Guelph Central Station

Guelph Central Station
File:Guelph Railway Station 2015.jpg The heritage Grand Trunk Railway building
Location	79 Carden St, Guelph, ON Canada
Coordinates
Owned by	City of Guelph
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	1
Bus stands	22
Bus operators	Guelph Transit GO Transit Greyhound Canada
Construction
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: GUEP IATA: XIA
Fare zone	39
History
Opened	1911 (1911)
Rebuilt	May 13, 2012
Services
Preceding station   Via Rail   Following station Kitchener toward Sarnia Sarnia–Toronto Georgetown toward Toronto GO Transit Kitchener Terminus Kitchener Acton toward Union Station   Former services   Amtrak Kitchener toward Chicago International Limited Georgetown toward Toronto
Heritage Railway Station (Canada)
Designated	1992
Reference no.	4569

Guelph Central Station (also known as Guelph Central GO Station) is the main inter-modal transportation terminal in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It is used by Guelph Transit local buses, Greyhound Canada, Aboutown Bus and GO Transit intercity buses, as well as Via Rail and GO Transit intercity trains.

It is located at 79 Carden Street and includes the historic Guelph Railway Station, as well as the site of the former Guelph Bus Terminal.

The name "Guelph Central" was chosen with input from the community and 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. The facility is wheelchair-accessible.

The International Limited was operated jointly by Via Rail and Amtrak between Chicago and Toronto. The service, which had started in 1982, was discontinued in 2004.

Intermodal Terminal

The Intermodal Transit Terminal was first proposed in 2002 to consolidate intercity bus, local bus and railway services into one facility. At the time, the downtown terminal for Guelph Transit was three blocks away at St. George's Square. 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 was projected to cost $8 million, of 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 operates two daily trains in each direction on the Sarnia - London - Toronto line, one of which operates only between London and Toronto.

GO Transit

• GO Train service on the Kitchener line to Toronto Union Station weekday peak direction only.
• 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)

The current GO Train service through Guelph Station began on December 19, 2011, when two daily trains in each direction on the then Georgetown line were extended to Kitchener. $18 million was spent to get this first stage operational, with further upgrades planned.

Guelph was also served by GO Transit trains between 1990 and 1993, when it served as the terminus of the then Georgetown line. Provincial cutbacks in 1993 caused GO Transit to cut back service to Georgetown.

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. Bays 1-20 are located on an island bus platform, while bays 21 and 22 are located on the south side of Macdonell Street, immediately adjacent to the island platform. Bus platform allocation are as follows:

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	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

External links

• Media related to 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