Charles St. Transit Terminal

Charles St. Transit Terminal

Location	15 Charles Street West^[1] Kitchener, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°26′58″N 80°29′32″W / 43.44944°N 80.49222°W / 43.44944; -80.49222Coordinates: 43°26′58″N 80°29′32″W / 43.44944°N 80.49222°W / 43.44944; -80.49222
Owned by	Region of Waterloo
Operated by	Grand River Transit
Bus stands	25
Bus operators	Grand River Transit GO Transit Greyhound Canada Coach Canada
Construction
Structure type	Ticket office, washrooms, waiting room, restaurant, covered platforms
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	GO Transit: KITB
History
Opened	1988 (City of Kitchener)

The Charles St. Transit Terminal at 15 Charles Street West^[1] in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada is the main bus station and downtown hub for local Grand River Transit (GRT) bus services for Kitchener and Waterloo. This terminal is also used by a number of intercity operators, including Greyhound, GO Transit, Coach Canada and Aboutown.

It is the largest public service facility run by GRT, with the Cambridge Ainslie Street terminal being the only other staffed bus station.

History

The building was completed in 1988 by the City of Kitchener, which operated Kitchener Transit, GRT's forerunner, at the time. It replaced a facility at Duke and Scott streets, which had become overcrowded. Ownership has since transferred to the Region of Waterloo, GRT's operator.

Facilities

View bus platforms from Gaukel St.

The main terminal building contains the ticket desk, plus washrooms and administrative space on the upper level; the lower level has a licensed restaurant and walk-in cafe, plus an ATM. Access between the floors is by escalator or elevator. Access to the GRT bus platforms from the entry structure is by an enclosed, elevated walkway. Each of the two island platform groups have a 'pod' containing stairwells and an elevator, which also serve as enclosed, climate-controlled waiting space for passengers, with a total of 20 bus stop locations.^[2]

The Greyhound and Megabus stops are beside the main terminal building, with the GO Transit stop on the Charles Street side.^[2] A small modular office handles Greyhound sales outdoors beside the platform during service hours. All other intercity operators are handled by the GRT service desk.

Future

The possibility of the Charles St. Terminal becoming redundant in the near future has been broached by a pair of Regional plans: first, on implementation of a rapid-transit backbone which would decentralize bus routes and require fewer platforms at a single downtown location; and second, the plan to build a multi-modal hub at King and Victoria streets to handle train, bus, and rapid-transit services, which would also probably integrate the railway station. The Ion rapid transit service is scheduled to debut in 2017 and the stop at the terminal does not yet have a firm date for completion.

Bus services

Grand River Transit

Grand River Transit routes 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 22, and 34.^[2] iXpress routes 200^[3] and 204.^[4]

Greyhound

QuickLink^[5] to Toronto Coach Terminal
Toronto / Guelph / London (local service)

GO Transit

25 Waterloo/Mississauga GO Bus^[6] service between Square One Bus Terminal and the University of Waterloo,
with connections twice each weekday morning and afternoon at Milton GO Station with Milton line commuter service.^[6]

Coach Canada

Megabus^[7] service to Hamilton GO Centre

References

1 2 "Charles Street Transit Terminal". Terminals. GRT. Retrieved November 2015. Located in downtown Kitchener at 15 Charles St. W. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
1 2 3 "Kitchener - Charles" (PDF). Platform layouts. GRT. Retrieved November 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "200" (PDF). Schedules. GRT. 16 January 2016. Retrieved November 2015. Conestoga Mall - Ainslie Terminal Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ "204" (PDF). Schedules. GRT. 16 January 2016. Retrieved November 2015. The Boardwalk - Ottawa/Lackner Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
↑ Greyhound Canada QuickLink
1 2 25 Waterloo/Mississauga GO Bus Schedule
↑ "Agents / Stop Locations". Coach Canada. Retrieved November 2015. Kitchener Transit Centre. megabus.com tickets sold here Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

External links

Media related to Charles Street Transit Terminal at Wikimedia Commons

Grand River Transit Terminals

Ainslie St. Cambridge Centre Charles St. Conestoga Mall Fairview Park Mall Forest Glen Hespeler Highland Hills SmartCentres Cambridge

GO Transit

Lakeshore West line	Union Exhibition Mimico Long Branch Port Credit Clarkson Oakville Bronte Appleby Burlington Aldershot Hamilton West Harbour Confederation ^† Grimsby ^† St. Catharines ^‡ Niagara Falls ^‡

Milton line	Union Kipling Dixie Cooksville Erindale Streetsville Meadowvale Lisgar Milton

Kitchener line	Union Liberty Village ^† Bloor St Clair ^† Mount Dennis ^† Weston Etobicoke North Malton Bramalea Brampton Mount Pleasant Georgetown Acton Guelph Breslau ^† Kitchener (Kitchener Central ^†)

Barrie line	Union Spadina ^† Lansdowne ^† Caledonia ^† York University (Downsview Park ^†) Rutherford Maple Kirby ^† King City Aurora Mulock ^† Newmarket East Gwillimbury Bradford Innisfil ^† Barrie South Allandale Waterfront

Richmond Hill line	Union Oriole Old Cummer Langstaff Richmond Hill Gormley Bloomington ^†

Stouffville line	Union Danforth Kennedy Lawrence East ^† Agincourt Finch East ^† Milliken Unionville Centennial Markham Mount Joy Stouffville Lincolnville

Lakeshore East line	Union Danforth Scarborough Eglinton Guildwood Rouge Hill Pickering Ajax Whitby Oshawa Thornton's Corners ^† Oshawa Central ^† Darlington ^† Bowmanville ^†

Union Pearson Express	Union Bloor Weston Pearson Airport

Bus terminals	Ajax Barrie Bramalea Brampton Erin Mills Finch Kitchener McMaster Newmarket Oshawa Renforth Gateway ^† Richmond Hill Centre Scarborough Centre Square One Union Winston Churchill ^† Yorkdale York Mills

Miscellaneous	History Fares Park and ride Infrastructure Willowbrook Yard Bombardier BiLevel Coach MPI MP40PH-3C GO-ALRT Bus routes

See also	Metrolinx Presto card The Big Move

† - Future station ‡ - Limited excursion train service

Kitchener, Ontario

Buildings	Centre In The Square Fairview Park Mall Grand River Hospital Kitchener City Hall Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex Kitchener Public Library St. Mary's General Hospital

Transportation	Charles St. Transit Terminal Conestoga Parkway Grand River Transit Kitchener railway station

Organizations	KW Titans Kitchener Rangers Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony

Museums	Doon Heritage Village Joseph Schneider Haus THEMUSEUM Woodside National Historic Site

List of municipalities in Ontario

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