Guelph Central Station

Guelph Central Station
Intermodal Passenger Train and Bus
Heritage railway station building
General information
Location	79 Carden Street, Guelph, ON
Coordinates	43°32′39″N 80°14′49″W
Owned by	City of Guelph
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Connections	Template:Canada transit connectionTemplate:Canada transit connectionTemplate:Canada transit connection
Construction
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: GUEP
Fare zone	39
History
Opened	1911
Services
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National Historic Site of Canada
Designated	1992

Guelph Central Station (also known as Guelph Central GO Station )is the main inter-modal transportation terminal in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It serves Guelph Transit, Via Rail, GO Transit, Greyhound Canada and Aboutown Bus Service. It became fully operational in May 2012.

It is located at 79 Carden Street where the current Via Rail railway station is and running along Carden Street to where the former Guelph Bus Terminal was at 141 Macdonnell Street. The name was chosen with input from the community and all the transit service providers using the new station.

History

Original Railway Station

Built in 1911, the Guelph railway station is a classic example of early 20th Century Canadian railway station design and has been designated as a heritage structure per the Heritage Railway Stations Protection Act. As of October 2012, VIA Rail no longer staffs the station |publisher=Guelph Tribune|accessdate=27 August 2013 |url=http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/guelph-via-station-ticket-sales-agents-done-in-fall/}}</ref>. The facility is wheelchair-accessible.

Intermodal Terminal

The Intermodal Transit Terminal was first proposed in 2002. A feasibility study was initiated in 2004, and Guelph City Council endorsed the Carden Street location and the concept design that same year. The project received federal and provincial infrastructure stimulus funding in 2009, and detailed design and stakeholder consultations were conducted. Construction began in April 2010.

The station opened to the public on May 13, 2012. The project will cost $8 million for which $5.3 million was from the Provincial and Federal Infrastructure Stimulus Funds.

The opening of the bus portion of the station was delayed from October 2011 to May 2012 to allow time for the renovations of the railway station building to be completed.

Services

Guelph Transit

On January 1, 2012, all the Guelph Transit routes were changed. While it was originally planned to have the new bus routes meeting at the new station on the same date, this change has been delayed until May 6, 2012.

Via Rail

Via Rail offers four trains daily (two in each direction) running between London, Sarnia and Toronto.

GO Transit

• GO Train service on the Kitchener corridor to Toronto Union Station weekdays. (GO Train route 31)
• Bus service to York Mills Bus Terminal & Union Station Bus Terminal during peak and non-peak periods (GO Bus routes 31A, 31B, 31C, 31R, 33, 33B, 33D, 33F, 39).
• Bus service to Cooksville via Aberfoyle park & ride and Square One (GO Bus route 29)

In the past, Guelph was also served by GO Transit trains (starting in 1990 as the terminus of the then Georgetown line), but provincial cutbacks in 1993 led GO to pull back the railway service to Georgetown. In the fall of 2007, GO Transit announced it was starting an environmental assessment on track upgrades required to resume rail service to Guelph. GO Train service was resumed on December 19, 2011, with two trains in the morning from Kitchener to Toronto, and two trains returning in the evening. $18 million was spent to get this first stage operational, with further upgrades to come. GO buses still serve Guelph, departing from the temporary Guelph Bus Terminal and from the University of Guelph. All GO buses moved to the new station in May 2012.

Greyhound

Greyhound buses will continue to use the temporary Guelph Bus Terminal until renovations of the VIA Station are completed.

• Toronto Quicklink
• Kitchener / London (local service)

Bus platforms

Guelph Central Station provides an exchange with both local and regional bus services. The majority of platforms are clustered around a new island bus terminal, which includes a closed portion of Carden Street, and a few bus stops along the south side of Macdonell Street. Bus platform allocation are as follows:

Bay	Provider	No.	Route / Note
1	Guelph Transit	2A	West Loop Clockwise
2		16	Southgate
3		10	Willow West
4		5	Gordon
5		3A	East Loop Clockwise
6		3B	East Loop Counter Clockwise
7		8	Stone Road Mall
8		9	West End Community Centre
9	Guelph Transit	CS	Community Bus South
	Greyhound	-	Not yet in service; see Guelph Bus Terminal
10	Guelph Transit	CN	Community Bus North
	Greyhound	-	Not yet in service
11	Greyhound	-	Not yet in service
12	GO Transit	29	Guelph - Mississauga
		31	Guelph - Georgetown
13		33	Guelph - North York
		39	Guelph - Bramalea
14	Guelph Transit	20	Northwest Industrial
15		11	Willow West
18		13	Victoria Road Recreation Centre
19		12	General Hospital
20		2B	West Loop Counter Clockwise
21		4	York
22		14	Grange

University of Guelph

The University of Guelph has created a transit hub within the entrance mall area in front of the University Centre to accommodate increased GO Bus service. Guelph Transit, Aboutown Northlink and Greyhound Canada also added more bus services to campus.

• Cooksville via Aberfoyle park & ride and Square One (GO Bus route 29)
• York University via Aberfoyle park & ride, Meadowvale and Bramalea (GO Bus route 48)
• There are several Guelph Transit bus routes that service the University.

• 
  New platform of Guelph railway station in 2012
• 
  Guelph Railway Station during reconstruction work in 2011

External links

• Media related to Guelph railway station at Wikimedia Commons
• Guelph Transit
• GO Transit station page for Guelph Central Station

• GO Transit station page for the University of Guelph
• Via Rail station page for Guelph Central Station