Ainslie St. Transit Terminal
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Ainslie St. Transit Terminal is the main hub for local Grand River Transit
bus services in Cambridge
, Ontario
. It was built as a replacement for the Mill Street Terminal, in response to a 1988 report, commissioned by the city, which concluded that the existing facilities were totally inadequate and should be shut down.
The building is a single-story facility with a waiting room, ticket counter, public washrooms, and vending machines. It is surrounded on all sides by bus platforms; the only access to and from the surrounding streets is by crossing the buses' right-of-way.
, the limited stop express bus service, which is the spine of the transit system and a precursor of a fully fledged light rail
line,
, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, ON
and Buffalo, NY.
via St. George to Brantford.
Grand River Transit
Grand River Transit, or GRT, is the public transport operator for the Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It operates daily bus services in the region, primarily in the cities of Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge....
bus services in Cambridge
Cambridge, Ontario
Cambridge is a city located in Southern Ontario at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgamation of the City of Galt, the towns of Preston and Hespeler, and the hamlet of Blair.Galt covers the largest portion of...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. It was built as a replacement for the Mill Street Terminal, in response to a 1988 report, commissioned by the city, which concluded that the existing facilities were totally inadequate and should be shut down.
The building is a single-story facility with a waiting room, ticket counter, public washrooms, and vending machines. It is surrounded on all sides by bus platforms; the only access to and from the surrounding streets is by crossing the buses' right-of-way.
Bus services
As well as being the hub for local routes within the City of Cambridge and some intercity connections, it is the southerly terminus for iXpressIXpress
iXpress is a bus rapid transit service in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, operated by Grand River Transit. As of September 2011, it consists of two routes, one serving the main thoroughfare between Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge, and the other linking south Kitchener with Wilfrid Laurier...
, the limited stop express bus service, which is the spine of the transit system and a precursor of a fully fledged light rail
Light rail
Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...
line,
GRT routes
- 51 Hespeler Road
- 52 Fairview Park
- 53 Franklin Blvd
- 54 Lisbon Pines
- 55 St. Andrews
- 57 Blair Road
- 58 Elmwood
- 59 Christopher
- 62 Woodside
- 63 Champlain
- 111 Conestoga CollegeConestoga CollegeThe Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a public college based in Kitchener, Ontario in Canada.-History:The College was founded in 1967 as the Conestoga College of Applied Arts and Technology, one of many such institutions established in that time by the Ontario...
Express - iXpressIXpressiXpress is a bus rapid transit service in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada, operated by Grand River Transit. As of September 2011, it consists of two routes, one serving the main thoroughfare between Kitchener-Waterloo and Cambridge, and the other linking south Kitchener with Wilfrid Laurier...
to Conestoga Mall Transit Terminal
Coach Canada
Daily intercity service to HamiltonHamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
, St. Catharines, Niagara Falls, ON
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls is a Canadian city on the Niagara River in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario. The municipality was incorporated on June 12, 1903...
and Buffalo, NY.
Aboutown Transportation
Saturday only service from GuelphGuelph
Guelph is a city in Ontario, Canada.Guelph may also refer to:* Guelph , consisting of the City of Guelph, Ontario* Guelph , as the above* University of Guelph, in the same city...
via St. George to Brantford.