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JackInTransit

Ion LRT Fantasy (Waterloo Region)

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created 3 weeks ago
updated 3 weeks ago
Waterloo Region has over 600,000 people, if this were Europe it would have an HSR station, its own suburban network, and a 3 line metro system. So why not take its one LRT line and make it better. Phase 2 of the 301 is already planned to Cambridge, the alignment here is me trying to make sense of the official map. An East-West line would also make a lot of sense, there’s lots of existing right of way to use. YKF is a very nice airport and I use it all the time to visit family out west, it could do with a rail connection.
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  1. MetroDreamin' by JackInTransit
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Score
0
Ridership
52.0M
Cost
$ 3.00B
Stations
63
Lines
5
Modes
1
Length
74 km
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Ion LRT Fantasy (Waterloo Region) by
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updated at 2025-04-22T02:50:09.552Z
Waterloo Region has over 600,000 people, if this were Europe it would have an HSR station, its own suburban network, and a 3 line metro system. So why not take its one LRT line and make it better. Phase 2 of the 301 is already planned to Cambridge, the alignment here is me trying to make sense of the official map. An East-West line would also make a lot of sense, there’s lots of existing right of way to use. YKF is a very nice airport and I use it all the time to visit family out west, it could do with a rail connection.
Map type: local | Total track length: 46 miles | Center coordinate: 43.4481, -80.4802 | * [301] Northbound: (Light rail/interurban, 23 stations) Downtown Cambridge, Main, Delta, Can-Amera, Cambridge Centre Mall, Pinebush, Preston, Sportsworld, Fairway, Block Line, Borden, Kitchener Market, Frederick, Kitchener City Hall, Central (N), Grand River Hospital, Allen, Waterloo Public Square, Laurier-Waterloo Park, University of Waterloo, Research and Technology, Northfield, Conestoga * [301] Southbound: (Light rail/interurban, 25 stations) Conestoga, Northfield, Research and Technology, University of Waterloo, Laurier-Waterloo Park, Willis Way, Allen, Grand River Hospital, Central (S), Victoria Park, Queen, Kitchener Market, Borden, Mill, Block Line, Fairway, Fairway, Sportsworld, Preston, Pinebush, Cambridge Centre Mall, Can-Amera, Delta, Main, Downtown Cambridge * [301] Airport Spur: (Light rail/interurban, 6 stations) King/River, King/River, Briarmeadow/Chicopee Resort, Pebblecreek, Rivertrail, YKF/Airport * [302] East-West: (Light rail/interurban, 11 stations) Breslau, Bingemans, Victoria/River, Lancaster, Weber, Central (E-W), Belmont, Westmount, Fischer-Hallman, Resurrection, Ira Needles * [303] Peripheral: (Light rail/interurban, 21 stations) Millennium, Eastbridge, Auburn, Bridge, Lincoln, Willowdale Park, Wilfred Laurier Univeristy, Lester, University of Waterloo, Hagey, Lake Columbia, Columbia, Regency Park, Erb, University Ave, Fischer-Hallman, Victoria, Highland Hills, Forest Heights, Ottawa, Max Becker
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