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Revision as of 12:21, 27 August 2013

Guelph Central Station
Intermodal Passenger Train and Bus
Heritage railway station building
General information
Location79 Carden Street, Guelph, ON
Coordinates43°32′39″N 80°14′49″W / 43.54417°N 80.24694°W / 43.54417; -80.24694
Owned byCity of Guelph
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsLua error: expandTemplate: template "Via color" does not exist.Template:Canada transit connectionTemplate:Canada transit connectionTemplate:Canada transit connection
Construction
ParkingNo
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeGO Transit: GUEP
Fare zone39
History
Opened1911
Services
Preceding station   Via   Following station
Template:Via lines
GO Transit
Template:GO Transit lines
Designated1992

Guelph Central Station (also known as Guelph Central GO Station [1] )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 Macdonell Street. The name was chosen with input from the community and all the transit service providers using the new station.[2]

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.[3] As of October 2012, VIA Rail no longer staffs the station [4]. The facility is wheelchair-accessible.

Intermodal Terminal

The Intermodal Transit Terminal was first proposed in 2002.[5] 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.[6]

The station opened to the public on May 13, 2012.[7] The project will cost $8 million for which $5.3 million was from the Provincial and Federal Infrastructure Stimulus Funds.[8]

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.[8]

Services

Guelph Transit

On January 1, 2012, all the Guelph Transit routes were changed.[9] 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.[10]

Via Rail

Via Rail offers four trains daily (two in each direction) running between London, Sarnia and Toronto.[11]

GO Transit

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.[15] 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.[16] $18 million was spent to get this first stage operational, with further upgrades to come.[17] 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.

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:[20]

Bay Provider No. Route / Note
1 Guelph Transit 2A West Loop Clockwise
2 16 Southgate
3 10 Imperial
4 5 Gordon
5 3A East Loop Clockwise
6 3B East Loop Counter Clockwise
7 8 Stone Road Mall
8 9 Waterloo
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[21][22] 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.[23]

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

References

  1. ^ http://www.gotransit.com/publicroot/en/travelling/stations.aspx?station=GUEP
  2. ^ http://www.guelphtribune.ca/news/guelph-central-station-top-pick-for-new-transportation-terminal/ Name top pick for new transit terminal - retrieved September 22, 2011
  3. ^ "Guelph Via-GO". Ontario Heritage Properties Database. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
  4. ^ "Guelph Via station ticket sales agents gone in fall". Guelph Tribune. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  5. ^ "Guelph-Wellington Transportation Study - 5. Public Transit" (PDF). City of Guelph. 2005. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Transit Terminal Timeline". City of Guelph. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Guelph Central Station". City of Guelph. Retrieved 6 May 2012.
  8. ^ a b "About the Inter-Modal Transit Terminal". City of Guelph. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  9. ^ http://guelph.ca/uploads/Transit/2011%20Maps/GuelphTransitRec_Mapside_FINAL.pdf New Routes - retrieved September 22, 2011
  10. ^ http://guelph.ca/remastered/?p=5044
  11. ^ Via Rail Timetable: Toronto-London-Sarnia
  12. ^ Kitchener Line GO Train Schedule
  13. ^ Kitchener Line GO Bus & Train Schedule
  14. ^ Cooksville to Guelph GO Bus Schedule
  15. ^ Graham, David (2008-01-19). "Landing on a commuter train solution". Guelph Mercury. Retrieved 2008-03-18. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  16. ^ http://www.guelphmercury.com/news/local/article/641732--guelph-s-first-go-train-late-but-still-a-hit
  17. ^ Outhit, Jeff (14 November 2010). "GO trains to run from Kitchener to Toronto in 2011". Waterloo Region Record. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  18. ^ Greyhound Canada Quicklink: Guelph - Toronto
  19. ^ Greyhound Canada, Table 743
  20. ^ Guelph Central Station Platforms
  21. ^ GO Transit route numbers 30-31-33-39
  22. ^ GO Transit route number 29
  23. ^ New GO Transit Express Route: U of G - Toronto
  24. ^ University of Guelph GO Bus Schedule
  25. ^ Hwy 407 West GO Bus Service
  26. ^ Bus routes that service the University
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