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Laurier - Waterloo Park station

Laurier–Waterloo Park
Laurier–Waterloo Park Station Jan 2017.jpg
Station under construction, January 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
toward Conestoga
Ion
One-way operation
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.

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.



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