Laurier–Waterloo Park station

Laurier–Waterloo Park
Station structurally complete, October 2017
Location	Waterloo, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	43°28′08″N 80°32′04″W / 43.46899°N 80.53450°W / 43.46899; -80.53450Coordinates: 43°28′08″N 80°32′04″W / 43.46899°N 80.53450°W / 43.46899; -80.53450
Platforms	Centre platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Status	Under construction
History
Opening	2018
Services
Preceding station   Grand River Transit   Following station University of Waterloo toward Conestoga Ion Waterloo Public Square One-way operation Willis Way toward Fairway

Laurier–Waterloo Park will be a stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system. It will be located on Seagram Drive at the Waterloo Spur rail corridor, just inside Waterloo Park. It will be the closest station to its namesake, Wilfrid Laurier University, whose main campus is about 500m east of the station.

Access to the platform is from both ends: from the north, directly from the Seagram Drive sidewalk; to the south, access to paths within the Park are available on either side of the tracks.

The station's feature wall consists of brown stone tiles with vertical striations.

The southbound track is also used by freight trains on the Waterloo Spur line, which serves industrial locations in Elmira. These trains will only run in the overnight hours after LRT service has halted. To protect the station structure (and the trains themselves), a gauntlet track is in place alongside this station that offsets the freight track a small distance.

In addition to the park, nearby locations include University Stadium and the University of Waterloo's UW Place residences.