitewww.grt.ca/en/index.aspx
Operation
Began operation2000
Operator(s)Waterloo Region (buses), GrandLinq (light rail)
Number of vehicles259 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.

  1. ^ "Schedules". Grand River Transit. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Grand River Transit – Ridership Update – 2023 Year End". pub-regionofwaterloo.escribemeetings.com. March 5, 2024. Retrieved July 17, 2024.
  3. ^ "Ready to ride ION". Grand River Transit. June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 9, 2019.